Join us on June 11 for the launch of Miranda Schreiber‘s debut book, Iris and the Dead (Book*hug Press). The event will begin at 7pm at Type Books Queen and will feature the author in conversation with Rachel Gerry. Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the Toronto International Festival of Authors […]
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Join us June 13 at the Rivoli for the launch of In Too Deep by Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel (House of Anansi) in conversation with Sam Sutherland. After an author talk and book signing, warm up your vocal chords for Good Enough Live Karaoke. Please RSVP here to reserve your spot. Books will be […]
Join us May 21 at It’s Ok* Studios for the launch of Encampment by Maggie Helwig (Coach House Books), in conversation with Dr. Andrew Boozary. RSVP to the event here: encampment.eventbrite.ca ABOUT THE BOOK An activist priest provides sanctuary for an encampment of unhoused people in her churchyard The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres has […]
Join us on Saturday, June 7 for the launch of Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali (Talonbooks). This is sure to be a lively event full of poetry readings as well as various musical and vocal performances from local musicians. Another Story Bookshop with be on site to sell books. Schedule 6:30 – 7:00 pm – doors open […]
Join us on May 31 for the launch of A Dark Death by Alice Fitzpatrick (Stonehouse Publishing). The event will be also feature fellow author Anthony Bidulka and his latest book, Home Fires Burn. The event will be held at the Centre for Social Innovation on Spadina, doors will open at 6:45pm. Toronto Lit Up is a […]
Join us at Another Story Bookshop on May 26 for the launch of The Northern by Jacob McArthur Mooney (ECW Press). The author will be joined by Alexis von Konigslow and Andrew Forbes for readings. Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Arts Council, to spotlight […]
Join us for an illuminating evening with Dr. Roberta Bondar, the world’s first neurologist in space and the first female Canadian astronaut, who will be discussing her latest book, Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight (Figure 1 Publishing). In Space for Birds, the lives and habitats of two majestic bird species — the endangered Whooping […]
Warm up your vocal chords and join us May 15 at Queen Books for the launch of Living Expenses by Teri Vlassopoulos (Invisible Publishing). The party will start at 6:30pm with a reading and discussion with the author, followed by a raucous party featuring bookstore karaoke! Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the […]
On April 29, join us at Woody’s for the launch of The Fabulous Edweena by Edwin Dumont (Second Story Press). This is sure to be an entertaining event featuring Kitten Kaboodle (crowned Miss Congeniality on Season 4 of Canada’s Drag Race) as the MC for the night! The event starts at 7pm and you won’t want […]
Join us April 26 at 2pm in celebrating the launch of Tamla T. Young‘s debut picture book, Ready, Set, Mango! (OwlKids Books), illustrated by Raz Latif. The event will take place at A Different Booklist/Blackhurst Cultural Centre. Come for a fun and interactive read-aloud, a book signing, and plenty of music, movement, and family fun! Toronto […]
Come to Queen Books on April 25 for the launch of Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor (House of Anansi). The author will be joined by Sanna Wani for readings, followed by a conversation and Q&A period moderated by Furqan Mohamed. Doors open at 6pm with readings starting at 6:30pm. Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, […]
Maggie Helwig (she/they) is a white settler in Tkaronto/Toronto, and is the author of fifteen books and chapbooks, most recently Girls Fall Down (Coach House, 2008), which was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award, and was chosen as the One Book Toronto in 2012. Helwig is a long-time social justice activist, and also an Anglican […]
Join us at Society Clubhouse on April 24 at 7pm for the launch of Skin by Catherine Bush (Goose Lane Editions). The event will be an in-conversation with host Martha Baillie, and includes a screening of a short film inspired by the title story by experimental filmmaker Mike Hoolboom. Books will be for sale courtesy of […]
Kid Haile is an artist of Ethiopian descent born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. After obtaining a degree in biological sciences from the University of Guelph, his continued interest in beauty and the narratives surrounding images of value pulled him back to the arts, leading him to study at the Florence Academy of Art. Sometimes […]
Farah Ghafoor is an award-winning poet living on the traditional territory of the Anishnabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Her work was awarded the E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, is taught in university courses, and published in The Walrus, […]
Jacob McArthur Mooney’s work has been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Trillium Award in Poetry. An MFA graduate from the University of Guelph, he lives in Toronto with his partner, the novelist Alexis von Konigslow, and their son. The Northern is his fifth book and first novel.
Matteo L. Cerilli (he/him) is a transmasc author and activist who specializes in speculative fiction for all ages. His work includes the YA horror Lockjaw, middle grade ghost story Something’s Up with Arlo, a featured horror short story in Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, and poetry in Augur magazine. He currently […]
Hajer Mirwali is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Her work has been published in The Ex-Puritan, Brick Magazine, Room Magazine, and Joyland.
Tamla T. Young is an award-winning social justice educator, author, and multipotentialite. Essentially, she is a jill-of-all-trades who is on a journey to master at least one. For now, her focus is on writing for children. Ready, Set, Mango! is her debut picture book. As a child of the Caribbean diaspora, raised in North America; […]
Joelle Kidd is a writer, award-winning journalist, and editor living in Toronto. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in outlets including The Walrus, LitHub, Catapult, PRISM International, Prairie Fire, and This Magazine. Joelle holds an MFA from the University of Guelph’s Creative Writing program. Jesusland is her first book.
Miranda Schreiber is a Toronto-based writer and researcher. Her writing has appeared in places like The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, BBC, The Toronto Star, and The National Post. She has been nominated for a digital publishing award by the National Media Foundation and was the recipient of the Pride and Solidarity Award from the […]
Alice Fitzpatrick has contributed various short stories to literary magazines and anthologies and has recently retired from teaching in order to devote herself to writing full-time. She is a fearless champion of singing, cats, all things Welsh, and the Oxford comma. Her summers spent with her Welsh family in Pembrokeshire inspired the creation of Meredith […]
Dr. Roberta L. Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contributions to space medicine research, fine art photography, and education on the environment. Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-42 in 1992, she conducted experiments in the first International Microgravity Laboratory, a precursor to the International Space Station. Trained by NASA’s Earth Observations team, she […]
Teri Vlassopoulos has published two books, a collection of short stories, Bats or Swallows (Invisible Publishing), which was nominated for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and a novel, Escape Plans (Invisible Publishing). Her fiction and non-fiction has been published in Room Magazine, Catapult, The Millions, The Rumpus, The Quarantine Review, Open Book, and more. She […]
