Gary Barwin, author of Outside the Hat, Raising Eyebrows and the forthcoming The Porcupinity of the Stars, reads at Ottawa's acclaimed A B Series, the foremost Ottawa venue for experimental and sound poetry.
The A B Series
featuring Gary Barwin
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Square (upstairs)
7 p.m.
$7 - 5 (sliding scale)
Rachel Zolf reads from her brand-new poetry collection, Neighbour Procedure, as part of 'Negotiating the Social Bond of Poetics,' a two-part seminar presented by the Kootenay School of Writing. The first part is a reading by Zolf at W2 Culture + Media House (112 West Hastings, 3rd Floor). A seminar follows on the 20th.
Negotiating the Social Bond of Poetics
a reading by Rachel Zolf
presented by the Kootenay School of Writing
Friday, March 19, 2010
Rachel Zolf brings her new, fourth full-length poetry collection, Neighbour Procedure, to Emily Carr University, and reads with Richard Lemm (A Night in Tasmania).
The Emily Carr University Reading Series
featuring Rachel Zolf and Richard Lemm
Thursday, March 18, 2010
SB 406, 1399 Johnston Street
Emily Carr University, Granville Island
Vancouver, BC
7 p.m.
Free
Christian Bök (Crystallography, Eunoia) reads at the London Central Library with Weyman Chan (Noise from the Laundry).
Readings at the London Public Library
featuring Christian Bök and Weyman Chan
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
London Library – Landon Branch, 167 Wortley Road
Landon Martha Bishop Community Room
London, ON
7:30 p.m.
Free
Christian Bök, author of Crystallography and the Griffin Prize-winning Eunoia, reads at Toronto's popular and long-running Art Bar reading series.
The Art Bar Poetry Series
featuring Christian Bök and others
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
8 p.m.
Voluntary donations appreciated
Kate Hall (The Certainty Dream) reads and speaks at Queen's University in Kingston, in a visit to Carolyn Smart's class. While part of a class, the reading is also open to the public.
Kate Hall at Queen's University
Monday, January 18, 2010
Queen's University
Watson Hall, Room 517
Bader Lane
Kingston, ON
1 p.m.
Edible City contributors Kathryn Borel Jr. and Erik Rutherford read as part of a special food-themed edition of the Toronto Reading Series. Also on the night's bill: Dr. Joey Schulman (Healthy Sin Food) and Rick Gallop (The 2010 Revised G.I. Diet).
The Toronto Reading Series presents dinner and readings. Come for a reading and enjoy dessert and coffee at intermission. Each event features 3 authors and terrific door-prizes plus great book giveaways and book signings.
January 26, 2010, features a roster of food books:
A Pilot Reading Series event curated by contributor Sina Queyras (Lemon Hound, Expressway), this event for the anthology Prismatic Publics features reading by both contributors (Gail Scott, Spare Parts Plus Two) and others continuing the work of the innovative women poets in the book.
March is a special month. Not only was it the first month in the ancient Roman calendar, it is also host to two — count 'em, two — featured titles on the Coach House website: Rachel Zolf's Neighbour Procedure and Carla Gunn's Amphibian!
Starting Wednesday, March 10, you can hear from the man who started it all at the AGO. In March, Coach House Press founder and master printer Stan Bevington will begin an ongoing series of weekly conversations at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. As part of the AGO's innovative exhibit, 'Canadian Art in the 1960s and 1970s through the lens of Coach House Press,' Bevington will take up residence in the exhibit space every Wednesday night, between 7 and 8 p.m.
