Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
October 7 7:00 pm
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
October 8 7:00 pm
John Kerkhoven, Susan Elmslie, Larissa Andrusyshyn, Kate Lavut, Harold Hoefle, Matthew Murphy, Nadine Ltaif, Karen Isabel Ocaña, and Matthew Rettino.
October 8 8:00 pm
TÉLÉ SUONI TV #2
KELLOUGH/SHARP/JAHSUN
Jason Sharp – Saxophones, électroniques
Jahsun – Percussion
Kaie Kellough – Texte, voix
October 8 10:00 pm
SFU Department of English presents Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek as the 2020 Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence. This virtual event will be a reading Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek and conversation with Canisia Lubrin. Moderated by David Chariandy.
October 9 7:00 pm
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!
October 12 6:00 pm
Virtual readings by Junie Desil, Erin Kirsh, andrea bennett, nathan dueck, Jordan Abel, and Aislinn Hunter. Hosted by Dina Del Bucchia and Sean Cranbury.
October 13 7:00 pm
Full event info here!
October 13 7:00 pm
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/
October 14 7:00 pm
Coach House Books presents the launch of Word Problems Launch by Ian Williams, with Paul Vermeersch and James Lindsay. Register here!
October 15 7:00 pm
The Aga Khan Museum, in collaboration with the Music Gallery, presents Kaie Kellough & Jason Sharp: You Begin Elsewhere. Livestream here!
October 22 7:00 pm
READERS:
Emily Chou
Dawn Macdonald
Greg Santos
Emily Osborne
C.M. Clark
Aisha Hamid
Marc Perez
and more!
October 22 7:00 pm
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!
October 28 7:00 pm
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!
October 29 7:00 pm
More info here.
November 5 7:00 pm
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!
November 5 9:00 pm
Readings by many of the west coast contributors to this climate crisis anthology, Watching Your Head (Coach House Books): Hari Alluri, Joanne Arnott, Yvonne Blomer & Jenna Butler, Allison Cobb, Jen Currin, Mercedes Eng, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Jonina Kirton, Natalie Lim, and Isabella Wang. Hosted by Stephen Collis.
November 6 7:00 pm
Full program and links here!
November 10 7:30 pm
Soirée de poésie en trois langues+ musique + micro ouvert Poètes invités:
Lorrie Jean-Louis
Rachel McCrum
Jonathan Lamy
Alfred Alexandre
Damsi Figueroa Verdugo
Alberto Quero
Angel Mota
Klara du Plessis
Kama La Mackerel
November 11 8:00 pm
More info here!
November 13 4:00 pm
The season will be inaugurated with a virtual reading of Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to The Climate Crisis this Friday, November 13th at 4 pm.