October 3 8:00 pm
P O E T R Y N I T E 98
Kafein café-bar
1429A Bishop St.
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October 3 8:30 pm
Resonance Reading Series: October
Resonance Reading Series presents readings by Arjun Basu, Peter Dube, Leanne Dunic, Alan Reed, and Matt Robinson.
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October 5 7:00 pm
Writers on Resistance and Memory
Matthew Murphy, A BECKONING WAR
Harry Rajchgot, GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
Cora Siré, BEHOLD THINGS BEAUTIFUL
Su Sokol, CYCLING TO ASYLUM
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October 6 7:00 pm
An Evening with Rupi Kaur
Rupi Kaur, #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, reads from her second collection of poetry, the sun and her flowers.
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October 7 7:00 pm
Guillaume Morissette launches The Original Face
Guillaume Morissette launches The Original Face in conversation with Heather O’Neill.
La Gare, 5333 Avenue Casgrain #102
Doors 19h | Event 19h30
Free/gratuit.
Full event info here.
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October 11 7:00 pm
Coach House Montreal Fall Poetry Launch
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October 12 2:00 pm
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
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October 12 7:00 pm
Writers Read Concordia | Durga Chew-Bose and Haley Mlotek
Writers Read Concordia presents an evening “In Conversation” with Durga Chew-Bose and Haley Mlotek.
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October 12 8:30 pm
ZUTIQUE 2 | Rachel Blau DuPlessis + Oana Avasilichioaei
ZUTIQUE 2 Rachel Blau DuPlessis + Oana Avasilichioaei
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October 13 7:00 pm
Benjamin Hertwig launches SLOW WAR with Klara du Plessis
Join local poet Klara du Plessis and former Montrealer Benjamin Hertwig on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:00 pm for the launch of Slow War, a collection of poems that examine violence, loss, and the legacy of the war in Afghanistan.
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October 15 8:00 pm
Rae Spoon + Geoff Berner at Casa del Popolo
Rae Spoon is an award-winning Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and author. They have released eight solo albums spanning folk, indie rock and electronic genres over the past twelve years and have toured across Canada and internationally. Their live shows swing between audience singalongs and large danceable arrangements, which keep them playing everywhere from folk festivals and house concerts to rock concerts and theatres.
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October 17 7:30 pm
Visual Arts Centre Readings
An Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music w/ Ian Ferrier, Deanna Radford, Stephen Morrissey, Cora Siré, Michael Carrino, Ilona Martonfi, Colleen Gray, Maxianne Berger, and music by Mike Di Sclafani.
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October 20 7:00 pm
Véhicule Press Poetry Launch & Tribute to Alden Nowlan
Jim Johnstone and Marc di Saverio will read from their new collections, then six Montreal poets (Mark Abley, Geoffrey Cook, Charlotte Hussey, Sue MacLeod, Marc Plourde, and Derek Webster) will read their favourite poems by Alden Nowlan (1933-1983) for the launch of Collected Poems of Alden Nowlan, edited by Brian Bartlett.
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October 22 8:30 pm
The Words & Music Show | Al Mader, Kelly Norah Drukker, Lisa Richter, April Ford, & Marcel Petunia.
The Words & Music Show presents Vancouver poet-performer Al Mader (Minimalist Jug Band), Montreal poet Kelly Norah Drukker, Toronto poet Lisa Richter, novelist and storywriter April Ford, and music by singer-songwriter Marcel Petunia.
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October 24 7:00 pm
Carolyn Marie Souaid Book Launch
The launch of Carolyn Marie Souaid’s debut novel, Yasmeen Haddad Loves Joanasi Maqaittik, published by Baraka Books.
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October 24 7:00 pm
Eileen Myles launches Afterglow (A dog Memoir) at the Rialto
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly 10th anniversary Reading Series presents:
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October 24 7:00 pm
Mansfield Montreal Launch
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October 25 6:00 pm
carte blanche Issue 31 Launch
Celebrate the launch of carte blanche Issue 31 with an evening of readings Resonance Cafe!
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October 26 5:00 pm
Carol Lipszyc Talk & Signing
Join SUNY Professor Carol Lipszyc for a discussion of THE HEART IS IMPROVISATIONAL, a collection of poems from multiple poets, including Gillian Sze, Mary di Michele, and Robyn Sarah.
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October 26 7:00 pm
Speakup: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange
“SPEAKUP is a new poetry reading series with a difference. And that difference is audience engagement. At each SPEAKUP event, three poets each read a single poem and the next half hour is devoted to a discussion of the experience of the poem between the reader and the audience. Listeners have copies of the poem as reference and a takeaway from the evening.”
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