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    Upcoming Events | Past Events

Guy Gavriel Kay - May 26'10

How better to spend an evening than listening to Guy Gavriel Kay speak about and read from his newest book, Under Heaven? What an amazing speaker. If you missed his visit, I strongly encourage you to seek out his appearances; he is a gracious man, an insightful, poignant writer, has a wonderful sense of humour, and is an impeccable public speaker. I have to say that the event we held with him on Wednesday night was one of my favourite author engagements we've had and certainly my favourite of the season. What a treat. READ MORE HERE (and win a signed advance copy of Under Heaven!)

Robert Sawyer - May 19'10

Robert Sawyer packed the bookstore last night for a great event celebrating his newest book, Watch. Watch is the second book in his WWW trilogy that takes place in Waterloo. Customers and fans had a great time meeting the popular Science Fiction author and asking him questions.

Turning Pages - May 15'10

We had a wonderful day on Saturday May 15th at our first Literary Festival for Children and Teens. See photos and more HERE

Sarah Hampson & Judy Fong Bates - May12'10

What a great night at the Princess Twin Cafe! Every seat was taken as the audience listened raptly to Judy and Sarah speak. Judy presented her memoir, A Year of Finding Memory, about the year that she spent travelling in China discovering a side of her parents that she never knew. Globe and Mail columnist, Sarah Hampson (The Hampson Interview & Generation Ex) discussed her first book, Happily Ever After Marriage. She spoke about women coming into their own strength and identity whether divorced or not. Both authors are beautiful, engaging speakers. Funnily enough Sarah will be interviewing Judy for her column to be out in the Globe late May!

Nicholas Ruddock - The Parabolist May 5'10

Guelph doctor, Nicholas Ruddock, read from his first novel, The Parabolist. The book has received rave reviews since it's release this Winter. He is a lovely guy who thrilled the small crowd describing the evolution of his novel. He already has a second novel half finished that we are looking forward to.

Christopher Moore - Bite Me - April 21'10

One of our audience members wrote:

"Last night I attended a reading with best-selling author Christopher Moore, for his new book Bite Me! Words Worth Books in Waterloo did a fantastic job hosting this great event at the First United Church, just around the corner from their store. Chris took us on a wonderful hour long rant where he riffed about our Canadian money, the irony of hosting a Bite Me reading in a church?!?, neuticles for dogs (look it up, I'm not explaining) and Alex Trebek. He's decided that Canadians are really werewolves and our full moon is hockey, where we..." Read more HERE

Words Worth Hearing - 26 Years of our Author Event Series

Words Worth is proud to have a strong history of bringing outstanding authors to Kitchener-Waterloo. Since 1984 we have been honoured to bring some of the best authors in the world to our events. Some of the stellar writers that have graced our stage include: W.O. Mitchell, Peter Gzowski, Timothy Findley, Jane Urquhart, David Suzuki, Margaret Atwood, John Irving, Nino Ricci, Robertson Davies, M.G. Vassanji, Rohinton Mistry, Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Wayne Johnston, Richard Wright, Diana Gabaldon, Andrew Pyper, Anne-Marie McDonald, Dr. Gabor Maté, Jane Jacobs, Karen Armstrong, Louis de Bernieres, Wayson Choy, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Joseph Boyden, Naomi Duguid, David Adams Richards, Jean Chrétien, Anne Michaels and Daniel Levitin. This is by no means the complete list of authors that we have had the joy of hosting. For more names, take a look at the list of authors that wraps around the bookstore.

Words Worth Eating - Our Newest Event Series!

Words Worth Books began collaborating with local restaurants on a culinary series that offers an evening of food, flavors, authors and words in 2007. Each event features a notable cookbook author and a menu from their latest cookbook. So far the series has featured Naomi Duguid & Jeffrey Alford, Bonnie Stern and Rose Murray and Lucy Waverman. Each ticket includes a signed copy of the featured cookbook. 

Community Book Tables

We supply book displays to conferences and workshops as well as Perimeter Institute, St. Jeromes, C.I.G.I. and other lecture series. Please contact us if you would like books supplied at your conference or event.

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