Events

Word on the Street Toronto presents a panel celebrating finalists for the 2021 Trillium Book Award: Farzana Doctor (Seven), Craig Davidson, and A.F. Moritz, moderated by Deborah Dundas, Books Editor for the Toronto Star.

Join author Claire Gilchrist at Jackson Park, in partnership with Waucoma Books, for a coyote-themed scavenger hunt and a reading from her new adventure fiction novel, Lost Shadow.

Junctions Reads presents a live reading and discussion of Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack with author, Heidi von Palleske.

Join Mike Commito for the launch of Hockey 365, The Second Period, where he will be joined by Jeff Marek of Sportsnet for a Q&A and giveaway.

Join Dundurn Press for the launch of our new literary imprint, Rare Machines!

Using genres, ranging from mystery to autobiographical narrative, this panel of writers — Farzana Doctor (Seven), Avni Doshi, Veena Rao, Tahmima Anam, and Homeira Qaderi — explores themes of child prostitution, intimate partner violence, maternal mortality, and FGM at the Tasveer Festival. 

Junction Reads presents a live reading and discussion of The Day She Died with author, S.M. Freedman.

Join us for the launch of Ted Cadsby's latest book, Hard To Be Human, featuring a discussion and participant Q&A with BNN Bloomberg's Amanda Lang.

Join McNally Robinson as they celebrate the launch of Rowan McCandless's Persephone's Children: A Life in Fragments, presented as part of THIN AIR 2021: The Winnipeg International Writers Festival and featuring a conversation hosted by Whitney French.

Join us for the Heritage Toronto Awards Ceremony, where they will be announcing the winner of the Book Award, of which four Dundurn Press books have been nominated: Michael Snow, Toronto Reborn, The Flyer Vault, and Outrageous Misfits.

Join the Grimsby Public Library in welcoming Lauren B. Davis (Even So) and author Lisa Rochon to their Fall 2021 Author Series.

Join Even So author Lauren B. Davis at this event presented by TIFA and hosted by author Catherine Graham, which will include a reading, discussion, and audience Q&A. 

Join us at the 2021 Ottawa Book Award Ceremony, where we will be cheering on Dr. Brodie Ramin, for his shortlisted book, The Age of Fentanyl.

Vancouver Writers Fest presents an in-person panel with Linwood Barclay, Cherie Jones, and Eddy Boudel Tan (After Elias & The Rebellious Tide) who write in different genres with one thing connecting them all: their ability to create spellbinding stories. 

Bob Ramsay, the acclaimed communications consultant and founder of the speaker series RamsayTalks, presents his memoir, Love or Die Trying: How I Lost It All, Died, and Came Back for Love, at the Toronto International Festival of Authors.

Join the Toronto International Festival of Authors in welcoming Tara McGowan-Ross for this event where she will be having a brutally honest conversation about her life, as depicted in the memoir Nothing Will Be Different, and sharing what it means to learn to live “before getting ready to die.”

Join Diaspora Dialogues for a live conversation with social worker and writer, Sumaiya Matin as she discusses her debut memoir The Shaytan Bride.

Join the Toronto International Festival of Authors for a fascinating discussion between extraordinary storytellers Scholastique Mukasongo and Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia (The Son of the House).

Learn effective use of point of view in your fiction and nonfiction with bestselling author Lauren B. Davis (Even So) in this fantastic lecture presented by The Flatiron Writers Room.

Join Living Hyphen for a virtual book club discussion on The Shaytan Bride featuring a reading and Q&A with writer Sumaiya Matin.