March 7 7:00 pm

Jessica Bebenek launches k2tog w/Nora Collen Fulton

A night of collaborative readings to celebrate the launch of k2tog, a new collection of knitting patterns for poems by Jessica Bebenek, published by Broken Dimanche Press. Nora Collen Fulton will join Bebenek in reading and in a discussion on process, materiality, and authority. Take home a copy of this risograph-printed art book which includes a pair of wooden knitting needles and twine, and knit your very own poem!

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March 8 7:00 pm

Julie Delporte launches This Woman’s Work

“Julie Delporte launches her new Drawn & Quarterly graphic novel This Woman’s Work. Drawn in beautifully evocative colored pencil, This Woman’s Work is a thoughtful exploration of femininity and the assumptions we make about gender. In the era of #MeToo, Delporte’s questioning is particularly resonant. Delporte will be in conversation with Aleshia Jensen, co-translator of This Woman’s Work, followed by an audience Q&A and signing.”

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March 28 5:00 pm

Ghost Reading Series: Robin Blaser (March 28, 1969)

SpokenWeb presents a reading series composed of re-playing entire recordings from the Sir George Williams Poetry Series. Readings will be held on the same day that they took place, years ago, at Concordia (then SGW University). Join us to listen, reflect, write, and respond to this experience of hearing, again, the mediated voice.

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