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February 8, 2012 - 8:00pm
Feb 8 | Sarah Pinder Reads at the Pivot in Toronto

Catch up-and-coming poet Sarah Pinder at the Feb. 8th instalment of the Pivot reading series. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out her debut Coach House collection in fall 2012.

Pinder will be joined by Meira Cook and Dani Couture, author of the recent novel Algoma.

Admission is on a pay-what-you-can basis. For more information on the series, click here.

February 8, 2012 - 8:00pm
Feb 8 | Gary Barwin at Toronto Vaudeville Variety Show

The Wild Culture New Vaudeville variety show this Wednesday in Toronto promises 'a performance stew of the impressive and the extraordinary.' The program includes song therapy in romance languages, 'Mind Mulch for the pre-Valentine's Day flutters,' an appearance from the Daughter and Dad Opera Company, and a 'wild animal inversion' from Coach House poet Gary Barwin, author of The Porcupinity of the Stars. Not sure what any of this means?

February 5, 2012 - 7:30pm
Feb 5 | Gary Barwin at the Lit Live Reading Series

Poet Gary Barwin (author of The Porcupinity of the Stars) will be performing new work at the February instalment of the Lit Live Reading Series in Hamilton.

The bill offers an eclectic mix of fiction (Rebecca Rosenblum, Russell Smith), poetry (Barwin, Laura Lush) and things in between (Adam Sol). Also Maria Meindl will be reading from her new biography of writer Mona Gould.

January 29, 2012 - 9:00pm
Jan 29 | David McGimpsey and Evan Munday read at the Pilot in Montreal

This Sunday, David McGimpsey - author of the rolicking, road trip-themed poetry collection, Li'l Bastard - will be returning to Montreal's Pilot Reading Series, where he'll be joined by Toronto poet Robin Richardson and Coach House publicist Evan Munday, author of the darkly creative young adult novel, The Dead Kid Detective Agency.

January 26, 2012 - 7:30pm
Jan 26 | Gail Scott Visits CalArts in Valencia, California

Gail Scott, author of The Obituary, will be reading and speaking at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA, near Los Angeles, as part of the school's visiting artist series. Scott is in the Golden State for a recent staging of her play, Werther, Live on the Radio.

The talk gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

See the event listing here.

January 25, 2012 - 7:30pm
Jan 25 | Matthew Tierney Reads in London, Ontario

Poetry fans in London, Ontario should be sure to catch Matthew Tierney – author of the inventive, existentially fraught collection The Hayflick Limit – who'll be appearing at the Landon Library on January 25, as part of the Poetry London reading series. He'll be joined by fellow poet Matt Rader, author of A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno.

January 22, 2012 - 5:00pm
Jan 22 | Gail Scott's play, Werther Live, On the Radio, Performed in San Francisco

Werther Live, On the Radio, a short play by Coach House author Gail Scott will be performed on Sunday January 22nd, alongside seven other experimental plays, at the 11th annual Poet's Theatre Festival in San Francisco.

Advanced tickets are available online for $15 here.

Tickets are $20 at the door.

The event gets underway at 5p.m.

January 21, 2012 - 8:00am
Jan 21 | Coach House at Toronto's 100-Mile Literary Diet

In early 2011, The Stop's Saturday Farmers' Market in Toronto will again feature the '100-Mile Literary Diet.' Each Saturday, a different literary press or author will be featured at the 100-Mile Literary Diet table to offer farmers' market enthusiasts fine Canadian literature in addition to fresh produce and baked goods.

January 19, 2012 - 11:00am
Jan 19 | David McGimpsey at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton

David McGimpsey will be in Edmonton this January, where he will stop off at Grant MacEwan University to read from his hilarious new collection, Li'l Bastard.

The event is a mid-day kind of affair. It's free and open to the public.

January 18, 2012 - 3:30pm
Jan 18 | David McGimpsey Reads at the University of Alberta

David McGimpsey – inveterate traveller that he is – will be heading west this January to read at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

The event is free and open to the public. We'll keep you posted with more information as we get it. Check back soon, now!

Also, McGimpsey fans who live in the Edmonton area, should check out his appearance at Grant MacEwan University the next day.