Head to the Secret Handshake Gallery for “Life Inside the Unknown,” an exhibit of visual art by bill bissett author of th book uv lost passwords 1, and Hart Broudy. The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 1–5 p.m. EDT and on Saturdays from 2–5 p.m. EDT.

Life Inside the Unknown
Secret Handshake Gallery
301–360 College Street
Toronto, ON
July 11–October 3, 2026

Head to the Wil Aballe gallery to enjoy over fifty original artworks by the legendary bill bissett (th book uv lost passwords 1, breth, and more). bissett will be in attendance on July 22 from 6–8 p.m. PDT. Hope to see you there! Check out bill’s paintings here.

Exhibit of bill bissett’s art
Wil Aballe Gallery
Vancouver, BC
July 21–September 5, 2026

The brand new play The Tao of the World by Jovanni Sy is having its world premiere this summer at the Stratford Festival! Inspired by William Congreve’s The Way of the World and Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, The Tao of the World is a Restoration comedy for modern times, a hilarious, bawdy romp that asks what it means for things to return to normal. The Tao of the World looks at love, class differences, queer identities, and power.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Tao of the World at the Stratford Festival
Tom Patterson Theatre
Stratford, ON
August 2–September 26, 2026

The award-winning author of Revolutions Hajer Mirwali is one of the writers sharing work at the writing social Becoming: A Writing Social on Liminality, Self-Return & the Future Self at Typist Studios & Coffee in Toronto. RSVP here.

Becoming: A Writing Social on Liminality, Self-Return & the Future Self
Typist Studios & Coffee
Toronto, ON
August 20, 2026
6:00 p.m. EDT

Frances Koncan, author of Space Girl: A Cosmic Comedy, and Dave Deveau, author of Cissy, are two of the writers who will be present at the Opening Night of Word Vancouver. For more details, click here

Opening Night of Word Vancouver: Introducing Our Guest Curators and Their Guests
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, Alice MacKay Room
Vancouver, BC
September 10, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m. PT

andrea bennett, author of the berry takes the shape of the bloom, is on the panel for Pitch Perfect, a Word Vancouver event. For additional information, click here.

Pitch Perfect
Sunroom/Gallery, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. PDT

Author of allostatic load Junie Désil is one of the poets on the panel of Awkward Questions, Honest Answers, a Word Vancouver event. Learn more here.

Awkward Questions, Honest Answers
Sunroom/Gallery, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
12:30–1:30 p.m. PDT

Elee Kraljii Gardiner, author of sometimes, forest, is one of the authors performing at Between Forest and Future as part of the Word Vancouver festival. Find more details here.

Between Forest and Future
HSBC Hall, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
3:30–4:30 p.m. PDT

Author of Save Your Prayers – Send Money, Jónína Kirton, is one of the authors conducting the workshop It’s Complicated: The Art of Compassion When Writing About Others at Word Vancouver. Further information can be found here

It’s Complicated: The Art of Compassion When Writing About Others
Room C215, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
2:30–3:30 p.m. PDT

Frances Koncan, author of Space Girl: A Cosmic Comedy, is moderating the event Songs and Stories as part of Word Vancouver. For additional details, click here.

Songs and Stories
Room C400, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
12:30–1:30 p.m. PDT

M.A.C. Farrant (author of Jigsaw, My Turquoise Years, and more) is one of the authors speaking on the panel The Work of Noticing, a Word Vancouver event. See additional details here.

The Work of Noticing
Room C400, UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC
September 19, 2026
2:00–3:00 p.m. PDT

A production of the musical _The Heart_ based on Maylis de Kerangal novel Mend The Living (translated into English by Jessica Moore) runs this autumn at the Laura Pels Theatre. To learn more about the production and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Heart
Laura Pels Theatre, Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
New York, NY
October 8–December 6, 2026

Join Jenn Ashton, the author of Growing My Way Home, for an online reading and discussion about her book presented by the Vancouver Island Regional Library, Nanaimo Harbourfront branch. For more details and to register, click here.

Virtual Launch of Growing My Way Home
Online from the Nanaimo Harbourfront Branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library
October 8, 2026
6 p.m. PT