Irfan Ali joins us for ALU DiscoverVerse to chat about his newly minted collection  Accretion (Brick Books) — a debut inspired by the ancient Persian love story of Layla and Manjun — that considers the struggle of an immigrant family stuck between their cultural traditions ... Read more

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.

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Venture out to one of these great literary events in your area this week, including the Trillium Award 30th Anniversary Readings in Ottawa and the Read Local BC readings (x2!) in Vancouver.

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A rumination on responsibility, inheritance, and how we both accept and reject them, Nick Thran's  Mayor Snow (Nightwood Editions) pairs political discord and corruption with the cozy domesticity of the Al Purdy A-Frame. No wonder, then, that Thran's own inheritance – ... Read more

Spring is in the air, and so too, is our annual poetry celebration… it’s National Poetry Month! For those readers who haven’t followed along with any of our previous NPM series, we took a trip down memory lane yesterday. Now that everyone is caught up, we’re just ... Read more

Get into the late-fall launch groove with our featured readings and launches this week, including two Brick Books Classics launches in Victoria and Toronto.

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