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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Personal Attention Roleplay by Helen Chau Bradley
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the hometown soft launch of Helen Chau Bradley’s debut fiction: Personal Attention Roleplay\n \nCoop Le Cagibi\, 6596 St-Laurent\nFree event\n7-9 pm\nOctober 21\, 2021\nwith special guests David Bradford\, River Halen Guri\, and Sruti Islam\n \nGods and Heroes mocktails\, Hekate cocktails\, and more. Come learn what all the fuss is about.\n \nLimited capacity\, limited edition first printing books for sale! If you pre-ordered\, you can pick up your copy here or wait for the first full printing.\n \nVaccine passports will be required; food and drink will be available for purchase\, but we strongly encourage you to keep your masks on during the readings!\n \nThis will be our first indoor pandemic launch\, and space is limited. Arrive on time or early\, and check insta live if you can’t be there. Also\, we’ll share outdoor post-launch party details closer to the time\, weather dependent. Please know that Helen will be doing online events as well.\n \nThe stories in PERSONAL ATTENTION ROLEPLAY are propelled by queer loneliness\, mixed-race confusion\, late capitalist despondency\, and the pitfalls of intimacy. Taking place in Montreal\, Toronto\, and elsewhere\, they feature young Asian misfits struggling with the desire to see themselves reflected—in their surroundings\, in others\, online. Chau Bradley’s precise language and investigation of our more troubling motivations stand out in this wryly funny debut\, through stories that hint at the uncanny while remaining grounded in the everyday. Casey Plett calls the collection “A perfect album of stories.”\n \nHELEN CHAU BRADLEY is a writer and musician living in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Their writing has appeared in carte blanche\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, the Montreal Review of Books\, and elsewhere. They are the author of Automatic Object Lessons\, a poetry chapbook. They are the Fiction Editor for This Magazine and the host of Strange Futures\, a speculative fiction book club. Personal Attention Roleplay is their first book.\n \nRIVER HALEN GURI is queer trans writer of Catalan and Danish descent living on unceded Indigenous land in Tio’tia:ke. Their poems and essays dealing with relation\, ecology\, transformation\, and sexuality have been published widely in Canada\, as well as in the U.S.\, Australia\, and in translation in Japan. They are the author of Match (Coach House\, 2011)\, which was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry\, and the forthcoming collection Dream Rooms (Bookhug\, 2022). Chapbooks include Microphone Lessons for Poets (Bookhug\, 2015)\, Some Animals and Their Housing Situations (The Elephants\, 2018)\, and I looked for the exit\, found a sleeve (Skyebound Press\, 2019).\n \nDAVID BRADFORD is the author of Dream of No One but Myself (Brick Books\, 2021) and several chapbooks\, including Nell Zink is Damn Free (Blank Cheque Press\, 2017) and The Plot (House House Press\, 2018). His work has appeared in The Capilano Review\, The Tiny\, filling Station\, The Fiddlehead\, Carte Blanche\, and elsewhere. Bradford lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal)\, on the unceded territory of the Kanien:keha’ka Nation.\n \nSRUTI ISLAM is a reader\, and sometimes writer. She has over five years of experience working in publishing—formerly a book publicist for Drawn and Quarterly\, Anteism\, and Metatron Press. She founded Weird Era\, a literary space\, in 2019. Since partnering with Librairie Saint-Henri Books\, Weird Era has developed into LSHB’s Weird Era\, a literary podcast\, as well as a literary arts journal: Weird Era\, exclusively available for sale via Librairie Saint-Henri Books. She is a libra.\n \n**Accessibility info** Beyond COVID protocols in place for restaurants and the masking request above\, there are two steps to get inside Le Co-op Cagibi\, but a portable ramp will be installed the night of this event. The venue is on the 55 St-Laurent bus route. The front door is three feet wide. There are two gender-neutral washrooms\, one of which is built to accessibility code. Part of the restaurant’s serving counter is three feet high. The main part of the venue is all one level.\n \nPlease contact the Co-op Cagibi or Metonymy with specific accessibility queries or requests.\n \nÀ noter que l’événement se déroulera en anglais.
