Speaking

A skilled orator and interviewer, over the last five years Boudreau has engaged audiences on her own podcasts, Dear Lonely Writer and What We’re Doing When We Should Be Writing, as well as on national radio, popular podcasts, at literary festivals, readings and as a moderator for various book events.

If you are interested in booking her for a speaking engagement, please reach out via email: eden@edenbboudreau.com

Recent Speaking Events

  • Homing : A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth Book Launch

    September 17th 2024

    Join us at TYPE Books on Queen St. W in Toronto, September 17th, for the launch of Alice Irene Whittaker's stunning debut memoir HOMING: A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth, in conversation with memoirist Eden Boudreau.

  • Books on Air Panel at Sharp Words

    February 24th 2024

    Join authors Eden Boudreau, Tanis MacDonald, Brent van Staalduinen and Nathan Whitlock as they talk about why they put down their pens and picked up their mics. Located at Bridgeworks in Hamilton.

  • The Book Drunkard Festival

    November 9th 2023

    Join Zoe on November 9th at 7pm as she discusses her new book The Fake with author Eden Boudreau (Crying Wolf). This event includes coffee, dessert and a signed copy of the Fake.

  • 105.5 Hits FM

    November 1st 2023

    This month’s guest on Angela’s Bookclub on 105.5 HITS FM, sponsored by Blue Heron Books and River Street Writing and hosted by morning show host Angela and CanLit author Hollay Ghadery is the author of CRYING WOLF, Eden Boudreau (she/they).

  • Get Lit with Jamie Tennant

    September 27th 2023

    E358 with Eden Boudreau.
    On today’s show we talk with Eden Boudreau about her powerful memoir, Crying Wolf. Content warning for sexual violence, just so you know.

  • Afterwords Literary Festival

    October 19th 2023

    The Art of Memoir: Making the Meaningless Mean Something - Writing is easy, you just open a wound and bleed." Hemingway said that. Or Thomas Wolfe. Or maybe Friedrich Nietzsche. Either way, someone once summarized the intimate brutality of writing, and this workshop will dig even deeper, specifically into the Art of Memoir, and how we can use this genre to make the meaningless mean something.

Past Speaking Events

Fan Expo - Lost in Toronto Author Panel | August 2023, Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Explore Toronto through its literature by joining Dundurn Press authors Denise Da Costa, Tanya Turton, Nathan Whitlock, and Rebecca Rosenblum at Fan Expo 2023. The panel will be hosted by Eden Boudreau, creator, and host of the Dear Lonely Writer podcast.

Sex, Gender, Power - Readings | July 2023, KCG Bar, 85 E 4th St. New York City, NY

Join authors Tracey Lindeman, Eden Boudreau and Samantha Cole for an evening of readings and conversation about truth-telling and disrupting power in the face of misogyny.

Riverside Reading Series | June 2023, Dog-Eared Café, Paris, ON

Alison Fishburn, of Riverside Reading Series will be hosting an intimate Q&A with author Eden Boudreau about her memoir CRYING WOLF.

The Way Out East Book Series | June 2023, Jordan’s Homeside Pub, Hamilton ON

Join Book*hug authors Martha Bakcewicz (Big Shadow), Kate Cayley (Lent), Eden Boudreau (Crying Wolf) as they share readings from their latest works, hosted by The City & City Books.

Book*hug Press Spring Party | June 2023, The Baby G, Toronto ON

The night will be hosted by local comedian Tim Blair. Tim will kick off the night with a set of his hilarious comedy, and then lead us through a rapid fire set of readings by spring authors Martha Bakcewicz (Big Shadow), Kate Cayley (Lent), Eden Boudreau (Crying Wolf), and Laila Malik (archipelago) (and maybe, just maybe more to be announced).

The Fat Joy Podcast with Sophia Apostol | May 2023

Reclaiming my body after sexual assault - Author and photographer Eden Boudreau (she/they) experienced a violent sexual assault that deeply impacted her relationship with her body. In this episode, she shares her hard-won journey to regaining her body autonomy, how her PTSD symptoms were ignored and she was told to ‘just lose weight,’ and how writing this book helped her recovery.

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing | March 2023

Writing About Trauma - Eden Boudreau spoke with host, Bianca Marais for an episode of the highly acclaimed podcast about her debut memoir, Crying Wolf.

The Write Minded Podcast | March 2023

Memoirs that Risk Everything - Eden Boudreau had the chance to chat with hosts, Brooke Warner of SheWrites and Grant Faulkner of NANOWRIMO about what we risk - and gain - when writing memoir.

How Not To Fuck Up Your Marriage Too Bad with Stephen Marche | June 2020

Ep. 5: Can We F*ck Other People? Eden Boudreau appears with others to discuss polyamory as a growing trend in modern marriages, taking the place that open marriages and swinging held for earlier generations.