Artist and author of lettuce lettuce please go bad Tiziana La Melia has a new art exhibit on at gallery anne barrault in Paris. Kitten Healer Litter is a multimedia exhibit involving voice over, video, drawings, and more. For additional information about Kitten Healer Litter, click here.

Kitten Healer Litter
gallery anne barrault
Paris, France
April 29–June 6, 2026

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

Tune in online to celebrate the 2026 League of Canadian Poets book awards shortlists! Enjoy readings from many of the shortlisted poets including Talonbooks authors Hajer Mirwali (Revolutions), Cecily Nicholson (Crowd Source), and Jessica Moore (Uiesh / Somewhere)! Attendance is free! For more details and to register, click here.

League of Canadian Poets Book Award Shortlists Celebration
Online
June 2, 2026
8 p.m. EDT

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

Head to Perfect Books for the Ottawa launch of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner! sometimes, forest returns daily to the same forest, developing a theory of hylofeminism while attentive to the inside and outside worlds. Kraljii Gardiner will be reading alongside David O’Meara and Chris Turnbull, author of the forthcoming collection notes from recently. Attendance is free! For more information about the launch, click here.

Ottawa Launch of sometimes, forest
Perfect Books
Ottawa, ON
June 23, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Two Poet Laureates are launching their new collections at Novel Idea in Kingston! Celebrate the launch of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Qaf’s People by Sadiqa de Meijer. Attendance is free! The launch begins at 7 p.m. EDT. Hope to see you there!

Novel Idea Bookstore
Kingston, ON
June 24, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Head to Flying Books on College Street for the Toronto launch of sometimes, forest by Vancouver Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner! Kraljii Gardiner will be performing alongside author and musician Gary Barwin. Attendance is free! To RSVP, click here.

Toronto Launch of sometimes, forest
Flying Books on College Street
Toronto, ON
June 25, 2026
6:30 p.m. EDT

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

Jónína Kirton, author of the new poetry and prose collection Save Your Prayers – Send Money will be one of the poets reading at the June 2026 instalment of Surrey Muse. Surrey Muse is free and accessible interdisciplinary creative showcase that takes place monthly in Surrey, BC. For more information, click here.

Surrey Muse
City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
Surrey, BC
June 27, 2026
1–4 p.m., PDT

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