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March 7: Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, facilitates the workshop “Arts and Crafts”: includes Painting and Collage, Journaling, Storytelling, Poetry Writing @ Chez Doris (a drop-in day shelter for disadvantaged women) 1430, Rue Chomedey, Montreal, QC: in honour of International Women’s Day: 10:00am-12:00pm. Sponsored by Vallum VSEAL Outreach/Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters.
March 7: Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches, Elizabeth Greene, author of A Season Among Psychics, and Ursula Pflug, author of Mountain, read and discuss their work “Four Inanna Authors Read for International Women’s Day” @ Novel Idea, 156 Princess St, Kingston, ON: 7:00-8:30pm. click for details
March 7: Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, reads at Spring Fest: An Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music (curated by Ilona) @ Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West, Montreal, QC: 7:00-9:00pm. $6 at the door. click for details
March 10: In celebration of International Women’s Day, Dian Day, author of The Madrigal, Jacqueline Dumas, author of The Heart Begins Here, and Genevieve Lehr, author of Stomata, read and discuss their work at ‘Women and the Power of Words’ @ Nova Scotia Writers Federation, 1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax, NS: 2:00pm.
March 14: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected (and J.S. Porter), read and discuss their new book Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine @ Banyen Books, 3608 W. 4thAve., Vancouver, BC: 6:30-8:30pm. click for details
March 19: Merle Nudelman, author of The Seeker Ascends, reads and discusses her work @ East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 North Alma School Rd., Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.: 10:00-11:30am.
March 21: SK Dyment, author of Steel Animals, and Lise Weil, author of In Search of Pure Lust, read at The Violet Hour Reading Series @ Stock Bar, 1171 Ste. Catherine Street East, Montreal, QC: doors 7:00 pm; reading: 7:00-8:30pm. click for details
March 7: Anubha Mehta, author of Peacock in the Snow, facilitates the workshop “Celebrate International Women’s Day” @ Morningside Library, 4279 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON: 6:30-7:30pm.
March 26: Glynis Guevara, author of Black Beach, reads and discusses her work at Wonderful Women Writers Series @ Toronto Public Library (Deer Park branch), 40 St. Clair Street East, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON: 5:15pm. Hosted by Nora Gold.
March 14: Jocelyn Cullity, author of Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons, reads at Unbound Unplugged 2 — a fundraiser for the Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, Missouri.
March 29: Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, and Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, read at “An Avian Alphabet—it’s for the birds” an art exhibition by Edith Krause and Friends @ The Fort Gallery, 9048 Glover Rd., Fort Langley, BC: 7:00pm.
March 31: Dian Day, author of The Madrigal, reads at Odd Sundays Reading series, Fredericton, NB.
March 21: Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, presents at University Women’s Club, East York, ON: 7:30pm.
March 31: Ann Birch, author of The Secret Life of Roberta Greaves, presents at ‘Historical Fiction’ @ Gibson House Museum, 5172 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON: 2:00-4:00pm. $30, advance registration required includes refreshments/tea: 416-395-7432.
