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  • A. F. Moritz (The New Measures)

    Saturday, May 19, 5:00 p.m.
    Reading with Don McKay
    Plan 99 Reading Series
    Manx Pub
    370 Elgin Street
    Ottawa, ON
    $10 entrance charge

    Friday, May 25, 7:00 p.m.
    Reading with Alex Boyd
    Words Worth Books
    100 King Street South
    Waterloo, ON

    Tuesday, August 14
    Reading with Swift, Graham, Burgham
    Edinburgh Fringe Festival
    Details TBC

  • Marjorie Harris (Thrifty Gardening)

    Wednesday, May 23, 6:30 p.m.
    Dinner and discussion, in partnership with Ben McNally Books, Grano Restaurant, and Toronto Botanical Garden
    Grano
    2035 Yonge Street
    Toronto, ON
    Tickets: $100 (all inclusive with copy of book and $25.00 receipted donation to Toronto Botanical Garden
    Purchase tickets at 416-361-0032 or ben@benmcnallybooks.com

  • Munk Debate

    Friday, May 25, 6:30 p.m.
    Be It Resolved the European Experiment Has Failed
    Josef Joffe and Niall Ferguson vs. Peter Mandelson and John Cohn-Bendit
    Roy Thomson Hall
    60 Simcoe Street
    Toronto, ON
    Tickets from $25-$90 through Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at (416) 872-4255

  • Robert Hough (Dr. Brinkley's Tower)

    Sunday, May 27, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
    Elora Writers Festival
    Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum — Archives (between Fergus — Elora)
    Readings: $15 in advance, $17.50 at the door
    Dinner — Readings: $70
    Tickets: 519-843-4391

  • Erin Knight (Chaser)

    Sunday, May 27, 2:00 p.m.
    Reading
    Audreys Books
    10702 Jasper Avenue
    Edmonton, AB

  • James Laxer (Tecumseh and Brock)

    Sunday, May 27, 10:00 a.m.
    Globe and Mail/Ben McNally Books Authors' Brunch
    King Edward Hotel
    37 King St. East
    Toronto, ON
    Tickets: $45

    Sunday, June 17, 2:00 p.m.
    Luminato at the Library: James Laxer on the two greatest heroes of the War of 1812
    Toronto Public Library: Bloor/Gladstone Branch
    1101 Bloor Street West
    Toronto, ON

    Monday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.
    Burlington Public Library: Central Branch, Centennial Room
    Presented by Different Drummer Books
    2331 New Street
    Burlington, ON

    Wednesday, July 4, 7:30 p.m.
    Parler Fort: Fort York National Historic Site
    250 Fort York Blvd.
    Toronto, ON
    Tickets: $10. Email foryork@toronto.ca

    Tuesday, July 17, 7:00 p.m.
    ARTsPLACE
    396 St. George Street
    Annapolis Royal, NS

    Friday, September 28
    Kingston International Writers Festival

    Friday, October 12
    Thousand Island Writers Festival

  • Carrie Snyder (The Juliet Stories)

    Tuesday, May 29, 9:00 a.m.
    Different Drummer Books and Author Series
    LaSalle Pavilion
    50 Northshore Blvd.
    Burlington, ON

  • Dennis Lee (Testament)

    Tuesday, May 29, 9:00 a.m.
    Different Drummer Books and Author Series
    LaSalle Pavilion
    50 Northshore Blvd.
    Burlington, ON

  • Ian Hamilton (The Wild Beasts of Wuhan)

    Thursday May 31, 8:00 p.m.
    Arthur Ellis Awards Banquet, hosted by the Crime Writers of Canada
    Hilton Toronto
    145 Richmond Street West
    Toronto, ON
    $80

    Sunday, June 17, 2:00 p.m.
    Real Vancouver Crime Series
    W2 Media Cafe
    Woodwards Building (downtown east side)
    Vancouver, BC

    Monday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.
    Readings and Discussion
    Squamish Public Library
    Squamish, BC

    Tuesday, June 19, 1:00 p.m.
    Meet and greet and book signings
    Chapters
    Robson and Howe
    Vancouver, BC

    Tuesday, June 19, 7:00 p.m.
    Mystery Evening to Die For with Hilary Davidson, Deryn Collier, and Robin Spano
    Richmond Public Library, Brighouse Branch, Performance Hall
    7700 Minoru Gate
    Richmond, BC

  • John Fraser (The Secret of the Crown)

    Wednesday, June 27, 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch and Learn
    Presented by the Literary Review of Canada and the Gardiner Museum
    The Gardiner Museum
    111 Queen's Park
    Toronto, ON
    $25 (includes bag lunch by Jamie Kennedy Kitchens)

  • Erin Moure (The Unmemntioable)

    Spring 2012: events across Canada

    For a full list of Erin Moure's events this spring, please visit our blog.

  • Margaret Atwood (Payback)

    Payback film

    Please visit the NFB website for details on showtimes across Canada.

    Please visit Zeitgeist for details on showtimes in the U.S.

groundwood events

  • Paul Vasey (A Troublesome Boy)

    Tuesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.
    Launch party
    Phog Lounge
    157 University Avenue West
    Windsor, ON

  • Cybele Young (A Few Blocks)

    Sunday, June 17, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
    Little City Festival
    Sorauren Park
    Corner of Sorauren Ave. — Wabash Avenue, south of Dundas Street West
    Toronto, ON

  • Canadian Railroad Trilogy (written by Gordon Lightfoot and illustrated by Ian Wallace)

    Sunday, March 4 to Sunday, September 9, 2012
    Exhibition at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum
    1867 St Laurent Blvd
    Ottawa, ON

  • Groundwood Books Conference Showings

    Tuesday, June 5 to Thursday, June 7
    Book Expo America
    New York City, NY

    Thursday, June 21 to Tuesday, June 26
    American Library Association Annual Conference
    Anaheim, CA