Events listing

Presenter: Lawrence Hill, author

For ages: 9-13 (but all adventurers welcome)

Join the Eden Mills Writers' Fest for a fun and interactive event with Lawrence Hill. The event will explore the magic of Beatrice and Croc Harry, his debut novel for middle grade readers, about a brave ...

Roy Thomson Hall presents
Author, journalist & social observer, Fran Lebowitz arrives at Roy Thomson Hall on Thursday May 5th, 2022.
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. ...

Join us for online HAPPENING Poetry Nights every Thursday in May 2022.

As in previous years, I am the poet curator of the HAPPENING Multicultural Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in Toronto showcasing immigrant, refugee, and newcomer artists.

The first night ...

Let’s walk together for awhile and begin to imagine ourselves as “characters in the stories of Indigenous Peoples.”​

Through an introduction to a curated collection of poems that relate in some way to truth, justice and reconciliation, be prepared to feel unsettled as ...

Join Gordon Hill Press for its Spring 2022 Online Launch, featuring readings by Ayaz Pirani, Steffi Tad-y, and Carl Watts. There will also be opportunity for some Q&A with the athors, so bring your questions.

The event is free, but you need to register through EventBrite – ...

Join us at The Western Hotel on Sunday May 8 at 2:00 PM for a covid catch-up party and launch.
The event features readings by Ayaz Pirani and Carl Watts from our Spring 2022 Season, plus more great Gordon Hill Press authors from past seasons who never got an in-person launch ...

Presenter: Darcy Whitecrow and Heather M. O’Connor, co-authors

For ages: 6–8 (but all animal lovers welcome)

Event description: Join the co-authors of Runs with the Stars as they read from their moving picture book about the Ojibwe Horse, the only Indigenous-bred horse in ...

Woman, Watching National Virtual Launch
“Women in Nature”—Merilyn Simonds in Conversation with Helen Humphreys,
with readings from Woman, Watching and Field Study

Join us for online HAPPENING Poetry Nights every Thursday in May 2022.

The HAPPENING Multicultural Festival is the first and only festival of its kind in Toronto showcasing immigrant, refugee, and newcomer artists.

This event features poetry readings and performances by Mirabel, ...

Join us for online HAPPENING Poetry Nights every Thursday in May 2022.

As in previous years, I am the poet curator of the HAPPENING Multicultural Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in Toronto showcasing immigrant, refugee, and newcomer artists.

The second night ...

Join GHP and K|F|B for a covid catch-up party and launch on Sunday, May 15, 3:00 PM EDT @ K|F|B East – Great Escape Bookstore (957 Kingston Road)

The event features readings by Ayaz Pirani and Carl Watts from our Spring 2022 Season, plus more great Gordon Hill Press authors ...

Join us online for HAPPENING Poetry Night Thursday May 19th , 2022, featuring poetry readings and performances by Hazrat Wahriz, Hoa Nguyen, and Ian Keteku, as well as an interview with Gavin Barrett.

HAPPENING Multicultural Festival is the first and only festival of its kind ...

Imaginations Ignite! Events for Schools
Presented in partnership with the Halton Hills Public Library
Presenter: Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson, co-authors

For ages: 9 –12 (but all welcome)

Event Description: For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken ...

Join us online for HAPPENING Poetry Night Thursday May 26th, 2022, featuring poetry readings and performances by Lillian Allen, Manahil Bandukwala, and Fan Wu, as well as an interview with Diana Manole.

HAPPENING Multicultural Festival is the first and only festival of its kind ...

Presented in partnership with Wellington County Library

Presenter: Dane Liu, author

For ages: 4–8 (but all friends welcome)

Event description: Join author Dane Liu and discover a picture book based on the author’s own immigration story and inspired by the impact of friendship, ...