BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.2.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Inanna Publications X-WR-CALDESC:Essential Reading for Feminists the World Over X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 8: IWD Author Readings - Heidi Greco\, Susan McCaslin\, Ka terina Vaughan Fretwell DESCRIPTION:Heid Greco\, author of Practical Anxiety\, Susan McCaslin\, author of Into the Open\, and Katerina Vaughan Fretwell\, author of We A re Malala\, read for 'Feminist Poetry on International Women's Day' host ed by the the Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets. Celebrati ng International Women's Day across Canada and the world\, fifteen poets will share their work and their passion to change the world. The event is organized by the Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets. The caucus strongly and uncompromisingly champions the rights of those who identify as women and/or feminists and celebrate\, promote\, and support women’s creativity within the League and beyond. Free on Zoom\, regis tration required via eventbrite.\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist- poetry-on-international-womens-day-tickets-539777718687 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-8-iwd-author-reading-ka terina-vaughan-fretwell/ UID:urn:uuid:fb324664-4ea4-4679-b285-56b73ca5f948 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230308T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230308T213000 LOCATION:via Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 9: Author Reading - Ilona Martonfi DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\,author of The Tempest reads at Ago Bookshop Reading Series: Verse\, Prose &\; Song Thursday (with Susi Lovell\, M atthew Rettino\, Shaheen Munir\, Michael Foy\, R. M. Cutler\, Gloria Mac her). Hosted by Adele-Elise Prevost &\; Moti Lieberman. Online - emai l events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link. https://www.argobookshop.ca/ URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-9-author-reading-ilona- martonfi/ UID:urn:uuid:430c637b-d235-4c0a-885c-a69027c9d9d4 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230309T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230309T210000 LOCATION:Argo Bookshop/via zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 14: Author Workshop - Ilona Martonfi DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\, author of The Tempest\, facilitates Rue Tow ers Writing Workshop (24 years running) Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-14-author-workshop-ilon a-martonfi/ UID:urn:uuid:43e0c937-878e-4aa2-9d6c-672888d5e943 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230314T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230314T153000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 14-May 2 - Author/Writing Class - Kimberly Garrett Brown DESCRIPTION:March 14-May 2\, 2023: Kimberly Garrett Brown\, author of Co ra's Kitchen\, teaches 'The Key to Short Story Writing' for Story Circle Network: Writing Classes for Women: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-14-may-2-author-writing -class-kimberly-garrett-brown/ UID:urn:uuid:4d6038fb-7af6-4574-8779-ee5be917de0f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230314 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 15: Author Reading/Discussion - Carolyne Van Der Meer DESCRIPTION:Carolyne Van Der Meer\, author of Sensorial: A Poetry Collec tion\, reads and discusses her work (with Marie-Josée Pois­son) for th e event`Croisement patrimonial entre Marguerite Bourgeoys et un officier français' (in French) at Chapelle Notre Dame de Bon Secours\, 400\, ru e Saint-Paul Est\, Montréal\, QC. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-15-author-reading-discu ssion-carolyne-van-der-meer/ UID:urn:uuid:309d262f-1158-4638-b5fb-a48b7b780207 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T203000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 15: Book Event - Jane Cawthorne's Patterson House DESCRIPTION:Literary Kaleidoscope event: Jane Cawthorne's debut novel\, Patterson House (presentation by writer Aritha van Herk)\, MARDA LOOP CO MMUNITY HALL\, Calgary\, AB. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-15-book-event-jane-cawt hornes-patterson-house/ UID:urn:uuid:813fa1d9-48db-4328-9c69-1f2e6a357c0f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T110000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 25 - Book Launch/Reading/Discussion - Melanie Mitzner DESCRIPTION:North Fork Women\, a lesbian health advocacy and education o rganization\, will host Get Lit at Poquatuck Hall\, 1160 Skipper’s Lan e\, Orient\, NY 11957. The book launch for novelist Melanie Mitzner and poet Elaine Sexton will also feature works-in-progress by memoirist/prod ucer Roma Baran and playwright/author Elizabeth Primamore. Book signings by Mitzner and Sexton will follow the readings. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-25-book-launch-reading- discussion-melanie-mitzner/ UID:urn:uuid:98c90c47-36f7-4494-a462-5e5d13463a97 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230325T160000 LOCATION:Poquatuck Hall\, 1160 Skipper’s Lane\, Orient\, NY 11957 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 5: IWD Author Reading - A.S. Compton DESCRIPTION:A.S. Compton\, author of A Grandmother Named Love\, and Mari am Pirbhai\, author of Outside People and Other Stories\, read at 'Belon ging: Local Authors Celebrate International Women's Day' at The Registry Theatre\, 122 Frederick Street\, Kitchener\, ON (with Erin Bow\, Anandi Carroll-Woolery\, Lindsey Carter\, Adele Dobkowski\, Cassidy Korhonen\, Pamela Mulloy\, Peggy Plet\, Caroline Topperman). Music by Joni NehRita . Art by Pam Rojas. Book table by Wordsworth Books. Pay What You Will! