February 4 10:00 am
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a public talk (10am EST)
Full info and registration here.
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February 5 4:00 pm
Writers Read (Concordia) presents Elisa Gabbert, 4pm EST
A reading by Elisa Gabbert – and full info here!
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February 9 7:00 pm
In Our Tongues Reading And Art Series (7pm-9pm EST)
In Our Tongues presents Tiyahna Ridley-Padmore, Justin “Jah’kota” Holness and El Jones – with full info here!
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February 10 7:00 pm
un/settled: Reading Black Women, Art, Poetry and Place, 7pm PST (10pm EST)
Join artist-writer Chantal Gibson, poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, and SFU librarian Ebony Magnus for a night of readings and reflection, as they discuss un/settled, the towering, photo-poetic art installation at the corner of Hastings and Richards that drapes Black womanhood over 240 ft2 of SFU Belzberg Library’s street-front windows.
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February 11 6:30 pm
White Wall Review’s launch of Issue 50! (6:30pm EST)
Ryerson University’s creative writing journal White Wall Review presents readings by Ace Boggess, Hannah Big Canoe, Andrew DuBois, Johanna Peacock, Kisha Rendon, Damian Rogers, Lisanne Rogers, Samuel Strathman, and Raquel Vengroff.
Full info here!
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February 12 4:00 pm
Soundtracks and Stanzas: Changing Canada’s Black Future, 4pm EST
Featured poets: Jillian Christmas (Vancouver), Tawhida Tanya Evanson (Montreal), Desiree McKenzie (Toronto), Motion (Toronto)
Curator and emcee: Poet Britta B. (Toronto).
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February 14 8:00 pm
Solastalgia Issue Launch, The VOID Magazine, 8pm EST
Virtual launch party and readings by
Alexandra Khalimonova
Malte Zumbansen
Erika Della Cioppa
and MORE TBC
Full info here!
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February 16 7:00 pm
The Giller Master Panel: Black writers’ experience publishing in Canada, 7pm EST
Moderated by award-winning author, academic, public intellectual and former Scotiabank Giller Prize juror, Cecil Foster, the panel will include 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Ian Williams, 2021 jury chair and author Zalika Reid-Benta, literary agent Chelene Knight and renowned writer and scholar, Rinaldo Walcott, discussing their experiences being published in Canada.
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February 17 7:30 pm
Riverbed Reading Series (7:30pm EST), curated by Helen Robertson
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Ashley Hynd, Ben Ladouceur, and Arianna Verbree. Full info here!
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February 18 7:00 pm
Launch of Tawhida Tanya Evanson’s debut novel Book of Wings, 7pm EST
Join in celebration of the release of Tawhida Tanya Evanson’s debut novel BOOK OF WINGS. The event will feature a reading by the author, a conversation with Kaie Kellough, questions from viewers, and a book give-away! Presented by Véhicule Press and Drawn & Quarterly – and event link here.
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February 18 9:00 pm
Virtual launch of Room 43.4 Twine, 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Featuring readings from contributors Emily Riddle, Jasmine Sealy, Jenny Heijun Wills, Jessi Lee Jackson, Kit McKeown, Leah Edwards, Margo LaPierre, and Wei Ting Jen. Hosted by Room editors Geffen Semach and Isabella Wang.
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February 19 4:00 pm
Writers Read (Concordia) presents Airea D. Matthews, 4pm EST
A reading and conversation with Airea D. Matthews. Full info here!
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February 25 6:00 pm
Indigenous Voices: an evening of poetry and prose (6pm PST / 9pm EST)
Garry Gottfriedson, Jessica Johns, and Richard Van Camp, and hosted by Molly Cross-Blanchard.
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February 26 2:30 pm
The Politics of Multi-Disciplinarity
Kaie Kellough, the 2021 Writer-in-Residence at Queen’s University, has organized this fantastic event featuring Gary Barwin, Tawhida Tanya Evanson and Kama La Mackerel.
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