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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Illustrated poster (in English & French) for Metropolis Bleu / Blue Metropolis Festival, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long black hair adored with two colourful birds, head tilted slightly with eyes cast downward, her hair spreading out above her - giving her the appearance of being under water.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2025

Online starting Mon, Apr. 14, 2025 & in person at various venues in Montreal from Thu, Apr. 24 – Sun, Apr. 27, 2025: Immerse yourself in reading & writing, books & authors from around the world at the annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival as it explores the theme “Time, the Tree, the Page”. Attendees are treated to live interviews, round-table discussions, public readings & book signings, performances, writing workshops, cocktail evenings & more.

Image featuring text and photographs. Top: thefoldcanada.org Computer icon April 27-30. People icon May 1-4, Brampton. The Festival of Literary Diversity. April 27 - May 4, 2025. Celebrating a decade of change. Bottom: A geometric collage of images of people reading and participating in a literary festival.

The Festival of Literary Diversity 2025

From Sun, Apr. 27 – Sun, May 4, 2025: The Festival of Literary Diversity presents the 10th anniversary of their annual literary festival celebrating Canadian & international authors. The festival includes virtual & in-person panels, discussions, workshops & interactive events that allow guests from across Canada & around the world to participate. Events April 27-30 are virtual, while events May 1-4 are offered in person.

Past event: Greyed out detail of the banner image for Yukon Words Festival, the words Writing for the North below the logo, with an illustration of a fountain pen emerging from a flower stem, drawing a curved line. Above the logo, a photo of the various participating diverse authors & poets.

2024 Yukon Words Festival

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, Nov. 22 to Sun, Nov. 24, 2024: Yukon Words presents the 2024 Yukon Words Festival. This annual literary festival includes readings, panels and workshops, plus a headliner event and masterclass – this year featuring internationally renowned, best-selling author and storyteller Richard Van Camp.

Past event: Greyed out image for The Word on the Street Toronto Book & Magazine Festival, with an abstract, 3D modular illustration against a light green background of various environments created with books and architecture. Top left: an astronaut does a space walk outside their ship. Top right: a couple embrace. Bottom: A woman sits, legs crossed, in meditation. Above the image is a green ribbon banner with 35th Anniversary in white lettering. At the bottom: September 28-29. Queen's Park Circle, Toronto.

The Word on the Street Toronto 2024

PAST EVENT: Two days only - Sat, Sep. 28 & Sun, Sep. 29, 2024: Join authors, book & magazine sellers, & book lovers of all ages for The Word on The Street Toronto. Canada’s largest book & magazine festival, this annual outdoor event celebrates storytelling, ideas & imagination, plus promotes great books by Canadian & Indigenous authors year-round. Free admission.

Past event: Greyed out image of the detail of the book cover for RUFF A Novel, with mostly black font against a light blue background. The R is torn in the centre, the U is outlined in yellow, the first F is outlined in white and the last F is light blue with black outline.

Reading: Rod Carley in Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

PAST EVENT: One night only – Wed, Sep. 18, 2024: Join author & journalist Waubgeshig Rice at the Stockey Centre for a conversation with author, actor & playwright Rod Carley, who’ll be reading from his new novel RUFF. A theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics, RUFF is a madcap world more modern than tomorrow, where gender is what a person makes of it.

Past event: Greyed out image of the graphic poster for Write Around the Murray, with white serif text against a dark blue background, with a red heart, yellow text bubble, light blue circle and a pink thought bubble. Bottom right: Save the date. 11 - 15 September.

Write Around the Murray Literary Festival 2024

PAST EVENT: Five days only! From Wed, Sep. 11 – Sun, Sep. 15, 2024: Write Around the Murray (WAM) is back! The annual literary festival offers an engaging program of award-winning authors, illustrators & storytellers, this year presenting around the theme of “Stories Within Stories”. 40 events, including panels, the WAM Poetry Slam, masterclasses, workshops, writing competitions, history & art tours, & more. All ages.

Past event: Greyed out image of the logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.

Filipino-Canadian Book Festival 

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, July 12 to Sun, July 14, 2024: Massy Arts Society, Sampaguita Press & PilipinxPages present the inaugural Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. This event features a keynote from award-winning author & screenwriter Catherine Hernandez; book signings & panel talks; workshops; open mic readings showcasing emerging & established literary talent; plus a youth event.

Past event: Greyed out image of the illustrated poster (in English & French) for Metropolis Bleu / Blue Metropolis Festival, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with long black hair adored with two colourful birds, head tilted slightly with eyes cast downward, her hair spreading out above her - giving her the appearance of being under water.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2024

PAST EVENT. Online starting Mon, Apr. 15, 2024 & in person at various venues in Montreal from Thu, Apr. 25 – Sun, Apr. 28, 2024: Immerse yourself in reading & writing, books & authors at the annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival as it explores the theme “Utopias & Dreams”. Programming presented in English, French or both.

Past event: Greyed out image of poster for gritLit 2024 Festival with yellow and white text on a black background. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of gritLIT. 5 days. 28 events. 7 workshops. It will be lit.

gritLIT Readers & Writers Festival 2024

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Apr. 17 to Sun, Apr. 21, 2024: Five days, 28 events, 7 workshops. Join gritLIT in Hamilton & online for the 20th anniversary of its annual literary festival. Festival events include readings, panels & interviews, plus interactive events & workshops – offering a view into the minds of some of the most interesting writers working in Canada today.

Past event: The illustrated cover art for Tales from Phantom City, with the title at the top. A city skyline at night with a starry sky, crescent moon and a few clouds. A blonde woman in a white hoodie looks on in amazement at a mysterious gaunt man in a hat and dark glasses and a ginger cat, appearing on the sides of two buildings, with people in apartment windows. A cat pendant hangs from the clock tower in the background, while a black cat with white paws peers down from the building behind the woman.

Tales from Phantom City

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Apr. 27, 2023: The Assembly Theatre, in association with At Bay Press, presents the launch of Patrick Jenkins’ debut graphic novel Tales from Phantom City. Includes a live action reading & book signing. Free admission. For adults 18+ & lovers of graphic novels, film noir & magic realism.

Past event: Wild Fires by Sophie Jai

Book launch: ‘Wild Fires’ by Sophie Jai

PAST EVENT: Join author Sophie Jai at Famous Last Words on July 14 to celebrate the launch of her debut novel 'WILD FIRES', a vivid and compelling story about family life, grief and secrets. Moving between Toronto and Trinidad, this novel explores the ways we mourn and why we avoid the very things that can save us.