Events

Slideshow: Pongapalooza

Publishing and ping-pong enthusiasts put on their game faces on May 8 for the first Pongapalooza fundraiser for First Book Canada. It was a hit, raising $22,000. We had no idea how enthusiastically people from ... Read More »

May 10, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Azrieli Foundation to launch film series companion to Holocaust memoirs

By Natalie Samson

The Azrieli Foundation, a Canadian philanthropic organization has produced a number of film shorts to complement its series of memoirs by Holocaust survivors. The Azrieli Series Short Films will premiere at Toronto's Beth Tzedec Congregation ... Read More »

May 10, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Invisible Publishing turns five, Ottawa International Writers Festival, and more

By Sue Carter

Click on the thumbnails to view photos from recent events in Halifax and Ottawa. Quillblog ... Read More »

May 8, 2012 | Filed under: Events

LeftWords Festival to relaunch this weekend

By Natalie Samson

A number of independent publishers have paired up with the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts to relaunch LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas, a celebration of progressive, critical writing and publishing. The ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Canadian literary event roundup: May 4-10

By Katie Gowrie

Lecture and discussion with Gail Bowen, University of Regina (May 4, 3:30 p.m., free) Scott Fotheringham launches his novel The Rest is Silence at Box of Delights, Wolfville, N.S. (May 4, 7 p.m., free) Word ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Playwrights Guild of Canada celebrates 40 years with reading series

By Natalie Samson

The Playwrights Guild of Canada is marking four decades of service to the Canadian theatre community with a week-long reading series. Beginning Monday and running until May 4, five award-winning Canadian playwrights will read from ... Read More »

May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 27-May 3

By Sue Carter

Canadian Literature Symposium - The Worlds of Carol Shields, University of Ottawa (April 27“29, $100, details available on the website) Manitoba Book Awards, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg (April 28, 7 p.m., free) Barbara Reid reads ... Read More »

April 27, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Heather A. Clark, Yasuko Thanh, and Cheryl Rainfield

By Sue Carter

Spring book launch season is well underway. Click on the thumbnails to view photos from three recent ... Read More »

April 25, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Canadian literary event roundup: April 20-26

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Fan Expo Vancouver celebrates science fiction with Spider Robinson, D.D. Brant, A.M. Dellamonica, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Vancouver Convention Centre (April 21-22, check website for times) Blue Metropolis Festival offers readings, panel discussions, master classes, literary ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Slideshow: A Weekend with Jane Austen

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Pride and Prejudice fans will don their finest gloves and gowns for A Weekend with Jane Austen (April 20“22), a three-day event that celebrates the 1812 Regency era with workshops, lectures, tours, and period ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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