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Muldoon’s Picnic – October

Irish Arts Center 726 11th Avenue, New York, NY

With a name that harkens back to a late 1800s New York vaudeville act, this moveable feast of an event—curated and presented by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon—combines music, prose and poetry, and high commentary and low comedy with an evolving lineup of world-class guests and house band …

$25 – $65

LitFest 2022

LitFest is a festival where writers share true stories. Every October, we invite authors to the stage to tell what they know and challenge us with their ideas. It’s Canada’s first and only nonfiction festival. LitFest started small. In 2002, a few thought leaders formed the Alberta Book Fair Society …

STARFest 2022: St. Albert Readers Festival

St. Albert Public Library 5 St Anne St, St Albert, Alberta

STARFest (St. Albert Readers Festival) returns for its 12th season with a star-studded slate of authors over three weeks from October 13 to 28, and we’re excited to return to an in-person festival. The 2022 lineup features prizewinning authors and bestselling, powerful books by authors you know and love, and authors you’ll always …

$7

The Polyglot Issue 10 Launch at LitFest

Stanley A. Milner Edmonton Public Library 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta

Named Alberta’s Best New Magazine in 2021, The Polyglot has proudly published 188 writers and artists working in 51 Indigenous and Heritage languages in the last five years. Join us as we launch and celebrate our tenth issue with readings by brilliant bilingual writers Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Meghan Eaker, Diana Gaviria, …

$13.26

Antler River Poetry Presents Chantal Gibson & Kevin Andrew Heslop

Landon Branch London Public Library 167 Wortley Rd, London, Ontario

A new month means a new reading! Antler River Poetry is delighted to present Chantal Gibson and Kevin Andrew Heslop with local opener Jack Bradley on October 19 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Landon Library in Wortley Village. A reminder that we ask all guests to wear a mask to …

Free