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-5-iwd-author-reading-a- s-compton/ UID:urn:uuid:4911dc0a-2036-451b-83ce-5babea8971c1 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T170000 LOCATION:The Registry Theatre\, 122 Frederick Street\, Kitchener\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 3: Author Writing Class - Lisa Braxton DESCRIPTION:Lisa Braxton\, author of The Talking Drum\, facilitates the Grub Street writing class\, 'Crafting the 5-Minute Memoir'. Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-3-author-writing-class- lisa-braxton/ UID:urn:uuid:6297ecc5-2184-495d-90de-829bee2841e9 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230303T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230303T210000 LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 22: Eva Tihanyi\, Andrea Thompson - National Poetry Month Author Reading DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month and to participate in this ye ar’s celebrations\, Inanna author Eva Tihanyi has organized An Afterno on of Poetry\, featuring readings by Eva and fellow Inanna author Andrea Thompson (Over Our Heads) and writers Catherine Graham and Vanessa Shie lds at Mahtay Café\, 241 St. Paul St. (downtown) St. Catharines\, ON. T his is the only event of its kind in the Niagara Region. This event will be partially sponsored by the Canada Council through the League of Cana dian Poets. Eva’s ninth poetry collection\, Circle Tour\, will be rele ased by Inanna Publications on May 2.\n\n \; URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-22-national-poetry-mont h-author-reading-eva-tihanyi-andrea-thompson/ UID:urn:uuid:0f804917-56a0-4529-a762-c68099a49815 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T160000 LOCATION:Mahtay Café\, 241 St. Paul St. (downtown) St. Catharines\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 23: Susan Andrew Grace\, Rayya Liebich - Festival Readings DESCRIPTION:Susan Andrews Grace\, author of Hypatia's Wake\, and Rayya L iebich\, author of Min Hayati are featured writers at Eastern Washington University's Get Lit! Festival\, Spokane\, WA. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-23-author-readings-susa n-andrew-grace-rayya-liebich/ UID:urn:uuid:199c2922-596c-4a56-bda3-157159d1444a STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230423 LOCATION:Eastern Washington University\, Spokane\, WA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 29: Ami Sands Brodoff - Festival Panel/Discussion DESCRIPTION:Ami Sands Brodoff\, author of The Sleep of Apples\; Stories\ , discusses her work at Annapolis Book Festival: 'Power\, Belonging\, Di visions and Culture: Novels Exploring Contemporary America' (with Jung Y un and Susan Coll\, Science Library Center 101/102\, The Key School\, 53 4 Hillsmere Dr\, Annapolis\, MD. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-29-festival-panel-discu ssion-ami-sands-brodoff/ UID:urn:uuid:73116e04-44b2-4f83-af5a-350d9f0db88e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230429T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230429T153000 LOCATION:Science Library Center 101/102\, The Key School\n534 Hillsmere Dr\, Annapolis\, MD. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March 8: International Women's Day DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE AND TAKE ACTION! INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (MARCH 8)\n\nMarch 8 is International Women’s Day\, a global day of recogniti on celebrating the social\, economic\, cultural and political achievemen ts of women and girls\, and raising awareness of the work left to be don e. The 2023 theme is Every Woman Counts. IWD celebrates all the women an d girls who inspire us by demonstrating leadership in the choices they m ake in their day-to-day lives to contribute to the social\, economic\, cultural\, and political spheres. The beginnings of International Women' s Day (IWD) trace back to the early twentieth century\, emerging from th e activities of labour movements in North America and Europe and reflect ing a growing call for women to participate equally in society.\n\n\n\nT he first International Women's Day was observed on March 19\, 1911 in Au stria\, Denmark\, Germany and Switzerland. That day\, more than one mill ion people showed their support by participating in public events. In th e years that followed\, other countries began to observe and celebrate t his day. The United Nations recognized 1975 as International Women's Yea r and began celebrating IWD on March 8\, later adopting a resolution des ignating March 8 as International Women's Day. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-8-international-womens- day/ UID:urn:uuid:cf55e392-0cdc-41da-8db8-2b07abed8e2a STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230308 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March: National Reading Month (U.S.) DESCRIPTION:March is designated as National Reading Month in the U.S.\n\ n \; URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/march-national-reading-month- u-s/ UID:urn:uuid:d13d7bb0-db53-4be0-bc41-ff1a5213a790 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April: National Poetry Month DESCRIPTION:April 2023 is National Poetry Month!