Not long to go before the Junction Reads team gets together to plan our next season, but for now, we’re excited to share the final three events of the season.
On May 3, Alison will be joined by Kerry Clare, Liz Johnston and Alice Fitzpatrick for readings and conversation about their latest books. Register here for the livestream or PWYC at the door, 2887 Dundas Street West at TYPE Books Junction.
KERRY CLARE is the author of Definitely Thriving, out now from House of Anansi Press. Her previous novels are Asking for a Friend, Waiting for a Star to Fall, and Mitzi Bytes. A National Magazine Award-nominated essayist and editor of The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood, Kerry also edits the Canadian books website 49thShelf.com, is host of the BOOKSPO podcast, and writes about books and reading at her longtime blog, Pickle Me This. She lives in Toronto with her family. Read more about Definitely Thriving.
ALICE FITZPATRICK has contributed short stories to literary magazines and anthologies and has recently retired from teaching to devote herself to writing full-time. She is a fearless champion of singing, cats, all things Welsh, and the Oxford comma. Her summers spent with her Welsh family in Pembrokeshire inspired the creation of Meredith Island. The traditional mystery appeals to her keen interest in psychology as she is intrigued by what makes seemingly ordinary people commit murder. Alice lives in Toronto but dreams of a cottage on the Welsh coast. Read more about A Dark Death.
LIZ JOHNSTON lives and writes in Toronto. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Humber Literary Review, Grain, The Antigonish Review, and The Cardiff Review, among other publications. She is an editor of Brick magazine. The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug, 2026) is her first novel. Read more about The Fall-Down Effect.
Join us for a virtual event on Sunday May 10 with Sarah Louise Butler, author of Rufous and Calliope.
SARAH LOUISE BUTLER is a novelist based in the West Kootenay region of the BC Interior. With a background in physical geography and environmental studies, her stories seek to portray natural landscapes and their non-human inhabitants as characters in their own right. Her debut novel, The Wild Heavens, was a 49th Shelf Book of the Year, and a favourite of book clubs and libraries across the country, including being chosen as a Vancouver Public Library Top 20 Favourite Books of 2020. It was recently translated and released in France. Her second novel, Rufous and Calliope, is a “geographical fiction” that features runaway children, treehouse hideaways, early-onset dementia and the persistence of hope amidst ecological grief. Butler was named a CBC Writer to Watch in 2020. Read more about Rufous and Calliope and Register for the event here.
Sunday June 7 is our final event of the season, the tables are turned and Farzana Doctor guest hosts three authors that will include Alison Gadsby, Hollay Ghadery and Chanel Sutherland. Register for the livestream or join us in person at TYPE Books Junction, 2887 Dundas Street West, Toronto.
Farzana Doctor is an activist, award-winning author, public speaker and psychotherapist. She is the author of seven books that include her latest YA title, The Beauty of Us and a self-hel guide for caregivers, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. Farzana is a thoughtful and engaging speaker and will bring alot of insight and humour to this event.
Born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, CHANEL SUTHERLAND moved to Montreal, Quebec, when she was ten. She holds a BA in English Literature from Concordia University. She is writing her first book – a collection of short stories exploring the Caribbean immigrant experience, especially those dealing with girlhood. Read more about Layaway Child.
HOLLAY GHADERY is a multi-genre writer living in rural Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and her poetry, short stories, and personal essays have appeared in literary journals and magazines around the world. Fuse, her acclaimed memoir of mixed-race identity and mental illness, was published by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her debut collection of poetry, Rebellion Box, was released with Radiant Press in April 2023. Hollay’s short-fiction collection, Widow Fantasies, came out with Gordon Hill Press in 2024. Her debut novel is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press in spring 2026 and her children’s book with Guernica Editions in 2027. Read more about The Unravelling of Ou.
ALISON GADSBY, a first-generation Canadian writer and literary chatterbox, currently living in a multigenerational home on Treaty 13 land in Tkaronto/Toronto. Author of story collection Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions, 2026), other short fiction appears in Literary Heist, Blank Spaces, The Temz Review, The Ex-Puritan, Blue Lake Review, and more. Her novel, Dreams of the Weary is forthcoming (Palimpsest Press, 2028). She holds an MFA from the UBC, and a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing from York University. She is (usually) the host of Junction Reads, and she is co-host on the literary radio show, HOWL on CIUT. Read more about Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive.
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