February 2
Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto
https://www.olasuperconference.ca/whats-happening/author-events/
February 7
Bruce County Public Library, Wiarton, Ontario
https://library.brucecounty.on.ca/events/author-visit-with-robert-mcgill/
Mar 2
Lit Live, Hamilton, Ontario
Sept 7
Toronto International Festival of Authors
https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/kingdoms-of-the-apocalypse/
Dec 14
Hamilton Literary Awards
May 13
"Re-mix, Reconsider, Re-imagine: Contemporary Creative Writing" session, Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English conference, Montreal
https://events.zoom.us/ev/ALo2PtMmtcvKsp4doAuZyUMaB-aBhOBzyzmy6CAqmkm5rmcgBOIi_BYSzG3cwCym8m1s-Wo
June 11
"Not Enough Time" panel, The Word on the Street literary festival, Toronto
https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/not-enough-time/
June 14
A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life published by Coach House Books
https://chbooks.com/Books/A/A-Suitable-Companion-for-the-End-of-Your-Life
Zoom launch of A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life
September 10
Supercrawl, Hamilton
September 11
"What If?" session, Eden Mills Writers' Festival
https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/what-if/
September 19
"Meet the Author: Robert McGill," Burlington Public Library
https://attend.bpl.on.ca/event/7152926
September 20
In-person launch of A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life, University of Toronto
September 30
"The Future Is Speculative" panel, Toronto International Festival of Authors
https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/the-future-is-speculative/
November 27
"CanSpec and the Literary Veil" panel, AugurCon (online)
November 29
Victoria College Faculty Reading Series
4:30 pm, Room VC102, Old Vic Building, Victoria College, University of Toronto
Streamed live on Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84977540360
August 16-21
"Speculative Archives, Pedagogies, and Research" session, "20/21 Vision: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada" conference, University of Saskatchewan (online, asynchronous)
https://conferences.usask.ca/vision-2021/conference-program.php#LiveEventsviaZoomWebinar
March 3
LitLive reading series, Hamilton, Ontario, 7:30 pm
June 1
"Critiquing Authority" session, Association for Canadian and Québéc Literatures conference, UBC, 10:30 am
May 14
"Writing Historical Fiction" author talk, Welland Public Library, 7 pm
http://wellandlibrary.ca/event/robert-mcgill-author-visit/
June 15
"Fiction as Research" session, Canadian Writers' Summit, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 9 am
http://www.canadianwriterssummit.com/sessions/fiction-as-research/
June 16
"The University of Toronto Creative Writing MA Program: Celebrating Fifteen Years," Canadian Writers' Summit, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 9 am
http://www.canadianwriterssummit.com/sessions/university-of-toronto-creative-writing-ma-program/
November 7
Living Writers Series, Marano Campus Center Auditorium, SUNY Oswego, 3 pm
https://calendar.oswego.edu/event/writer_talk_robert_mcgill#.W3V_ql4nZjI
March 11
"Writing about Now" workshop, Emerging Voices: Creative Writers' Conference, University of Toronto at Scarborough
https://www.facebook.com/events/1868311186739129/?active_tab=discussion
May 16
Lecture: "Lies, Loyalty and Lifespans in Alice Munro's Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage," Toronto Public Library, St Lawrence branch, 7 pm
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT281367&R=EVT281367
May 27
"Representations of the Vietnam War" roundtable, Mikinaakominis / TransCanadas Conference, University of Toronto, 1:30 pm
http://smarokamboureli.ca/transcanada-institute-archive/conferences/transcanada2017/program/
June 10
"Approaches to Pedagogy" session, Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, 3:30 pm
www.ccwwp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CCWWP-2017-Schedule-of-Events.pdf
August 23
War Is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature published by McGill-Queen's University Press
October 24
"The Changing Canadian Landscape: Literary Fiction" panel, Hart House, University of Toronto, 5 pm
April 1
"Dealing with Workshop Diversity" panel, AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) conference, Los Angeles
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/5944
June 18
"The Practice of Play and Myths of Mentorship" panel, CCWWP (Canadian Creative Writers & Writing Programs) conference, Toronto
April 7
Queen's University Alumni Association -- Toronto Branch
https://advevents.queensu.ca/cgi/page.cgi?event_id=1543&_id=3&action=viewdetail
January 2
Once We Had a Country published in the UK by Jonathan Cape
January 13
Grimsby Author Series reading, 7 pm; with Wayne Grady
http://www.grimsby.ca/Author-Series/authors-and-events.html
May 9
Writers' Appreciations event, The Alice Munro Symposium, University of Ottawa
http://www.canlit-symposium.ca/programme.html
May 29
Department of English Spring Reunion, University of Toronto, 4 pm
http://robert-mcgill.com/news/university-toronto-spring-reunion-reading-may-29/
September 27
Kingston WritersFest
https://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/events.php
November 28
Black Friday event hosted by The Puritan, Toronto, 7:30 pm
August 6
Once We Had a Country published by Knopf Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/Once-Had-Country-Robert-McGill/dp/0307361209
August 28
The Treacherous Imagination published by The Ohio State University Press
http://www.amazon.com/The-Treacherous-Imagination-Intimacy-Autobiographical/dp/081421231X
September 11
Launch of Once We Had a Country, 5:30 to 7 pm, Massey College, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto
September 14
Writers' Community of Durham Region, Ajax
September 16
Reading at the Fort Erie Public Library, 1 pm; with Julie Mannell
September 16
Reading at the Pelham Public Library, Fonthill, 7:30 pm; with Julie Mannell
http://www.pelhamlibrary.on.ca/node/655
September 22
Reading at the Remarkable Reads tent, The Word on the Street Festival, Toronto, 4:30 pm
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto
September 26
Reading at The Book Keeper, Sarnia, 7 pm; with Michael Januska
http://www.sarniabookkeeper.com/default.asp?q=morenews&autoid=143&newstype=events
September 27
Reading at the Ginger Press bookstore, Owen Sound, 7 pm
September 29
Reading at the Wiarton Public Library, 2 pm
http://library.brucecounty.on.ca/locations/wiarton-public-library/