\n\nNational Poetry Mont h began in the US in 1996\, launched by the Academy of American Poets on the steps of a post office in New York City. There\, the story goes\, A cademy staff members handed out copies of T.S. Eliot’s poem\, “The W aste Land\,” which begins\, “April is the cruelest month…” to in dividuals waiting in line to mail their tax returns. Established in Can ada in 1998\, NPM now brings together schools\, publishers\, booksellers \, literary organizations\, libraries\, and poets from across the countr y to celebrate poetry and its vital place in Canada’s culture.\n\n\nTh e League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 24th National Po etry Month this April 2023 with the theme of JOY!\n\njoy is. reading by a window with a soft blanket. an old plant with a new bloom. a completed to-do-list. the first big snowfall. banana bread in the oven. the squea k of sand under bare feet. a cat purring on my lap. finding the perfect GIF to send to the groupchat. a hot cup of coffee. filling the page with unplanned words. freshly painted nails. still and quiet moments of soli tude\, when all there is to do is rest. cold\, crisp mornings. the caref ul turn of an old book’s pages. a fresh bowl of ramen. feeling blessed and loved. setting a personal best. my favourite pair of sneakers. plan ting vegetables in the garden. sitting on the couch doing nothing\, part ner on one side\, dog on the other. the crack of a home run. a warm cup of milky Earl Grey. a sunset from a plane window.\n\nWhat does JOY mean to you?\n\n\nWhat will you read this National Poetry Month? What events will you organize\, attend? Will you start your own poetry writing proje ct? Will you write your first poem? Will you share your poetry online fo r the first time? URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-national-poetry-month/ UID:urn:uuid:a2f5e791-33a6-4541-b255-2edd0f630496 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230401 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 22: Earth Day DESCRIPTION:Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills\, smog\, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire. On April 22\, 1970\, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets\, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward f or our planet. The 2023 theme is Invest in Our Planet. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-22-earth-day/ UID:urn:uuid:1c139950-04f0-443c-9910-9ad26643df4f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230422 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 2: Lisa de Nikolits - Author Reading DESCRIPTION:Lisa de Nikolits\, author of Everything You Dream is Real\, reads at Bright Lit\, Big City reading series (with Carolyn Bennett\, Je ff Cottrill\, Josh Morris\, Alan Resnick\, Brent Van Staalduinen) at Hir ut Café\, 2050 Danforth Avenue\, Toronto\, ON. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-2-author-reading-lisa-d e-nikolits/ UID:urn:uuid:03938eef-797f-4c09-91a2-cc42c505bb47 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230402T160000 LOCATION:Hirut Café\, 2050 Danforth Avenue\, Toronto\, ON. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 22: Brenda Missen - Earth Day Author Talk DESCRIPTION:Earth Day Author Talk: Brenda Missen\, author of Tumblehome: One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness reads an d discusses her work at Arrowhead Provincial Park Visitor Centre. This i s a Partnership for the Planet with Arrowhead Provincial Park\, Cedar Ca noe Books and Huntsville Public Library.\n\nInvest in Our Planet: Earth Day Author Talk with Brenda Missen\n\nJoin Ontario author Brenda Missen as she shares Tumblehome\, her moving\, timely memoir about our intrinsi c connection with the Earth.\n\nRegistration for this event is required: please email Cara McQueen at the Huntsville Public Library. All registe red attendees will enjoy free day use access to Arrowhead Provincial Par k on the day of the event. Copies of Tumblehome will be available for pu rchase at the event and are also available at Cedar Canoe Books (Downtow n Huntsville\, 72 Main St E). URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-22-brenda-missen-earth- day-author-talk/ UID:urn:uuid:91b6d752-1bc4-41d7-846e-a02e2644043f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T150000 LOCATION:Arrowhead Provincial Park Visitor Centre\, 451 Arrowhead Park R d\,\, Huntsville\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 25: Dr. Diane Driedger - Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Dr. Diane Driedger\, editor of Still Living the Edges: A Dis abled Women's Reader\, presents on the panel\, "Better dead than disable d? The consequences of extending access to Medical Assistance in Dying ( MAiD) to disabled people" (with Dr. Margaret Oldfield\, Dr. Nancy Hansen \, Dr. Trudo Lemmens\, Dr. Gregor Wolbring). via Zoom. Hosted by the Can adian Sociological Association. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-25-author-panel-discuss ion-diane-driedger/ UID:urn:uuid:0e6de5af-e62d-4da6-a16e-932cfdb306e9 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230425T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230425T160000 LOCATION:Zoom: https://www.csa-scs.ca/files/webapps/csapress/webinars/20 23/03/11/better-dead-than-disabled-the-consequences-of-extending-access- to-medical-assistance-in-dying-maid-to-disabled-people/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 18: Ilona Martonfi - Author Workshop DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\, author of The Tempest\, facilitates Rue Tow ers Writing Workshop (24 years running) Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-18-author-workshop-ilon a-martonfi/ UID:urn:uuid:65525794-2abd-4964-b520-29199090b041 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230418T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230418T153000 LOCATION:Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Andrea Thompson - The Good Word DESCRIPTION:Andrea Thompson\, award-winning spoken word artist\, and aut hor of Over Our Heads\, celebrates the release of her new spoken word al bum\, "The Good Word"\, which explores the intersection of Black History and faith. