Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
October 2 7:00 pm
Palimpsest Press presents Sadiqa de Meijer, Klara du Plessis, and Annick MacAskill for an online reading from their new books alfabet / alphabet, Hell Light Flesh, and Murmurations respectively.
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.