Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
September 1 8:00 pm
Join for an evening of poetry at La Marche a Cote (5043 St. Denis) with Taylor Gray Moore, Éric Roger (accompanied by Louis Marie-Chantale on the piano), and Mark-Jens Barton.
September 4 7:00 pm
Join for a reading from Kiran Bath‘s new book, Instructions for Banno, as well as a panel discussion on docupoetics with Faith Paré!
September 5 5:30 pm
SOIRÉE DE POÉSIE + VERNISSAGE
September 6 2:00 pm
Join for this event celebrating the launch of the latest issue of Headlight, a student-run journal based in the graduate English & Creative Writing programs at Concordia. There will be readings by several contributors: Kate Brooks, Louise Carson, Alana Dunlop, Dru Gary, Kat Mulligan, and Ariella Ruby, as well as copies of the new issue available for purchase!
September 10 7:00 pm
Stuart Ross launches The Sky Is a Sky in the Sky (Coach House Books) and translator Sarah Moses launches her first book, the micro-fiction collection Strange Water (1366 Books/Guernica Editions), along with Montreal poet and singer-songwriter Jason Camlot kicking the evening off with songs and poems.
September 12 7:00 pm
Join Heather O’Neill, Drawn & Quarterly, and HarperCollins Canada to launch THE CAPITAL OF DREAMS, a breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal.
September 16 8:00 pm
Introducing the next edition of The Words & Music Show – hosted and curated by the winner of the 2024 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship, Jayda Smith.
September 19 7:00 pm
Join Book*hug, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, and Jacob Wren to launch his latest novel, DRY YOUR TEARS TO PERFECT YOUR AIM. The author will appear in conversation with poet Alexei Perry Cox and the author will sign following the reading and conversation.
September 20 7:30 pm
A play performed and written by poets Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum.
September 25 7:00 pm
POP Reads
September 25, 2024
doors: 6:00 PM
reading: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Free!
Rialto Hall, 5711 du Parc (corner of Bernard)
(2nd floor – entrance south of the main entrance.)
September 27 7:00 pm
Soliloquies journal hosts an open-mic at Librairie De Stiil Bookstore. See the link below to sign-up to read and more. Soliloquies hopes to publish at least two issues this year, and even with cuts in funding let’s make sure this can still happen!
September 29 5:00 pm
Join to celebrate the launch of Rebecca Morris’s debut novel OTHER MAPS (Linda Leith Publishing).
September 30 12:00 pm
For the first event of the 2024-2025 season, Writers Read presents novelist, memoirist, and translator Padma Viswanathan.