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/16193/ UID:urn:uuid:b5d3580a-882b-43d3-9994-5ddb4499e67b STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230222T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230222T203000 LOCATION:Poetry Jazz Cafe END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Featured Author Reading – Melanie Mitzner DESCRIPTION:Melanie Mitzner\, author of Slow Reveal\, is a featured writ er at ReadOut 2023\, a Festival of LGBTQ+ Literature. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/featured-author-reading-melan ie-mitzner/ UID:urn:uuid:2758303a-441a-47ce-996c-172743216554 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230219T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230219T110000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:February 18: Author Talk – Lisa Braxton DESCRIPTION:Lisa Braxton\, author of The Talking Drum\,gives an Author T alk at Morse Institute Library\, Natick\, MA. Event sponsored by the Fri ends of the Morse Institute Library. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/february-18-author-talk-lisa- braxton/ UID:urn:uuid:7bf533bd-9b23-4fa0-b106-4ca08ee0cd17 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230218T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230218T160000 LOCATION:Morse Institute Library \n 14 E Central St\n Natick\, MA United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Signing – Patti Flather DESCRIPTION:Author Signing with Patti Flather\, author of Such a Lovely Afternoon at Mac’s Fireweed Books. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/author-signing-patti-flather/ UID:urn:uuid:0b303e8e-54ed-41f1-971f-0732b9c5760a STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230217T130000 LOCATION:Mac’s Fireweed Books \n 203 MAIN STREET\n Whitehorse\, Yukon Territory Canada END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Reading – Ilona Martonfi DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\, author of The Tempest reads at Argo Booksho p Reading Series: Verse\, Prose &\; Song Thursday [in-person] (with S usan Elmslie\, Matt Risk\, Maria Caltabiano\, Drea Lake\, Jerome Ramchar itar\, Deanna Radford\, Harry Rajchgotc). Hosted by Adele-Elise Prevost &\; Moti Lieberman. Masks are worn in the store. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/author-reading-ilona-martonfi / UID:urn:uuid:0947cd58-00ac-4920-b3ba-f26f3faa7255 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230209T210000 LOCATION:Argo Bookshop \n 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\n Montreal\ , QC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Workshop – Ilona Martonfi DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\, author of The Tempest\, facilitates Rue Tow ers Writing Workshop (24 years running) Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/author-workshop-ilona-martonf i/ UID:urn:uuid:524d9770-35ec-4dd2-baa9-fbde54d5752f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230207T153000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Talk – Lisa Braxton DESCRIPTION:Lisa Braxton\, author of The Talking Drum\, reads and discus ses her writing at Brockton Public Library. Hybrid event. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/author-talk-lisa-braxton/ UID:urn:uuid:cfa42931-2e3e-4013-9e0e-3f9f9d672adc STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230206T183000 LOCATION:Brockton Public Library \n 304 Main Street\n Brockton\, M A United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Signings – Brenda Missen\, Rummana Chowdhury\, Lisa de Nikolits DESCRIPTION:Author signing scheduled in the OBPO Ontario Book Publishers Pavilion (Table One) with authors  Brenda Missen (Tumblehome\; One Wom an’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness) [1:00pm ET]\; Rummana Chowdhury (Dusk in the Frog Pond and Other Stories) [1:20pm]\; a nd Lisa de Nikolits (Everything You Dream is Real) [2:00pm)! Come by\, s nag a book\, and meet the authors! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/author-signings-brenda-missen -rummana-chowdhury-lisa-de-nikolits/ UID:urn:uuid:099f43d6-7297-4c50-9480-4e2c3c493a0f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230203T143000 LOCATION:Toronto Metro Convention Centre \n 255 Front Street West\n Toronto\, ON Canada END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inanna Exhibit – Ontario Library Association Super Conference DESCRIPTION:Attending? Inanna will be exhibiting from February 2-3\, 202 3 at the annual Ontario Library Association (OLA) Superconference Book E xpo. Please stop by our booth and have a chat\, see what’s new\, and l earn more about our books! