Book Signing: İDA – Roots in Cloaks at Blue Heron Books

Handan Oral Kurunc
POSTED: Sep 4, 2026

Literary Reading or Event

Join me at Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge for a book signing event! I'll be there with İDA – Roots in Cloaks, a YA dystopian novel about identity, belonging and questioning. Come say hello and… More

Norma Shephard Presents "The Architecture of Luck" at Booktoberfest

Norma Shpehard, Norma Hillyer Shephard | POSTED: Sep 4, 2026

Literary Reading or Event

Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am. Author and material culture historian Norma Shephard will present a free, illustrated lecture at the Lunenburg Library (97 Kaulbach Street, Lunenburg, NS) for Booktoberfest.… More

Weekend Retreat in Muskoka *women only*

Jennifer Robin Wilson
POSTED: Sep 3, 2026

Workshop or Retreat

Get away for our new weekend writing intensive, where you can engage in craft workshops with expert facilitators and devote meaningful time to your project. No laundry, no errands, no cooking. Just… More

Offering Grant-Writing Assistance for Neurodivergent/Deaf/Disabled Writers

C.E. Gatchalian | POSTED: Sep 3, 2026

Member Activity

Hey! Are you a neurodivergent artist or an artist with a disability who could use support with a grant application? As a neurodivergent artist myself, I understand how marmoreal and mentally… More

The Writer in Residence is a full-time term position open to writers from across Canada who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. This individual acts as a mentor to writers in and around… More

Taking A History with Dr Charles Hayter at Kingston WRITERSfest

Charles Hayter | POSTED: Sep 2, 2026

Workshop or Retreat

Serious illness, whether our own, that of someone we love or care for, often leaves us searching for ways to understand, clarify, and describe the experience. Writing can be a powerful means of making… More

Writing duo featured on Travel With Rick Steves

Josephine Matyas
POSTED: Sep 2, 2026

Member Activity

TWUC members Josephine Matyas and Craig Jones were featured on the wildly-popular, international "Travel With Rick Steves" radio show, talking about their two books: Chasing the Blues and The Music… More

TO Live presents JLF Toronto, an international edition of the world-renowned Jaipur Literature Festival. JLF Toronto returns this September, bringing together acclaimed writers, thinkers,… More

Presented by Calgary Spoken Word Society with the Stroll of Poets, Wise Women: Magic Words is a four-day festival celebrating the feminine divine through poetry, storytelling, music and film. Join… More

Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt will be in conversation with Sheila Quinn at the Brome Lake Community Centre (270 Victoria, Knowlton) to discuss her latest memoir, Carrying War (Dundurn, 2026) which was… More