Book Promotion & Marketing

Wednesday, October 8, 2023 - 6:30pm

Grounded Coffeehouse and Kitchen
100 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 0A4

Join some of Ottawa’s best crime and mystery writers for readings and musical entertainment.

Authors include:
Vicki Delany
Michael J. McCann
Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase)
Mary Jane Maffini (aka Victoria Abbott)
Barbara Fradkin
Brenda Chapman

M.C.: Mike Martin author of the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

Musical entertainment:
J.D. Robertson and Geoff Johnson with guest Daniel Laurin

For more information, please visit Mystery Café on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ottawamysterycafe

Saturday, September 27, 2023 - 2:00pm

MacLaren Art Centre
37 Mulcaster St.
Barrie, ON
L4M 3M2

Barrie Poet Laureate and The Seasons author Bruce Meyer will be at the MacLaren Art Centre to read from his books The Seasons and Testing the Elements. Joining him are publishers Tim Inkster of PQL and Michael Callaghan of Exile editions, who will speak about publishing and design.

Admission is free.

For more information about the event, please visit
http://porcupinesquill.ca/events.html

Friday, September 26, 2023 - 7:00pm

Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
211 Rue Bernard Ouest
Montreal, ON
H2T 2K5

David Balzer (Curationism) and Margaux Williamson (I Could See Everything) will reunite in Montreal to talk about art, curating, and the modern art book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.

This event is FREE to attend, and all are welcome.

For more information, please visit the gracious folks at Coach House Books.
http://www.chbooks.com/events/sept-26-david-balzer-margaux-williamson-co...

Friday, October 24, 2023 - 8:30pm

Knox Presbyterian Church
120 Lisgar Street
Ottawa, ON
M6J 3G3

Gillian Wigmore reads from her new poetry collection Orient at the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

Poetry Cabaret: Rachel Zolf, Gillian Wigmore and Patrick Lane.

Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Readings will be followed by a hosted onstage conversation and questions from the audience. The event will wrap up with a book signing.

Visit the festival website for more information
http://www.writersfestival.org

Sunday, September 21, 2023 - 12:00pm

Metropolitain Brasserie
700 Sussex Dr.
Ottawa, ON
K1N 1K4

Join us at Metropolitain Brasserie for a delicious lunch and a conversation with Eleanor Catton, the author The Luminaries, and winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.

Each ticket includes a tasty meal, good company, great conversation and a copy of The Luminaries to get signed. Better yet, all proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.

Please Note: Seating for this exclusive event is limited.

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Metropolitan Salad

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Pork Stroganoff over Basmati Rice

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Saturday, September 20, 2023 - 7:00pm

Centretown United Church
507 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1Z5

Join us in welcoming Eleanor Catton back to Canada’s capital.

Set during the heady days of New Zealand’s Gold Rush, The Luminaries, Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and Governor General’s Award for Fiction, is a magnificent novel of love, lust, murder, and greed, in which three unsolved crimes link the fates and fortunes of twelve men. Dickens meets Deadwood in this internationally celebrated phenomenon.

Thursday, November 6, 2022 - 7:00pm

THUNDER BAY ART GALLERY
1080 Keewatin Street
Thunder Bay, ON
P7C 4X9

Join authors Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Alison Pick and Michael Winter read from their latest novels at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

Tickets are $10.

For tickets and more information, please visit the Waverley Resource Library (807-684-6814).

In partnership with CBC Radio, Lakehead University, Northern Women’s Bookstore, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Public Library

Thursday, November 6, 2022 - 7:30pm

THE CHARLES W. STOCKEY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
2 Bay Street
Parry Sound, ON
P2A 1S3

Authors Michael Crummey, Nick Cutter, Catherine Graham and Helen Humphreys read from their latest works at The Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts in Parry Sound.

Tickets are $15.

For tickets and more information, please visit Parry Sound Books (705-746-7625) or The Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts (705-746-4466 or 1-877-746-4466)

In partnership with Parry Sound Books