The Fulcrum Book Launch

Michael Decter launches his latest book, The Fulcrum, at Perfect Books. Join us for an in conversation about this sweeping climate thriller.

Book Signing with Tamara Levine

Pop by the store, and bring the kids! Tamara Levine will be here signing copies of The Warmest Blanket in the World (Second Story Press), a tender intergenerational children's book about a child and great-grandmother.

Living Beyond the Shadow Book Launch

We welcome Diane Sims to the store to launch her memoir, Living Beyond the Shadow. Join us for a conversation on the author's deeply personal book about her life's journey, and the decision to end it through MAID.

Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems Book Launch

We hope you will join us for this conversation and live conscient podcast roundtable recording between Adam Kahane, author of Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement (Berrett-Koehler Publishers), and a panel responding to the book. 

In a world crying out for change, Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems is your guidebook to action. Adam Kahane, the best-selling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a global authority on solving problems, delivers game-changing advice for anyone ready to make a difference. This is a manifesto for world-changers. Drawing on decades of work with leaders from national to organizational presidents to front-line managers to grass-roots activists, Kahane distills seven potent habits that enable ordinary citizens to become extraordinary agents for change.

Sanita Fejzić Joint Book Launch

We are excited to welcome Ottawa playwright, poet, and writer Sanita Fejzić to the store for a double launch of two of her recent works:

-Refugee Mouth (Frontenac Press): A debut poetry collection grounded in the haunted aftermath of the Siege of Sarajevo and the ethnic cleansing of the Bosniak people during the 1992-1995 Balkan War, this poetry collection interweaves war-devastated landscapes and queer joy.

-Blissful State of Surrender (Playwrights Canada Press): This play is a poignant dramatic comedy that delves into the lives of a Bosnian Canadian family grappling with trauma, social-class limbo, and intergenerational differences, challenging the notion of Canada as a safe haven for refugees.

Book Signing with Sarah Selecky

Writers of all experience levels! Don't miss your chance to chat with acclaimed writing instructor and Giller Prize finalist Sarah Selecky's about her brand new book on writing craft, Story is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiousity (Assembly Press).

From the publisher: "Designed for authors seeking support on individual projects or their practice as a whole, this book is overflowing with tips and tools to develop and support creative curiousity and whole-minded writing."

Stop by and grab a signed copy!

Book Signing with Jagjeet Sharma

Award-winning local author Jagjeet Sharma will be at Perfect Books signing copies of her latest works. Stop by for a meet and great and to get your books signed!

Triple Book Launch with Hollay Ghadery, Christy Climenhage, and Caitlin Galway

Don’t miss this fantastic triple feature evening with authors readings from short fiction, novels, and nonfiction alike.

-Hollay Ghadery, Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill Press): The stories in Widow Fantasies deftly explore the subjugation of women through the often subversive act of fantasizing. From a variety of perspectives, through a symphony of voices, Widow Fantasies immerses the reader in the domestic rural gothic, offering up unforgettable stories from the shadowed lives of girls and women.

-Christy Climenhage, The Midnight Project (Wolsak and Wynn): In this near-future science fiction thriller, Christy Climenhage has created a frighteningly real world on the verge of collapse. As disaster strikes, the two friends need to decide whether to cling to their old life or to let go and embrace a new path for humanity.

-Caitlin Galway, A Song for Wildcats (Dundurn Press): The five long-form stories in A Song for Wildcats are uncanny portraits of grief and resilience and are imbued with unique beauty, insight, and resonance from one of the country's most exciting authors.

Leuchtturm Free Embossing Event!

Looking for a perfect personalized gift, or just need a new notebook? Stop by the store on August 9th! From 11am to 4pm, when you buy a Leuchtterm notebook, you can have it embossed for free!

Erin Brubacher and Jacob Wren Double Feature

Join these two prolific Book*hug authors, both finalists for The Big Other Book Award for Fiction, for an evening celebrating their latest books!

-Erin Brubacher, These Songs I Know By Heart (Book*hug Press): Through a three-day canoe trip, chance encounters, fierce female friendship, step-parenting, IVF, pandemic isolation, and quiet moments between humans, These Songs I Know By Heart weaves vignettes of everyday mythology into an absorbing and honest meditation on the connections in our lives.

-Jacob Wren, Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim (Book*hug Press): What are the best ways to support political struggles that aren’t your own? What are the fundamental principles of a utopia during war? Can we transcend the societal values we inherit? Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim is a remarkably original, literary page-turner that explores such pressing questions of our time.

D.M. Bradford presents Ring of Dust

Governor General and Griffin finalist and A.M. Klein award-winning poet and translator D.M. Bradford comes to Perfect Books to discuss their latest translation, Ring of Dust (Brick Books) by Louise Marios.

This book is past and present at war with each other; it's also the future emerging from the page-by-page bout, all born anew in an exuberant translation by D.M. Bradford.