Kelley Armstrong

The author of the wildly popular Otherworld series will read from her latest novel, Personal Demon, the sexy, action-packed story of a half-demon tabloid journalist and her adventures in crime. Also: a sneak preview of her next novel, The Summoning. Q&A to follow.

Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m.
Eatonville Branch

Guy Gavriel Kay

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading from bestselling fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay’s brand-new, first-ever poetry collection! Kay will also read from his latest novel, Ysabel, a fantastic adventure set in contemporary France in which two teenagers become dangerously entangled in a love triangle among mythic figures from the distant past. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Beaches Branch

Peter Watts
Critically acclaimed science fiction author (and marine biologist) Peter Watts will read from his latest novel, Blindsight, a dark epic about alien communication and the nature of consciousness, with space vampires. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m.
Beaches Branch

French-language Reading!
Jean-Louis Trudel
Award-winning author Jean-Louis Trudel will read from recent works.Reading and Q&A in French.  Followed by book-signing; books for sale by Librarie Champlain

Monday, April 28, 7 p.m.
Beaches Branch

Kelley Armstrong
The author of the wildly popular Otherworld series will read from her latest novel, Personal Demon, the sexy, action-packed story of a half-demon tabloid journalist and her adventures in crime. Also: a sneak preview of her next novel, The Summoning. Q&A to follow.

Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Cedarbrae Branch

Cory Doctorow
Book launch!
Science fiction author and boingboing.net coeditor Doctorow launches his new novel, Little Brother, the story of a teen hacker who takes on the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack on San Francisco turns the U.S. into a police state. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m.
Merril Collection, Lillian H. Smith Branch

Terence Green and Phyllis Gotlieb
Two of Toronto’s SF greats read from recent works: Green’s dazzling, philosophical time-travel novel, Sailing Time’s Ocean, and Gotlieb’s thought-provoking space opera, Birthstones. Q&A to follow.

Wednesday, May 7, 7 p.m.
Cedarbrae Branch

Emily Pohl-Weary and Willow Dawson
For teens and young adults
The co-creators of Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate present their graphic novel and talk about how they made it – from story to artwork to publication. Q&A to follow.

Thursday, May 8, 5 p.m.
Centennial Branch

Brett Savory, Sandra Kasturi and Sèphera Girón

Join us for an evening of gothic delights – read: blood, guts and leather – with three of Toronto’s finest young horror writers. Kasturi will present readings from her own short stories and her husband Savory’s works, including the sinister coming-of-age tale In and Down and his disquietingly original short story collection, No Further Messages.  Girón will read a selection from her novels of horror and erotica, Mistress of the Dark and Hungarian Rhapsody. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Monday, May 12, 7 p.m.
Oakwood Village Branch

Terence Green and Paula Johanson
For teens and young adults
Terence Green reads from Sailing Time’s Ocean, his dazzling, philosophical time-travel novel. Paula Johanson reads from her new novel, The Tower in the Crooked Wood. Q&A to follow.

Thursday, May 15, 5 p.m.
Centennial Branch

Dave Duncan
The popular and prolific writer of fantasy, science fiction and historical whodunits makes a rare visit to Toronto to read from his new novel, The Alchemist’s Code, featuring the adventures of physician and astrologer Nostradamus and his apprentice Alfeo Zeno in a fantastical Renaissance Venice. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Tuesday, May 20, 7 p.m.,
Oakwood Village Branch

Dave Duncan and Nalo Hopkinson
Two of Canada’s top fantasy authors read from their recent work. Duncan will read from his new novel, The Alchemist’s Code, featuring the medieval adventures of physician and astrologer Nostradamus and his apprentice Alfeo Zeno in a fantastical Venice. Hopkinson will read from The New Moon’s Arms, a magical-realist novel set on a fictional Caribbean island, where a woman’s life undergoes many mysterious changes. Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Wednesday, May 21, 7 p.m.
Lillian H. Smith Branch

Dave Duncan
The popular and prolific writer of fantasy, science fiction and historical whodunits makes a rare visit to Toronto to read from recent works, including his Venice series, featuring the adventures of physician and astrologer Nostradamus and his apprentice Alfeo Zeno in a fantastical Renaissance Venice. Q&A to follow.

Thursday, May 22, 7 p.m.
Cedarbrae Branch

Candas Jane Dorsey and Edward Willett
Two of Canadian SF’s most fearless explorers of big ideas, Candas Jane Dorsey (A Paradigm of Earth) and Edward Willett (Marseguro) will read from recent work and discuss what science fiction can tell us about the personal and political worlds we live in now.  Followed by Q&A and book-signing; books for sale by Bakka-Phoenix Science Fiction Bookstore.

Wednesday, May 28, 7 p.m.
Beaches Branch

Edward Willett and Alison Baird
For teens and young adults
Edward Willett reads from Marseguro, the story of a race of amphibious humans on a distant planet covered in water, and the threats they face from religious zealots opposed to genetic engineering. Alison Baird reads from her Dragon Throne trilogy, an epic of love and war set in a fantastical Celestial Empire. Q&A to follow.

Thursday, May 29, 5 p.m.
Centennial Branch