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NOTE: AS PROVINCIAL RESTRICTIONS EASE, A FEW IN PERSON EVENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN SCHEDULED AND PROMOTED BELOW!
(DISCLAIMER: Information is usually updated twice a month. Please double check with the organization of each respective event to ensure the details haven’t changed before you attend or connect online – October 26, 2021)
TARNISHED TROPHIES BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE: 2014 AND 2015.
MY PREVIOUS READINGS AND WORKSHOPS: 2016-2017 , 2018, 2019, and 2020.
At the moment, I have NO CURRENT READINGS AND WORKSHOPS scheduled for 2021.
EVENTS:
Lit Net TO, compiled by the Toronto Literary Organizer, is a weekly e-mailed newsletter that highlights literary activities such as reading series, poetry slams, local author book launches, literary festival events, and more taking place in and around Toronto. Those interested in subscribing to this FREE newsletter may sign-up here.
ONTARIO EVENTS:
DECEMBER 5, 2021 IN TORONTO: Guernica Editions will announce the 2021 Guernica Prize winner during this LIVE event, 3:30 p.m. ET at the Supermarket, 268 Augusta. PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED for this FREE event.
DECEMBER 2, 2021 ONLINE: Toronto’s First Post Office presents the Fall Author Series with Katie Daubs, author of Missing Millionaire, the True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed with Finding Him, 7 to 8:30 p.m. EST. Please note this is a ticketed event with info on the Facebook event page.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021 ONLINE: Blue Denim Press presents “The Rune & Six Sense: Does Fate Play in Life & Literature” , a discussion with authors Liz Torlee, Sharon A. Crawford, and Shane Joseph, 7 p.m. EST via Facebook Live.
NOVEMBER 20, 2021 ONLINE: “Booknanza! Part Four” presents Kevin Heslop, Sile Englert and Aaron Schneider with special guests Kayla Czaga and Erica McKeen, 6 p.m. via ZOOM. A link will be provided on the Facebook event page.
NOVEMBER 20, 2021 IN ST. CATHARINES: The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association presents “Writing the Smell of Varnish”, a poetry workshop with poet laureate John B. Lee, 10 to 1 p.m. at the St. Catharines Public Library, 54 Church Street. Advance registration required.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 ONLINE: Toronto’s First Post Office presents the Fall Author Series with Robin Blackburn McBride, author of The Shining Fragments, 7 to 8:30 p.m. EST. Please note this is a ticketed event with info on the Facebook event page.
NOVEMBER 10, 2021 ONLINE: Blue Denim Press presents the virtual launch of Intervals of Hope by Christopher Canniff, 7 p.m. EST via Facebook Live. The author will read and discuss his latest novel set during the two world wars, based on his grandfather’s diary and letters. Moderated by Shane Joseph.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021 IN STRATFORD: The Windsor 23 Reading Series and Open Mic (formerly the Red Lion Reading Series) presents featured guests Mark Hertzberger, Carrie Lee Connel, and Andreas Gripp followed by an open mic, 6 to 8:30 p.m. at 23 Albert Street. Open mic sign-ups at 6:15 p.m. Social distancing required. Admission FREE.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021 ONLINE: Guernica Editions November Group Launch with featured fiction authors (Anna Dowdall, Charlotte R. Mendel, and Frank Lentricchia) plus poets Gianna Patriarca, Paul Belanger, J.J. Steinfeld, and Maria Caltabiano, 3:30 p.m. via ZOOM. See the Facebook event page for the registration link.
NOVEMBER 6, 2021 ONLINE: WordFest London Canada presents “Poetry Live” featuring Randell Adjei, Poet Laureate of Ontario and hosted by Tom Cull, former Poet Laureate of London 7 to 9 p.m. via ZOOM. See the Facebook event page for the registration link.
NOVEMBER 6, 2021 ONLINE: WordFest London Canada presents “2021 James Reaney Memorial Lecture — Tales for a Really Day: Two Great Writers, Three Short Stories” performed by Kendra Ryan and Ada Corrigan Holowitz, 2 p.m. via ZOOM. See the Facebook event page for the registration link.
NOVEMBER 4, 2021 ONLINE: WordFest London Canada presents “In Conversation with Terry Fallis”, 7 p.m. via ZOOM. See the Facebook event page for the registration link.