March 8: Leslie Timmins, author of Every Shameless Ray, reads at Planet Earth Poetry Series @ Hillside Coffee and Tea, 1633 Hillside Ave, Victoria, BC: 7:00pm. click for details
March 29: Jacqueline Dumas, author of The Heart Begins Here, Clementine Morrigan, author of The Size of a Bird, and Lise Weil, author of In Search of Pure Lust (with Tara Ross-McGowan (Insomniac Press) read and discuss their work ‘Articulating Desire: Writing by Queer Women” @ L’Euguélionne, 1426 Rue Beaudry, Montréal, QC: 6:30-8:30pm. click for details
March 23: Mariam Pirbhai, author of Outside People and Other Stories, reads and discusses her work at Local Lit @ FTWB Co-operative Brewing
300 Mill Street, Unit 1, Kitchener, On: 2:00-4:00pm. click for details
March 26: Terri Favro, author of Once Upon a Time in West Toronto, reads an discusses her work “The Robots Are Coming: When Reality Meets Fiction” @ North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON: 7:00-8:00pm. click for details
April 1: Nora Gold, author of The Dead Man: Book Talk & Presentation: 27th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide in conjunction with The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights @ Vanier College, 821 Avenue Sainte-Croix, Montreal, QC: 12:00pm. click for details
April 3: Clementine Morrigan, author of The Size of a Bird, competes at 11th Annual Battle of the Bards at signs books @ Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON: 7:30pm. click for details
March 22: Anubha Mehta, author of Peacock in the Snow, gives a keynote presentation at the International Women’s Day Gala (Punjabi Community Health Services) @ Sagan Convention Centre and Banquet Hall, 7180 Edwards Blvd, Mississauga, ON: 6:30pm. click for details
April 4: Ann Birch, author of The Secret Life of Roberta Greaves, gives a presentation at the West Toronto Historical Society @ Annette Public Library, 145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON: 7:00pm.
March 9: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, reads and launches her new book (with J.S. Porter) Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine @ ASalt Spring Public Library, 129 McPhillips Ave., Salt Spring Island, BC: 1:00pm. click for details
April 9: Ann Birch, author of The Secret Life of Roberta Greaves, gives a presentation and reads from her work @ Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto, ON: 12:15-2:00pm.
April 9: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, presents ‘Why Merton Matters Now’ and promotes her new book (with J.S. Porter) Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine at Lit Chat @ Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Blvd, Hamilton, ON: 7:30pm. click for details
April 6: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, launches her new book (with J.S. Porter) Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine @ St. Thomas Poetry Series, St. Thomas’s Anglican Church (Parish Hall), 383 Huron St., Toronto, ON: 7:30pm. click for details
March 15: Rayanne Haines, author of Stained With the Colours of Sunday Morning, reads at Planet Earth Poetry Series @ Hillside Coffee and Tea, 1633 Hillside Ave, Victoria, BC: 7:00pm. click for details
April 13: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Brigantessa, reads and signs books @ Greater Sudbury Public Library, Mackenzie Branch, 74 Mackenzie St., Sudbury, ON: 1:00-3:00pm.
April 6: Jocelyn Cullity, author of Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons, reads and discusses her work at Saturday Morning Book Talks @ Osher Life-Long Learning Institute, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.: 9:30am.
April 20: Jocelyn Cullity, author of Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons, reads at Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
April 20: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Brigantessa, reads and signs books @ Greater Sudbury Public Library, South End Branch, 1991 Regent St., Sudbury, ON: 1:00-3:00pm.
March 29: Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, author of Dancing on a Pin, facilitates the workshop “Poetry Circles” (4:00pm); and hosts readings by the participants at 7:30pm @ Canadore College, 1 College Drive, Parry Sound, ON.
April 25: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Brigantessa, reads and signs books @ Sault Ste. Marie Public Library – James L. McIntyre Centennial Library, 50 East St., Sault Ste. Marie, ON: 7:00-9:00pm.
April 26: Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, author of Any Waking Morning (May 2019), reads at Launch of Vallum 26:1 Issue “Connections” (her work is included) – launch in conjunction with A. F. Moritz’s new chapbook, Art of Surgery @ The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON: 7:00-10:00pm.
April 14: Merle Nudelman, author of The Seeker Ascends, and Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, author of Any Waking Morning (May 2019), read at ‘Green Fire: Ecology of Poetry’ – a National Poetry Month event featuring the Long Dash Group of Poets @ St. Matthew’s Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON: 2:00pm.
March 31: Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, reads and discusses her work at Junction Reads @ Famous Last Words, 392 Pacific Ave, Toronto, ON: 5:00pm. click for details
April 14: Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, author of We Are Malala (June 2019), sings choral tenor: ‘Easter Concert of Brahms’ Song of Destiny (in German, Schicksalslied) and Three Songs of William Blake adapted by Chia Yin Wu. Includes Pat Morehead’s Sheshegwaning, Parry Sound, ON.
