Our 2025-2026 season kicks off September 7!
Check out the 2026-2027 Season 12 authors! Grab your calendars!
We are grateful for the support of the Toronto Arts Council and The Writers Union of Canda through the Canada Council for the Arts National Public Readings Program (Michelle Winters, October 5)
Virtual Reading September 21: Jacob Wren author of DRY YOUR TEARS TO PERFECT YOUR AIM. Register Here.
In Person Reading October 5: Catherine Bush, author of SKIN; Caitlin Galway, author of A SONG FOR WILDCATS; Michelle Winters, author of HAIR FOR MEN. Register here for the livestream.
In Person Reading November 2: Teri Vlassopoulos, author of LIVING EXPENSES; Heather Birrell, author of BORN; Saad Omar Khan, author of DRINKING THE OCEAN. Register here for the livestream.
Virtual Reading November 23: Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT. Register here.
In Person Reading December 7: Rod Carley, author of RUFF; Giles Blunt, author of BAD JULIET; Lisa de Nikolits, author of MAD DOG & THE SEA DRAGON. Register here for the livestream.
Virtual Reading January 11: Katie Welch, author of LADDER TO HEAVEN.
In Person Reading February 1: Ben Ladouceur, author of I REMEMBER THE LIGHTS; Sadiqa de Meijer, author of IN THE FIELD; Mary Lou Dickinson, author of LATE BLOOMER. Guest Host: Damian Tarnopolsky, author of EVERY NIGHT I DREAM I’M A MONK.
Virtual Reading March 8: Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, author of OTHER EVOLUTIONS.
In Person Reading April 12: K.R. Wilson, author of STAN ON GUARD; Lucy E.M. Black, author of A QUILTING OF SCARS; Ashraf Zaghal, author of SEVEN HEAVENS AWAY. Guest Host: Adelle Purdham, author of I DON’T DO DISABILITY, AND OTHER LIES I TOLD MYSELF.
In Person Reading May 3: Kerry Clare, author of DEFINITELY THRIVING; Liz Johnston, author of THE FALL DOWN EFFECT; Alice Fitzpatrick, author of A DARK DEATH.
Virtual Reading May 10: Sarah Louise Butler, author of Rufous and Calliope
In Person Reading June 7: Hollay Ghadery, author of THE UNRAVELLING OF OU; Alison Gadsby, author of BREATHING IS HOW SOME PEOPLE STAY ALIVE; Chanel Sutherland, author of Layaway Child. Guest Host: Farzana Doctor, author of THE BEAUTY OF US.
Check out the authors and follow on socials. You can order/pre-order books from your local bookstore. Find them here.
Thanks to a grant from The Toronto Arts Council, we are able to pay our authors an honorarium this season.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the The Writers’ Union of Canada National Public Readings (NPR) program which will be funding Michelle Winters’ Reading.
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