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IFOA THUNDER BAY: KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER, ALISON PICK, MICHAEL WINTER

When

Thursday, November 6, 2022 - 7:00pm

Where

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

Details

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

IFOA PARRY SOUND: MICHAEL CRUMMEY, NICK CUTTER, CATHERINE GRAHAM, HELEN HUMPHREYS

When

Thursday, November 6, 2022 - 7:30pm

Where

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

Details

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

IFOA BURLINGTON/HAMILTON: ANN-MARIE MACDONALD

When

Thursday, October 30, 2022 - 7:00pm

Where

ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS
680 Plains Rd. W.
Burlington, Hamilton, ON
L7T 1J1

Details

Beloved Canadian author of Fall on Your Knees, Ann-Marie MacDonald, is coming to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton for a reading on Thursday, October 30th, at 7pm. MacDonald presents her highly anticipated new novel, Adult Onset, a powerful drama about motherhood, the dark undercurrents of family life and the power and pressures of love.

Tickets are $15.

For tickets and more information, please visit Bryan Prince Bookseller (905-528-4508) or A Different Drummer Books (905-639-0925).

IFOA BRANTFORD

When

Thursday, October 30, 2022 - 7:00pm

Where

WOODLAND CULTURAL CENTRE, MUSEUM BUILDING
184 Mohawk Street
Brantford, ON
N3S 2X3

Details

Join Tony Birch, Thomas King, Lee Maracle and Ellen van Neerven at the Woodland Cultural Centre on Thursday, October 30th at 7pm for a reading of their latest novels, to be followed by a reception.

This event is FREE.

For more information, contact the Woodland Cultural Centre at 519-759-2650.

In partnership with Planet Indigenous and Woodland Cultural Centre.

IFOA MIDLAND: ELYSE FRIEDMAN, KATE PULLINGER, KIM THÚY

When

Wednesday, October 29, 2022 - 7:30pm

Where

MIDLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
320 King Street
Midland, ON
L4R 3M6

Details

Authors Elyse Friedman, Kate Pullinger and Kim Thúy read from their latest works at the Midland Public Library.

For tickets and more information, please visit the Midland Public Library (705-526-4216)

Doors are at 7pm.

Tickets are $15.

In partnership with the Midland Cultural Centre and Midland Public Library

IFOA BURLINGTON

When

Tuesday, October 28, 2022 - 7:00pm

Where

The Art Gallery of Burlington
1333 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, ON
L7S 1A9

Details

Lit On Tour comes to Burlington!

Join IFOA Ontario for a reading by the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists, at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
The Writers’ Trust is one of the largest literary prize-giving organizations in the country, now annually awarding more than $240,500 to Canadian writers.

Tickets are $10.

Finalists will be announced October 1!

For tickets and more information, please visit A Different Drummer Books
http://www.differentdrummerbooks.ca
Or call: 905-639-0925
Or email: [email protected]

IFOA HAMILTON with Roch Carrier

When

Thursday, October 23, 2023 - 7:00pm

Where

Hillfield Strathallan College - Auditorium
299 Fennell Ave. West
Hamilton, ON
L9C 1G3

Details

Roch Carrier, one of Canada’s most beloved storytellers and the author of the well-known classic The Hockey Sweater, discusses Montcalm and Wolfe, his new dual biography of the two generals and their famous battle on the Plains of Abraham.

Tickets are $15.

For tickets and more information, please visit Bryan Prince Bookseller (905-528-4508)

In partnership with Bryan Prince Bookseller
http://www.princebooks.net

Ottawa Lit: fall 2014 preview

by rob mclennan

As we gear into fall, I thought it good to get a quick overview of what is happening in and around Ottawa literature and its literary community this fall, so sent questions off to a variety of local writers to hear what events and books they’re looking forward to, what they think has been overlooked, and just what writers they think are worth paying attention to. Chris Johnson, outgoing editor for In/Words and incoming coordinating editor at Arc Poetry Magazine, offers his take:

TVOKids’ Read with Ranger Kara

When

Saturday, November 1, 2022 - 1:00pm

Where

Central Branch, London Public Library, Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas Street
London, ON
N6A 6H9

Details

Inspiring a love of reading in children, TVOKids Read with Ranger Kara tour visits the London Public Library on Saturday, November 1 from 1-3:30 pm. Geared towards kids aged 4 to 11 and their families, TVOKids host Ranger Kara reads Doors in the Air. This Canadian children’s book is about a boy who is fascinated by doors – real and imaginary. His imagination leads him to many different doorways that take him from one world to another.

Books and Brunch with Frances Itani and Carrie Snyder

When

Sunday, November 9, 2022 - 11:00am

Where

Wooden Sticks Golf Club
40 Elgin Park Drive
Uxbridge, ON
L9P 1N2

Details

Join Blue Heron Books for November's Books and Brunch event with Frances Itani, the bestselling author of the award-winning international sensation Deafening and Carrie Snyder, author of Girl Runner and The Juliet Stories, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. In Tell, Itani returns to the period following the First World War with a tour de force-an extraordinary novel of secrets withheld and secrets revealed. The book was just longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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