Why not celebrate Mother’s Day by treating her to a literary event visit? There’s tons to choose from this week, including Poet Laureate readings in London, the Atwater Poetry Project in Montreal, and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, and address to hello@alllitup.ca to be included in our listings.
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Why not celebrate Mother’s Day by treating her to a literary event visit? There’s tons to choose from this week, including Poet Laureate readings in London, the Atwater Poetry Project in Montreal, and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, and address to hello@alllitup.ca to be included in our listings.
Monday, May 8th
London, ONPoet Laureate Presents: Local PublishersWhere: Stevenson & Hunt Room, London Public Library – Central Branch, 251 Dundas Street, London, ONWhen: 7-8:30pmMore information: Come and learn about some of London’s great local publishers and the writers they publish, both digitally and in print. London’s Poet Laureate, Tom Cull, will host this evening featuring live readings of local poetry and literature, and live music from the London Arts Council’s London Arts Live program.Presenters include: Kate Cayley (Brick Books), Tara McGowan-Ross (Insomniac Press), and many more.Toronto
Toronto Launch of Inspecting NostalgiaWhere: Folly Brewpub, 928 College Street, Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30-10pmMore information: Join us for the launch of a new book of poetry by Ralph Kolewe from Talonbooks, together with a beer of the same name from Christina Coady and Chris Conway at Folly Brewing.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/941297599306485/
Tuesday, May 9th
Windsor, ONDouble Book LaunchWhere: Biblioasis, 1520 Wyandotte St E, Windsor, ONWhen: 7pmMore information: Join Biblioasis, Terry Griggs, and Elise Levine as they launch their new spring titles, Blue Field and The Discovery of Honey. Free admission. Refreshments will be available, as will signings and books for sale.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1234307373348837/Toronto
Rowers Reading SeriesWhere: Supermarket, 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30pmMore information: The Rowers Reading Series presents Adrienne Gruber, author of Buoyancy Control. Also reading: Gregory Scofield, Armand Garnet Ruffo, and Elana Wolff.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1334979359878369/
Wednesday, May 10th
Kitchener, ONPoetry Reading: Sarah Pinder and Laurie D. GrahamWhere: Open Sesame, 220 King Street West, Kitchener, ONWhen: 7pmMore information: Open Sesame is thrilled to host an evening with Toronto-based writer Sarah Pinder, who will read from her new book Common Place (Coach House, 2017), and Laurie D. Graham (now based in Kitchener!), who will also present recent poetry.
Thursday, May 11th
MontrealAtwater Poetry ProjectWhere: Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Ave., Montreal, QuebecWhen: 7-8pmMore information: Sue Sinclair will read from her recent collection of poems, Heaven’s Thieves (Brick Books, 2016). Nick Thran will also read.Suzanne: Book Launch & PartyWhere: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal, QCWhen: 7pmMore information: Join Coach House Books & Librairie Drawn & Quarterly in celebrating SUZANNE, a novel written by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and translated by Rhonda Mullins. Readings in both French and English. All are welcome.Peterborough, ONPeterborough Launch of Beautiful Children with Pet FoxesWhere: The Spill, 414 George St. N., Peterborough, ONWhen: 7-11pmMore information: BookThug invites you to the Peterborough launch of Jennifer LoveGrove’s Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes. With special guest readers Tara Azzopardi and Lesley Belleau. After the readings, Erik Culp and Bennett Bedoukian will perform live improvised instrumental music.The inimitable writer Stuart Ross will host the evening. Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1977823292448812/TorontoThe Last Word LaunchWhere: Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, 103 Bellevue Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 7pmMore information: Join us and IFOA: International Festival of Authors/Toronto Lit Up as we send up, not off, the latest book in our Exploded Views series, Julia Cooper’s The Last Word, with a launch that’d make doves cry. Cash bar, books for sale, accessible venue, with the sweet, sweet sounds of the St. Stephen’s choir.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1919894061572721/Saskatoon
Double Book LaunchWhere: Gordon Oakes Red Bear Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SKWhen: 7pmMore information: A double book launch with Glass Beads by Dawn Dumont and nipê wânîn by Mika Lafond.
Friday, May 12th
MontrealCHB Spring Poetry Launch – Montreal StopWhere: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal, QCWhen: 7pmMore information: We’re bringing nothing but blue skies to nos amis in Montreal with the Coach House spring poetry lineup, with Shane Rhodes, Linda Besner, and Sarah Pinder. Free. Refreshments available.VictoriaPlanet Earth Poetry: Narwani and McGiffinWhere: Hillside Coffee and Tea, 1633 Hillside Ave (across from Bolen Books), Victoria, BCWhen: 7pmMore information: Ulrike Narwani and Emily McGiffin read at Planet Earth Poetry. The evening begins at 7:30 with an open mic, followed by a featured reader(s). Between 7 and 7:15, put your name in the hat to read at open mic.
Saturday, May 13th
TorontoToronto Comic Arts FestivalWhere: Various Locations around TorontoWhen: May 13-14More information: TCAF is The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, taking place in 2017 at Toronto Reference Library and the surrounding Bloor/Yonge neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, and much more. The full program and list of participating creators will be listed at this website, as well as in printed and digital program guides available on-site at the festival.Link: http://www.torontocomics.com/about-tcaf/Meet Me at the Aga Khan / Writers on RightsWhere: Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, ONWhen: 1-4pmMore information: Tightrope Books invites you to the 3rd annual “Meet Me/Writers on Rights” Human Rights poetry event at the Aga Khan Museum. Featuring readings related to human rights issues by ten acclaimed poets from some of Canada’s top independent publishers, including Moez Surani, author of Operations, Gwen Benaway, Sheniz Janmohamed, Maureen Hynes, Soraya Peerbaye, Vivek Shraya, Nyla Matuk, Sonnet L’Abbé, Michael Fraser, and Ann Shin.Co-hosted by Tightrope Books publisher Jim Nason and author Farzana Doctor.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1237157793046225/OttawaPlan 99: CHB EditionWhere: The Manx, 370 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ONWhen: 5pmMore information: Wander down to The Manx for a pint and some poetry with Plan 99 and Shane Rhodes, Linda Besner, and Sarah Pinder.SaskatoonWanderlust Book LaunchWhere: McNally Robinson Booksellers, Saskatoon, SKWhen: 7pmMore information: The contributors of Wanderlust launch at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon.
