Events listing
October 2023
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October 05, 2023 @ 4:00pm - 5:00pm - 208 Main St Picton ON - https://www.peclibrary.org/women-killing-it/
Women Killing It
Crime Writers Festivalliz@peclibrary.org - 613476-5962
Three exceptional women writers...
Crime stories you won’t forget.
Enjoy all three authors plus a light lunch with one ticket.
Catherine Fogarty, Carolyn Whitzman and Vanessa Westermann -
October 11, 2023 - Every week on Wednesday @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Online
Disability Poetry Workshop
How to 'Crip' Poetry Workshopdisabilitypoetry@gmail.com
The workshop is facilitated by Governor General's Award winning poet Jacob Scheier
Wednesday evenings Oct 11-Nov 15In this six-week online workshop-course, participants will learn techniques and devices for writing poetry about disability with a disability (social-political) ...
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October 11, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Glad Day Bookshop - https://www.facebook.com/events/327812256309603
Book Launch: Pride and Persistence
Stories of Queer Activismmichaela@secondstorypress.ca - 416537-7850
A celebration of over 50 years of activism for the queer community!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2023
GLAD DAY BOOKSHOP
499 CHURCH STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO
Join author Mary Fairhurst Breen and several of the queer activists and allies she profiles in her inspiring new collection ... -
October 12, 2023 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm - Virtual - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5eI1S0O5QwyIQ--bkcTlow?fbclid=IwAR0E185kVo6egUo83J960gwRNvnismbxlBgK6GLNwetPBFq5m4cOcjWCFYU#/registration
Guernica Editions November Virtual Group Launch
crystal.fletcher@guernicaeditions.com - 705-715-8806
Join us for our seasonal virtual launch, featuring authors from across Canada and from outside Canada's borders.
Featuring exciting new fiction, non-fiction and poetry:Ukrainian Portraits by Marina Sonkina (Vancouver)
The Walled Garden by Mark Frutkin (Ottawa)
The Red Hairband ... -
October 12, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Online/Zoom - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/from-screen-to-page-with-wattpad-books-teens-tickets-704841027487?aff=oddtdtcreator
From Screen to Page with Wattpad Books
shanda.cahill@lpl.ca - 519-661-51007030
Young adult authors Matthew Dawkins, Loridee De Villa, and Nicole Nwosu share their publishing journeys: from their beginnings on Wattpad (the fan-driven online story platform with 85 million global users) to their novels being sold in print at bookstores across North America. ...
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October 13, 2023 @ 8:00pm - 10:00pm - The Rose Studio - https://tickets.brampton.ca/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=737A5D80-1FDD-473C-907E-80BBC2A81211&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=0CCB2AAF-8717-40D4-A0B7-0933CBAD9983
Flower City Slam Curated by The Wild Woman
lauren.wolanski@brampton.ca - 4377790962
Calling all spoken word artists and poets ready to take the stage... the FLOWER CITY SLAM competition is back on October 13 for poets to compete to win over $500.00 in prizes, and a featured spot on The Rose Studio slam stage. Hosted by The Wild Woman. This is how Brampton does ...
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October 15, 2023 @ 12:14am - 4:00pm - Grey Roots Museum & Archives, Grey County Road 18, Owen Sound, Ontario
2 Greyt Books
celebration of newly published worksinfo@brucedalepress.ca - 519-832-6025
Celebrating the publication of Zion Keppel The Way It Was by Lynne Porter and Conjuring a Ghost Road by Antony Christie, with readings and autographing by both and display of Lynne's drawings for the book. Presentation of copies to the Grey County Archives.
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October 15, 2023 @ 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oliver-jeffers-begin-again-tickets-700822818917?aff=oddtdtcreator
Oliver Jeffers: In Conversation with Piya Chattopadhyay
The only Canadian event!hccpublicity@harpercollins.com
For the only Canadian stop on his global tour, internationally-bestselling author and artist Oliver Jeffers joins TPL to discuss his first picture book created specifically with a wider audience in mind, offering a powerful, thoughtful, and bold comment on humanity and its future. ...
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October 15, 2023 @ 3:30pm - 5:30pm - Supermarket Toronto, 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto, Canada - https://www.facebook.com/events/335431785579607?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22unknown%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
Guernica Editions October In-Person Group Launch
crystal.fletcher@guernicaeditions.com - 705-715-8806
Join us at Supermarket on Sunday, October 15th for an afternoon of literature, community, and conversation! We will be launching 6 new Fall releases:
Readings from:Ami Xherro, author of Drank, Recruited
Carmela Circelli, author of Love and Rain
Caroline Vu, author of Catinat ... -
October 18, 2023 - Every week on Wednesday @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Online
Disability Poetry Workshop
How to 'Crip' Poetry Workshopdisabilitypoetry@gmail.com
The workshop is facilitated by Governor General's Award winning poet Jacob Scheier
Wednesday evenings Oct 11-Nov 15In this six-week online workshop-course, participants will learn techniques and devices for writing poetry about disability with a disability (social-political) ...
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October 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm - North York Central Library: Concourse Event Space, 5120 Yonge Street - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/jean-kwok-the-leftover-woman-north-york-central-library-tickets-700903831227?aff=oddtdtcreator
Jean Kwok: The Leftover Woman
Toronto Book Launchhccpublicity@harpercollins.com
New York Times bestselling author Jean Kwok discusses her twisting, suspenseful, and poignant new novel at the North York Central Library Concourse, TPL's new premiere event space for cultural and heritage programming.
In The Leftover Woman—which will soon be adapted into a ...
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October 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm - Tranzac Club - https://www.facebook.com/events/833396438275343
Woman, Life, Freedom Anthology Fundraiser
Poetry, Music, Silent Auctionrghrhino@gmail.com
Woman, Life, Freedom Anthology Fundraiser
Poetry, Music, Silent AuctionFeatured poets: Katerina Fretwell, Sahar Golshan, Mohineet Kaur Boparai, Sonja Greckol
Featured Musician: Shahriyar Jamshidi
+ Silent Auction of Artwork by Katerina Fretwell, Daniel Maluka, and more
Check ... -
October 25, 2023 - Every week on Wednesday @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Online
Disability Poetry Workshop
How to 'Crip' Poetry Workshopdisabilitypoetry@gmail.com
The workshop is facilitated by Governor General's Award winning poet Jacob Scheier
Wednesday evenings Oct 11-Nov 15In this six-week online workshop-course, participants will learn techniques and devices for writing poetry about disability with a disability (social-political) ...
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November 01, 2023 - Every week on Wednesday @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Online
Disability Poetry Workshop
How to 'Crip' Poetry Workshopdisabilitypoetry@gmail.com
The workshop is facilitated by Governor General's Award winning poet Jacob Scheier
Wednesday evenings Oct 11-Nov 15In this six-week online workshop-course, participants will learn techniques and devices for writing poetry about disability with a disability (social-political) ...
