September 6 9:00 pm
Resonance Reading Series
The Resonance Reading Series presents a night of poetry and prose with Danila Botha Vernon, JC Bouchard, Cyrus Cassells, Laurie D. Graham, and Stephen Thomas.
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September 7 7:00 pm
Sisters In Motion – a writing & poetry showcase by Black, Indigenous & Racialized Women and Femmes
“SistersInMotion harnesses the power of our voices by making space for the voices of BIWOC/BIFOC (black, indigenous, women and femmes of color). This bi-monthly event is a writing showcase & poetry jam for BIWOC/BIFOC who want to share their incredible work on stage.”
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September 10 2:30 pm
[Not a poetry reading but rather a writing] VALLUM: CONTEMPORARY POETRY POP-UP SHOP in collaboration with CHEZ BORIS!!
Vallum presents a POP-UP Shop at café Chez Boris. Commission a poem!
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September 12 7:00 pm
Kola Readings September / Lectures Kola-Septembre
Kola Readings presents Christopher DiRaddo, Jerry Alexandre, and Fred Anderson.
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September 13 8:00 pm
P O E T R Y N I G H T at Kafein x The Metatron Edition (Back-To-School Special)
“METATRON is teaming up with POETRY NIGHT @ KAFEIN for a back-to-school special featuring some Metatron authors + talented Montreal friends.”
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September 16 9:00 pm
Tanya Evanson launches Zenship
Poetics, trance, jazz, funk and cosmic improvisation at the launch of Tanya Evanson’s ZENSHIP
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September 18 8:30 pm
Catherine Kidd and Jordi Rosen | The Words & Music Show
Spoken word star Catherine Kidd and musician extraordinaire Jordi Rosen headline a packed show featuring performance work by Speranza Spir & Denis Lafond, a set by Ricky Leach, poems by Annamaria Dosseva and Riley Palanca, and to top it all off, solo piano by Stefan Christoff.
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September 20 7:30 pm
The Yellow Door Readings | An Evening of Poetry, Prose & Music
The Yellow Door Readings
3625 Aylmer, Montreal
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September 21 6:00 pm
Turtle Island Reads | Live & streaming on CBC Montreal
Highlighting stories written by and about Indigenous Canadians, Turtle Island Reads is a live public event taking place on September 21, 2016 at Kahnawake Survival School in Kahnawake. Admission is free.
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September 22 6:30 pm
Ask & Answer Tour with Vivek Shraya and Chase Joynt
Ask & Answer Tour, featuring award-winning, multidisciplinary artists Chase Joynt and Vivek Shraya, presenting their new books—Joynt’s first book You Only Live Twice (Coach House), and Shraya’s debut collection of poetry, even this page is white (Arsenal Pulp), followed by a Q&A.
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September 22 7:00 pm
The Atwater Poetry Project presents Tanya Evanson & Steven Ross Smith
Event info here & excerpted below:
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September 23 12:00 pm
Writers Read | Jane Munro
Writers Read (Concordia) presents Jane Munro reading from Blue Sonoma, which won the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2015.
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September 25 8:00 pm
Lit Pop Number 1 Year Beginning Bonanza
LIT POP Reading Series kicks off the 2016/17 season
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September 29 7:00 pm
The Atwater Poetry Project presents Richard Kelly Kemick and Katherine Leyton
Readings by Richard Kelly Kemick and Katherine Leyton
Reading will take place in room 7 on the ground level of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
Both poets are being presented in collaboration with the University of New Brunswick’s annual Poetry Weekend and with support from The League of Canadian Poets.
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