The March Hare Festival kicks off March 2. For a complete list of events in Newfoundland, Halifax, and Toronto, visit the program’s website.
Here’s a sample of other literary events happening across the country:
- Michael Winter reads from The Architects Are Here, Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto (March 2, 3 p.m., free)
- Charles Taylor Prize shortlist brunch with Wade Davis, Charolotte Gill, JJ Lee, Madeline Sonik, and Andrew Westoll, King Edward Hotel, Toronto (March 4, 10 a.m., $45)
- Brockton Writers Series presents readings by Maureen Hynes, Sheniz Janmohamed, Hal Niedzviecki, and Angie Abdou, St. Anne’s Church, Toronto (March 7, 7 p.m., pwyc)
- Fred Wah, Canada’s poet laureate, talks about his work, Ryerson University, Toronto (March 7, 5 p.m., free)
- Pivot Readings presents Rob Benvie, Lynn McClory, Angela Szczepaniak, Press Club, Toronto (March 7, 8 p.m., pwyc)
- Word on the Street presents the Spelling Bee fundraiser, Murphy’s Restaurant, Halifax (March 8, 7 p.m., $400 per team)
- Hilary Davidson launches her novel The Next One to Fall, Ben McNally Books, Toronto (March 8, 6 p.m., free)
- Hoa Nguyen and Fred Wah poetry reading, St. Stephens-in-the-Field, Bellevue, Ontario (March 8, 7:30 p.m., free)
- Robert Dayton launches his book The Canadian Romantic, Double Double Land, Toronto (March 8, 8 p.m., $7)
- Richard Van Camp presents an evening of storytelling, University of Calgary (March 8, 7:30 p.m., free)