Attend one of Ann’s author appearances
2022
Monday, February 28, 2022 –3:00 p.m.
Virtual Author Chat at the YMCA of Greater Toronto’s Bright Spot group
Toronto, Ontario
To Attend Click here
For upcoming book club visits see Book Clubs page
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Archived events
2015
Friday, September 25, 2015 – 10 a.m.
Kingston WritersFest – Kingston, Ontario
“Pen Pals: The Redeeming Power of Books” – Ann in conversation with Lawrence Scanlan
To Attend, click here.
Sunday, September 27, 2015 – 11:30 a.m.
The Word on the Street – Toronto
Nothing But the Truth Tent – author talk
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015 – 6:30 p.m.
Read for the Cure – Ottawa, Ontario
Authors Ann Walmsley, Linden MacIntyre and Sean Michaels talk about their lives and work.
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Friday, October 9, 2015 – 3:30 p.m.
Cheltenham Literature Festival – Cheltenham, U.K.
Panel discussion: “Thinking Inside the Box: Books Behind Bars”.
Novelist and prison tutor Sarah Leipciger, journalist Ann Walmsley (The Prison Book Club)
and ex-prisoner Noel ‘Razor’ Smith (The Criminal Alphabet) explore the enduring connection
between creative writing and incarceration with literary historian John Sutherland.
To Attend, click here.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 – 2:15 p.m.
Wimbledon BookFest – Wimbledon, U.K.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Different Drummer Book and Author Series – Burlington, Ontario
Saturday, October 24, 2015 – 1:00 p.m.
LitFest – Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival – Edmonton, Alberta
A discussion with memoir writers Miji Campbell (Separation Anxiety), Ann Walmsley (The Prison Book Club), and Aspen Matis (A Girl in the Woods)
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Saturday, October 24, 2015 – 6:00 p.m.
LitFest – Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival – Edmonton, Alberta
The Prison Book Club Café
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 – 2 p.m.
Deer Park Library author talk and reading – Toronto
Free Event. To Attend, click here.
Sunday, November 15, 2015 – 10 a.m.
Globe and Mail / Ben McNally Books and Brunch – Toronto
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Thursday November 19, 2015 – 7:00 p.m.
Book Warehouse (4118 Main Street location) – Vancouver, B.C.
Reading and book signing. Free Event.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – 6:30 p.m.
Writers’ Trust Gala – Toronto
To Attend, click here.
2016
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 – 7:30 p.m.
Amnesty International Book Club webcast. Ann engages Sally Armstrong
in a conversation about Armstrong’s novel The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor.
To join the book club and listen in, click here
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 – 7:00 p.m.
North York Central Library auditorium – Toronto
“The eh List Author Series” reading and book signing.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 – 6:30 p.m.
ImagiNation Writers’ Festival, Morrin Centre – Quebec City
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 – 1:00 p.m.
CEJEP Champlain-St. Lawrence – Quebec City
Event for the students Details
Saturday, April 16, 2016 – 11:15 a.m.
Prince Edward County Authors Festival – Picton, Ontario
Readings and Q&A in The Lipson Room above Books & Company
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Private event
Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 11 a.m. to Noon
Authors for Indies bookstore appearance and workshift – Book City Yonge Street – Toronto
Free event, click here
Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Authors for Indies bookstore appearance and workshift – Furby House Books – Port Hope, Ontario
Free event, click here
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 – 7:00 p.m.
Innisfil Library (Cookstown Branch) author talk & signing – Cookstown, Ontario
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.
World Literacy Canada KAMA 2016 Reading Series – Gardiner Museum – Toronto
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Thursday, June 2, 2016 – 7 for 7:30 p.m.
In conversation with Piers Plowright at Burgh House – Hampstead, London, UK
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 – 10:30 a.m.
Dwight Library author talk & signing – Dwight, Ontario
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Monday, September 12, 2016 – 3:30 p.m.
Private event
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 – 7:30 p.m.
Author talk – Beach United Church Speaker Series – Toronto, Ontario
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.
Author talk – International Women’s Association of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.)
Read for the Cure – The Arcadian Court – Toronto, Ontario
Authors Ann Walmsley, Linwood Barclay and Meg Wolitzer, hosted by Johanna Schneller
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Friday, October 21, 2016 – 9:00 a.m.
Ontario Library Association event – Toronto, Ontario
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Monday, October 24, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 pm
Private event
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Public presentation of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Waterloo, Ontario
Laurier Library, Wilfrid Laurier University
To attend, click here News release, click here
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 5:00 p.m.
Dinner to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, featuring past and present award winners. – Waterloo, Ontario
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Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Douglas Gibson hosts a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, featuring past and present award winners. – Waterloo, Ontario
To Attend, click here
Friday, November 4, 2016 – 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Ann Walmsley in conversation with Bruce Gillespie at Laurier University’s Brantford campus – Brantford, Ontario
For more info, click here. To Attend, click here
2017
March 1-3, 2017
Speaker at Alberta Correctional Education Association Conference – Banff, Alberta
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
Oakville Public Library author talk – Oakville, Ontario
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
Author talk at Caledon Public Library, Albion Bolton Branch – Bolton, Ontario
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Thursday, April 6, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
Author talk at Woodstock Public Library – Woodstock, Ontario
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.
Lecture on The Prison Book Club – Heliconian Literary Lecture Series – Toronto, Ontario
To Attend, click here
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.
Author talk at Ballantrae Community Centre – Ballantrae, Ontario
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 – 2:00 p.m.
Hamilton Public Library – Hamilton, Ontario
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 – 12:30 p.m.
Author talk at Temple Har Zion Speaker Series – Thornhill, Ontario
Friday, November 17, 2017 – 7:00 p.m.
Author reading at Tartan Turban Reading Series – Toronto, Ontario
2018
Thursday, February 22 and Friday February 23, 2018
Author presentations at Reading for the Love of It 2018 Conference
Sheraton Centre Hotel – Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 – 7:30 p.m.
Author talk at National Council of Jewish Women (Zion Branch)
Sunday, May 27, 2018 – 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Authors Afternoon at Stella’s
Stella’s Lunchbox – Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, August 16, 2018 – 10:00 a.m.
Author talk at Baysville Branch, Lake of Bays Township Public Library
Baysville, Ontario To attend click here
2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 – 7:00 p.m.
Author talk at Bloomsbury 1 group, CFUW Oakville
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 – 1:30 p.m.
Author talk at Suburban Study Group, National Council of Jewish Women
Friday, May 3, 2019 – 7:30 p.m.
Author talk at CFUW Muskoka, Bracebridge, Ontario
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Author talk at Bloomsbury 2 Group
Oakville, Ontario
2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020 – 7:30 p.m.
Author talk via Zoom at Bloomsbury III Group CFUW Oakville
Oakville, Ontario
Ann Walmsley is the author of The Prison Book Club and a magazine journalist whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail Report on Business Magazine, Maclean’s and many other publications. She is the recipient of four National Magazine Awards, a Canadian Business Journalism Award and two International Regional Magazine awards. She founded her first book club at age nine.
