Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
November 5 9:00 pm
Readings by many of the west coast contributors to this climate crisis anthology, Watching Your Head (Coach House Books): Hari Alluri, Joanne Arnott, Yvonne Blomer & Jenna Butler, Allison Cobb, Jen Currin, Mercedes Eng, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Jonina Kirton, Natalie Lim, and Isabella Wang. Hosted by Stephen Collis.
November 6 7:00 pm
Full program and links here!
November 10 7:30 pm
Soirée de poésie en trois langues+ musique + micro ouvert Poètes invités:
Lorrie Jean-Louis
Rachel McCrum
Jonathan Lamy
Alfred Alexandre
Damsi Figueroa Verdugo
Alberto Quero
Angel Mota
Klara du Plessis
Kama La Mackerel
November 11 8:00 pm
More info here!
November 12 7:00 pm
Join editors Jason Camlot and Katherine McLeod in conversation with nearly all contributors to CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event. With Jordan Abel, Deanna Fong, Clint Burnham, Jessi MacEachern, Karis Shearer, Felicity Tayler, and more!
November 12 7:00 pm
Featuring short readings by:
Angela Carr (Without Ceremony)
Lise Downe (Propositions and Prayers)
Beatriz Hausner (Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart)
Julie Joosten (Nought)
Kristen Renee Miller (Spawn)
Erín Moure (This Radiant Life)
Bahar Orang (Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty)
Kate Sutherland (The Bones Are There)
November 13 4:00 pm
The season will be inaugurated with a virtual reading of Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to The Climate Crisis this Friday, November 13th at 4 pm.
November 15 8:00 pm
This Sunday the Words & Music Show comes to you from the Sala Rossa with a special online show featuring some of Montreal’s top poets and spoken word artists in performance:
Roen Higgins
Fabrice Koffy
Faith Paré
Jason (Blackbird) Selman
November 18 7:00 pm
November’s virtual poetry reading will feature
Michael Prior and Kate Marshall Flaherty.
Full info and link here!
November 27 7:00 pm
Black Writers Out Loud is a series of QWF events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec. This fourth event in the series is co-produced with the AELAQ, and features Kaie Kellough in conversation with Canisia Lubrin. These two award-winning authors from the worlds of poetry and prose come together to speak on their craft and all matters human.
November 29 6:00 pm
6pm EST / 3pm PST || More info & register here!
December 4 4:00 pm
4pm EST | More info and register here.
December 4 8:00 pm
Expozine 2020 will take place as an interactive, live-streamed “virtual fair” on December 5 and 6, following readings and discussions held live on the web from December 1 – 4. Find all the info here, including the return of dial-a-poem here!
December 9 6:15 pm
Full info here!
December 9 8:30 pm
The Walrus presents poets Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek, Brandon Wint and Chimwemwe Undi. 8:30pm EST / 5:30 PST. More info here!
December 13 8:00 pm
Roen Higgins
Naomi Steinberg
Klara du Plessis
Angela Szczepaniak
and Tatiana Koroleva
December 16 12:00 pm
SFU’s Lunch Poems reading features
poets George Bowering and Gladys Maria Hindmarch.
More info here!
December 17 1:39 pm
Talonbooks presents readings by Mercedes Eng, Margaret Christakos, Arleen Pare, Laiwan, and Gladys Maria Hindmarch. Intros by Cecily Nicholson, hosted by Sean Cranbury.
December 21 4:00 pm
Join Writers Read for a howl, rant, or dance (or all three) – or join to listen!
Readings start at 4pm ET & register here!
January 4 7:00 pm
2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa will be interviewed by 2016 Prize winner Madeleine Thien. This is a free event that will take place on Zoom. JOIN HERE: http://bit.ly/2LhaYCL