Events

As events are added they’ll be updated here and on Instagram. If you would like to co-create an event reach out.

FIND SIGNED BOOKS at:

ANOTHER STORY, TYPE BOOKS, L'Euguélionne, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, joie de livres, Royale Ginette, Perfect Books AND evermore books

upcoming events:

MONTREAL:

PANEL “TELLING QUEER STORIES”: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2026 | 2 PM | WILD PRIDE x JOIE DES LIVRES

LONDON, UK:

BOOK LAUNCH: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 | 7 - 8:30 PM | Common Press Books | Moderator: gayathiri kamalakanthan | RSVP

WORKSHOP “BIPOC STORIES FROM WITHIN” | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 | 7 - 8:30 PM | THE COMMON PRESS | Register

MORE TO COME:

TBA | BROOKLYN, US | Moderator: ZAINA ARAFAT

TBA | EDMONTON, CA | Moderator: Dr. Kalyani Thurairajah

TBA | LISBON, PT

TBA | ZAGREB, HR

PAST EVENTS:

MONTREAL:

BOOK LAUNCH: TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026 | 6 - 8 PM | L'Euguélionne | Moderator: francesca ekwuyasi | RSVP

SIGNING: SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026 | 10 - 12 PM | Royale Ginette

TORONTO:

BOOK LAUNCH: TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026 | 7 - 9 PM | HOPELESS ROMANTIC| Moderator: Farrah Khan | RSVP

OTTAWA:

SIGNING: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026 | 1 - 3 PM | Perfect Books

BOOK LAUNCH: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026 | 6:30 - 8 PM | evermore books | Moderator: August Chun | RSVP

TORONTO:

WORKSHOP “BIPOC STORIES FROM WITHIN”: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026 | 7 - 8:30 PM | ANOTHER STORY BOOKSHOP | Register

please order from your favourite independent bookstore and request it from your local library.

YOU x ME is a series of modern entanglements: Noura swipes right on Luna with a little help from her group-chat, Maryam and Nilou fall for each other between shared playlists, while Paz and Ale reminisce about the sweat-soaked dance floor of their youth. Set in cosmopolitan settings from Los Angeles to Montreal, each chapter can be read as an independent love story, though the book has a unifying thread of characters. This hot and hopeful QTBIPOC contemporary romance offers space to lust, cry, laugh and make revolutionary love all at the same time.

As Maya Angelou encourages, this book calls readers to “have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

about the author

Ayla Vejdani (she/her) is a storyteller, holder of space and curator of experience. Raised and educated all over the world, she has a master’s in human rights, is an inclusive leadership consultant, and the co-host of The SHIFT podcast. She speaks four languages and laughs in all. Ayla is a queer Iranian-Canadian from Tkaronto/Toronto living in Tiohtia:ke/Montréal, raising her two young children. She is an insatiably creative, romantic realist who believes in magic