If you’re in Toronto, catch an incredible exhibit from two visual poets: bill bissett, author of its th sailors life / still in treetment: meditaysyuns from gold mountain, and Hart Broudy at the secret handshake gallery! Join them on Saturday, December 7 from 2–5 p.m. EST to celebrate the exhibit’s opening.

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secret handshake gallery
301-360 College Street
Toronto, ON
December 7, 2024–March 15, 2025

Join sophie anne edwards and Helen Humphreys for Conversations with Rivers at Novel Idea Bookstore! The pair will read from their fluvial titles, Conversations with the Kagawong River by sophie anne edwards and The River by Helen Humphreys, conduct a Q&A, and sign books.

Conversations with Rivers
Novel Idea Bookstore
Kingston, ON
January 23, 2025
7:00 p.m. EST

Join Jaspreet Singh, author of Shadow Catch Daphne Marlatt, and surprise musical guests for the launch of Singh’s Dreams of the Epoch & The Rock. For more information, click here.

Jaspreet Singh’s “Dreams of the Epoch & The Rock”: A Book Launch and Readings
Piano Lounge, Green College
University of British Columbia
January 29, 2025
5:00 p.m. PST

Join Leila Weefur and Cecily Nicholson, author of the forthcoming poetry collection Crowd Source for a reading celebrating their new work at Et al! For more information, click here.

A Reading with Cecily Nicholson and Leila Weefur
Et al.
San Francisco, CA
February 1, 2025
Doors are at 7:00 p.m. PST and event and livestream begin at 7:30 p.m. PST

There’s a production of Behind the Moon by award-winning author Anosh Irani coming to Victoria’s Belfry Theatre in early 2025! For more details, click here.

Behind the Moon
Belfry Theatre
Victoria, BC
February 4–March 2, 2024

As part of the Capture Photography Festival, catch the exhibit Country Mouse City Mouse Hamster by Tiziana La Melia, author of lettuce lettuce please go bad. An exploration of the amorphous space between the defining contours of rural and urban life, Country Mouse City Mouse Hamster runs at the Or Gallery until May 10. For more information, click here.

Country Mouse City Mouse Hamster
Or Gallery
Vancouver, BC
February 6–May 10, 2025

Simon Fraser University Department of English’s Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence program will celebrate its twentieth anniversary with an evening of readings and talks by many of the esteemed writers who have been writers-in-residence, including author of the upcoming collection allostatic load Junie Désil, author of Shadow Catch Daphne Marlatt, Michael Turner, Anakana Schofield, and author of cop city swagger Mercedes Eng; there will also be a panel discussion with Sam Wiebe, author of Music at the Heart of Thinking: Improvisations 1–170 Fred Wah, Carleigh Baker, Larissa Lai, and Hiromi Goto.

Attendance is free! For more information and to reserve a ticket, click here.

Twentieth Anniversary of the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence Program
The SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Vancouver, BC
February 7, 2025
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. PST, the event begins at 7:00 p.m. PST

Morris Panych, award-winning playwright and author of the new play Withrow Park, will be directing a production of Flight with the Vancouver Opera. For additional details and to order tickets, click here.

Flight
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, BC
February 8–16

A celebration of life in honour of author, activist, and educator Roy Miki will be held on Saturday, February 8 at SFU’s Harbour Centre campus (HC 1410). This will be a two-part event featuring an onstage conversation as well as a reading and celebration.

For further details and to register to attend either or both parts of the event, click here.

Celebrating the Life of Roy Miki
SFU’s Harbour Centre campus (HC 1410)
Vancouver, BC
February 8, 2025
10:00 a.m. PST

A production of the award-winning play Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by Kevin Loring runs at Sagebrush Theatre! A Savage Society (Vancouver) and Belfry Theatre (Victoria) co-production in association with NAC Indigenous Theatre (Ottawa), this production runs from February 20 to March 2. To purchase tickets and for more information, click here.

Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer
Sagebrush Theatre
Kamloops, BC
February 20–March 2

A production of Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by Kevin Loring runs at the Cultch. For more details and to order tickets, click here.

Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer
The Cultch
Vancouver, BC
March 6–16, 2025

A production of Behind the Moon by Anosh Irani runs this spring from Touchstone Theatre. For more details and to purchase tickets, click here.

Behind the Moon
Vancity Culture Lab
Vancouver, BC
March 25–April 6, 2025

Feast, the new play by the award-winning playwright Guillermo Verdecchia, is having its Toronto debut at Tarragon Theatre this spring! Feast follows a comfortable North American family as they contend with compounding global crises and the end of things as we know them. For further details and to order tickets, click here.

Feast
Tarragon Theatre
Toronto, ON
April 1–27, 2025