Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
June 12 7:00 pm
Pulp Books and Café presents a lively evening of readings and discussion! Featuring authors Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Ben Berman Ghan, and Peter Dubé, hosted by author and publicist Heather Wood, this is sure to be a fun and engaging session with authors from across the country!
Free to attend, doors at 6:45.
June 13 6:00 pm
Full info here!
June 13 6:00 pm
Design Against Design book launch. A panel discussion, short reading and screening – co-presented by Dark Opacities Lab – Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, Kaie Kellough and Balbir Singh.
June 14 7:00 pm
Véhicule Press and Librairie Drawn & Quarterly invite you to Véhicule Press’ Spring 2024 Fiction Launch!
Join us for the launch of THE WAR YOU DON’T HATE by Blaise Ndala, translated by Dimitri Nasrallah and KILWORTHY TANNER by Jean Marc Ah-Sen. The event will feature readings from both books, and is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.
June 15 2:00 pm
Accent Open Mic is thrilled to announce a collaboration this year with the Festival Sur Le Canal to bring their poetry open mic down to the water for June 15th and June 16th from 12-2pm.
June 15 5:00 pm
This gathering will be an occasion for writers to discuss and explore their ideas, theories, preoccupations, or writerly practices together in a communal setting—topics that participants will have selected in anticipation of the gathering. The session, dedicated to celebration and exchange, will be moderated as an open conversation that can grow in any direction. Participants include Oana Avasilichioaei, DM Bradford, Nicole Brossard, Daniel Canty, Lenny/Lou/Moyna Pam Dick et al., Simon Dumas, Klara du Plessis, Liz Howard, Kaie Kellough, Annie Lafleur, Jessi MacEachern, Erín Moure, Chantal Neveu, Gail Scott, Jacob Wren, and Faith Paré.
June 15 6:00 pm
Book release show and tell.
Jonathan Sterne (semi-modular set)
Ky Brooks (vocals and electronics)
Lisa Conway (synthesizer set)
June 15 6:30 pm
Metonymy Press presents the Montreal launch of El Ghourabaa: A Queer and Trans Collection of Oddities, with Sherine Elbanhawy, Eli Tareq El-Bechelany Lynch, Naja Kassir, Leila Marshy, Samia Marshy, Nofel, and Olivia Tapiero.
June 18 7:00 pm
Suoni Per Il Popolo & Musique Rayonnante présentent:
Irreversible Entanglements + Silvervest + Tawhida Tanya Evanson’s Cyano Sun Suite
Mardi, 18 Juin / Tuesday, June 18
Portes / Doors: 18:30h
Spectacle / Show: 19:00h
30$ / 35$
La Sala Rossa
Billets / Ticket: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/92827/orders/new#/
June 20 6:00 pm
Full info here! And excerpted below.