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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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A graphic illustration in red and white. A silhouetted figure of a man wearing a fedora and trench coat, standing in a doorway, his shadow turning into a fountain pen as it stretches down toward the lower right corner.

MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival 2026

Three days only – Fri., Jun. 5 – Sun., Jun. 7, 2026: The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) presents the fifth anniversary of the MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival. MOTIVE 2026 features more than 55 events, author talks, immersive workshops & more, all designed to captivate crime & mystery lovers of all kinds. Presented at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

Recurring event: Graphic design representation of three book spines on a black bookshelf against a white background, with two books in black on the left and a purple one tilted toward them from the right.

Violet Hour Book Club

The third Saturday or Sunday of every month: The Violet Hour Book Club, a reading & discussion group dedicated to exploring classic and contemporary LGBTQ literature, meets in Montreal. While events often occur at Espace des Possibles La Petite-Patrie, please check the website to confirm the date and location, as they can change from month to month.

Recurring event: Image featuring red text with light blue shadow and film stock photos with a red filter against a blue background. Romance Book Club. On the left: Film stock image of a man and a woman in a playful embrace on a beach. To the right: Two men kiss in front of a window.

Take Cover Books: Romance Book Club

The second Wednesday of every month: Take Cover Books hosts a Romance Book Club online. Enjoy books that make you feel all the feels as you join host Rebecca Reynolds to discuss the monthly title, its themes, cultural resonances – and, perhaps, its spice level! Sign up to stay up to date on upcoming events.

Past event: Greyed out illustrated poster with overlapping text. Top: April 23 to 26, 2026. Online starting April 13. Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. Head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long black hair, head tilted slightly with eyes cast downward as she reads a book. Her hair floats up above her - giving her the appearance of becoming one with the tree in the background. To the right: Metropolis Bleu / Blue Met Festival logo.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2026

PAST EVENT: Online starting Mon, Apr. 13, 2026 & in person at Hôtel 10, partner bookstores & local venues from Thu, Apr. 23 – Sun, Apr. 26, 2026: Immerse yourself in reading & writing, books & authors from around the world at the annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival as it explores the theme Words for Understanding One Another. Featuring local, national & internationally acclaimed authors at readings, interviews, round-table discussions, lectures, debates, & more, with many free events.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text & book cover superimposed over a photograph of the Toronto skyline, taken from a distance at dusk across the harbour, over the water. Left: Toronto #VHBC February 19 / 2020 | 7 PM | How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones. Right: Book cover for How We Fight for Our Lives A Memoir Saeed Jones, with black font on an orange and yellow abstract background.

Violet Hour Book Club – Toronto Edition: How We Fight for Our Lives

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Feb. 19, 2026: Another Story Bookshop hosts their second meeting of the Toronto edition of the Violet Hour Book Club, a reading & discussion group dedicated to exploring classic & contemporary 2S/LGBTQ+ literature. This event’s book selection is Saeed Jones’ How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir, the coming-of-age story of a young Black gay man from the American South fighting to carve out a place for himself.

Past event: Greyed out close-up image featuring a book cover superimposed over a perspectival photograph of train tracks heading into Toronto, the city skyline & CN Tower in the background. The book cover has black text superimposed over a collage of torn photos. What I Know About You. A novel. Eric Chacour. Translated by Pablo Strauss. The torn photo images feature a black & white close-up of a man in profile and a yellow-filtered image of a Cairo city scape.

Violet Hour Book Club Toronto Edition: What I Know About You

PAST EVENT: One night only – Sat, Nov. 29, 2025: Another Story Bookshop presents their inaugural meeting of the Toronto edition of the Violet Hour Book Club, a reading & discussion group dedicated to exploring classic & contemporary 2S/LGBTQ+ literature. Their first book selection is Éric Chacour’s What I Know About You, the story of a life turned upside down & a family torn apart by an impossible love.

Past event: Greyed out extreme close-up of an open leatherbound antiquarian book, resting on the spine, its ivory pages open to around the middle of the book, light hitting the page on the left side.

Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 2025

PAST EVENT: Fri, Nov. 14 – Sun, Nov. 16, 2025: The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada hosts the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair (TABF), an annual event to encourage and support bookish enthusiasm, featuring over 20 exhibitors from Canada, the U.S. and overseas. Think of it as a mashup of Antiques Roadshow and a refined pop-up market – with books!

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and illustration. The top half of a black orb shape, sitting among several small green and blue overlapping partial orb shapes. Along the top of the black orb are houses and apartment buildings - and it has the words Telling Tales Festival Oct 4 & 5 on the front of it. Various plants, animals and insects frolic among the orbs, and a long vine extends from the mid-left, with a woman and man sitting on it. Dialogue bubbles, from the woman at the top left: Friends! From an insect at the top right: Families! From a mouse at the bottom right: Stories!

Telling Tales Festival 2025

PAST EVENT: Two days only – Sat, Oct. 4 & Sun, Oct. 5, 2025: Telling Tales presents the 17th anniversary Telling Tales Festival at the Royal Botanical Gardens’ Hendrie Park. This annual outdoor literary festival features Canada’s leading children’s authors, illustrators & storytellers – plus book signings, activities, performers, local artisans & vendors, & more! All ages.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed over a photograph on a light blue background. Top: The FOLD presents An Evening with R.F. Kuang. In conversation with Jael Richardson. A small circular image of a Black woman wearing glasses, smiling at us. Main photo: A young Asian woman wearing a black top gazes at us. Bottom left: The deluxe hardcover edition of R.F. Kuang's novel Katabasis. Bottom right: Logos for The Rose Theatre, Another Story Bookshop & HarperCollins Canada. Text circles: $18 Admission only. $55 Admission + book.

The FOLD presents: An Evening with R.F. Kuang

PAST EVENT: One night only – Mon, Sep. 15, 2025: The Festival of Literary Diversity presents An Evening with R.F. Kuang, live at The Rose Theatre in Brampton. Join The FOLD’s Executive Director Jael Richardson, in conversation with the bestselling author who will share insights into her highly anticipated new novel Katabasis. Two graduate students must put aside their rivalry & journey to Hell to save their magician professor’s soul – perhaps at the cost of their own. For audiences 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring black text, photograph and illustration against a white background, framed in black. Top left: Join us to celebrate Pitfall by Terry Kirk. Hosted by: Take Cover Books. Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025. Time: 7 pm. Venue: Take Cover Books, 59 Hunter Street East, Peterborough. RSVP button. Inside a circle, a medium close-up sepia-tone image of a 1920s flapper with a blonde bob, white dress and headband. To the right: Illustrated image of a book cover for Pitfall Terry Kirk set on a disk-shaped base, featuring decorative black framing against a pale grey background, and splotches of red above and below the author's name. Bottom left corner: Illustration of a popping champagne bottle.

Book launch: Pitfall

PAST EVENT: On Thu, Sep. 11, 2025: Take Cover Books hosts the launch of Terry Kirk’s new novel Pitfall, a gripping, fast-paced story set against the dramatic backdrop of the 1929 Market Crash – the first in a series of historical fiction thrillers.