A production of Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by Kevin Loring runs at Regina’s Globe Theatre. For more information and to get tickets, click here.

Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer
Globe Theatre
Regina, SK
April 29–May 17, 2026

The University of Alberta is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Writer-in-Residence program in the Department of English and Film Studies! Join them for a literary showcase of the program’s alumni, including Fred Wah (Scree, is a door, and more), ryan fitzpatrick (No Depression in Heaven, Coast Mountain Foot, and more), rob mclennan (The Richard Brautigan Ahhhhhhhhhhh and more), Daphne Marlatt (Intertidal, This Tremor Love Is, and more), and many more!

To register to attend, click here.

University of Alberta’s 50th Anniversary Writer-in-Residence Alumni Showcase
CLVB 33, St. Julien Way and Online
Banff, Alberta
May 15, 2026
7 p.m. MDT

Jónína Kirton, author of Save Your Prayers – Send Money and Leanne Dunic, author of the award-winning collection wet are the featured poets at SFU’s Lunch Poems. Attendance is free! For further details, watch this space.

Jónína Kirton and Leanne Dunic at Lunch Poems
SFU Harbour Centre
Vancouver, BC
May 20, 2026
12 p.m. PDT

A production of Salt-Water Moon by David French runs at Pal Theatre this spring! For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Salt-Water Moon
Pal Theatre
Vancouver, BC
May 21–June 7

Got a piece you’re working on? Join Dina Del Bucchia, author of You’re Gonna Love This, It’s a Big Deal!, and more, for a workshop that will help you shape your first draft into something great. Revising this Mess is a workshop presented as part of the Downtown Eastside Writers Festival. Attendance is free! Hope to see you there!

Revising Your Mess
Downtown Eastside Writers Festival
Carnegie Theatre
Vancouver, BC
May 23, 2026
11:30 a.m. PDT

Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions, is one of the authors reading at the third annual Watermelon Seeds Lit Fest! Listen to Palestinian writing in this hybrid event on the afternoon of May 23. Attendance is free! For more information and to register to attend in person or online, click here.

Watermelon Seeds Lit Fest
Gustafson Theatre, Vancouver Island University and Online
Nanaimo, BC
May 23, 2026
12:00 PM PDT

Edmonton! Head to Audreys Books for an evening of poetry from stellar authors with deep ties to Alberta! ryan fitzpatrick will read from No Depression in Heaven, Scott Jackshaw will read from their debut collection Stigmata, Jun-long Lee will read from his debut collection Abode (Athabasca University Press, 2025), and Jason Purcell will read from Crohnic (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025).

Attendance is free, so come get your poems about country music, chronic illness, the sacred and profane, and homes of many stripes! Readings begin at 7 p.m. MDT. Hope to see you there!

Poetry Showcase
Audreys Books
Edmonton, AB
May 28, 2026
7 p.m. MDT

Scott Jackshaw is featuring at Planet Earth Poetry. Jackshaw will be reading from their debut collection, Sitgmata. For more information, watch this space.

Scott Jackshaw at Planet Earth Poetry
Russell Books
Victoria, BC
May 29, 2026
7:00 p.m.

Join Scott Jackshaw, author of Stigmatga, Drew McEwan, author of tours, variously, bill bissett, author of th book uv lost passwords 1, and Sarah Dowling, author of Entering Sappho for an evening of outstanding poetry! Head to Type Books in the Junction to enjoy this free event. For more details, click here.

Poetry Reading
Type Books in the Junction
2887 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON
June 3, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

A production of Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor runs at Lighthouse Theatre in Port Dover! For more information and to order tickets, click here.

Crees in the Caribbean
Lighthouse Theatre
Port Dover, ON
June 17–July 4, 2026

Genre-defying documentary King Arthur’s Night (based on the play by Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef) plays this summer at Hot Docs. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here

King Arthur’s Night
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto, ON
June 26, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Catch a production of Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie runs at 4th Line Theatre early summer 2026. Set in 1938 in a one-room schoolhouse, Brodie’s play Schoolhouse introduces a delightful and boisterous group of children who may just have met their match in eighteen-year-old teacher Melita Linton. For more details on 4th Line Theatre’s run of Schoolhouse and to purchase tickets, click here.

Schoolhouse
4th Line Theatre
Millbrook, ON
June 30–July 25, 2026

A production of Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor runs at Roselawn Theatre in Port Colborne For more information and to order tickets, click here.

Crees in the Caribbean
Roselawn Theatre
Port Colborne, ON
July 8–July 19, 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