Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
February 2 6:00 pm
Launch of [espace variable | placeholder], La Centrale’s first digital publication, and a festive and artistic evening which will also mark the opening of the exhibition [espace variable | placeholder].
February 4 9:00 pm
It’s a bilingual poetry SLAM!
February 6 5:00 pm
Featuring readings from writer-in-residence H. Felix Chau Bradley, Kama La Mackerel, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, and participation of Metonymy authors Addie Tsai, Shanice Nicole, and more. Hosted by Erin Hurley (Department of English), the readings will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. The event will be live streamed and live captioned.
February 9 6:00 pm
February 9 7:00 pm
Susan Elmslie, Matt Risk, Maria Caltabiano, Drea Lake, Jerome Ramcharitar, Deanna Radford , and Harry Rajchgot.
February 14 7:30 pm
More info here & tickets here!
February 15 6:00 pm
EV Building Room #1.615 at Concordia University
February 15 7:00 pm
Full info here and excerpted below.
February 16 5:00 pm
Join us for the first in a series of intimate events that will feature readings and conversations with PhD students at Concordia University who have both creative writing and research practices.
February 16 8:00 pm
La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent Montréal
February 19 5:00 pm
The book and album launch for Dark Sky Preserve, a collaboration between Ian Ferrier, Louise Campbell and Sarah Beth Goncarova.
February 20 6:00 pm
A translation conversation between Kama La Mackerel, Valérie Bah, and Stéphane Martelly, moderated by Alanna Thain (English) and Catherine Leclerc (Département des littératures de langue française, de traduction et de creation) about translation in the context of Bah’s novel Les Enrag.é.es / The Rage Letters. The conversation will focus on translating within and across queer, trans, Black, multilingual and diaspora communities. Co-sponsored by Département des littératures de langue française, de traduction et de creation and Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en études montréalaises. The event will be live streamed and live captioned.
February 20 7:00 pm
Performing the APP Archive, in partnership with SpokenWeb, features recordings of past presenters Tawhida Tanya Evanson and Gerry Shikatani, along with more sounds from the APP archives, as curated by Klara du Plessis and Katherine McLeod. Followed by a discussion with APP curator Faith Paré.
February 23 5:00 pm
Kit Dobson’s Field Notes on Listening is a response to our lack of connection to the land we call home, the difficult history of how many of us came to be here and what we could discover if we listened deeply to the world around us.
February 27 8:00 pm
Tickets $12 / $15 (at the door)