Sharon Butala has read all over Canada and in the United States as well as in Mexico, the Czech Republic, and Ireland.
She has been a guest at nearly every literary festival in Canada and a few in the U.S., as well as teaching literally dozens of writing workshops. Most recently, she was a guest at the "Geography of Hope" conference on Wallace Stegner, at Point Reyes Station, California.
She is also in demand as a lecturer, having spoken recently at the Edmonton Jung Forum, the Banff Centre for the Arts Book Discussion Weekend, the "Books 'n' Brunch" series in Toronto, the UBC and Hollyhock's "Summer Speakers' Series" in Vancouver, the Vancouver Institute, and was a keynote speaker at the narratology conference at St. Thomas University in Frederiction, New Brunswick, among other engagements.