April 28: Eva Tihanyi, author of The Largeness of Rescue: ‘When Lightning Strikes The River’ premiere: a collection of 12 original songs with lyrics by Eva Tihanyi and music by Carlie Howell. Featuring Rebecca Hennessy on trumpet, Harley Card on guitar and more @ Tranzac Club , 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON: 5:00-7:00pm.
April 29: Merle Nudelman, author of The Seeker Ascends, gives a presentation at Bereaved Families of Ontario, York Region @ York Region Building, 17250 Yonge St, Toronto, ON: 7:00-9:00pm.
April 18: Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, and Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches: author discussion with Sisters in Crime (with Desmond Ryan, Sharon Crawford & Maureen Jennings) moderated by Lisa de Nikolits @ Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch (room 200), 40 Orchard View Blvd, Toronto, ON: 7:00pm.
April 30: Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches, and Terri Favro, author of Once Upon a Time in West Toronto, read at The Salon of the Collective Creative (hosted by Lisa) @ Toronto Public Library – Annette Street, 145 Annette St., Toronto, ON: 7:00-8:30pm.
April 17: Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, introduces the Arthur Ellis Awards and discusses her book @ Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto, ON: 7:00pm.
April 10: CSARN Book Discussion (for members) with Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, Toronto, ON: 2:00-4:00pm.
April 10: In celebration of National Poetry Month, in conjunction with the Metro Vancouver branch of the Canadian Authors’ Association, Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, discusses self and trade publishing at Alliance for Arts & Culture, 938 Howe St, Vancouver, BC: 7:00pm. click for details
April 13: Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, gives a free workshop ‘Ekphrastic Poetry’ @ Turnbull Gallery, South Surrey Arts & Rec Centre, 14601-20th Avenue, Surrey, BC: 1:30pm. Sponsored by Semiahmoo Arts. click for details
April 20: Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, reads @ Gibsons Public Library, 470 South Fletcher Road, Gibsons, BC: 2:00pm. Sponsored by League of Canadian Poets. click for details
April 25: Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, reads @ Pop-Up Gallery, as part of a ‘quirky’ exhibit of paintings, demonstrating the connections between words and visual art @ Central Plaza, 15140 North Bluff, White Rock, BC, 7:00pm.
April 11: In celebration of National Poetry Month, Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, author of We Are Malala (June 2019) (and authors Penn Kemp and Susan McMaster) read and discuss their work at ‘Gathering Voices’ @ London Public Library, 151 Dundas St. London, ON: 7:00-8:30pm.
April 28: Myna Wallin, author of Anatomy of an Injury, reads at Wordsmith Series @ Hibernation Arts (Art Gallery), 7 Peter St. S. Orillia, ON: 1:00-3:00pm. $10 event entry.
April 28: Kate Marshall Flaherty, author of Radiant, facilitates StillPoint Writing Workshop @ Firefly Creative Writing Space, Toronto, ON: 1:00-4:00pm.
April 29: Kate Marshall Flaherty, author of Radiant, facilitates StillPoint Writing Workshop @ Firefly Creative Writing Space, Toronto, ON: 1:00-4:00pm.
April 26: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, reads and presents on her new book (with J.S. Porter) Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine at Imprint Exhibition @ The Fort Gallery, 9048 Glover Rd., Fort Langley, BC: 7:00-9:00pm. click for details
April 14: Glynis Guevara, author of Black Beach, reads new work at Draft Reading Series @ The Farside, 600 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, ON: 3:30pm. click for details
April 4: Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, reads at Open Mic #9 @ Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West, Montreal, QC: 7:00pm. click for details
April 9: Carol Rose Daniels, author of Hiraeth, reads Vertigo Series (for shortlisted Saskatchewan Book Awards authors) @ ACrave Kitchen + Wine Bar, 1925 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK: 7:30pm. click for details
March 10: Terri Favro, author of Once Upon a Time in West Toronto, reads at Draft Reading Series @ The Farside, 600 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, ON: 3:00pm. click for details
April 27: Terri Favro, author of Once Upon a Time in West Toronto, gives an author talk (with visual artist Ron Edding) “Espresso in a Teacup: Graphic Storytelling and Intersectional Italian Canadian Life in ‘Bella’ Comics” @ Eye-Centricity and the Visual Cultures of Italy and Its Diaspora Conference, City University of New York, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor, New York, NY: 3:30pm.
