October 2025
Book Launch
Born Sacred Book Launch - UCLA
Join Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac as he reads from his second book of poetry, Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine, a journalistic poetry collection reflecting on Palestinian and Indigenous solidarities, genocides, life, and liberation, released earlier this year.
- October 9, 2025
- 11:00am
- Kaplan Hall , 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , California, United States
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Virtual
Communism, Abolition, States and the Future of the Left with David Camfield and brian bean
Join authors David Camfield and brian bean as they discuss a historical approach to abolition, the state, and how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism.
- October 13, 2025
- 5:00pm – 7:00am
- Online/Youtube
Book Launch
Lawless Book Launch - Saint John
Join Dr. Martha Paynter in conversation with Dr. Rosann Edwards for the Saint John launch of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization
- October 14, 2025
- 5:30pm
- Chroma , 200 Carmarthen St. , Saint John , New Brunswick, Canada
Appearance
Born Sacred & Are you Listening - BC Book Tour
Throughout the month of October poets Smokii Sumac and Zaynab Mohammed will be on a book tour through the Kootenays.
- October 15, 2025 – October 25, 2025
- Ktunaxa territory (The Kootenays) , British Columbia, Canada
Book Launch
Lawless Book Launch - Halifax
Join Dr. Martha Paynter in conversation with Dr. Lianne Yoshida and Nasha Nijhawan for the launch of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization
- October 17, 2025
- 5:30pm
- Bus Stop Theatre , 2203 Gottingen Street , Halifax , Nova Scotia, Canada
Book Launch
Lawless Book Launch - Amherst
Join Dr. Martha Paynter for the launch of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization
- October 19, 2025 – October 19, 2025
- 12:00pm
- Lilac Place , 10 Lawrence Street , Amherst , Nova Scotia, Canada
Book Launch
Insurgent Ecologies Book Launch
Join us for the book launch of Insurgent Ecologies
- October 20, 2025
- 4:00pm
- University of Concordia: J.W. McConnell Building, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal , Quebec, Canada
Book Launch
The Gates of the Sea - Quebec City Book Launch
Join Luna Vives for the launch of Gates of the Sea at Laval University.
- October 21, 2025
- 10:30am
- Gene-H.-Kruger Pavilion, room 2320-2330, 2425, rue de la Terrasse, Quebec City , Quebec, Canada
Book Launch
Policing Black Lives: Revised and Expanded Edition - Toronto Book Launch
Join The Women and Gender Studies Institute, A Different Booklist and author Robyn Maynard for an event to celebrate the launch of the extended and revised edition of her flagship book: Policing Black Lives, which features two new chapters. Robyn will be in conversation with Desmond Cole, Andrea J. Ritchie, David Chariandy.
- October 23, 2025
- 7:00pm
- It’s Okay Studios , 468 Queen Street West, Toronto , Ontario, Canada
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Book Launch
Listen! - Hamilton Book Launch
Join Scott Neigh, in conversation with Jane Mulkewich for the launch of Listen! Knowing the World and Fight to Change It
- October 23, 2025
- 7:00pm
- City & The City Books , 181 Ottawa Street North , Hamilton , Ontario, Canada
Book Launch
Lawless - Ottawa Book Launch
Join us for the launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, with writer and nurse Martha Paynter.
- October 24, 2025
- 6:30pm
- Octopus Books , 116 Third Ave. , Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
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Book Launch
Listen! - Virtual Book Launch
Join author Scott Neigh in conversation with Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay for the launch of Listen! Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It.
- October 28, 2025
- 7:00pm
- Zoom
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Book Launch
Policing Black Lives Revised and Expanded Edition - Ottawa Book Launch
Join us for an evening with award-winning and best-selling author and scholar Robyn Maynard as she launches the revised and expanded edition of her book “Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present” on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in Ottawa.
- October 29, 2025
- 7:00pm – 9:00pm
- SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas Street , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Book Launch
Divided Power Book Launch - Regina
Join author Dr. Emily Grafton, Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Regina, for the launch of Divided Power: How Federalism Undermines Reconciliation.
- October 30, 2025
- 12:00pm
- University of Regina’s Archer Library, 3715 University Dr N, Regina, SK , Saskatchewan, Canada
November 2025
Book Launch
The Gates of the Sea - Montreal Book Launch
Join author Lune Vives for the launch of Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe. She will be joined in conversation with fellow author and activist Mostafa Henaway.
- November 6, 2025
- 7:00pm
- De Stiil Booksellers , 351 Duluth Ave., Montreal , Quebec, Canada
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Book Launch
Divided Power Book Launch—Toronto
Join author Emily Grafton for the launch of Divided Power: How Federalism Undermines Reconciliation.
- November 10, 2025
- 7:00pm
- Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Book Launch
Lawless Book Launch - Toronto
Join Dr. Martha Paynter in conversation with Rachel Cairns for the release of Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization
- November 12, 2025
- 7:00pm
- Another Story Bookshop , 315 Roncesvalles Avenue , Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Book Launch
The Gates of the Sea - Ottawa Book Launch
Join us at Fauteux Hall on November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM for the launch of The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe by Luna Vives
- November 13, 2025
- 11:30am
- University of Ottawa , 57 Louis-Pasteur Private , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada