Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
May 13 7:00 pm
Join Montreal author and poet Cora Siré for the launch of her newest poetry collection, Not in Vain You’ve Sent Me Light, including a conversation with poet Deanna Radford.
May 19 7:30 pm
Jennifer Hasegawa, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, t. liem & more! Full info here.
May 22 5:00 pm
Presented as part of the SpokenWeb symposium, Listening, Sound, Agency – full info here!
May 25 4:30 pm
A conversation with award-winning poets Liz Howard, Larissa Lai, and Canisia Lubrin.
June 3 7:00 pm
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and McClelland & Stewart present Jordan Abel launching Nishga, in conversation with Ian Williams. Full info here!
June 17 12:00 pm
A culminating event of the Artexte residency—Sculpture Poem: In Conversation— to experience glimpses of research, poetry, and the artists’ book as object. Continuous acts of exploring, discovering, making, and collaborating during this residency ground Kadie Salmon and Klara du Plessis’s organic narrative of process.
June 19 7:00 pm
Full info here!
July 22 7:00 pm
More info TBA here!
August 17 6:00 pm
Helen Chau Bradley, Christopher DiRaddo, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch in conversation with guest host Liana Cusmano
August 22 8:00 pm
This Sunday August 22 at 8PM EST the Words & Music Show is back online with an exciting guest curator and an eclectic show featuring five talented Montreal-based writers and musicians.
October 7 7:00 pm
With Cora Siré, Rana Bose, Ilona Martonfi, Ian Ferrier, Matthew Rettino, Barbara Lewis, Matt Risk, and Sandra Sjollema.
October 21 8:00 pm
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October 22 8:00 pm
Launch of David Bradford’s Dream of No One but Myself (Brick Books) on Zoom, with special guests Anahita Jamali Rad, author of still (Talonbooks, 2021) & Cecily Nicholson, author of Wayside Sang (Talonbooks, 2018).
October 22 8:00 pm
More info here!
November 9 3:00 pm
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November 10 7:00 pm
The Words Festival presents two Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poets, Liz Howard and Canisia Lubrin.
November 15 8:00 pm
Full info here.
November 16 7:30 pm
Join Coach House Books for the launch of Made-Up with author Daphné B. and translator Alex Manley in conversation with Domenica Martinello. Full info here!
December 15 7:30 pm
Full info here!
December 16 7:00 pm
Zoe Shaw, Ilona Martonfi, Anna Dowdall, Harold Hoefle,
Simone Pitot, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Deanna Radford, H. Nigel Thomas