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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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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.

Past event: Greyed out illustration on a dark background. Cream brush stroke letters that say “Little Deaths” across the centre of red and orange flames bursting from an almost burnt-out match. Below that to the right is an open, empty matchbook.

Little Deaths Salon

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Jul. 17, 2025: Kaleigh Trace and Christa Couture present the third edition of the Little Deaths Salon, a quarterly literary & performance series that explores the awe inspired by humans’ most intimate experiences: sex and death. Presented at It's Ok* Studios. All are welcome. For audiences 19+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and photographs. Top: thefoldcanada.org Computer icon April 27-30. People icon May 1-4, Brampton. The Festival of Literary Diversity. April 27 - May 4, 2025. Celebrating a decade of change. Bottom: A geometric collage of images of people reading and participating in a literary festival.

The Festival of Literary Diversity 2025

PAST EVENT: From Sun, Apr. 27 – Sun, May 4, 2025: The Festival of Literary Diversity presents the 10th anniversary of their annual literary festival celebrating Canadian & international authors. The festival includes virtual & in-person panels, discussions, workshops & interactive events that allow guests from across Canada & around the world to participate. Events April 27-30 are virtual, while events May 1-4 are offered in person.

Past event: Greyed out image of the illustrated poster (in English & French) for Metropolis Bleu / Blue Metropolis Festival, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long black hair adored with two colourful birds, head tilted slightly with eyes cast downward, her hair spreading out above her - giving her the appearance of being under water.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2025

PAST EVENT: Online starting Mon, Apr. 14, 2025 & in person at various venues in Montreal from Thu, Apr. 24 – Sun, Apr. 27, 2025: Immerse yourself in reading & writing, books & authors from around the world at the annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival as it explores the theme “Time, the Tree, the Page”. Attendees are treated to live interviews, round-table discussions, public readings & book signings, performances, writing workshops, cocktail evenings & more.

Past event: Greyed out detail of the banner image for Yukon Words Festival, the words Writing for the North below the logo, with an illustration of a fountain pen emerging from a flower stem, drawing a curved line. Above the logo, a photo of the various participating diverse authors & poets.

2024 Yukon Words Festival

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, Nov. 22 to Sun, Nov. 24, 2024: Yukon Words presents the 2024 Yukon Words Festival. This annual literary festival includes readings, panels and workshops, plus a headliner event and masterclass – this year featuring internationally renowned, best-selling author and storyteller Richard Van Camp.

Past event: Greyed out image for The Word on the Street Toronto Book & Magazine Festival, with an abstract, 3D modular illustration against a light green background of various environments created with books and architecture. Top left: an astronaut does a space walk outside their ship. Top right: a couple embrace. Bottom: A woman sits, legs crossed, in meditation. Above the image is a green ribbon banner with 35th Anniversary in white lettering. At the bottom: September 28-29. Queen's Park Circle, Toronto.

The Word on the Street Toronto 2024

PAST EVENT: Two days only - Sat, Sep. 28 & Sun, Sep. 29, 2024: Join authors, book & magazine sellers, & book lovers of all ages for The Word on The Street Toronto. Canada’s largest book & magazine festival, this annual outdoor event celebrates storytelling, ideas & imagination, plus promotes great books by Canadian & Indigenous authors year-round. Free admission.

Past event: Greyed out image of the detail of the book cover for RUFF A Novel, with mostly black font against a light blue background. The R is torn in the centre, the U is outlined in yellow, the first F is outlined in white and the last F is light blue with black outline.

Reading: Rod Carley in Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

PAST EVENT: One night only – Wed, Sep. 18, 2024: Join author & journalist Waubgeshig Rice at the Stockey Centre for a conversation with author, actor & playwright Rod Carley, who’ll be reading from his new novel RUFF. A theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics, RUFF is a madcap world more modern than tomorrow, where gender is what a person makes of it.

Past event: Greyed out image of the graphic poster for Write Around the Murray, with white serif text against a dark blue background, with a red heart, yellow text bubble, light blue circle and a pink thought bubble. Bottom right: Save the date. 11 - 15 September.

Write Around the Murray Literary Festival 2024

PAST EVENT: Five days only! From Wed, Sep. 11 – Sun, Sep. 15, 2024: Write Around the Murray (WAM) is back! The annual literary festival offers an engaging program of award-winning authors, illustrators & storytellers, this year presenting around the theme of “Stories Within Stories”. 40 events, including panels, the WAM Poetry Slam, masterclasses, workshops, writing competitions, history & art tours, & more. All ages.

Past event: Greyed out image of the logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.

Filipino-Canadian Book Festival 

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, July 12 to Sun, July 14, 2024: Massy Arts Society, Sampaguita Press & PilipinxPages present the inaugural Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. This event features a keynote from award-winning author & screenwriter Catherine Hernandez; book signings & panel talks; workshops; open mic readings showcasing emerging & established literary talent; plus a youth event.

Past event: Greyed out image of the illustrated poster (in English & French) for Metropolis Bleu / Blue Metropolis Festival, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long black hair adored with two colourful birds, head tilted slightly with eyes cast downward, her hair spreading out above her - giving her the appearance of being under water.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2024

PAST EVENT. Online starting Mon, Apr. 15, 2024 & in person at various venues in Montreal from Thu, Apr. 25 – Sun, Apr. 28, 2024: Immerse yourself in reading & writing, books & authors at the annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival as it explores the theme “Utopias & Dreams”. Programming presented in English, French or both.

Past event: Greyed out image of poster for gritLit 2024 Festival with yellow and white text on a black background. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of gritLIT. 5 days. 28 events. 7 workshops. It will be lit.

gritLIT Readers & Writers Festival 2024

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Apr. 17 to Sun, Apr. 21, 2024: Five days, 28 events, 7 workshops. Join gritLIT in Hamilton & online for the 20th anniversary of its annual literary festival. Festival events include readings, panels & interviews, plus interactive events & workshops – offering a view into the minds of some of the most interesting writers working in Canada today.

Past event: The illustrated cover art for Tales from Phantom City, with the title at the top. A city skyline at night with a starry sky, crescent moon and a few clouds. A blonde woman in a white hoodie looks on in amazement at a mysterious gaunt man in a hat and dark glasses and a ginger cat, appearing on the sides of two buildings, with people in apartment windows. A cat pendant hangs from the clock tower in the background, while a black cat with white paws peers down from the building behind the woman.

Tales from Phantom City

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Apr. 27, 2023: The Assembly Theatre, in association with At Bay Press, presents the launch of Patrick Jenkins’ debut graphic novel Tales from Phantom City. Includes a live action reading & book signing. Free admission. For adults 18+ & lovers of graphic novels, film noir & magic realism.