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Canadian literary event round-up: Oct. 14-20

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week:

• Rob Benvie launches Maintenance with performances by the Maintenance Band and Choir! Choir! Choir!, Double Double Land, Toronto (Oct. 14, 8 p.m., free)
• Adam Gopnik delivers the first 2011 Massey Lecture in the series Winter: Five Windows on the Seasons, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax (Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $24/$14 for students)
• LitFest non-fiction festival, various locations, Edmonton (Oct. 14–23, tickets at litfestalberta.org)
• New Brunswick WordsFall festival, various locations, St. Andrews (Oct. 15, e-mail wfnb@ns.aibn.com for information)
• Guy Vanderhaeghe reads from A Good Man with performance by musician Justin Rutledge, Banff Centre (Oct. 15, 7 p.m., $20)
• Vancouver International Writers Festival, various locations, Granville Island (Oct. 18–23, tickets at writersfest.bc.ca)
• David Bezmozgis discusses The Free World as part of the Jewish Book Festival’s Writer’s Salon, Vancouver (Oct. 19, 8 p.m., $54)
• Derek Hayes launches The Maladjusted with an art exhibition by Mike Limerick, Type Books, Toronto (Oct. 19, 9 p.m., free)
• International Festival of Authors, various locations, Ontario (Oct. 19–30, tickets at readings.org)