LITERARY CALENDAR
Audreys Books and The Writers’ Guild of Alberta present Hosting Your Book Launch with Karen Spaford-Fitz on Monday at 7 p.m. Join children’s author Spafford-Fitz and learn what it takes to put together a successful, if not unique, book launch that will sell books while bringing in readers. The event takes place at Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave., and is free for WGA members. For non-members, it’s a $5 donation at the door. Spafford-Fitz is the author of two middle-grade novels, Dog Walker and Vanish (Orca Book Publishers).
Two authors will read from their books at Audreys Books on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Meredith Quartermain will read from Rupert’s Land and Fran Kimmel from The Shore Girl. Kimmel’s book was the 2013 Alberta Readers’ Choice award winner. This is her first major reading in the Edmonton region. Quartermain is a B.C. Book Award-winning poet and publisher, and Rupert’s Land is her first novel. If you would like the challenge of creating a 24-page comic in just 24 hours, then sharpen your pencil and take part in 24-Hour Comics Day on Saturday, Oct. 12. The event — an annual fundraiser for Literacy Alberta and Boys Girls Club/Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton — takes place at Happy Harbor Comics, 10729 104th Ave. For information, go to happyharborcomics.com. If you are an Edmonton Public Library member, go to epl. ca/lemony-snicket-event for a chance to win tickets to An Evening with Daniel Handler. To help celebrate the Edmonton Public Library’s 100th Birthday, Handler, best known for his pen name Lemony Snicket, is coming to Edmonton on Sunday, Nov. 3. You have until Monday, Oct. 14 to enter to win tickets to this exclusive engagement. Warriors, Book 3 in The Druids Saga trilogy, launches at Audreys Books on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. STARFest, the third annual St. Albert Readers’ Festival, kicks off Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the St. Albert Public Library’s Forsyth Hall with Leanne Shirtliffe and Cassie Stocks talking with comedian Barbara North about writing first books. Go to starfest.ca for information on STARFest, which runs until Sunday, Oct. 27. The Arden Theatre, along with LitFest and StarFest, present storyteller, Corin Raymond on Friday, Oct. 18. Raymond will perform his hit Fringe play, Bookworm, and music from his doublealbum, Paper Nickels. Tickets are $20 plus service charges at the Arden Theatre Box Office: in person (5 St. Anne St.), by phone at 780-459-1542, or through Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.ca.
Todd Babiak reads from his new novel Come Barbarians for the Canadian Literature Centre’s Brown Bag Lunch Series on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. in the Student Lounge, Old Arts Building at the University of Alberta. Admission is free and there will be door prizes.