The School of Irish Studies at Concordia University presents the Montreal launch of Where, the Mile End by Julie Morrissy. With an introduction by Dr Susan Cahill. Where: Room 1001.01 (McEntee Reading Room - 10th floor), Henry F. Hall Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus, Montreal, QC Cost: Free but registration […]

Claiming Our Time - International Women's Day New West presents Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. It's 2019 and we are Claiming Our Time. Celebrate International Women's Day at the Columbia Theatre, on the traditional unceded territory of the Qayqayt First Nation and Coast Salish peoples for whom this land has been a gathering […]

LISTEN DEEP:  POETRY, SOUND & MULTITUDINOUS REMIX  A Situated Triple-Event Poetry Program  at University College  (15 King's College Circle, University of Toronto St. George Campus) FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019  GUEST POETS OANA AVASILICHIOAEI, CANISIA LUBRIN, DONIA MOUNSEF, SACHIKO MURAKAMI, CHARLIE PETCH, MOEZ SURANI GUEST MUSICIANS ANNE BOURNE, KAREN NG LISTEN DEEP presents three consecutive events […]

The Department of English at the University of Ottawa presents The Age of Anxiety: Literary Studies in a Culture of Risk, featuring a reading and keynote address byJulie Morrissy, author of Where, the Mile End.

Growing Room 2019 presents The Dead Book: What Happens When a Book Doesn’t Take, with Alex Leslie, author of We All Need to Eat. Also with Betsy Warland. Moderated by Amanda Leduc. We always hear about an author’s latest work—what worked for them, what successes they’ve had. But what happens when you’re a writer who […]

Growing Room 2019 presents Body Politics, with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with Lucas Crawford, Jónína Kirton, and Arley McNeney. Moderated by Andrea Warner. Join Andrea Warner in conversation with four writers—Lucas Crawford, Jónína Kirton, Arley McNeney, and Hana Shafi—who shrewdly challenge our culture’s fetishization of youth, thinness, whiteness, and […]

Growing Room 2019 presents The Power of Narrative Poetry, with Adrienne Gruber (Q & A). Also with Lucas Crawford, Arleen Pare and Carol Rose Daniels. Moderated by and Mallory Tater (This Will Be Good). Driving with the poetic voice behind the wheel can be a thrilling ride for readers and the writers. Listen to these incredible […]

Celebrate the launch of Canthius 06, with a reading by Julie Morrissy, author of Where, the Mile End. Also with Sanita Fejzić, Paola Ferrante, Arpita Bajpeyi, and hannah harris-sutro. Can't make it to the launch? You can order the new issue here: http://www.canthius.com/subscribe/

Growing Room 2019 presents Faith, Spirituality, and Religion, with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with: Jennifer Zilm (Waiting Room), and Meharoona Ghani. Moderated by Betsy Warland. Moderator Betsy Warland joins three poets—Meharoona Ghani, Hana Shafi, and Jennifer Zilm—for a frank discussion about the complicated relationships between love and community, womanhood […]

Growing Room presents Funny Feminists, with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with: Ivan Coyote, Lucas Crawford, Molly Cross-Blanchard, Eden Robinson, Jo Dworshak and Lindsay Wong. Moderated by Samantha Nock. Punch up at the patriarchy with an afternoon of witty poetry and prose featuring some of the most incisive and hilarious […]