*Please be advised that some of these dates may be subject to change.
Thank you to the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers’ Union of Canada, as well as Arsenal Pulp Press, in the promotional tour of For the Record.
Nisha will be joined on tour with Kathryn Lennon, fellow Edmonton writer and debut author of Duckweed 浮萍 (NeWest Press).
For the Record, will be out with Arsenal Pulp Press on October 20, 2026. The official launch will be taking place at Litfest Alberta on October 17 in Edmonton, where you can purchase a copy early.
2026
OCT 17 LITFEST ALBERTA DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH WITH KATHRYN LENNON
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
Muttart Theatre at the Stanley Milner Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton
Tickets: Liminality: A double book launch feat. Nisha Patel and Kathryn Lennon
OCT 17 ECHOFORM ARTIVISM SHOWCASE
11:00 AM MT – 3:00 PM MST (Nisha will read in the first half)
Edmonton City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton
Register Here
OCT 29 DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH WITH KATHRYN LENNON AT ENABLING ARTS
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
Enabling Arts
343 Railway St. Unit 104
Vancouver
OCT 30 FAMOUS LAST WORDS @ THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL
7:30 PM PST
SFU Woodwards Goldcorp
149 W Hasting St.
Vancouver
Tickets Available Here
NOV 04 WOOLF’S VOICES
7:00 PM MST
Location TBA
Calgary
NOV 12 SINGLE ONION READING SERIES WITH KATHRYN LENNON
7:00 PM MST
Shelf Life Books
1302 4 St SW
Calgary
NOV 16 ANOTHER STORY BOOKSHOP AND LIVING HYPHEN, WITH KATHRYN LENNON
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Another Story Bookshop
315 Roncesvalles Ave
Toronto
Register Here
NOV 18 WESTERN UNIVERSITY LECTURE: WRITE NOW! WITH MATTHEW JAMES WEIGEL^
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Western University
1151 Richmond Street
University Community Centre (UCC)
London, ON
Free to Attend
NOV 18 ANTLER RIVER READING SERIES WITH MATTHEW JAMES WEIGEL^
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Landon Library in Wortley Village
167 Wortley Rd
London, ON
NOV 26 THE UNDERGROUND VERSUS POETRY SLAM: FEATURE
7:00 PM CST
Paved Arts
424 20th St W
Saskatoon
NOV 27 MCNALLY ROBINSON DOUBLE LAUNCH WITH KATHRYN LENNON FT. LEAH HORLICK
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
McNally Robinson Books
3130 8 St E
Saskatoon
2027
JAN 23 WINTERRUPTION
Edmonton
FEB 17 OPEN MIC NIGHT FEATURE AT CREATIVE CITY CENTRE
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
Creative City Centre
1819 Cornwall St
Regina
FEB 18 POETRY WORKSHOP AT CREATIVE CITY CENTRE
7:00 PM CST
Creative City Centre
1819 Cornwall St
Regina
FEB 20 GUELPH SPOKEN WORD SLAM FEATURE
7:00 PM EST
The Round Table
32 Essex St
Guelph
APR 05 VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM FINALS FEATURE
7:00 PM PST
Shamshiri Caveman
139 Keefer St
Vancouver
*WITH KATHRYN LENNON’S DEBUT DUCKWEED 浮萍 (NEWEST PRESS)
^ WITH MATTHEW JAMES WEIGEL, AUTHOR OF WHITEMUD WALKING (COACH HOUSE)
