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LeftWords Festival to relaunch this weekend

A number of independent publishers have paired up with the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts to relaunch LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas, a celebration of progressive, critical writing and publishing. The ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Canadian literary event roundup: May 4-10

By Katie Gowrie

Lecture and discussion with Gail Bowen, University of Regina (May 4, 3:30 p.m., free) Scott Fotheringham launches his novel The Rest is Silence at Box of Delights, Wolfville, N.S. (May 4, 7 p.m., free) Word ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Playwrights Guild of Canada celebrates 40 years with reading series

By Natalie Samson

The Playwrights Guild of Canada is marking four decades of service to the Canadian theatre community with a week-long reading series. Beginning Monday and running until May 4, five award-winning Canadian playwrights will read from ... Read More »

May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 27-May 3

By Sue Carter

Canadian Literature Symposium - The Worlds of Carol Shields, University of Ottawa (April 27“29, $100, details available on the website) Manitoba Book Awards, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg (April 28, 7 p.m., free) Barbara Reid reads ... Read More »

April 27, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Heather A. Clark, Yasuko Thanh, and Cheryl Rainfield

By Sue Carter

Spring book launch season is well underway. Click on the thumbnails to view photos from three recent ... Read More »

April 25, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Fan Expo Vancouver celebrates science fiction with Spider Robinson, D.D. Brant, A.M. Dellamonica, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Vancouver Convention Centre (April 21-22, check website for times) Blue Metropolis Festival offers readings, panel discussions, master classes, literary ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Pride and Prejudice fans will don their finest gloves and gowns for A Weekend with Jane Austen (April 20“22), a three-day event that celebrates the 1812 Regency era with workshops, lectures, tours, and period ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 13-19

By Sue Carter

Binnie Brennan launches her debut short-story collection, A Certain Grace, The Company House, Halifax (April 15, 4 p.m., free) Art, storytelling, performance, and film at the launch of Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, Gladstone ... Read More »

April 13, 2012 | Filed under: Events

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

By Steven W. Beattie

Just Kids by Patti Smith. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton. While these books may appear to have little in common, ... Read More »

April 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 5-12

By Sue Carter

Stuart Ross launches his new poetry collection, You Exist, Magpie, Toronto (April 5, 7:30 p.m., free) Launch of Mark D. Dunn's new poetry collection, Fancy Clapping, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (April ... Read More »

April 5, 2012 | Filed under: Events

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Search Results by tag: Events

LeftWords Festival to relaunch this weekend

Canadian literary event roundup: May 4-10

Playwrights Guild of Canada celebrates 40 years with reading series

Canadian literary event roundup: April 27-May 3

Event photos: Heather A. Clark, Yasuko Thanh, and Cheryl Rainfield

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

Canadian literary event roundup: April 13-19

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

Canadian literary event roundup: April 5-12

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