The Pick-a-Book team invites children age 3 to 8 to come together and make a difference for Earth Day. The Earth needs our help more than ever and Earth Day is the perfect time of the year to raise awareness on how one’s action (no matter how small) can make a big difference. The theme will be...

    Randall Spear was born in 1968 in Montreal. He studied classical guitar and composition at Vanier College and the Conservatoire de musique de Québec. He is known as a folk artist and singer-songwriter. His recordings have been played all over the country and he is known for his...

North Vancouver-born Lee Maracle is the author of numerous critically acclaimed literary works. A member of the Sto:Loh Nation, Maracle is a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, the JT Stewart Award, and the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Maracle is an instructor...

  Ron Sexsmith is an internationally acclaimed, Juno Award-winning recording artist. He spends most of his time writing songs, touring, and making records. Deer Life was mostly written on the road, during long drives and in dressing rooms and hotel rooms.     Host: Jeanette Kelly...

    KARL SUBBAN retired in 2013 after thirty years as a school teacher and administrator with the Toronto District School Board. He has worked with Canadian Tire on a project that teaches Canadian families about the important benefits of their children participating in hockey and served as...

    David Wolfman (www.cookingwiththewolfman.com), a member of Xaxli’p First Nation, is an internationally recognized expert in wild game and traditional Indigenous cuisine, as well as being a classically trained chef. He has been a culinary arts professor at George Brown College in...

Please note that this event had to be cancelled due to unforeseen events.   Elaine Dewar is the bestselling author of Bones: Discovering the First Americans. She has won nine National Magazine awards, including the prestigious President’s Medal, as well as the Writers’ Trust Award for...

   Alejandro Saravia was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia and lives in Montreal, where he works as a journalist. Saravia is the author of eight volumes of poetry. His trilingual (French-Spanish-English) poetry collection Lettres de Nootka (2008) has been studied in various Canadian universities....

In this panel, authors Anna Leventhal and Saleema Nawaz discuss their writings, which offer compelling narratives of female subjectivity. Leventhal’s short-story collection Sweet Affliction and Nawaz’s novel Bone and Bread, as well as her short-story collection Mother Superior, are set in...