Apr 24 | Blue Metropolis After-Hours Literary Luau

Coach House Books, along with fellow independent Canadian presses Insomniac, Invisible and Snare, will inject a bit of the tropics into Montreal's Blue Metropolis Festival with the After-Hours Literary Luau!

In the St-Laurent Hall, starting at 9 p.m., this Blue Metropolis after-hours party will present short readings from some of the small press world’s finest poets and fiction writers in a casual atmosphere. Hear from Katrina Best (Bird Eat Bird), Jen Currin (The Inquisition Yours), John Goldbach (Selected Blackouts), kevin mcpherson eckhoff (Rhapsodomancy), Ian Orti (L: and things come apart), Alan Reed (Isobel and Emile), Mike Spry (JACK), Thom Vernon (The Drifts), Rachel Zolf (Neighbour Procedure), and be dazzled by the hosting skills of Montreal favourite Jon Paul Fiorentino (The Theory of the Loser Class).

All Blue Metropolis events take place at Hotel Delta Centre-Ville (777 University Street). View the full schedule at the Blue Metropolis website.

Blue Metropolis After-Hours Literary Luau
featuring Katrina Best, Jen Currin, John Goldbach, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, Ian Orti, Alan Reed, Mike Spry, Thom Vernon and Rachel Zolf
hosted by Jon Paul Fiorentino
Hotel Delta Centre-Ville, 777 University Street
Montreal, QC
9 p.m.
Free