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ENGL 2463: Imagining the North in Canadian Literature with Renée Hulan------The class is currently being offered online, but may switch to in-person later in the term. Register on the SMU website: https://studio.smu.ca/librarycoursesThis course unsettles the representation of Canada as "true north" in literature and culture. By studying northern historiography and reading selected literary works depicting […]
The battle of the books returns! Five Canadians go head-to-head over which book the entire country should read. This year's theme: One Book to Connect Us.Learn more: https://cbc.ca/canadareadshttps://www.facebook.com/events/526503009075435/
The battle of the books returns! Five Canadians go head-to-head over which book the entire country should read. This year's theme: One Book to Connect Us.Learn more: https://cbc.ca/canadareadshttps://www.facebook.com/events/1819946498195048/
Join Elaine McCluskey at the Halifax Central Library for the launch of her new book Rafael Has Pretty Eyes on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Set in the Maritimes […]
My guest today is Olivia Robinson, author of The Blue Moth Motel.https://www.facebook.com/events/699888214481313/
Passez un moment inoubliable avec vos copines lors de cette soirée remplie de rires, d'émotions, de douceur et bien entendu, de livres!Billets en vente au Centre des Arts d'Edmundston et […]
Venez prendre votre petit déjeuner en compagnie d'une belle brochette d'auteurs qui vous feront découvrir des extraits de leurs oeuvres.Billets en vente au Centre des Arts d'Edmundston et à la […]
Causerie avec Sylvain Rivière animée par Amélie Boivin Handfieldhttps://www.facebook.com/events/400336788569045/
On Saturday, April 2 2022 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, join me and Penn Kemp as we bring together poets from all over in a special Oh!Sound National Poetry Month […]
Zoom launch on April 2 at 2 pm Atlantic, 10 am Pacific, 5 pm GMT/UTC. All welcome, registration required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeuopz8tEtFYTKpMIb7ZEdjQcSVFfsMzThe Storm Fairy is a children's book about a little girl […]
Join us for an afternoon of celebrating inclusion, family, and being your true self as we welcome author Cynthia Sweeney, co-author BriAnna Simons, and illustrator Briana Corr Scott, with their new book, The Pink Balloon.The Pink Balloon is inspired by a true story of a heartwarming journey of a new family, a balloon, and a […]
Causerie avec Louis-Martin Savard animée par Amélie Boivin Handfieldhttps://www.facebook.com/events/662804145054441/
Goose Lane Editions and Westminster Books present an in-store author signing to celebrate ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????: ???????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? by Sue Sinclair (Goose Lane Editions, 2022) & ???????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? by Phoebe Wang (McClelland & Stewart, 2022).Masks are encouraged.https://www.facebook.com/events/1579894465712703/
Nestuita'si Storytelling presents KOQMWritten and performed by shalan joudryDirected by Ken Schwartz, Mask Coaching by Ann-Marie KerrCo-presented by Prismatic Arts Festival and Neptune TheatreFountain Hall, Neptune TheatreApril 5 - April 17Tuesday to Friday - 7:30 pmSaturday and Sunday - 2 pm & 7:30 pmKoqm is a journey through time and land to experience the voices […]
April is National Poetry Month. Help us celebrate with two local poets who will read excerpts from their latest works. Carole Glasser Langille will be launching her most recent volume of poems, Your Turn. Harry Thurston will also be reading recent poems, including poems from his book Keeping Watch at the End of the World.In […]
In this first of five in-depth interviews with 2SLGBTQIA+ authors, managing editor Chris Benjamin Author interviews Tanya Davis, who will be our main host and interview for this series. Davis is a writer and interdisciplinary artist based in Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. Since releasing her first album in 2006, she's been working primarily in […]
You asked, we answered - Silent Reading is BACK!Like a great book, this event keeps ending up in our mind.SHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSSHSHSHSHSHSUSHGet ready to experience hours of enforced silence on April 6th at the Imbibrary (the MouseTrap).Silent Reading! Books, Beer and Shush. So much Shush!This time we will be starting at 6pm and you can read in […]
Sit down with your favourite cuppa tea and join us for an evening steeped in rich history and unforgettable characters.Historical fiction has always been a captivating genre to read; it makes us consider events of the past and how they have shaped our world today. Join us on Thursday, April 7, at 7:00 pm as […]
The master of Newfoundland Gothic is back with a new novel to make you think differently about the stiff shadows of our culture. Brad Dunne outdoes himself with THE MERCHANT'S MANSION.Get it signed and meet the author at St. John's Farmers' Market Saturday, April 9 2022!https://www.facebook.com/events/351222736790126/