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/inanna-exhibit-ontario-librar y-association-super-conference/ UID:urn:uuid:77fba228-9b65-4b91-8341-617b784d39bb STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230202T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230203T170000 LOCATION:Toronto Metro Convention Centre \n 255 Front Street West\n Toronto\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 23: World Book & Copyright Day DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-23-world-book-copyright -day/ UID:urn:uuid:0b30d7ca-a78f-47de-b96b-ebe74861c08e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230423 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 29: Independent Bookstore Day DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-29-independent-bookstor e-day/ UID:urn:uuid:55837bd9-969b-4b47-b63c-fc864ff13e79 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April 30: Author Readings - Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes\, Merle Nudelm an DESCRIPTION:Long Dash Writing Group's National Poetry Month event featur ing Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes\, author of Any Waking Morning\, and Merle Nud elman\, author of The Seeker Ascends (with Clara Blackwood\, Brenda Clew s\, Kath MacLean\, John Oughton\, Sheila Stewart\, Elana Wolff). Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/april-30-author-readings-mary -lou-soutar-hynes-merle-nudelman/ UID:urn:uuid:04b4aac2-4458-4e22-a337-0161b3db37b0 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230430T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230430T150000 LOCATION:via zoom. registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/writes-of-s pring-national-poetry-month- END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May: Asian Heritage Month DESCRIPTION:May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada\, a time to reflect on and celebrate the contributions that Canadians of Asian heritage contin ue to make\, to the growth and culture of Canada. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-asian-heritage-month/ UID:urn:uuid:b7c8428f-261d-4031-a8e5-5eae3eaf8654 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 LOCATION:events: https://vmacch.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May: Jewish Heritage Month DESCRIPTION:May is Jewish Heritage Month in Canada. In 2018\, Parliament unanimously passed a bill proclaiming that throughout Canada\, the mon th of May will be marked as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month\, celebrating the inspirational role that Jewish Canadians have played and continue t o play in communities across the country. From law\, to politics\, to cu lture\, to sports\, this important initiative celebrates the contribut ions Jewish Canadians URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-jewish-heritage-month/ UID:urn:uuid:ccc0c3a1-cb1b-44ec-bc2a-a0e80dd58c18 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 LOCATION:https://jewishheritage.ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 26-June 1: Inanna exhibits at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences\, York U DESCRIPTION:Inanna will exhibit at this year's Congress of the Humanitie s and Social Sciences at York University in Toronto. Come by booth #401 in the Congress Book Expo (Vari Hall). We'll have author signings and gr eat deals on books (and we'd love to see you)! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-26-june-1-inanna-exhibits -at-congress-of-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-york-u/ UID:urn:uuid:a34361e8-ff7c-4ab2-9d95-9aaef9fce990 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230601T173000 LOCATION:York University. Congress Book Expo (Vari Hall) Booth #401 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 27-28: Inanna exhibits at Toronto Word on the Street DESCRIPTION:Inanna will exhibit at Toronto Word on the Street on Queen's Park Crescent on Saturday\, May 27 &\; Sunday\, May 28. Please stop by our booth for author signings and great deals on books! We're back in -person for the first time since 2019! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-27-28-inanna-exhibits-at- toronto-word-on-the-street/ UID:urn:uuid:58ca49ff-90bf-47eb-95d9-51cc87ff9eac STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230527T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230528T170000 LOCATION:Queen's Park Crescent: https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 5: National Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indige nous Women\, Girls and Two Spirit people DESCRIPTION:May 5 is #RedDressDay\, the National Day of Awareness for M urdered and Missing Indigenous Women\, Girls and Two Spirit people (#MMI WG2S). Read on for more information URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-5-national-day-of-awarene ss-for-murdered-and-missing-indigenous-women-girls-and-two-spirit-people / UID:urn:uuid:1ba45055-c3a6-4a7f-84d7-834f62b4af32 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230505 LOCATION:https://www.onwa.ca/learning-resources-mmiwg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 1: May Day - International Workers' Day DESCRIPTION:Recognized on the first day of May every year\, Internationa l Workers’ Day\, or May Day\, May 1\, commemorates the struggles of wo rkers around the world through the labour movements and the political le ft. