Mercedes Eng (cop city swagger, Prison Industrial Complex Explodes, and more) is the featured poet at Vancouver Poetry Slam. For more information, click here.

Mercedes Eng at Van Slam
Enabling Arts
Vancouver, BC
October 5, 2026
8:00 p.m. PT

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

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is one of the feature poets at Planet Earth Poetry on October 9! This instalment of the reading series celebrates 60 years of the League of Canadian Poets! Kraljii Gardiner will be reading from her new book of ecopoetry, sometimes, forest. For more details, click here.

Elee Kraljii Gardiner at Planet Earth Poetry
Russell Books
Victoria, BC
October 9, 2026
Doors open at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. PT

Daphne Marlatt (Intertidal, Then Now, and more), annie ross (Some People Fall in the Lodge and Then Eat Berries All Winter, Pots and Other Living Beings) and Meredith Quartermain (U Girl, I, Bartleby) are guest readers at Jami Macarty’s book launch at People’s Co-Op Bookstore. For more details, click here.

Jami Macarty :: The Long Now Conditions Permit :: Book Launch
People’s Co-Op Bookstore
Vancouver, BC
October 10, 2026
7–9 p.m. PT

In their off season, 4th Line Theatre is featuring the forthcoming play The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light by Drew Hayden Taylor in their fall salon reading series! During this series, three plays are selected and presented in a different and intimate local home. Alongside the staged reading, food and drink will also be provided.

For more information, watch this space.

4th Line Theatre Presents: The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light at the Fall Salon Reading Series
Millbrook, ON
October 15, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

On Friday, head to the SFU Belzberg Library for a free evening of literature featuring two outstanding, award-winning poets Jordan Abel (Injun, The Place of Scraps, and more) and Cecily Nicholson (Crowd Source, HARROWINGS, and more)!

For more information about the reading, click here.

Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series: Jordan Abel & Cecily Nicholson
SFU Belzberg Library at Harbour Centre campus
Vancouver, BC
October 16, 2026
Doors are at 6:30 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m.

Montréal! Medusa by Martine Desjardins (translated into English by Oana Avasilichioaei) is Joie de Livres’s October 20 book club pick! For more details and to purchase tickets, click here.

Joie de Livres Book Club: Medusa
Joie de Livres Bookstore
Montréal, QC
October 10, 2026
7–9 p.m. EDT

Frances Koncan, author of the brand new play Space Girl: A Cosmic Comedy, is one of the writers and instructors participating in the Vancouver Writers Fest event UBC Night Class. For additional information about the event, click here.

UBC Night Class
Vancouver Writers Fest
Performance Works
Vancouver, BC
October 21, 2026
8:00 p.m. PT

The Vancouver Writers Fest has announced the lineup for the annual Poetry Bash and we are thrilled to see Jordan Abel (Un/inhabited, The Place of Scraps, and more) and Vancouver poet laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner (sometimes, forest) among the readers! For more details, click here.

The Poetry Bash
Vancouver Writers Fest
Performance Works
Vancouver, BC
October 22, 2026
8:30 p.m. PT

Rob Budde, author of the brand new book of poetry Panax, is one of the poets featuring at Planet Earth Poetry on October 23! Panax is a book of ecopoetry that maps a remarkable poetic and autoethnographic journey. For more details, watch this space.

Rob Budde at Planet Earth Poetry
Russell Books
Victoria, BC
October 23, 2026
Doors are at 7:00 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. PDT

Celebrate the launch of Weyman Chan’s new book A Child’s Seance at Shelf Life Books! Accompanied by Jun-long Lee and Josephine LoRe, Chan will guide audiences on a journey through time, space, and grief. Hosted by author of No Depression in Heaven ryan fitzpatrick, the event begins at 7 p.m. MDT. For more details watch this space.

Calgary Launch of A Child’s Seance
Shelf Life Books
Calgary, AB
October 27, 2026
7:00 p.m. MDT

Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall for the Talonbooks fall 2026 launch! Celebrate this season’s authors and books. Here’s the lineup! It’s going to be an amazing evening.

Please help us welcome A Child’s Seance by Weyman Chan, Grace of Centuries by Hope Anderson, notes from recently by Chris Turnbull, and Panax by Rob Budde to the world. The launch will be hosted by the author of dream / arteries, Phinder Dulai!

The Martha Lou Henley Hall is a fully accessible venue. A parking lot is available in the alley between East 3rd Avenue and East 4th Avenue. Drinks and light refreshments will be available. Hope to see you there!

Talonbooks Fall 2026 Launch
Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall
Vancouver, BC
November 6, 2026
Doors open at 7:00 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. PT

Elee Kraljii Gardiner, author of sometimes, forest, is one of the poets performing at Being Forest: A Salish Stroll as part of the Whistler Writers Festival. Enjoy an incredible stroll with equally incredible poets. For more details, click here.

Being Forest: A Salish Stroll
Meeting Point: Fairmont Chateau Whistler Lobby
Whistler, BC
November 8, 2026
9–10:30 a.m. PT