Bitter Truth (Green Dory Inn Mystery # 3)Who would want Ciara dead? And why? Against all odds, Landon Smith and her ordinary-hero neighbour Bobby Hawke survived a murderous plot six weeks ago. Now, she’s determined to leave solving mysteries to the experts—like handsome local police officer Dylan Tremblay.But when a friend is nearly killed in […]
Lancement du livre Le bateau fantôme de Petit-Rocher. Rencontre avec l'auteur, collation et découvertes sont au rendez-vous.Entrée libre❗️Voici enfin la réédition de la cinquième aventure des Trois Mousquetaires, finaliste au prix littéraire Hackmatack – le choix des jeunes en 2014.Le 9 avril 2022 à 14h00, Denis M. Boucher sera présent au Cocooning Café pour y […]
Join Goose Lane Editions, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and the Queer Heritage Initiative of New Brunswick for the official book launch of Len & Cub: A Queer History by Dusty Green and Meredith J. Batt. Saturday, April 9, 2022 3:00 PM – 5:00 PMBeaverbrook Art Gallery 703 Queen St, Fredericton, NB Admission: Free! Speakers at […]
Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 bestselling author of The Forgotten Home Child, Letters Across the Sea, Tides of Honour, Promises to Keep, Come from Away, and At the Mountain’s Edge. Her latest novel, Bluebird, will be published April 2022. She is passionate about breathing life back into Canadian history through tales of […]
Ali Blythe's is the author of two books of poetry, Twoism and Hymnswitch, with a third on the way in 2023. All of them are published by Goose Lane Editions' icehouse poetry imprint. He is the winner of the Vallum Award for Poetry, a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the recipient of […]
Flanker Press is excited to announce that we will be holding an in person book launch for Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador by Dale Jarvis at Chapters – St. John’s! The launch will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.Please note – all health guidelines, as per the […]
All are welcome to join us this evening for an illustrated presentation with local author Genevieve Graham, as she shares with us her latest novel, “Bluebird”. The presentation will be shared online via ZOOM webinar and by phone via teleconference, and you may join us from where ever you wish - by clicking on the […]
Celebrate the launch of Pull Focus by Helen Walsh. Helen Walsh is the founder and president of Diaspora Dialogues, Canada’s premier literary mentoring organization. Formerly the publisher of the Literary Review of Canada and a founding director of Spur, a national festival of politics, arts, and ideas, Walsh spent five years working as a film/digital […]
The Owl is back and so thrilled to be hosting this incredible reading event with 6 amazing writers! Featuring PEI Poet Laureate and author of My Mi'kmaq Mother Julie Pellisier-Lush, incredible Lebanese Canadian poet and community leader Reem Fayyad Abdel Samad, talented and uplifting Trinidadian poet and change maker Michelle Borel, GG-nominated translator and writer […]
Anne Bishop has been an activist for five decades in organizations dedicated to local, international, environmental, food, fibre and LGBT justice. She is the author of Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People; Beyond Token Change: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in Institutions; and the novel Under the Bridge, all with Fernwood […]
Join NSCSW Social Justice Ally Award Winner, activist, novelist and poet, Anna Quon, for a reading and discussion of her new novel Where the Silver River Ends.Anna will talk about her inspiration for the book and her process of writing it, read a short excerpt from the book, and then have a conversation about some […]
• Each participant will bring a locally authored novel that they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should […]
On Wednesday, April 20th, join The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, Spoken Word St. John's, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries at A.C. Hunter Library for our 2022 National Poetry Month Open Mic Night! Doors open at 6 p.m., and the event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with readings from our three selected […]
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The Petitcodiac Public Library presents another edition of our Writers on the River Reading Series - our first in-person reading in two years! Acclaimed Ontario poets Shane Neilson and Jim […]
The Attic Owl is thrilled to present our first in-person event since 2019! The Owl is so pleased to welcome back some of our favourite Canadian poets, the fabulous Jim […]
SINGLE ONION #183IMPORTANT: You will need to register for the event.WHAT: The Single Onion features four excellent poets: Kevin Andrew Heslop, Sue Sinclar, Gemma Garcia, and Nduka Otiono.WHEN: Thursday, April […]
All welcome.Q&A with the author and Marilyn Smulders of the Writers' Federation. Reading followed by signing.The book will be available to purchase at the event courtesy of King’s Co-op Book […]
