Join us in celebrating the launch of the Best Canadian 2024 series on November 16 at 7pm at Supermarket Toronto. The event will be hosted by series editors: Marcello Di Cintio (Best Canadian Essays 2024), Bardia Sinaee (Best Canadian Poetry 2024) and Lisa Moore (Best Canadian Stories 2024). We will hear from contributors from each […]
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Join author Curtis Campbell on October 6 at Glad Day Bookshop for the launch of his debut novel, Dragging Mason County (Annick Press). The cabaret-style launch with start at 7pm and will be hosted by Pearle Harbour. This is a free Toronto Lit Up event. Food and drinks will be available. There will also be […]
Curtis Campbell is a writer, comedian and theatre artist. His plays are mainstays of the Toronto indie theatre scene, and he is the winner of the inaugural Comedy Bar and Second City Award for Best Comedy at the 2022 Toronto Fringe. NOW Toronto has described Curtis’ work as “razor sharp,” the Toronto Star called it […]
Join author Mary Fairhurst Breen at Glad Day Bookshop on October 11 at 7pm for the launch of her book Pride & Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism. She will be joined by several of the queer activists and allies she profiles in her inspiring new collection of biographies for young readers. This event will be moderated […]
Mary Fairhurst Breen is the author of the memoir Any Kind of Luck at All and the children’s books Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism and Awesome Andie’s Best of the Block. As a queer feminist author, writing is Mary’s current form of activism after decades spent working for social change and protesting for […]
On September 20 at 6pm, join author Naila Keleta-Mae for the launch of her book Performing Female Blackness. The event will take place at A Different Booklist and Blackhurst Cultural Centre. Naila will be introduced by Siobhan McMenemy from Wilfrid Laurier University Press and the event will feature Dr. Andrea Davis, Emily Radcliffe and Ordena […]
Naila Keleta-Mae is a Dorothy Killam Fellow, the Tier 2 SSHRC Canada Research Chair in Race, Gender, and Performance, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, a multidisciplinary artist, and the Principal Investigator of Black And Free. She lives in Toronto.
Join Evelyn Chick on Saturday October 14 at from 1-4pm ET at Ahma to celebrate the launch of For the Love of Cocktails (Figure 1 Publishing). Evelyn will be joined by Trevor Lui, author of Double Happiness, to showcase, demonstrate and chat about Evelyn’s featured cocktails. This is a free Toronto Lit Up event. Small bites and drink samples will […]
Evelyn Chick is a highly accredited specialist in the world of wine, spirits and the anatomy of all things bar and beverage. She is globally recognized as a WSET Sommelier and Certified Specialist of Spirits. She was also crowned Global Beefeater MIXLDN champion in 2015. Evelyn is the founder of Evelyn Chick Projects Inc., owner […]
On September 9, join author Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio for the launch of her novel Reuniting With Strangers (Douglas & McIntyre). The event will take place at the Centre for Social Innovation from 6pm–8:30pm ET. As a celebration of Filipino-Canadian literary community, this event will start with acknowledgements of people in Pluma, the author’s Filipino writing group, […]
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio has worked with Ontario school boards as a settlement worker, public speaker and researcher, also founding Filipino Talks – a program that builds bridges between educators and Filipino families. She has a Masters in Immigration and Settlement Studies, a post-graduate certificate from the Humber School for Writers. Her writing has appeared in anthologies, […]
Join author-illustrator duo Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki for the launch of their latest graphic novel Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly). The event will take place on September 14 at 7pm ET at the OCAD University Great Hall. Jillian and Mariko will do a slideshow reading followed by a conversation with author Zoe Whitall. There will […]
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer living in California. She is the co-creator of the graphic novels Skim and This One Summer with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. She writes superhero comics for DC Comics, Darkhorse and Marvel. Mariko was the recipient of the Eisner for Best […]
Join children’s author, Sadé Smith for the launch of her latest picture book Julie and the Mango Tree (Macmillan). The event will take place on August 12 from 4pm to 6pm at A Different Booklist. There will be a reading of the book and conversation moderated by fellow children’s author, Nadia Hohn. This is a free […]
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sadé Smith is the Canadian children’s book author of Granny’s Kitchen which was nominated for the Blue Spruce Award for the Forest of Reading 2023 and shortlisted for the 2023 Crystal Kite Award. Her second book Julie and the Mango Tree, illustrated by Sayada Ramdial, has been selected for the CBC […]