April 23-June 11: Ursula Pflug, author of Mountain, facilitates Creative Writing Class @ Campbellford Community Resource Centre, 65 Bridge Street East, Campbellford, ON: 10:00am-12:00pm. click for details
March 2019
May 2019
April 2019
April 1: Heidi Greco, author of Practical Anxiety, reads at National Poetry Month event @ City Hall, Council Chambers, Surrey, BC: 7:00pm.
March 13: Aparna Kaji Shah, author of The Scent of Mogra and Other Stories, reads at Brockton Writers Series @ Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church Street, Toronto, ON: 6:30pm. PWYC. click for details
May 2: Aparna Kaji Shah, author of The Scent of Mogra and Other Stories, reads at Toronto Public Library – Gerrard/Ashdale, 1432 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, ON: 6:00-7:00pm.
May 4: Lucy E.M. Black, author of The Marzipan Fruit Basket, reads at BookMarkIt! Book Fair @ The Whitby Curling Club, 815 Brock St North, Whitby, ON: 10:00am-5:00pm.
March 30: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Briganessa, reads at signs books @ Coles, New Sudbury, 1349 Lasalle Blvd, Sudbury, ON: 12:00-3:00pm.
May 4: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Briganessa, reads at Librissimi Italian Book Festival @ Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto, ON. click for details
May 5: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Briganessa, reads and discusses her work at Gore Bay Harbour Centre (Manitoulin Island), 40 Water Street, Gore Bay, ON: 1:00-3:00pm.
April 16: Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, facilitates Rue Towers Writing Workshop (19 years running) @ 1420 rue Towers, #305, Montreal, QC: 1:00-3:30pm.
March 19: SK Dyment, author of Steel Animals, and Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, read at Visual Arts Centre Readings @ School of Art / McClure Gallery, 350 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Montreal, QC: doors 7:00 pm; reading: 7:30 pm. At the door $6. click for details
March 12: Toronto Book Club discussion with Mary Lou Dickinson, author of The White Ribbon Man, Toronto, ON.
May 15: Sudbury Book Club discussion with Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Brigantessa, Sudbury ON.
May 16-18: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Brigantessa, participates in CanWrite 2019 Conference @ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
March 14: Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches, reads at Bright Lit, Big City @ Hirut Café and Restaurant, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON: 8:00pm.
May 16: Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches, reads and discusses her work (with Sisters in Crime) at Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch, 40 Orchardview Blvd, Room 200, Toronto, ON: 7:00pm.
May 18: Aparna Kaji Shah, author of The Scent of Mogra and Other Stories, and Eliana Tobias, author of In the Belly of the Horse, read at Indigo – Robson, 1033 Robson St, Vancouver, BC: 1:00-3:00pm. click for details
April 11: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, launches her new book (with J.S. Porter) Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine @ Printed Word, 69 King St W, Dundas, ON: 7:00pm.
May 21: Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Open: New and Selected, reads at Spoken Ink Reading Series @ Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, BC: 8:00pm. click for details
May 22: Kate Marshall Flaherty, author of Radiant (June 2019), reads at Jasper Municipal Library, 500 Robson Dr, Jasper, AB.
