This Week in Lit Events: March 27-April 2nd

Did someone say “launch season”? Spring is officially here with great launches and readings in Toronto and St. John’s this week.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.

Tuesday, March 28th

Toronto

Art Bar Poetry SeriesWhere: Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto, ONWhen: 8pmMore information: Rocco de Giacomo will be reading from Every Night of Our Lives at the Art Bar Poetry Series in Toronto.

Book Launch: Beautiful Children with Pet FoxesWhere: Supermarket, 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 7-10pmMore information: BookThug invites you to celebrate the launch of Jennifer LoveGrove’s eagerly anticipated new poetry collection, Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes. With special guests Shannon Bramer and Canisia Lubrin, who will each preview their forthcoming fall 2017 books.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1856167501328307/

Wednesday, March 29th

TorontoIFOA Battle of the BardsWhere: Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Poets face off in IFOA’s 9th annual Battle of the Bards competition.Link: http://ifoa.org/events/poetry-now-9th-annual-battle-bards

Thursday, March 30th

TorontoSpeakeasy Reading SeriesWhere: The Steady Cafe and Bar, 1051 Bloor Street W, Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30-9:30pmMore information: Just as the tulip buds are in bloom, so too is CanLit. Come hear for yourselves as Owain Nicholson, Ana Rodriguez Machado and Shane Neilson share from their latest work on March 30. We are also thrilled to welcome Jowita Bydlowska as this month’s feature reader.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/714661368739951/Calgary

Paulo da Costa Book LaunchWhere: Shelf Life Books, 1302 4 St SW # 100, Calgary, ABWhen: 7pmMore information: Celebrate the launch and reading of Paulo da Costa’s latest volume of short stories, The Midwife of Torment and Other Stories. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1888822401335780/

Friday, March 31st

TorontoMetatron at Knife.Fork.BookWhere: Knife Fork Book at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington, 281 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Metatron is running into the 6 to share our woes. We’ll have Sarah Jean Grimm, the 2016 Metatron Prize winner, with us via Brooklyn for her Canadian debut. Attendees of this event will be privy to purchasing the first (for real) physical copies of her debut with us, Soft Focus. Also venturing north from New York is Eric Amling, who has designed books for us and is also a poet published with the great Birds, LLC. From Montreal, we’ve got Ashley Opheim and Jay Ritchie- the powerhouse behind Metatron, who also happen to fux with poetry. We will also have our bestselling author and woman behind LESTE with us: Sara Sutterlin. To round out the night, we’ve got some essential Toronto favs. Adam Zachary, our fav live performer, recent Metatron author and force behind Light Reading, will be with us (lucky!). Last but not least, we are ecstatic to be joined by Sennah Yee, who’s debut full-length will be published with us in the fall of 2017.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/376419602734639/

Saturday, April 1st

St. John’sElliott and the Impossible Fish LaunchWhere: Chapters, 70 Kenmount Road, St. John’s NLWhen: 11am-1pmMore information: Elliot and the Impossible Fish launches on Saturday, April 1, 2017 from 11am. to 1pm at Chapters, 70 Kenmount Road, St. John’s, NL. There will be a special story time with author Rebecca and illustrator Laurel Keating. All are welcome and admission is free.

Sunday, April 2nd

TorontoGuernica Spring LaunchWhere: Supermarket Restaurant & Bar, 268 Augusta Ave Toronto, ONWhen: 2pmMore information: Guernica will be launching its Spring Season at Supermarket in Toronto.