What's On Now

• PoetryNOW: 11th Annual Battle of the Bards

  Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 7:30 PM

  Toronto’s popular poetry competition, Battle of the Bards, is back for its 11th year and will feature readings from 20 dynamic poets.

• Toronto Lit Up: How to Become an Accidental Genius

  Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 2:00 PM

  Join Orca Book Publishers and the Toronto International Festival of Authors in celebrating the release of Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky’s How to Become an Accidental Genius through Toronto Lit Up!

• Toronto Lit Up: Alexandra Kimball

  Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 7:00 PM

  Alexandra Kimball is releasing The Seed: How the Feminist Movement Fails Infertile Women and will be celebrating its publication with a Toronto Lit Up book launch!

• Toronto Lit Up: Mike Barnes

  Friday, April 26, 2019 - 7:30 PM

  Join Biblioasis and the Toronto International Festival of Authors in celebrating the release of Mike Barnes’ Braille Rainbow: Poems through Toronto Lit Up!

• Spring Debut: Fragmented Narratives

  Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 7:30 PM

  This spring, celebrate the budding voices of three Canadian debut authors: Tea Mutonji (Shut Up You’re Pretty), Derek Mascarenhas (Coconut Dreams) and Bindu Suresh (26 Knots).

• Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™ (Day 1)

  Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 10am to 2pm

  The Festival of Trees™ is a three-day awards celebration where the winners of each category are announced and celebrated alongside young readers.