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LOCATION:Co-op Le Cagibi\, 5490 Blvd. St Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Y1S1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Good Arabs: Montreal launch
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! Sunday\, September 26 at 2pm. ***and save a RAIN DATE too*** if we’re rained out Sunday afternoon we’ll do a 5 a 7 Monday evening\, and we’ll update you here.\n  \nJoin Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch for an outdoor celebration of the publication of their second poetry collection.\n  \nChamps des possibles in Mile End (detailed directions to come!)\n  \nwith special guests:\nT Liem\, Avery Lake\, and Marcela Huerta\n  \nTHE GOOD ARABS grounds the reader in place\, language\, and the body. Peeling and rinsing radishes. Dancing as a pre-teen to Nancy Ajram. Being drenched in stares on the city bus. The collection is an interlocking and rich offering of the speaker’s communities\, geographical surroundings both expansive and precise\, and family both biological and chosen.\n \nELI TAREQ EL BECHELANY-LYNCH is a queer Arab poet living in Tio’tia:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, GUTS\, Carte Blanche\, the Shade Journal\, The New Quarterly\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC poetry prize in 2019. You can find them on Instagram and Twitter @theonlyelitareq. Their book knot body was published by Metatron Press September 2020. The Good Arabs is their second poetry collection.\n \nAVERY LAKE is a worker and writer living in occupied Tiohtià:ke. She attended Concordia University and is not in the scene.\n  \nMARCELA HUERTA is the author of Tropico\, a collection of poetry and creative nonfiction published by Metatron Press in 2017. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in Peach Mag\, Leste\, Bad Nudes\, Rat Chat Magazine\, and more. She is the Poetry Editor at carte blanche magazine.\n \nT. LIEM is the author of OBITS. (Coach House 2018)\, which was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award\, and won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as well as the the A.M. Klein Prize. Her writing has been published in Apogee\, Plenitude\, Room Magazine\, The Boston Review\, Grain\, and elsewhere. She lives in Montreal\, Tiohtià:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territories.
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SUMMARY:Tilting of the Earth: A Metonymy Press Solstice Showcase
DESCRIPTION:After a long dark solitary winter and tentative spring\, four writers emerge gloriously at the onset of summer: Kama La Mackerel\, Helen Chau Bradley\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and Callum Angus are brimming with pent-up words to soothe and destroy you — in any case you’ll want to experience their effects.\n\n \nBlue Metropolis is proud to co-present this Metonymy Press event as part of its 2021 Festival’s NEXT program.\n \nJoin us online* for this outdoor solstice showcase:\n3 pm\, Sunday\, June 20\, on Instagram Live\n7pm\, Wednesday\, June 30\, on the Blue Metropolis Facebook page and YouTube channel\n*If public health restrictions shift\, this backyard event may also welcome a small number of in-person (masked\, distanced) attendees on the 20th.\n \nKama La Mackerel is a Montreal-based Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist\, educator\, writer\, community-arts facilitator and literary translator who works within and across performance\, photography\, installations\, textiles\, digital art and literature.\n \nKama’s work is grounded in the exploration of justice\, love\, healing\, decoloniality\, hybridity\, cosmopolitanism and self- and collective-empowerment. They believe that aesthetic practices have the power to build resilience and act as resistance to the status quo\, thereby enacting an anticolonial praxis through cultural production.\n \nKama has exhibited and performed their work internationally and their writing in English\, French and Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. ZOM-FAM\, their debut poetry collection published by Metonymy Press was named a CBC Best Poetry Book\, a Globe and Mail Best Debut\, and was longlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and shortlisted for the QWF Concordia University First Book Award.\n \nEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a queer Arab poet living in Tio’tia:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, GUTS\, carte blanche\, the Shade Journal\, The New Quarterly\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC poetry prize in 2019. Find them on Instagram and Twitter @theonlyelitareq. Their first book\, knot body\, was published by Metatron Press in September 2020 and their second poetry collection\, The Good Arabs\, is forthcoming from Metonymy Press in September 2021.\n \nHelen Chau Bradley is a writer\, musician\, and arts administrator living in Tio’tia:ke / Montreal. They are the author of Automatic Object Lessons (House House Press\, 2020). Their stories and essays have appeared in carte blanche\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Entropy Magazine\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, the Montreal Review of Books\, and elsewhere. Their debut short story collection\, Personal Attention Roleplay\, is forthcoming from Metonymy in October 2021.\n \nCallum Angus is a trans writer and editor currently based in Portland\, Oregon. His work has appeared in Nat. Brut\, West Branch\, LA Review of Books\, Catapult\, The Common\, Seventh Wave Magazine and elsewhere. He has received support from Lambda Literary and Signal Fire Foundation for the Arts\, and he holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the founding editor of the journal smoke and mold. His debut short story collection\, A Natural History of Transition\, was released by Metonymy Press in April 2021.