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-1-may-day-international-w orkers-day/ UID:urn:uuid:f5a72630-a1bb-4521-b759-0ed98601ff35 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 4 - Author Discussion - Lisa de Nikolits\, Caro Soles DESCRIPTION:Lisa de Nikolits (Everything You Dream is Real) and Caro Sol es (Dancing with Chairs in the Music House) for a Mesdames of Mayhem cha t about crime writing and books at Toronto Public Library - Gerrard/Ashd ale Branch: 'So you want to be a crime writer?' URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-4-author-discussion-lisa- de-nikolits-caro-soles/ UID:urn:uuid:6d1df084-7d74-4201-934d-b720b01c611c STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230504T200000 LOCATION:TPL - Gerrard/Ashdale\, Toronto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 6: Featured Authors @ Librissimi Festival - Rosanna Micelott a Battigelli\, Gianna Patriarca DESCRIPTION:Librissimi - Toronto Italian Book Festival features authors Gianna Patriarca (To the Men Who Write Goodbye Letters) [1:30pm\; 3:00pm EDT] and Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli (Pigeon Soup &\; Other Stories) [3:00pm] at Columbus Centre\, #Toronto. 5th annual festival hosted by V illa Charities. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-6-featured-authors-libris simi-festival-rosanna-micelotta-battigelli-gianna-patriarca/ UID:urn:uuid:b4dcfda7-ecd3-41eb-9c0a-73f13543acd1 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230506T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230506T170000 LOCATION:Columbus Centre\, Toronto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 9: Author Presentation - Zoë S. Roy DESCRIPTION:For #AsianHeritageMonth\, Zoë S. Roy\, author of Spinster K ang\, discusses her books and writing in a special presentation 'Culture Shock' @ Toronto Public Library (Gerrard/Ashdale) Online URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-9-author-presentation-zoe -s-roy/ UID:urn:uuid:5842a5d4-fb62-4241-8c96-81f7452ab10e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230509T150000 LOCATION:TPL - Gerrard/Ashdale - Online: https://www.torontopubliclibrar y.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT481229&\;R=EVT481229 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 12: Author Reading/Discussion - Irene Marques DESCRIPTION:Irene Marques\, author of Daria\, is a featured writer at VI II International Conference - Congress @ University of Toronto - 'The Vo ice and Choice of Portuguese Immigrant Women: Mobilities and Intercultur alities': A Reading by Irene Marques (in English) and an interview with the author by Maria João (in Portuguese). URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-12-author-reading-discuss ion-irene-marques/ UID:urn:uuid:6ab765b1-95e8-4c40-8e3c-0db28f9a7e66 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230512T134500 LOCATION:ROBARTS LIBRARY - 130 St. George Street (Blackburn Room\, 4036\ , 4th floor ) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 13: Author Reading - Susan McCaslin DESCRIPTION:Susan McCaslin\, author of Into the Open: New and Selected\, reads from her work for the Federation of BC Writers Literary Contest w inners. Online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-13-author-reading-susan-m ccaslin/ UID:urn:uuid:cfcb7f86-9a48-44cb-b5e5-af1c814f5e85 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230513T000000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 14: Mothers' Day DESCRIPTION:Mothers' Day (not Mother's Day)- Don't believe (or buy into) the hype\n\n\nIn May (1858) Anne Marie Reeves Jarvis started “Mother s Friendship Day” as a way to improve sanitation after the Civil War . In 1907\, her daughter Anna Jarvis proposed a day to honor mothers and their anti-war organizing efforts. After years of trying to gain recogn ition and observance for Mothers' Day (all mothers)\, it was unceremonio usly co-opted by industry. Jarvis attempted to lead a boycott to no avai l and  Mother's Day (singular)\, as it is now called\, is one of the mo st financially successful days on the calendar\, bearing no resemblance to its radical origins.\n\nHere's a  great article that proposes "13 Wa ys to Have a Feminist Mothers' Day" including #5 "Talk about Feminism" a nd #9 "Volunteer to Help Mothers in Need" URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-14-mothers-day/ UID:urn:uuid:62a9f230-e371-4d8b-ac9b-0592cde37d04 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230514 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 18: Author Presentation - Lorrie Potvin DESCRIPTION:Lorrie Potvin\, author of Horses in the Sand\, speaks at Lan ark County Interval House Mosaic Unveiling Ceremony (The Countdown Publi c Art Project ) in Smiths Falls\, Ontario. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-18-author-presentation-lo rrie-potvin/ UID:urn:uuid:510e00cf-d2ba-4160-88a8-1b0aeb52a39d STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230518T183000 LOCATION:Smiths Falls Town Square. Smith Falls\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 23: Author Reading/Discussion - Brenda Missen DESCRIPTION:Brenda Missen\, author of Tumblehome:One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness\, reads and discusses her work\ , "Come Canoeing at the Central Library!"/ Book sales kindly provided by Bookmark Booksellers at BMO Community Room\, 2nd Floor\, Halifax Centra l Library. East Coast Tour stop #1! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-23-author-reading-discuss ion-brenda-missen/ UID:urn:uuid:0ca94ab5-328d-4c8f-835c-665e212aa7af STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230523T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230523T184500 LOCATION:BMO Community Room\, 2nd Floor\, Halifax Central Library\n5440 Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax\, NS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 25: Author Reading/Discussion - Brenda Missen DESCRIPTION:Brenda Missen\, author of Tumblehome:One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness\, reads and discusses her work\ , "Paddling between the Pages" at Lunenburg Library. East Coast Tour st op #2! