Saturday April 14 Hugo and Nebula Award-winning science-fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer launch-es his 17th novel, Rollback, set in Toronto forty years down the road. Bakka-Phoenix Books, 697 Queen Street West, 3pm, 416-963-9993, www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com or www.sfwriter.com.

Monday April 16 at the Tranzac, 29 Brunswick Avenue, Caitlin Smith & the Tiny Alligator Large Band perform.

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids Part II. “Clean out your closet, or dust off that shoebox of work from grade school, or call up your mom in Newfoundland and get her to send you that old letter from camp. Then bring it to the Victory at the end of the month, and read it in front of a bunch of strangers.” Hosted by Dan Misener. Monday, April 30, 8:00 PM upstairs at The Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street.