Events listing
February 2026
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February 01, 2026 - Every month on the first day of the month @ 6:45pm - 9:00pm - The Heliconian Club, 25 Hazelton Avenue - heliconianclub.org/LLS
Literary Lecture Series founded in 1996
jpaul@njc.ch - 4167087668
The 2025-26 Literary Lecture Series is a subscription series consisting of 8 Tuesday and Thursday evening in-house lectures. Refreshments are served before the lecture which begins at 7:30. In addition there is a Virtual Series comprised of eight lectures by writers who record ...
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February 02, 2026 @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre (189 Yonge St, 3rd Floor) - https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Playwrights-Canada-Press-Winter-2026-Book-Launch
Playwrights Canada Press Winter 2026 Book Launch
brandon@playwrightscanada.com - 4167030013
We warmly invite you to the Playwrights Canada Press Winter 2026 Book Launch, an evening celebrating the newest works from some of the country’s most acclaimed and influential playwrights.
Presented with Canada’s Theatre Museum, the launch takes place in their stunning space ...
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February 03, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Assembly Hall (1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr, Etobicoke) - https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/cultural-centres-galleries/assembly-hall/by-the-lake-book-club/?event_id=24708036-3b58-45d4-a93b-ee428d83fbbe&event_name=Encampment%3A%20Resistance%2C%20Grace%2C%20and%20an%20Unhoused%20Community%20by%20&calendar_date=2026-02-03T19:00:00-05:00
By the Lake Book Club: Maggie Helwig's Encampment
olivia@chbooks.com
Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community, by 2025 Toronto Book Award winner Maggie Helwig, chronicles the encampment that formed on the grounds of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church during Toronto’s housing crisis. Blending memoir, urban history and social critique, ...
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February 05, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm - The Bayview Yards - https://booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/celebration-black-history-month-author%E2%80%AFandr%C3%A9%E2%80%AFalexis%E2%80%AF
André Alexis at Ottawa Public Library
In celebration of Black History Montholivia@chbooks.com
Join author André Alexis in conversation with Jamaal Amir Akbari as we celebrate the 30th year of Black History Month in Canada. The focus of their discussion will be on André’s book Fifteen Dogs and his latest short story collection, Other Worlds, and the themes surrounding ...
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February 10, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Vancouver Public Library (Central) - https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-helwig
Maggie Helwig at the Vancouver Writers Fest
olivia@chbooks.com
The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres across Canada has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found their way to the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, where Maggie Helwig is the priest. They pitched tents, ...
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February 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm - Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7 - https://www.facebook.com/share/17zZRH2qFF/
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CXVIII
Canada's Most Diverse & Brave Poetry Open Micrghrhino@gmail.com
Featured poets: Maggie Helwig & Mahdi Ganjavi
+ Open Mic for poetry in any languageHost: Bänoo Zan
Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Place: Living Room, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
This is an in-person event open to the public.Open Mic Sign-up: 6:30 ...
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February 20, 2026 - Every fourth week on Friday @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm - 2 Townley Street - https://www.theartistshouse.ca/workshops
Poetry Night at The Artists' House
On the third Friday of every monthlorymacdonald@gmail.com - 7058122914
Poetry Night at The Artists' House
Every 3rd Friday of the Month | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM| ArtHouse StudioStep into an evening of words, rhythm, and connection at Poetry Night at The Artists' House — a monthly open mic gathering where language comes alive. Held in the intimate ...
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February 21, 2026 - February 23, 2026 - All day - St. Matthew Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Ave. in Toronto - www.draftreadings.com
Draft festival of Seeds
draftreadings@gmail.com - 4164334170
Whether travelling, germinating or lying dormant, seeds embody possibility. On the weekend of February 21-22, 2026, the Draft Reading Series will host almost fifty emerging and established writers, sharing new and unpublished work on the theme of Seeds. The events will be held ...
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March 01, 2026 - Every month on the first day of the month @ 6:45pm - 9:00pm - The Heliconian Club, 25 Hazelton Avenue - heliconianclub.org/LLS
Literary Lecture Series founded in 1996
jpaul@njc.ch - 4167087668
The 2025-26 Literary Lecture Series is a subscription series consisting of 8 Tuesday and Thursday evening in-house lectures. Refreshments are served before the lecture which begins at 7:30. In addition there is a Virtual Series comprised of eight lectures by writers who record ...