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-25-author-reading-discuss ion-brenda-missen/ UID:urn:uuid:48d91c4c-0770-4adc-8fd1-230354ecf01f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230525T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230525T170000 LOCATION:Lunenburg Library\, 97 Kaulbach Street\, Lunenburg\, NS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 27: Author Reading/Discussion - Brenda Missen DESCRIPTION:Brenda Missen\, author of Tumblehome:One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near-Wilderness\, reads and discusses her work\ , "Take the ferry to "canoe" with me in LaHave!" (with homemade cake by bookseller Andra) @ LaHave River Books. East Coast Tour stop #3! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-27-author-reading-discuss ion-brenda-missen/ UID:urn:uuid:7e3ceaa2-abc5-45b0-bfb0-8d434da62e98 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230527T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230527T180000 LOCATION:LaHave River Books\, 3421 Hwy 331\, LaHave\, NS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May: International Short Story Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-international-short-story -month/ UID:urn:uuid:01e6db82-0266-4089-a260-e1f238fc6fb8 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May 28: Featured Authors - Lisa de Nikolits & Ursula Pflug DESCRIPTION:Toronto Word on the Street features Lisa de Nikolits\, autho r of Everything You Dream is Real: 'Mapping the Landscape of Ecofiction (with Menaka Raman Wilms and Cary Fagan) in the Vibrant Voices Tent: 2:3 0-3:30pm EDT\; and Ursula Pflug\, author of Seeds and Other Stories: 'In tentional Worldbuilding' (with Cherie Dimaline and Kate Story) in the Ac ross the Universe Tent: 4:00-5:00pm EDT. Full festival program. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/may-28-featured-authors-lisa- de-nikolits-ursula-pflug/ UID:urn:uuid:40abe703-b1d6-43f6-8323-7e89ed5ba12c STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230528T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230528T170000 LOCATION:Queen's Park Crescent (Word on the Street) Toronto. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June: National Indigenous History Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-national-indigenous-hist ory-month/ UID:urn:uuid:c59bc292-b265-440a-a919-2fd7e6b8f294 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1466616436543/1534874922512 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June: PRIDE Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-pride-month/ UID:urn:uuid:76ac4338-8f33-427e-a6c1-20f027f9dbe2 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:https://www.pridetoronto.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June: Italian Heritage Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-italian-heritage-month/ UID:urn:uuid:0de38340-68d8-4ab1-8327-e55145599327 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:https://www.villacharities.com/culture-heritage/cultural-progra mming/italian-heritage-month/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June: Filipino Heritage Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-filipino-heritage-month/ UID:urn:uuid:f584cc14-e2fb-49a2-8fbc-0fa08b65ad62 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2022/05/stateme nt-by-minister-hussen-on-filipino-heritage-month.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June: Portuguese Heritage Month DESCRIPTION: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-portuguese-heritage-mont h/ UID:urn:uuid:917abfd1-dea3-432a-8fae-cef8c3600c9d STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2022/05/governm ent-of-canada-marks-portuguese-heritage-month.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 1-30: Lorrie Potvin - Author Exhibit "Rusted Development" DESCRIPTION:Lorrie Potvin\, author of Horses in Sand\, exhibits her work \, "Rusted Development: a re-imagining of the ordindary" for National In digenous History Month/PRIDE Month at Arbor Gallery – Galerie Arbor\, Vankleek Hill\, ON. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-author-exhibit-rusted-de velopment-lorrie-potvin/ UID:urn:uuid:32766604-eb22-440f-9378-ba1ecd71a23b STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230601 LOCATION:Arbor Gallery – Galerie Arbor\, Vankleek Hill\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 3: Lisa de Nikolits - Author Feature (Moderator) DESCRIPTION:Lisa de Nikolits\, author of Everything You Dream is Real\, moderates a great panel at Toronto International Festival of Authors' MO TIVE\, Crime and Mystery Festival: “A Tale of Two Crime Cities" with c rime writers Dietrich Kalteis and Sam Wiebe at Lakeside Terrace at Harbo urfront Centre\,Toronto: 11:30am EDT. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-3-lisa-de-nikolits-autho r-feature-moderator/ UID:urn:uuid:e6089904-fd74-4737-8731-815c6413ad28 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230603T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230603T123000 LOCATION:Lakeside Terrace at Harbourfront Centre\,Toronto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 8: Ilona Martonfi - Author Reading/Curator DESCRIPTION:Ilona Martonfi\, author of The Tempest reads at Ago Bookshop Reading Series: Verse\, Prose &\; Song Thursday (with Cora Siré\, J ames Hawes\, Zoe Shaw\, Chard Chenier\, Emily Tristan Jones\, Jack Rutta n\, Mirabel) Masks required in-store. Hosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & \; Moti Lieberman. 7:00-9:00pm EDT. