September 10 4:00 pm
Zom-Fam by Kama La Mackerel: Tio’tia:ke/Montreal outdoor launches – in many parks! (Sept 10-13)
Metonymy Press presents a 3-part Montreal outdoor launch series for ZOM-FAM by Kama La Mackerel. Full details here.
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September 17 7:00 pm
Saleema Nawaz launches Songs for the End of the World, 7pm EDT
Join Librairie Drawn & Quarterly to celebrate a virtual launch of Saleema Nawaz uber prescient Songs for the End of the World!
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October 7 7:00 pm
Watch Your Head Launch, 7pm EDT
The launch for Watch Your Head (Coach House) features readings by:
Jacob Wren
Manahil Bandukwala
Terese Mason Pierre
Carrianne Leung
Jordan Abel
Kaie Kellough
Rae Armantrout –
Ching-In Chen
Kirby
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October 9 7:00 pm
Launch of Avant Desire: A Nicole Brossard Reader
Join Coach House Books for the launch of Avant Desire: A Nicole Brossard Reader. There will be a reading from Nicole followed by a discussion with the editors Sina Queyras, Genevieve Robichaud, and Erin Wunker. More info here!
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October 13 7:00 pm
Jessica Moore + Sachiko Murakami Book Launch
Join Jessica Moore (THE WHOLE SINGING OCEAN) and Sachiko Murakami (RENDER) as they launch their new poetry collections. Hosted by Knife Fork Book. Streaming details (via Zoom) will be released the day of the event here: https://knifeforkbook.com/kfb-readingsevents/
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October 14 7:00 pm
Launch for Word Problems Launch by Ian Williams, with Paul Vermeersch and James Lindsay
Coach House Books presents the launch of Word Problems Launch by Ian Williams, with Paul Vermeersch and James Lindsay. Register here!
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October 22 7:00 pm
Librairie D+Q presents Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch launching knot body (Metatron Press)
The virtual launch of Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch’s knot body, out now from Metatron Press! Featured guest readers are Cason Sharpe and Faith Arkorful. RSVP here!
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October 28 7:00 pm
Fall Launch – Palimpsest Press
Palimpsest Press is proud to present readings by Sadiqa de Meijer,
David Huebert, Gord Grisenthwaite, and Klara du Plessis followed by a Q&A. Full info & link here!
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October 29 7:00 pm
BOOK LAUNCH: JESSIE JONES WITH TESS LIEM, JULIE JOOSTEN, NEIL SURKAN
More info here.
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November 5 7:00 pm
Librairie D+Q presents Leanne Betasamosake Simpson launching Noopiming
Join us for the virtual launch of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies. RSVP here and more info here!
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November 12 7:00 pm
Book*hug Press Virtual Poetry Salon, 7pm ET
Featuring short readings by:
Angela Carr (Without Ceremony)
Lise Downe (Propositions and Prayers)
Beatriz Hausner (Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart)
Julie Joosten (Nought)
Kristen Renee Miller (Spawn)
Erín Moure (This Radiant Life)
Bahar Orang (Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty)
Kate Sutherland (The Bones Are There)
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November 12 7:00 pm
VIRTUAL LAUNCH | CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event
Join editors Jason Camlot and Katherine McLeod in conversation with nearly all contributors to CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event. With Jordan Abel, Deanna Fong, Clint Burnham, Jessi MacEachern, Karis Shearer, Felicity Tayler, and more!
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March 18 7:00 pm
Jessi MacEachern launches A Number of Stunning Attacks, with Klara du Plessis and Jessie Jones, online 7pm ET
Link to virtual salon shared on the night of the event at Knife Fork Books.
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March 27 1:00 pm
Book Launch: A History of the Theories of Rain by Stephen Collis, with guest readers David Herd and Catriona Strang, online, 1pm PT (4pm ET)
Full info here!
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April 13 7:00 pm
Catalogue d’oiseaux by Aaron Tucker Virtual Launch
Join for the virtual launch of Aaron Tucker’s latest book, Catalogue d’oiseaux. With special guests Julia Polyck-O’Neill, Kirby, and Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Music by Adam Seelig. Short videos by Daniel Scott Tysdal and Lia Tarachansky.
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April 23 7:00 pm
Book Launch | The Shadow List by Jen Sookfong Lee
Full information here!
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April 24 4:00 pm
Book Launch | Essential Tremor by Barbara Nickel, online 4pm PT (7pm ET)
Caitlin Press presents the launch of Essential Tremor by Barbara Nickel. 4pm PT on Crowdcast here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/book-launch–essential
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April 27 8:00 pm
Book Launch | Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard and Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
Join Coach House Books in celebrating
the launch of Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard and Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne.
Full info here!
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May 13 7:00 pm
Book Launch: Cora Siré, Not in Vain You’ve Sent Me Light, 7pm ET
Join Montreal author and poet Cora Siré for the launch of her newest poetry collection, Not in Vain You’ve Sent Me Light, including a conversation with poet Deanna Radford.
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June 3 7:00 pm
Librairie D+Q Presents Jordan Abel launching Nishga, online 7pm ET
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and McClelland & Stewart present Jordan Abel launching Nishga, in conversation with Ian Williams. Full info here!
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