There are some cool readings and events this week - if you're in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, or Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, be sure to check out our listings!
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There are some cool readings and events this week - if you're in Montreal, Barrie, Calgary, or Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, be sure to check out our listings!
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, June 6th
Lunenburg, NS
Reading with Barger, Burdick, Lavender and Smith
Where: Lexicon Books: 125 Montague Street, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
When: 7pm
More information: Next up at Lexicon Books - John Wall Barger (whose Book of Festus has been shortlisted for the JM Abraham Poetry Award), Alison Smith, Cory Lavender, and Alice Burdick read on Monday, June 6th at 7 p.m. It will be a fun round-robin of poetry hijinks!
Where: Café Resonance, 5175A Avenue du Parc, Montreal, Quebec
When: 9pm
More information: Michael Mirolla reads from Torp at the Resonance Reading Series in Montreal.
Wednesday, June 8th
Montreal
Michael Mirolla/Timothy Niederman Reading
Where: Paragraphe, 2220 Ave. McGill College Montreal QC
When: 6pm
More information: Michael Mirolla and Timothy Niederman read at Paragraphe Books in Montreal.
Thursday, June 9th
Barrie, ON
Word Up Reading Series
Where: Unity Market & Cafe, 25 Toronto St., Barrie ON
When: 7pm
More information: Michael Mirolla reads from Torp at the Word Up Reading Series in Barrie.
Montreal
The Violet Hour
Where: Stock Bar, 1171 Rue Ste Catherine Est, Montreal, QC
When: 7pm
More information: As night descends upon Montreal’s gay village, queer Canadian writers and performers will gather for the latest in a series of public readings and performances of original work at Stock Bar – a strip club on Ste. Catherine Street East.
On the roster: readings by Will Aitken, Shelagh Plunkett, Karen Molson, Melanie Mitzner, Bill Zaget and Carolyn Boll, with a special performance by Woodpigeon, a.k.a. Mark Andrew Hamilton. The event is hosted by Christopher DiRaddo.