Wednesday, November 4
TORONTO
Voyegeur Launch, 6pm, THe Victory Cafe, 581 Markham St, free
Nick Marinkovich, the guy behind KENK, has a new graphic novel. Celebrate!
Pivot, 8pm, The Steady, 10501 Bloor St W, PWYC (suggested $5)
Chad Campbell, Elena Johnson, Cara-Lyn Morgan, Catriona Wright read as a part of the festivities surrounding the newest edition of Best Canadian Poetry in English.
The 4 Poets Issue #3 Launch, 8pm, Holy Oak Café, 1241 Bloor St W, free
Ashley Opheim, Stephen Thomas, Lena Suksi and Amy Blaxland are featured in the newest issue of The 4 Poets. Each will read complete with their own custom musical dedication by LOOM.
Thursday, November 5
TORONTO
Shannon Maguire & Soraya Peerbaye Launch, 7pm, Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave
Two new books from Pedlar and BookThug.
MONTREAL
F Word Vol IV Launch, 10pm, Trh-Bar, 3699 St Laurent, $5
Lots of performers, stickers, and the new issue of F Word in the mix!
Friday, November 6
TORONTO
An exhibit of the ephemera left as placeholders in books, selected from the vast archive accumulated by the Monkey’s paw. Runs through November 8.
Pauls Launch, 7pm, The Steady, 1051 Bloor St W, free
Jess Taylor’s debut book of Short Stories form BookThug.
Saturday, November 7
TORONTO
WordPlay 2015, 12pm-5pm, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St, free
The Hand Eye Society presents this free festival celebrating word games!
You Are A Kitten! Launch, 3pm-5pm, Page & Panel, 789 Yonge St, free
Sherwin Tjia launches his new choose-your-own-adventure-as-a-cat book!
TEXT(ILES), 7pm, Unit 2, 163 Sterling Road, $5-10
A queer collusion between comics, cripness and creativity with mel g campbell and ET Russian!
OTTAWA
It’s back for more! The Fall edition of span-o’s long-running bookfair.
WINNIPEG
Sappho Zine Presents Together – A Zine Making Party, 6pm-9pm, MAWA, 611 Main St, free
Local awesome zine Sappho hosts this zine jam on the theme of “together.”