NOVEMBER 3, 2021 ONLINE: Biblioasis presents the virtual launch of The Singing Forest by Judith McCormack. An author reading plus a conversation with Judge Mark Omatsu and lawyer Frank Addario, 7 p.m. ET streaming live via Facebook and on YouTube. RSVP with Biblioasis to receive a link closer to the launch date.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021 ONLINE: The Writers’ Union of Canada (with Ontario rep Kim Fahner) presents its first Open Mic Night with readers Margo LaPierre, Marianne Jones, David Warner-Toews, Phyllis L. Humby, Adelle Purdham, Peter Jennings, Annette Pateman, Lyse Champagne, Peter Jalail, and Caroline Shepherd, 7 p.m. EST. More details TBA.
OCTOBER 29, 2021 ONLINE: Sureway Cultural Services and the Chinese Professionals Association of Canada presents “East Meets West: Poetry in Translation” with poets Allan Briesmaster, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Kateri Lanthier, Richard Greene, and Anna Yin, 8 to 9 p.m. EDT via ZOOM. The event will include a reading plus a discussion focusing on translation, cultural differences and social issues. See the poster below for more details.
OCTOBER 29, 2021 ONLINE: Crossfield Publishing presents “Women of Fiction Authors Panel”, featuring Phyllis L. Humby, Jill Martin Bouteillier, Tina Crossfield, Marianne Jones, and Joanne Culley, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EDT on the Crossfield Publishing YouTube Channel. Produced by Glenda MacDonald.
OCTOBER 28, 2021 ONLINE: Tartan Turban Secret Readings #32 curated by Mariam Pirbhair will feature writers Faranza Doctor, Lamees Al Ethari, Frances Robert Reilly and Ami Sands Brodoff, 7 p.m. via Google Meet. See the link on the Eventbrite website.
OCTOBER 27, 2021 ONLINE: Blue Denim Press presents the virtual launch of Isadora’s Dance, the latest novel by Donna Wootton, 2 to 3 p.m. EDT via Facebook. The event will include a reading by the author as well as a conversation with host Shane Joseph.
COMPLETED EVENTS:
OCTOBER 26, 2021 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents guest readers Andreas Gripp ad Blaine Marchand. Guest host: Philip Cairns, 8 p.m. via the Art Bar Poetry Series Facebook page.
OCTOBER 24, 2021 ONLINE: Poet-to-Poet and Max Layton present “Irving Layton — The Jewish Poems” a reading and discussion focusing on this topic, 2 to 3:30 p.m. via Facebook.
OCTOBER 23, 2021 in ST. CATHARINES: The Canadian Authors Association presents “The Banister Poetry Contest Celebration and Anthology Launch” at the St. Catharines Public Library. Advanced registration is required due to indoor gathering restrictions. SOLD OUT.
OCTOBER 21, 2021 ONLINE: Toronto’s First Post Office presents the Fall Author Series with Ann Birch, author of Settlement, 7 to 8:30 p.m. EST. Please note this is a ticketed event with info on the Facebook event page.
OCTOBER 21, 2021 ONLINE: Book Launch with Bob MacKenzie plus open mic with Redheaded Stepchild, 7 p.m. EST via ZOOM. See the Facebook event page for links.
OCTOBER 19, 2021 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents guest readers TBA. Guest host: TBA, 8 p.m. via the Art Bar Poetry Series Facebook page.
OCTOBER 12, 2021 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents guest readers TBA. Guest host: TBA, 8 p.m. via the Art Bar Poetry Series Facebook page.
OCTOBER 5, 2021 ONLINE: The Art Bar Poetry Series presents guest readers TBA. Guest host: TBA, 8 p.m. via the Art Bar Poetry Series Facebook page.
OCTOBER 3, 2021 IN STRATFORD: The Red Lion Reading Series and Open Mic presents Carrie Lee Connel and Andreas Gripp followed by an open mic, 7:30 to 9:35 p.m. at 23 Albert Street. Open mic sign-ups 30 minutes before showtime. Social distancing required. Admission FREE.
OCTOBER 2, 2021 IN ST. CATHARINES: “Speak up, Character!”, a hands-on workshop on writing dialogue with Ruth E. Walker (author, poet, playwright, creative writing instructor), 10 to 1 p.m. at the St. Catharines Central Library. (Alternatively, it will be printed online via ZOOM). More details TBA.
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