Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
February 2 6:00 pm
Launch of [espace variable | placeholder], La Centrale’s first digital publication, and a festive and artistic evening which will also mark the opening of the exhibition [espace variable | placeholder].
February 6 5:00 pm
Featuring readings from writer-in-residence H. Felix Chau Bradley, Kama La Mackerel, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, and participation of Metonymy authors Addie Tsai, Shanice Nicole, and more. Hosted by Erin Hurley (Department of English), the readings will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. The event will be live streamed and live captioned.
February 9 6:00 pm
February 9 7:00 pm
Susan Elmslie, Matt Risk, Maria Caltabiano, Drea Lake, Jerome Ramcharitar, Deanna Radford , and Harry Rajchgot.
February 14 7:30 pm
More info here & tickets here!
February 16 8:00 pm
La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent Montréal
February 20 7:00 pm
Performing the APP Archive, in partnership with SpokenWeb, features recordings of past presenters Tawhida Tanya Evanson and Gerry Shikatani, along with more sounds from the APP archives, as curated by Klara du Plessis and Katherine McLeod. Followed by a discussion with APP curator Faith Paré.
February 23 5:00 pm
Kit Dobson’s Field Notes on Listening is a response to our lack of connection to the land we call home, the difficult history of how many of us came to be here and what we could discover if we listened deeply to the world around us.
March 4 8:30 pm
Throw Collective presents a bilingual poetry SLAM!
March 5 8:00 pm
Full info here!
March 19 8:00 pm
Poetry readings and open mic. Full info here!
March 21 8:00 pm
Full info here!
March 23 5:00 pm
SpokenWeb presents the second in a series of intimate events that will feature readings and conversations with PhD students at Concordia University who have both creative writing and research practices. With Klara du Plessis and Peter Dubé.
March 24 7:00 pm
Full info here.
April 14 8:00 pm
Poetry-noise-sound.
April 19 7:00 pm
Véhicule Press and Librairie Drawn & Quarterly invite you to the launch of DANDELION DAUGHTER by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay, translated by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch.
April 24 6:00 pm
Volume 1.2 of pixie will be launching at Librairie l’Euguelionne, 6pm.
April 27 7:00 pm
An evening of poetry around the launch of Aaron Boothby’s debut full-length collection of poetry, Continent. There will be featured readings by Jessi MacEachern and Liam Burke, with books for sale and signings.
April 28 7:00 pm
Join Jake Byrne for the launch of their debut poetry collection Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin! The evening will feature readings by Adrian Ngai, Alex Manley, and Tara McGowan-Ross, a conversation, Q&A and signing.
April 30 5:00 pm
Featuring Roen Higgins, Erin Moure, and Lucia De Luca, the three winners of the inaugural (2022) Spoken Word Prize awarded by the Quebec Writers Federation. Plus poets Misha Solomon and Hannah Karpinski, and singer-songwriter Dan Beasy.