Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
August 28 3:00 pm
Sunday, June 20th, 2021 + Saturday, July 24th, 2021 + Saturday, August 28th, 2021
Remote Readings is a series of live radio broadcasts hosted by Burcu Emeç and Christopher Willes.
March 25 7:00 pm
June 16 7:30 pm
A live in-person celebration of Font magazine!
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.
July 6 6:30 pm
The mRb turns 25! Join for the summer issue launch and 25th anniversary celebration with refreshments, readings by authors Rawi Hage, Gina Roitman, and John Emil Vincent, a live performance by pianist Jeff Louch, and door prizes.
July 7 7:00 pm
Full info here – email for the Zoom link – and info excerpted below.
September 28 6:30 pm
Fiorella Boucher, Yara El-Ghadban, Deanna Smith, Jason “Blackbird” Selman, Philippe Yong, Jean-Pierre Gorkynian, and N Oji Mzilikazi
October 5 6:00 pm
Celebrate the launch of River Halen’s new book, Dream Rooms! With guest reader Felix Chau Bradley.
October 6 6:30 pm
More info here!
October 25 7:00 pm
Writers Read Concordia presents a reading and Q&A with Kasia Van Schaik
November 16 3:30 pm
A reading and workshop
with Kasia van Schaik and Sarah Wolfson
at the Birks Senior Common Room (Room 100), McGill University
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.
May 23 7:00 pm
Pulp Books and Cafe, 3952 Wellington
January 31 7:00 pm
Launch for Soliloquies Issue 29.1 is happening at De Stiil Bookstore on January 31st 7-9 pm in partnership with Writer’s Read. More info here.
March 31 6:30 pm
In tandem with celebrating 50 years of Concordia University, join us Monday, March 31st from 6:30pm-9:30pm in MB9D to toast to over 25 years of Headlight Anthology, Concordia’s graduate literary magazine. We will hear from past Headlight contributors Sarah Burgoyne, Aaron Kreuter, Neil Smith, Misha Solomon, Gillian Sze, and Headlight‘s founder Josh Knelman.