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-8-ilona-martonfi/ UID:urn:uuid:237e7592-cb5c-431f-82ce-ed88965b262e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230608T210000 LOCATION:1841-A rue Sainte-Catherine ouest\nMontreal QC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 17: Lorrie Potvin - Author Talk DESCRIPTION:Lorrie Potvin\, author of Horses in Sand\, reads and discuss es her writing for National Indigenous History Month/PRIDE Month: 'Two-S pirit reading and talk / lecture et conversation Two-Spirit' at Arbor Ga llery – Galerie Arbor\, Vankleek Hill\, ON. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-17-lorrie-potvin-author- talk/ UID:urn:uuid:a6901acd-c748-4016-a713-02184c03148f STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T150000 LOCATION:Arbor Gallery – Galerie Arbor\, Vankleek Hill\, ON. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 15-18: Lisa de Nikolits - Featured Author DESCRIPTION:Lisa de Nikolits\, author of Everything You Dream is Real\, is a featured writer at Shetland Noir Festival\, Shetland. Lisa will dis cuss her writing and books on a panel\, 'Travelling in Time' and she wil l interview writers Shari Lapeña along with Lousie Mangos and Gilly Mac Millan for 'When You Don't Know Who to Trust' . URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-15-18-lisa-de-nikolits-f eatured-author/ UID:urn:uuid:1b2eab2c-0db7-43c6-b907-b22478ebd757 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230618 LOCATION:Shetland Noir Festival\, Shetland\, UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 17: Susan McCaslin - Author Reading/Launch DESCRIPTION:Susan McCaslin\, author of Into the Open: New and Selected\, reads from her new mini-chapbook\, Sentient Stones (Raven Press) at a z oom launch online. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-17-susan-mccaslin-author -reading-launch/ UID:urn:uuid:c0e4e304-fc58-4b6c-a4ff-1f034b2a1462 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230617T203000 LOCATION:Raven Chapbooks via zoom https://www.ravenchapbooks.ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 29: Irene Marques - Author Presentation DESCRIPTION:Irene Marques\, author of Daria\, is a featured writer at Lu sophone World and its Diasporas International Conference @ York Universi ty\, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB) – ‘Diasporic Fictions in English: Examining Ethnicity\, Cultural Clichés\, Commodification &\ ; Exotification in Portuguese North American Literatures.' URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/june-29-irene-marques-author- presentation/ UID:urn:uuid:9943948b-4c0c-4853-9e9f-904807fe075b STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230629T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230629T164500 LOCATION:York University\, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:July 19: Inanna Spring 2023 Book Launch No. 2 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of readings and revelry featuring aut hors Anita Jack-Davies (Lawrencia’s Last Parang: A Memoir of Loss and Belonging as a Black Woman in Canada)\, Marlene Kadar (Broken Fiction)\, Kate Kelly (The Meadowlands)\, Charlotte Mendel (A Hostage)\, Phyllis R udin (Tucked Away)\, Mehri Yalfani (A Fall Afternoon in the Park) @ The Supermarket\, Toronto. Author readings/signings\, book sales\, refreshme nts\, cash bar. Free. Masks are recommended but not required. Evenbrite RSVP appreciated. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/july-19-inanna-spring-2023-bo ok-launch-no-2/ UID:urn:uuid:6ce6994d-2cfa-4283-97db-0c19ff5873f4 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230719T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230719T203000 LOCATION:The Supermarket\, 268 Augusta Avenue \n(Kensington Market)\, To ronto\, ON END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:July 20: Carolyne Van Der Meer - Author Launch/Reading DESCRIPTION:Carolyne Van Der Meer\, author of Sensorial\, launches her n ew chapbook\, Broken Pieces: Hospital Experiences (with Michael Farry) a t Lawn Chair Soiree Publication Party. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/july-20-carolyne-van-der-meer -author-launch-reading/ UID:urn:uuid:8a8337f1-68df-4bc1-8981-00b98a784040 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230720T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230720T000000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:July: Disability Pride Month DESCRIPTION:Disability Pride Month occurs in the U.S. and Canada every J uly to commemorate the passing of the landmark Americans with Disabiliti es Act (ADA) in July  1990\, which emerged in response to negative view s of disability and to promote human rights. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/july-disability-pride-month/ UID:urn:uuid:fa932bfb-85da-42a9-98aa-c469f058f37d STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230701 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CWS/cf launch DESCRIPTION:RSVP: brendacranney@inanna.ca\n\nThe newest issue of CWS/c f\, Cuban Women: Politics\, Culture and Revolution will launch on June 2 7 with an evening of readings\, food\, music\, cash bar and solidarity. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.inanna.ca/events/cws-cf-launch/ UID:urn:uuid:b3b4f48d-0f2c-45dc-8e2c-ce1ccf202aa2 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240908T020631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240627T220000 LOCATION:United Steelworkers Hall\, 25 Cecil St.\, Toronto END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR