This Week in Lit Events: January 30th-February 5th

Lots this week, including another leg of the Ask & Answer tour and a book launch for a collection of Indigenous spec fiction (!).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, January 30th

Toronto

Ask & Answer with Chase Joynt and Vivek ShrayaWhere: University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ONWhen: 5pmMore information: ASK & ANSWER features award-winning, multidisciplinary artists Chase Joynt and Vivek Shraya, presenting their new books—Joynt’s first book You Only Live Twice (Coach House), and Shraya’s debut collection of poetry, even this page is white (Arsenal Pulp). Alongside presentations of music and image, the artists critically investigate intersections of gender, race and transition through their work, and bring often private conversation and exchange into broader publics. 

Tuesday, January 31st

TorontoShab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XLVIIWhere: Church of St. Stephen in-the-Fields, 103 Bellevue Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 6:30-11pm$5 admission.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/188772071589342/Nanaimo, BC

WordstormWhere: Tandoori Junction, 489 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, BCWhen: 7pmMore information: Nasreen Pejvack, author of Amity, reads at Wordstorm (with Richard Osler).Link: http://www.wordstorm.ca/

Wednesday, February 1st

TorontoBook Launch: Mitêwâcimowina: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative StorytellingWhere: Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church Street, Toronto, ONWhen: 7-9pmMore information: Theytus books launches Mitêwâcimowina: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling at Glad Day Bookshop. Featuring readings by Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline and Drew Hayden Taylor.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1339295432794018/

Thursday, February 2nd

Hamilton, ONReflections on Writing a Family’s Journey Through Palliative CareWhere: Hamilton Public Library, 163 Dundas St E, Hamilton, ONWhen: 7pmMore information: Bonnie Lendrum, author of Autumn’s Grace, gives an author presentation: “Reflections on Writing a Family’s Journey Through Palliative Care.”

Saturday, February 4th

Toronto

Words & Music SalonWhere: Vino Rosso, 995 Bay Street, Toronto, ON When: 1:30-4:30pmMore information: Ann Elizabeth Carson, author of Laundry Lines: A Memoir in Stories and Poems, is a featured author (with Tom Hamilton) at Words & Music Salon.