Current Events
February
Valentine's Romance Round Table & The Match Faker Book Launch
Perfect Books
Celebrate The Match Faker Launch at the Valentine's Romance Round Table!
Join us as Ruby Barrett launches her newest book, The Match Faker, alongside Jennifer Whiteford (Make Me a Mixtape) and Maggie North (Rules for Second Chances). Don't miss your chance to see these three fantastic romance authors all together for a fun night of love and conversation!

Book Signing with Eve Krakow
Perfect Books
Stop by and chat with Eve Krakow, the author of the recently released memoir-in-essays, Voice Lessons, which the CBC recently listed as one of 14 books to help "motivate and inspire you in 2025".
Voice Lessons explores the author's journey to find her voice—as an introverted singer, a writer, a mother, and a person.

March
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, with Omar El Akkad
St.John the Evangelist
We are delighted to be selling books at this important event with Ottawa Writers Festival. Welcome Omar El Akkad, hosted by Jamie Chai Yun Liew, launching his new book, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
For more information and to buy your ticket, visit ottawawritersfestival.org.
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human. ... This is his heartsick breakup letter with the west. It is a breakup we are watching all over the world, on college campuses, on city streets, and the consequences of this rupture will be felt by all of us. His book is for all the people who want something better than what the west has served up. This is the book for our time.

Everything But Money Book Launch
Perfect Books
Join accredited financial counsellor and host of the popular More Money Podcast, Jessica Moorehouse, for the launch of Everything But Money: The Hidden Barriars Between You and Financial Freedom (HarperCollins).
Everything but Money is a practical, inspirational book that teaches readers to uncover their money story and empowers them to create a new, healthier and happier relationship with money.
Some of the topics explored in the book include:
-Realizing how past trauma shapes your negative relationship with money
-Unlearning some of the “truths” about money that are hurting you
-Recognizing patterns and red flags to stop the cycle of poor financial decision-making
-Understanding the institutions and systems that are holding you back financially and learning the difference between good and bad financial advice
-Learning how to trust yourself and others when it comes to money management
-Creating a new path for achieving financial freedom

Steven High Book Launch
Perfect Books
In partnership with the Department of History and the Centre for Public History at Carleton, we are excited to welcome Steven High and Ken Clavette in conversation about Steven’s new book, The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and The Working Class (Between the Lines Publishing).
Join us for a timely discussion that contextualizes the history of the Ontario NDP into an international perspective.

Arctic Predator Book Launch
Perfect Books
Journalist Kathleen Lippa comes to Perfect Books to launch Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada’s North.
The result of years of research, this important book examines the devastating impact Horne’s crimes had on individuals, families, and entire Inuit communities in Canada’s Arctic. Her compelling work lifts the veil of silence surrounding the Horne story once and for all.