April 11: Ilona Martonfi, author of The Snow Kimono, author reading (curated by Ilona) Song, Verse, and Fun!: An Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music @ Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West, Montreal, QC: 7:00-9:00pm; $6 at the door. click for details
April 28: SK Dyment, author of Steel Animals, reads at Junction Reads @ Famous Last Words, 392 Pacific Ave, Toronto, ON: 5:00pm. click for details
May 26: Lisa de Nikolits, author of Rotten Peaches, and Erika Rummel, author of The Painting on Auerperg’s Wall, read at Junction Reads @ Famous Last Words, 392 Pacific Ave, Toronto, ON: 5:15pm. click for details
May 16: Guernica Editions & Inanna Publications Spring Book Launch featuring Harriet Bernstein, author of Irving Layton: Our Years Together, Arianna Dagnino, author of The Afrikaner, Valentina Gal, author of Philipovna: Daughter of Sorrow, Vivian Meyer, author of Road Warrior, Giovanna Riccio, author of Plastic’s Republic: Featuring the Barbie Suite, and Sonia Saikaley, author of The Allspice Bath @ Columbus Centre, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave W, North York, ON: 6:00-8:30pm. Music & Refreshments. Free. click for details
May 28: Inanna Publications Spring Book Launch: a celebratory evening featuring Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang, Mary Lou Soutar-Hybes, author of Any Waking Morning, and Mehri Yalfani, author of A Palace in Paradise @ A Different Booklist and Cultural Centre, 777-779 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON: 6:00-8:00pm. This free event is co-sponsored by Toronto International Festival of Authors Toronto Lit Up, and funded by Toronto Arts Council. Music & Refreshments. click for details
May 29: Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) Presents: ‘When Women Write’ author panel featuring Inanna writers Loren Edizel, author of Days of Moonlight, Susan Glickman, author of The Discovery of Flight, Nora Gold, author of The Dead Man (moderator) with Mawenzi House writers C Fong Hsiung, author of New Land Same Sky, and Tehmina Kahn, author of Things She Could Never Have @ Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON: 7:30-8:30pm. click for details and tickets
March 18: Merle Nudelman, author of The Seeker Ascends, reads and discusses her work @ New Adventures In Learning, Sun Lakes, Arizona, U.S.A.: 1:00-2:30pm.
May 30: Merle Nudelman, author of The Seeker Ascends, reads at Toronto Urban Folk Art Salon @ Toronto Public Library, 599 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON: 6:00-8:00pm.
April 26: Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, author of We Are Malala (June 2019), facilitates the workshop “Poetry Circles” (4:00pm); and hosts readings by the participants at 7:30pm @ Canadore College, 1 College Drive, Parry Sound, ON.
May 31: Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, author of We Are Malala (June 2019), facilitates the workshop “Poetry Circles” (4:00pm); and hosts readings by the participants at 7:30pm @ Canadore College, 1 College Drive, Parry Sound, ON.
May 1: Andrea Thompson, author of Over Our Heads, reads and performs at Rise Up!: A Night to Help Families Move Beyond Violence (with
spoken word artist: Vironika Tugaleva; music by Josh Mover & the Shakers, and more…) @ The Peacock Public House, 582 College Street, Toronto, ON: 7:00-11:00pm. $20 advance/$30 at the door. click for details
May 23: April Ford, author of Carousel (Inanna, 2020), and Ilona Martonfi, author of Salt Bride (fall 2019), read at Mayfest Reading @ Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West, Montreal, QC: 7:00-9:00pm; $6 at the door. click for details
May 14: Ilona Martonfi, author of Salt Bride (fall 2019), reads at Visual Arts Centre Readings @ School of Art / McClure Gallery, 350 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Montreal, QC: doors 7:00 pm; reading: 7:30 pm. At the door $6. click for details
May 7: Ilona Martonfi, author of Salt Bride (fall 2019) facilitates Rue Towers Writing Workshop (19 years running) @ 1420 rue Towers, #305, Montreal, QC: 1:00-3:30pm.
March 2: Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, author of La Briganessa, reads at signs books @ Chapters Sudbury, 1425 Kingsway, Sudbury, ON: 11:00am-3:00pm.
May 1: Anubha Mehta, author of Peacock in the Snow, reads and discusses her work @ Brampton Public Library, Chinguacousy Branch, Brampton, ON: 7:00-8:30pm. click for details
