This Week in Lit Events: September 5-11th

After an August hiatus, This Week in Lit Events is back, and more event-ful than ever!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, September 6th

Montreal

Resonance Reading SeriesWhere: Café Resonance, 5175A Av du Parc, Montreal, QuebecWhen: 9-11pmMore information: Resonance Reading Series presents Stephen Thomas, author of The Jokes. Also featuring JC Bouchard, Cyrus Cassells and Laurie D. Graham.Peterborough, ON

Show and Tell Poetry SeriesWhere: The Garnet, 231 Hunter Street West, Peterborough, Ontario When: 8-10pmMore information: Monty Reid, Frances Boyle and Joseph Cassidy-Skof are featured readers at this event. Monty will read from his new poetry collection Meditatio Placentae and Frances will be reading from her first poetry collection Light-carved Passages.We will be STARTING THE READINGS at 8PM. Doors will be open all day long, as it’s a bar, so please do your best to arrive before 8PM so you can have a few minutes to peruse the book table, get yourself a drink, find a seat, and meet the readers!Thanks to The Garnet (and Sean Conway) for having us in their space! The Garnet and STPS pride themselves on fostering a safe and inclusive space for everyone.

Wednesday, September 7th

TorontoPivot Season OpenerWhere: The Steady Cafe and Bar, 1051 Bloor St West, Toronto, ONWhen: 8pmMore information: Pivot’s Season Opener, featuring Eva H.D., Doyali Islam, Jacqueline Valencia, and Nathan Whitlock. Hosted by Jacob McArthur Mooney. PWYC ($5 suggested donation).Winnipegdis/Ability issue launchWhere: Sam’s Place 159 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg, ManitobaWhen: 7:30pm-9pmMore information: We’re back on our feet again with the Dis/Ability Issue R39. Free admission – but there will be a collection plate passed around before we finish. You can buy copies of R39 for $10.00, $2.00 off the cover price. Sam’s has free parking, a bus stop right out front, and is accessible. Also books and food service!Ruth Enns will be reading from her non-fiction story “Epidemic” in R39 about the 1950s polio epidemic that swept southern Manitoba. Angeline Schellenberg will read from her debut collection Tell Them it was Mozart, and Kevin Spenst joins us by Skype from Vancouver.Link: http://rhubarbmag.com/rhubarb-39-disability-launch/

Saturday, September 10th

Midland, ON

The Written Word’s Read Local Festival featuring Julie JoostenWhere: Kelly Moss Photography, 257 King Street, Midland, OntarioWhen: 1-2pmMore information: The Written Word’s Read Local Festival presents Julie Joosten, author of Light Light.