There are a few more events and fests that may well be locked in before long, but for now, I’m for sure going to be at a handful this fall/winter with COUNTY ROAD SIX, along with so many amazing authors from Canada and elsewhere. As free-hotel is the greatest part about writing and publishing, and doing booky events and tour things is the only way my poor author ass gets to travel for the most part, it is amazing to get back to a few spots where I’ve fested in the past.
Check out the info below (to be updated as needed), with some of the actual events already locked and loaded with excellent authors. As of now, I’m super pumped to be sharing stages with Amanda Peters, Wayne Johnston, Don Gillmor, Alex Springs, Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Rollie Pemberton, Chanel Sutherland, Aaron Cully Drake, Doretta Lau, Amal El-Mohtar, Sharon Bala, Portia Elan, Jordan Abel, Kevin Hardcastle, Dina Del Bucchia, Zak Jones, and more…
If you click any of the above links for Eden Mills Writers Fest, Calgary Wordfest, Vancouver Writers Fest, Parry Sound Fest of Authors, and Wild Writers Literary Fest you’ll get the event link for those I’m involved in at each spot, but note that the latter three are yet to have individual events listed (VWF has a downloadable catalogue at the moment, PSFA seems to be waitin’ on a website as it is only newly being started up again this year, and WWLF hasn’t put the 2026 fest details up fully yet).
Otherwise, there are those outstanding festivals we’re waiting to hear about and some more potential readings that I’ve gotta circle back around to the organizers for, as the spring and summer were pretty busy after the release of COUNTY ROAD SIX and some other writing/teaching engagements on the go. When I’ve got those sorted out, I’ll crank ’em up on this hilarious increasingly baffling site and share on socials and whatnot, as usual.
Until then, grab up your tickets for these if you’re in the area, or if you want to trek over to any of these spots. I’ll be there warbling about real rural Ontario stories and shenanigans and probably about class warfare and maybe even the latest emo sadgirls that I’ve been listening to whilst going about my business in recent months.
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