Events | Book*hug Press - Part 5

CANCELLED: An evening with Shani Mootoo, Moez Surani and Jay MillAr in Montreal

La Petite Drawn and Quartlery 176 Rue Bernard Ouest, Montreal, Quebec

An evening with Shani Mootoo (Polar Vortex), Moez Surani (Are the Rivers in Your Poems Real), and Book*hug Co-Publisher Jay MillAr (I Could Have Pretended to Be Better Than You: New and Selected Poems, Anvil Press).

Free

POSTPONED: Writers Read at Concordia University presents Shani Mootoo

York Amphitheatre (EV 1.605) Concordia University 1515 Ste-Catherine West, Montreal, QC

Writers Read at Concordia University presents Shani Mootoo, author of Polar Vortex, and Helen Humphries: A Reading and Discussion in Conversation with Sina Queyras.

Free

CANCELLED: Junction Reads presents Jess Taylor

House of Anansi Press 128 Stirling Road (Lower Level), Toronto, ON

Junction Reads presents Jess Taylor, author of Just Pervs. Also reading: Nur Abdi, JR McConvey and Hannah Brown. PWYC, with a $5 suggestion.

POSTPONED: The Koffler’s Books & Ideas Series presents Shani Mootoo

720 Bathurst Street Toronto

The Koffler's Books & Ideas Series presents the launch of Shani Mootoo's new novel Polar Vortex, In Conversation with Catherine Bush. The launch of Giller Prize-nominated writer and visual artist Shani Mootoo’s highly-anticipated new novel, Polar Vortex, about a couple – Priya and Alexandra – who have moved to a picturesque countryside town, only to […]

POSTPONED: Mission Creek Festival presents a Workshop with Kristen Renee Miller

Riverside Theatre 213 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA

Mission Creek Festival presents “Behind This Roar, A Door”: A (Mis)translation Workshop for (Non)translators, a Workshop with Kristen Renee Miller, translator of Spawn by Marie-Andree Gill. What makes a poem in translation? Are human translators still needed in the age of auto-translate technology? Experiment with sound and translation—and craft a sonic poem of your own—in […]

CANCELLED: New Orleans Poetry Festival presents Kristen Renee Miller

New Orleans Healing Center 2372 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA

New Orleans Poetry Festival presents “The Poetics of Climate Change”: A reading and discussion with Kristen Renee Miller, translator of Spawn by Marie-Andree Gill. Also with Kristi Maxwell, Annie Finch, and Bronwen Tate. More details to come.

FB Live Reading with Hasan Namir

FB Live Event

War/Torn by Hasan Namir was released on April 10, 2019. To celebrate the one-year anniversary of his poetic debut, Hasan will present a FB Live Reading on Sunday, April 19, 2020, at 7pm EST / 4pm PST. Joining Hasan will be special guest Kirby! Join Hasan and guest reader Kirby on FB Live for this […]

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