JULY 31, 2020 ONLINE: Book Launch of The Unending Journey by Jose Del Pozo; Translated from Spanish by Ian Thomas Shaw, at 7 p.m. via Zoom ad live on Facebook. See poster below:
JULY 28, 2020 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents Debbie Okun Hill and Fran Figge. Guest host: John Oughton. 8 to 10 p.m. Viewing from Facebook Groups – Art Bar Poetry Series. See it here.
JULY 28, 2020 ONLINE: An Evening with Desmond Cole, an award-winning journalist, radio host, and activist in Toronto, 7 tp 8:30 p.m. Presented by the Kitchener Public Library and the African Caribbean Black (ACB) Network, Waterloo Region. This is a live presentation.
JULY 21, 2020 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents Ian Ferrier and Ella Zeltserman. Guest host: Mike Lipsius. 8 to 10 p.m. Viewing from Facebook Groups – Art Bar Poetry Series.
JULY 21, 2020 ONLINE: Sharon Berg will be a 20-minute featured reader during an online Zoom meeting organized by Sheila Tucker, host of Poetry&Prose. The event, including an open mic, will be held on July 21, 2020 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Berg will be reading from Naming the Shadows/Stories and her soon-to-be-released poetry collection Stars in the Junkyard (Cyberwit 2020). She will also briefly introduce her nonfiction book The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School (Big Pond Rumours Press, 2019), which won a 2020 IPPY Award. Contact Sheila at OakvillePandP (at) protonmail (dot) com to be added to the Zoom presentation.
JULY 21, 2020 ONLINE: Guernica Editions presents a virtual author reading and audiobook launch of Mad Hatter by Hornby Island author Amanda Hale, 7 to 7:30 p.m. on the AmandaHaleAuthor Facebook page. This is a free event.
JULY 16, 2020 ONLINE: Poet Gavin Barrett launches his poetry collection Understan (Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.). This ZOOM event includes live music, reading and a Q&A with Meenakshi Alimchandani, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Register on eventbrite.
JULY 16, 2020 ONLINE: #ArtsCanConnects presents “Writing Lesson Workshop” with Joseph Boyden, 7 p.m. EDT.
JULY 16, 2020 ONLINE: LOVE IN THE TIME of COVID POETRY OPEN MIC, a monthly online poetry open mic series hosted by Owen Sound Poet Laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski. Held on the third Thursday of every month at 3 p.m. via ZOOM. To obtain an event link, contact Richard at r_sitoski (at) yahoo (dot) ca or find him on Facebook.
JULY 15, 2020 ONLINE: Come Play With Me presents a self-isolation digital play reading of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov and curated by Sheena Albanese and Jelena Psenicnik, 7:30 p.m. See poster below:
JULY 14, 2020 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents Margaret Christakos and Sue Chenette. Guest host: Maida Sosa-Valazques. 8 to 10 p.m. Viewing from Facebook Groups – Art Bar Poetry Series.
JULY 11, 2020 ONLINE: The Association of Italian Canadian Writers presents “The Art of the Pitch: Get Your Manuscript into the Right Hands” featuring longtime editor and publisher Michael Mirolla of Guernica Editions, one of Canada’s thriving independent presses, 2 p.m. Online Zoom Event: write info@aicw to reserve your spot.
JULY 10, 11, 12, 2020 in WINDSOR: The 4th Windsor International Writers Conference welcomes all levels of writers from beginners to professional. Agents, Editors, Publishers, Keynote Speakers, and more. This is a ticketed event with early bird specials until December 31, 2019. ASSUMED CANCELLED.
JULY 9, 2020 ONLINE: Eden Mills Writers’ Festival “In Your Own Backyard” Online Series presents Looking Backward, Looking Forward; Fiction authors Shani Mootoo, John Elizabeth Sintzi and Souvankham Thammavongsa will discuss their new novels with host Farzana Doctor, 8 to 9 p.m. EST. Check the festival website for ticket and additional information.
JULY 9, 2020 ONLINE: Word Up Online presents novelist Barbara Kyle at 7 p.m. and followed by an open mic. Hosted by Aaron Reynolds, Linda Laforge and Word Up. Online event at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7538932502
JULY 8, 2020 ONLINE: The Brockton Writers Series July 2020 presents literary readings by Kamila Rina, Ryan Kap, Waubgeshig Rice, and Marlo K. Shaw. Hosted by Nancy Kay Clark and the Brockton Writers Series, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at https://www.gladdaylit.ca/gdtv
JULY 8, 2020 in LONDON: LOMP: reading series & open mic (held on the first Wednesday of each month). This month’s feature is Lisa Young. Open mic to follow: bring a poem, an excerpt of fiction, a chunk of your memoir, or a paragraph of creative non-fiction, and partake. Doors open at 6 p.m. Readings 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas Street. NOTE: CANCELLED
JULY 8, 2020 ONLINE: The Anstruther Press Launch presents The Phobic’s Handbook by Sile Englert; What Do You Want To Be Called? by Kirby; Borderlands by Marc Perez; Bachelor of Art by Ayaz Pirani; Claw Machine by Mahalia Smith; and In Flocks of Three to Five by Samuel Strathman. Zoom details TBA.
JULY 7, 2020 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents John Terpstra and Josh Smith. Guest host: Gavin Barrett. 8 to 10 p.m. Viewing from Facebook Groups – Art Bar Poetry Series.
JULY 7, 2020 ONLINE: Canadian poet/publisher Michael Mirolla and The League of Canadian Poets presents “Experiencing a Different Kind of Solitude and Confinement. This is the Life of a Poet”. Facebook lifestream at 12 p.m. EST.
JULY 4, 2020 ONLINE: The Alice Munro Festival presents Souvankham Thammavongsa, short story author of How to Pronounce Knife, 10 a.m. EST. To be aired on the Alice Munro Festival Facebook page.
JULY 1 to 4, 2020 ONLINE: The 2020 Poets @ Artfest VI presents the Artfest Kingston Virtual Event organized by Bruce Kauffman. The event will feature readings from Canadian poets and an interactive poem project for virtual visitors. Thirty-four poems (by poets from Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal) have been recorded into a 1 hour, 07-minute, 39-second track.
JULY 1, 2020 ONLINE: LOMP: reading series & open mic (held on the first Wednesday of each month). This month’s feature is Misha Bower and Will Kidman. To be aired at 6:30 p.m. EDT. The video will be available for viewing on TAP’s website.
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