Join Patrick Dennis, author of Reluctant Warriors, for a presentation and book signing. ...more

Please join us at Drawn and Quarterly for a wonderful evening celebrating the release to 2 recent edited collections on issues of criminal accusation and criminalization in Canada. ...more

Join Patrick Dennis, author of Reluctant Warriors, for a presentation and book signing. ...more

Hosted by the University Women's Club of Vancouver, join us for a celebration of International Women's Day. Featuring a keynote by Veronica Strong-Boag, author of The Last Suffragist Standing: The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson. ...more

Hosted by Women in Engineering, University of Waterloo. Tarah Brookfield, author of “Our Voices Must be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario,” is part of an International Women’s Day panel discussion that will take place before the screening of the 2015 film “Suffragette!” This fabulous not-to-be-missed event is hosted by Women in Engineering at the University of Waterloo. ...more

The University Women's Club of Montreal invites you to celebreate International Women's Day 2019 with award winning author and historian Denyse Baillargeon, author of To Be Equals in Our Own Country: Women and the Vote in Quebec. ...more

Sarah Cox, author of Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand against Big Hydro, will be speaking at the Galiano Literary Festival. ...more

Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age examines how the federal government has adapted to the digital age from the mid-2000s to present day. The book uncovers a striking tension between the bureaucracy’s tradition of closed government, and the dictates of governing in an age defined by open, networked technologies. The book speaks to broader questions on the effectiveness and democratic legitimacy of our federal government.

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Join us for the Nova Scotia launch of Truth and Conviction: Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi'kmaw Quest for Justice. ...more

Join us for the launch of Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora. ...more

Join us for a dual launch! "Be Wise! Be Healthy!" and "Thumbing a Ride" ...more

Light refreshments served, all welcome RSVP or let us know you're coming! Join us for a panel discussion with authors: Josie Hill, Executive Director, Blue Thunderbird Family Care Inc. Diane Roussin, Project Director, Winnipeg Boldness Project Darlene Klyne, Program Director, CEDA Pathways to Education Shauna MacKinnon, editor of this collection, Associate Prof, and Chair of Dept. of Urban and Inner City Studies U of W. ...more

Join the editors, book authors, and others to celebrate the launch of Red Light Labour. ...more

You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and the Mike Murley Quartet at The Pilot for a book launch and jazz show. Marian Jago will open each set with a few words from "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s." "Live at the Cellar" is the first book to document the rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including the Cellar, Black Spot/Flat Five (Vancouver), Foggy Manor (Calgary), Yardbird Suite (Edmonton), and 777 Barrington Street (Halifax). Many of the jazz musicians that were involved in the co-operatives now call Toronto home. ...more

You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and Toronto’s Bob Brough Quartet at Frankie’s Jazz Club, Vancouver’s home to live jazz and blues. Marian Jago will open each set with a few words from "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s," the first book to document the rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including Vancouver’s very own venues: the “original” Cellar, the Black Spot, and the Flat Five. ...more

You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and Gavin Walker, alto saxophonist and host of CiTR: The Jazz Show (101.9 FM). Marian will talk briefly about "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s," the first book to document the remarkable rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including Vancouver’s very own “original” Cellar, the Black Spot, and the Flat Five. She will share stories and photographs from this rich and vital history and will follow the talk with a question and answer. ...more

Four thought provoking events with Amnesty International’s Craig Benjamin, food and water advocate Julian Napoleon from Saulteau First Nations, and journalist Sarah Cox, author of Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro. Presented by the Amnesty International Bookclub and UBC Press. ...more

Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro. A modern-day David and Goliath story, Breaching the Peace is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Ben McNally invites you to attend a special In Her Voice edition of its Books and Brunch series. Joan Sangster will be one of four authors at the event and she will talk about her book One Hundred Years of Struggle: The History of Women and the Vote in Canada. ...more

Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro." A modern-day David and Goliath story, "Breaching the Peace" is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more