Please join us for Eve of Poetry's first in-person reading of 2022 in Halifax/K'jipuktuk, featuring four amazing poets and their new books:Jim Johnstone (Infinity Network, Véhicule Press, 2022)Shane Nielson (You […]
"Disruptive Poetry" – a WANL Workshop with Shoshanna WingateFrom poetic inventions to formal fractures, poets use disruption as a tool, a mood, an idea. This two-part workshop will explore disruptive […]
Join award-winning journalist Lezlie Lowe for the launch of her new book The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War. The Volunteers is the untold story of Halifax […]
Please join Nimbus Publishing and Dr. Laurie Dalton for the launch of Painted Worlds: The Art of Maud Lewis, A Critical Perspective.In Painted Worlds, curator and art historian Dalton takes […]
James Mullinger is… Becoming Canadian (2022 Cross Canada Tour)Presented by the Saint John Hotel Association It’s official.After eight years in Canada, James Mullinger is finally…Becoming Canadian!And he’s written a show […]
Join us for the final concert in our 35th anniversary season, "Stories and Mi’kmaq Legends", celebrating the art of Truro visual artist Leonard Paul (www.leonardpaul.com) on Sunday, April 24 at […]
Unfortunately and with our apologies, due to unforeseen circumstances we must cancel the two upcoming Chester Playhouse events with Sheree Fitch, our In Conversation interview this Tuesday, as well as […]
In our third #ReadAtlantic #2SLGBTQIA+ #VOICES video, Natalie Meisner talks with Tanya Davis about pushing boundaries in technology, genre and family, and how storytelling and wordplay has helped her connect […]
In celebration of April being poetry month the PEIWG will be hosting a virtual poetry circle on April 27th facilitated by the wonderfully talented Erica Perry!This circle will provide you with an opportunity to share a poem you have written with the group (or two, depending on time limitations). A very supportive and low-stress opportunity […]
Join us at Wonder'neath Art Society on April 28th from 7:00-8:30 to celebrate Jon Claytor's much-anticipated graphic novel, TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME.The event will feature a presentation by graphic novelist Jon Claytor, who will be joined in conversation by Halifax poet Luke Hathaway (THE AFFIRMATIONS).Masking will be required throughout the event in order to […]
Le feu est pris. Nous sommes de tristes pyromanes. Devant l’urgence climatique, l’humanité en est à rapailler ses derniers mots. Cette lecture-spectacle soulève les paradoxes, les complexités et les culpabilités des individus et des collectivités face au désastre.Avec : Mishka Lavigne, Sonya Malaborza, Le R Premier, Jonathan Roy & Catherine Voyer-LégerConception et mise en scène […]
Desolate St. John's tour stop!It is the year 2047 and Jean Adler knows precisely three things.First, she adores her adopted town of Desolate Island and wants to live there forever.Second, leading her community through the fallout that plunged their world into darkness, forcing her to decide if they will stay or leave, is way outside […]
Join author Sheree Fitch and quilt artist Deb Plestid to celebrate the release of Sing in the Spring!This gorgeous picture book is a collection of verse germinating for years, ever since Sheree first experienced Deb's magical, luminous , quiltwork.There will be a reading, discussion and refreshments, as well as books for sale and signing.https://www.facebook.com/events/731640718195124/
Join us for the first of three author signings being held in store for the first time in 2 years!We are kicking things off with local authors Donna Morrissey, Jane Doucet and Chelee Cromwellhttps://www.facebook.com/events/659246738502406/
Please join us at Chapters St. John's on Saturday, April 30, for an afternoon of book signings with Patrick J. Collins (The Body on the Beach) and Ida Linehan Young (If I Cry, I'll Fill the Ocean: The Catherine Linehan Story).Pat will be signing from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, and Ida will be signing from 3:30 […]
Desolate St. John's tour stop!It is the year 2047 and Jean Adler knows precisely three things.First, she adores her adopted town of Desolate Island and wants to live there forever.Second, leading her community through the fallout that plunged their world into darkness, forcing her to decide if they will stay or leave, is way outside […]
Join us for the second of three author signings being held in store for the first time in 2 years!We will have local authors Sarah Sawler, Len Wagg and Andre Fenton in store signing copies of your favourite local titles.https://www.facebook.com/events/401096958529827/
Book launch at the community hall in North Harbour. Catherine will be there God willing and her strength holds up. All public health precautions / rules will be followed. https://www.facebook.com/events/255521439996758/
King's Co-op Bookstore in partnership with The Frye Festival is thrilled to be hosting a discussion and book signing with Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his newest novel What Strange Paradise. “Told from the point of view of two children, on the ground and at sea, the story so […]
