Toronto peeps! Come and say hello. Very excited about my first appearance at IFOA. And if you haven’t seen the book, pick it up. The design is gorgeous.

International Festival Of Authors, Toronto
Saturday October 22 12:00pm
ROUND TABLE: The Family Dynamic
Authors Jennifer Haigh, Sina Queyras and Alexi Zentner discuss three beautiful and touching novels illustrating the power and fragility of family and redemption.

Sunday, October 23, 12:00pm
READING: Harstad, Mukherjee, Pierson, Queyras
Authors Johan Harstad, Bharati Mukherjee, Ruth Roach Pierson, and Sina Queyras read from their latest works. Michael Lista hosts

I’ll be reading from Autobiography of Childhood in Alberta this week. Also there’s a poetry reading in there, on Friday night. Great line up, and hosted by Christian Bok, so what’s not to like?

Edmonton
Grant MacEwan Thursday October 13, 12:30pm, Library, 2nd Floor, Reference Desk area, City Centre Campus, free

Wordfest, Calgary
Friday October 14, Poetry Bash
9:30-11pm, $20/$10
Vertigo Theatre Centre, Studio

Saturday October 15, Reading Vertigo Theatre Studio
2-3 pm, $15/$7.50
Vertigo Theatre Centre, Studio

Big thanks to all who came out to the Coach House launch last night–big fun.
And somewhere there is a photo booth photo of me in my awesome 70s vest & jacket…if you see it, save it!