Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
July 8 6:00 pm
The Montreal Review of Books is thrilled to invite you to our first in-person event in over a year: the launch of our summer issue!
October 21 7:00 pm
Helen Chau Bradley, with special guests David Bradford, River Halen Guri, and Sruti Islam.
October 22 5:00 pm
Launch of Nicole Raziya Fong’s “OЯACULE” (Talonbooks, 2021) with Sarah Burgoyne’s “Because the Sun” (Coach House Books, 2021).
November 7 8:00 pm
Accent Open Mic est une série hebdomadaire de poésie bilingue et un open mic basé à Montréal, Québec qui a lieu le 1er et le 3ème dimanche de chaque mois de 20h à 23h à ‘La Marche à côté’ (5043 rue St. Denis).
November 26 4:00 pm
Readings by Jason Camlot and John Emil Vincent. Hosted by Katherine McLeod.
December 12 8:00 pm
Skin Tone
Sarah Venart
Liana Cusmano
Jennifer Cloutier
December 13 5:00 pm
Monday, December 13, 5 à 7
April 13 8:00 pm
If in Vancouver, join Talonbooks for their first live launch in two years! Or, go to the Talonbooks YouTube Channel or Facebook Page for the Livestream.
April 23 8:00 pm
Performance by Sam Shalabi, Nisha Coleman, John Arthur Sweet, Dark Sky Preserve (Louise Campbell, Ian Ferrier) and Alasdair Rees.
April 26 7:00 pm
A reading by poets in Concordia’s Graduate Poetry Workshop:
May 9 7:00 pm
Open Mic, full info here!
2741 Rue Notre-Dame O, Montréal
May 12 8:30 pm
May 15 8:00 pm
La Marche à Côté, 5043 Saint Denis St. Montreal
May 30 7:30 pm
Hosted by Where Poets Read’s Katherine McLeod and FPM’s Catherine Cormier-Larose and readings by:
June 3 6:30 pm
The QWF Spoken Word Prize Launch event, hosted by Tawhida Tanya Evanson, features performances by:
June 14 7:30 pm
FYEAR at Sala Rossa
19h30 | $20/27, tickets here
June 16 6:00 pm
A celebration of Carolyne Van Der Meer’s new collection, Sensorial.
June 16 7:30 pm
A live in-person celebration of Font magazine!
June 19 8:00 pm
Columba celebrates its 1st chapbook with Cactus Press at the Accent Reading Series. With readings by Michael Metivier, Sophie Villeneuve, and Mahta Riazi, followed with an open mic.
June 28 7:00 pm
Celebrate MIXED MARTIAL ARTS and the anti-work poem at Anteism Books. Event description (including a note on masks) here and excerpted in full below.