Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week:
- Mike Holmes launches his graphic novel True Story at the Khyber, Halifax (April 29, 6 p.m., free)
- House of Anansi’s travelling poetry bash with Sharon Thesen, Matt Rader, and Ken Babstock at the Collected Works Bookstore, Ottawa (April 30, 8 p.m., free)
- Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye lecture with Margaret Atwood at the Frye Festival, Capitol Theatre, Moncton (April 30, 8 p.m., $25)
- Chester Brown launches his new graphic novel Paying For It at Goodhandy’s, Toronto (May 1, 7 p.m., free)
- Funny guy David Sedaris returns to Canada for a special reading at Place des Arts, Montreal (May 4, 7:30 p.m., $32“$55)
- Elizabeth Hay and Miriam Toews read at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver (May 5, 7:30 p.m., $21)