News and Events
Events
May 19 2026, 7pm: Waterloo Public Library author series with Antanas Sileika, hosted by David Worsley – WPL Eastside branch
May 25 2026, 7pm: Toronto launch with Alice Zorn and special musical guest – Heliconian club
June 5 2026, 7pm: Summer in the City readings at the Tranzac club
June 11 2026, 7pm: Wolsak and Wynn spring launch – Tranzac club
June 17 2026, 7pm: Reading at the High Park branch of the Toronto Public Library
July 9 2026, 7pm: In conversation with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer and John Degen at Books & Co in Picton, ON
July 16 2026, 4pm: Drunk fiction extravaganza – The Caledonian Pub in Toronto, ON
July 20 2026, 7pm: Author talk at the Central branch of the Burlington Public Library
July 26 2026, 2:30pm: DimeStories at East Lake Farm, 679 County Rd 11, Prince Edward County
September 29 2026, 6pm: Appetite for Reading Book Club in Waterloo, ON. Includes dinner, author talk, and a copy of the book. Buy a ticket here.
October 4 2026, 6:30pm: Junction Reads at Type Books, 2887 Dundas St W, Toronto ON.
November 5 2026, 7pm: Reading with Alice Zorn and francesca ekwuyasi at Librarie Pulp Books & Cafe, Montreal QC. Details to come!
News
How would you work if success was guaranteed? An appearance on Stories from the Writer’s Life with Rina Barone, August 30 2026.
I wrote about burning my manuscript as creative destruction for the Toronto Star Opinion, August 8 2026.
The Instrument Must Not Matter makes its own music: a review in the National Post, July 25 2026.
Books take as long as they take: conversation with Rhonda Douglas for the Resilient Writers podcast, July 2 2026. Also on YouTube.
The Instrument Must Not Matter is ranked a must-read by Melissa and Sarah! Listen to the author chat at the Could Read | Should Read | Must Read podcast, June 30 2026.
Inside the mind of a young piano prodigy: The Instrument Must Not Matter is featured on the Backroads Bill Podcast, May 27 2026.
Christine Fischer Guy explores pressures faced by young female classical musicians: The Instrument Must Not Matter is featured on NYC-based The Violin Channel, May 15 1026.
Review: Only That, a review of The Instrument Must Not Matter by Catherine Parnell at Microlit, May 15 2026.
New novel spotlights pressure for early career female classical musicians: The Instrument Must Not Matter interview on Classic 107 in Winnipeg, May 13 2026.
Review: The Instrument Must Not Matter by Christine Fischer Guy in The Seaboard Review of Books, May 4, 2026.
The Instrument Must Not Matter appears on Publishers Weekly most-anticipated spring list
