Junction Reads in-person events take place at TYPE Books in the Junction (a physically accessible space). We livestream our events through Zoom. Our online events take place once per month via Zoom.
The 2026-2027 Season Line Up has been confirmed! Find details about the events below. Registration for all of our events is available here.
Donate to our series. All proceeds support the authors at our events. Find more details about The First Thirty below and at the link.
In person events are live-streamed from TYPE Books in the Junction. 2887 Dundas Street W.
September 13: 6:00pm ET. Virtual launch/reading with Dina Del Bucchia.
October 4: 6:30pm ET. In-Person Launch with Christine Fisher Guy, Aga Maksimowska and Jaclyn Desforges.
November 8: 6:00pm ET. Virtual reading with Norma Dunning. 6:00pm ET.
November 22: 6:30pm ET. In Person with Heidi von Palleske, Mary Lou Dickinson and Brent van Staaduinen. Register here.
December 13: 6:30pm ET. In Person with Gary Barwin, Sonal Champsee and Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson.
January 17: 6:00pm ET. Virtual reading with Sam K MacKinnon.
February 21: 6:30pm ET. In person with Jane Farrow & Zahra Ebrahim, Carrianne Leung and Frances Boyle.
April 4: 6:00pm ET. Virtual reading with Doretta Lau.
April 18: 6:30pm ET. In person with Lavanya Lakshmi, Nancy Jo Cullen, Robin Blackburn McBride.
May 2: 6:00pm ET. Virtual reading with Adrick Brock.
May 16: 6:30pm ET. In person with Zilla Jones, Rabindranath Maharah, Ben Berman Ghan.
June 13: 6:30pm ET. In person with Dayle Furlong, Rachel Phan, Andrea Gunraj.
All First Thirty Events are Live on Instagram, unless otherwise noted. Follow us @junctionreads and @thefirstthirty
September 24 with Jowita Bydlowska.
October 8 with Kim Fahner.
November 26 with Greg Rhyno.
December 17 with Christine Estima.
January 7 with Chris Klassen.
February 4 with Steven Mayoff.
March 4 with Kern Carter.
March 11 with Vanessa Shields.
March 18 with Ann Cavlovic.
April 22 with Maria Cichosz.
April 29 with Alex Boyd (prerecorded)
May 27 with Carmen Lansdowne.
The First Thirty is our Instagram Live Writers’ Series, where I get to sit and chat with authors about writing their books. I love talking about writing, hearing how writers face and overcome the obstacles of writing something great with only the spark of an idea: something readers will not want to put down, a book people will want to talk about. The First Thirty is where we talk about writing, and how authors shape those first pages to be a welcome to the reader; to include the hook that makes a reader want to keep reading, and to give us the characters we either want to love or really hate. Or maybe something else entirely.
Please, always consider purchasing your books directly from small presses or at your local independent book store. Check out our list of independent book shops in Toronto. Most deliver and all are happy to do over the phone shopping.
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Hi there – I’m a local writer, and my first historical novel was published by Bookouture (the digital division of Hachette) 2 weeks ago. I also run a local creative writing school. I thought I would reach out to ask if you are interested in having your book club read my book. I would also be happy to offer a reading or a writing workshop for your members. I live at Jane/Annette.
Here is the link to reviews of my book on Amazon:
https://geni.us/HerSecretSoldier
Here is a link to my author website and blog:
https://www.juliehartley.ca/
Finally, I’m not sure if you ever look for venues to host in-person events, but my arts studio is available in Bloor West Village and for occasional use I would be happy to offer it free of charge.
Have a great week,
Julie Hartley
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Hi Julie,
I am not sure if anyone has replied to this yet.
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I haven’t received a reply yet, but I am happy to drop off copies of my book if you think it would be a good choice for your book club. http://www.juliehartley.ca and https://geni.us/HerSecretSoldier
Best wishes
Julie
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upcoming season looks amazing! Thanks for all your hard work making a vibrant lit community!
Elizabeth Ruth
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Thanks so much!!! I am so excited…but also have about ten books I want to read before I have to start reading JR and TFT books!!
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