Here are just a few of the literary events happening in the coming week:

• Evie Christie, Malcolm Sutton, and Jacob Wren read as part of the Scream Literary unFestival, Parkdale Library, Toronto (July 8, 6 p.m., free)
• Candice Tirk signs copies of Messages from the Heart, McNally Robinson, Saskatoon (July 9, 1 p.m., free)
• Ivan Penaluna hosts a five-minute-story competition between eight storytellers, Café Deux Soleils, Vancouver (July 10, 8 p.m., $5)
• The Final Scream in High Park with readings by Shawn Micallef, Shelia Heti, Margaret Christakos, Dani Couture, and others, CanStage Amphitheatre, Toronto (July 11, 7 p.m., pwyc)
• Agnes Welsh launches Answer Me Home: Plays from Tramore Theatre, The Ship, St. John’s (July 12, 7 p.m., free)
• Lennie Gallant reads A Day with You in Paradise, Confederation Centre Public Library, Charlottetown (July 13, 7 p.m., free)