A production of 7 Stories by Morris Panych runs at Western Edge Theatre this June! In 7 Stories we meet a man standing on the seventh-storey ledge of a building. His plans are interrupted by a series of quirky neighbours in turn. Hilarity ensues. For more details and to purchase tickets, click here.

7 Stories
Western Edge Theatre
Nanaimo, BC
June 5–15, 2026

ryan fitzpatrick, author of No Depression in Heaven, Coast Mountain Foot, and more, is one of the poets featuring at Single Onion on June 11! fitzpatrick is sharing work alongside Skylar Kay, Lisa Martina, and Adriana Oniță. Head to Shelf Life Books at 7 p.m. for an evening of poetry. For more information, click here.

Single Onion
Shelf Life Books
Calgary, AB
June 11, 2026
7 p.m. MDT

Calgary! Celebrate the launch of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner at Shelf Life Books! Kraljii Gardiner will be ready alongside poetic heavy hitters ryan fitzpatrick (No Depression in Heaven), Nikki Reimer, (No Town Called We), Tolu Oloruntoba (Unravel), and Samantha Jones (Attic Rain).

Attendance is free! For more details, click here.

Calgary Launch of sometimes, forest
Shelf Life Books
Calgary, AB
June 16, 2026
7:00 p.m. MDT

A production of Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor runs at Lighthouse Theatre in Port Dover! For more information and to order tickets, click here.

Crees in the Caribbean
Lighthouse Theatre
Port Dover, ON
June 17–July 4, 2026

Head to Perfect Books for the Ottawa launch of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner! sometimes, forest returns daily to the same forest, developing a theory of hylofeminism while attentive to the inside and outside worlds. Kraljii Gardiner will be reading alongside David O’Meara and Chris Turnbull, author of the forthcoming collection notes from recently. Attendance is free! For more information about the launch, click here.

Ottawa Launch of sometimes, forest
Perfect Books
Ottawa, ON
June 23, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Two Poet Laureates are launching their new collections at Novel Idea in Kingston! Celebrate the launch of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Qaf’s People by Sadiqa de Meijer. Attendance is free! The launch begins at 7 p.m. EDT. Hope to see you there!

Novel Idea Bookstore
Kingston, ON
June 24, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Head to Flying Books on College Street for the Toronto launch of sometimes, forest by Vancouver Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner! Kraljii Gardiner will be performing alongside author and musician Gary Barwin. Attendance is free! To RSVP, click here.

Toronto Launch of sometimes, forest
Flying Books on College Street
Toronto, ON
June 25, 2026
6:30 p.m. EDT

Genre-defying documentary King Arthur’s Night (based on the play by Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef) plays this summer at Hot Docs. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here

King Arthur’s Night
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Toronto, ON
June 26, 2026
7:00 p.m. EDT

Jónína Kirton, author of the new poetry and prose collection Save Your Prayers – Send Money will be one of the poets reading at the June 2026 instalment of Surrey Muse. Surrey Muse is free and accessible interdisciplinary creative showcase that takes place monthly in Surrey, BC. For more information, click here.

Surrey Muse
City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
Surrey, BC
June 27, 2026
1–4 p.m., PDT

Catch a production of Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie runs at 4th Line Theatre early summer 2026. Set in 1938 in a one-room schoolhouse, Brodie’s play Schoolhouse introduces a delightful and boisterous group of children who may just have met their match in eighteen-year-old teacher Melita Linton. For more details on 4th Line Theatre’s run of Schoolhouse and to purchase tickets, click here.

Schoolhouse
4th Line Theatre
Millbrook, ON
June 30–July 25, 2026

A production of Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor runs at Roselawn Theatre in Port Colborne For more information and to order tickets, click here.

Crees in the Caribbean
Roselawn Theatre
Port Colborne, ON
July 8–July 19, 2026

Author of dream / arteries Phinder Dulai is one of the artists performing at Rishta, the outdoor closing event of the Indian Summer Festival! Get all of the details here.

Rishta at the Indian Summer Festival
Punjabi Market Plaza
Vancouver, BC
July 19, 2026
4:00–7:00 p.m. PDT

The brand new play The Tao of the World by Jovanni Sy is having its world premiere this summer at the Stratford Festival! Inspired by William Congreve’s The Way of the World and Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, The Tao of the World is a Restoration comedy for modern times, a hilarious, bawdy romp that asks what it means for things to return to normal. The Tao of the World looks at love, class differences, queer identities, and power.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Tao of the World at the Stratford Festival
Tom Patterson Theatre
Stratford, ON
August 2–September 26, 2026