May 2 3:00 pm
Greg Santos – #CanadaPerforms
Online book launch and Q&A | Full event info and link here.
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May 8 8:00 pm
Sound On InstaReadings Series, 5pm PST / 8pm EDT
Amber Dawn, Nancy Lee, and Amy LeBlanc
reading at instagram.com/soundonreadings/.
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May 13 7:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project Online presents Chantal Gibson, 7pm ET
Link here with more info & excerpted below.
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May 14 8:00 pm
House House Press: Quarantine Reading Series on IG Live, 8pm ET
This week, Nadia Chaney & Erin Robinsong!
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May 17 8:00 pm
The Words & Music Show Online, 8pm ET
Performances by poet Maureen Hynes, poet Cassidy McFadzean, storytelling by John Arthur Sweet, and dancer Eryn Dace Trudell with musician Louise Campbell.
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May 18 2:00 pm
Virtual Launch | Tessa McWatt launches Shame on Me, 2pm-3pm EDT
Drawn & Quarterly (via FB live) hosts Tessa McWatt for a virtual launch of her new book, Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging. McWatt will be joined in conversation with Garvia Bailey.
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May 19 9:00 am
<<< 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announced >>>
The winners will be announced here on the Griffin Poetry Prize web site and on all Griffin Poetry Prize social media channels.
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May 19 4:00 pm
Virtual Book Launch: Danielle Bobker’s The Closet, 4pm-5pm ET
Launch of Dr. Danielle Bobker’s new book THE CLOSET: THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE OF INTIMACY, in conversation with Dr. Marcie Frank. Presented by Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore and Princeton University Press.
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May 19 7:30 pm
All Lit Up Indie Reading Room | Daniela Elza, Sadiqa de Meijer, Betsy Warland, 7:30pm ET
Live zoom readings and Q&A with poets Daniela Elza (the broken boat, Mother Tongue Publishing), Sadiqa de Meijer (The Outer Wards, Véhicule Press), and Betsy Warland (Lost Lagoon/lost in thought, Caitlin Press).
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May 20 7:00 pm
#CanadaPerforms Souvankham Thammavongsa, Live Reading, 7pm ET
Souvankham Thammavongsa reads from HOW TO PRONOUNCE KNIFE on Wednesday, May 20. Presented by NAC’s #CanadaReads, McClelland & Stewart, and Another Story Bookshop.
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May 20 7:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project Online presents Ben Ladouceur and K.B. Thors, 7pm-8pm ET
Atwater Poetry Project Online presents Ben Ladouceur (Otter/Mad Long Emotion ) and K.B. Thors (Vulgar Mechanics). Join on Crowdcast 7 – 8pm (EDT) for a reading and discussion with the poets.
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May 20 7:30 pm
Riverbed Reading Series, 7:30pm ET
A new interdisciplinary arts series launches!
With Conyer Clayton, Emily Kellogg, David Ly, & Linsey Wellman.
More info & link here.
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May 21 8:00 pm
House House Press: Quarantine Reading Series on IG Live
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May 22 5:00 pm
#CanadaPerforms presents Lindsay Wong, 5pm EDT
Link to the reading here.
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May 22 8:00 pm
Sound On InstaReading Series | Jillian Christmas and Lauren Turner, 5pm PT (8pm ET)
Link to IG Live here!
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May 25 7:00 pm
Virtual Launch – David Ly launches Mythical Man, 7pm ET
Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly hosts David Ly on Instagram Live for a virtual launch of Mythical Man. More info here & IG here.
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May 27 1:00 pm
OFFTA 2020 | Vulnérables Paradoxes – Vulnerable Paradoxes, May 27-31, 1pm ET
Online event hosted by PME – ART Performance Art Theatre, OFFTA Festival, and the Goethe-Institute Montreal. 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM over multiple days. Full details here & excerpted below.
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