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SUMMARY:Unruly Writers Club
DESCRIPTION:Montreal and area writers\, join THE UNRULY WRITERS CLUB. \n***A space to create our work\, grounded in disability justice*** \nWhat to expect: Hands-on exercises\, mutual support\, the opportunity for sharing and feedback in a supportive setting. And — dedicated time to write! \nWhen: 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month\, 12-1:30 pm. \nWorkshops will be offered every second session on: world-building\, poetry\, writing with the senses\, writing habits\, and getting published. \nStay tuned for upcoming session dates and themes. \nJoin us to get down to writing the stories you needed as a kid and the stories you want to write for future generations  \nEmail unrulywriters@metonymypress.com to get log in information! \n–ASL/LSQ interpretation available– \nPlease let us know about interpretation soon so we may book!\n!!\nPriority for disabled and d/Deaf\, chronically ill people\, QTBIPOC folks\, queer and trans people\, people with mental health diagnoses\, undiagnosed people… people with unruly bodies. \nWe’re committed to anti-racism in the space and in the exercises we will do together. This group draws inspiration from writers like Lee Maracle and adrienne maree brown\, who provide leadership through their books and their transformational writing practices for groups. \nUnruly Writers Club is the loving result of a collaboration between your local gay publisher\, Metonymy Press\,\nwriter and facilitator Aimee Louw\, and community supporter QPIRG McGill. \nJoin us to write words that dance towards liberation\, exhilaration\, and transformation!! \nPlease email unrulywriters@metonymypress.com with any questions or to get log in information \n[Image description: text in dark blue rectangles over dripping\, multicoloured rainbow paint backdrop. Text reads: UNRULY WRITERS CLUB; A free online space to write towards liberation\, exhilaration\, and transformation!]
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SUMMARY:A Natural History of Transition - Spring 2021 events
DESCRIPTION:A Natural History of Transition is a collection of short stories that disrupts the notion that trans people can only have one transformation. Like the landscape studied over eons\, change does not have an expiration date for these trans characters\, who grow as tall as buildings\, turn into mountains\, unravel hometown mysteries\, and give birth to cocoons. Portland-based author Callum Angus infuses his work with a mix of alternative history\, horror\, and a reality heavily dosed with magic. \nJoin us online for one of many upcoming events featuring Cal alongside other great writers! \nFurther registration links and other details coming soon! \nApril 13: Paned o Gê hosts Callum Angus in conversation with Zeyn Joukhadar\, co-contributor to KINK \nApril 14: Get Lit! Festival – Callum Angus in conversation with R.O. Kwon\, Vanessa Clark and Larissa Phamas part of a panel of authors of KINK \nApril 27 at 7pm EST: Glad Day Bookshop and Blue Metropolis present a special edition of THE VIOLET HOUR – Callum Angus will join MP Boisvert\, Jane Byers\, Gabriel Cholette\, Marie Darsigny and Monica Meneghetti for an evening of short readings by LGBTQ writers (en français et en anglais). \nMore details and registration info: https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/the-violet-hour/942145616559040/ \nApril 30 at 8pm EST: Blue Metropolis Festival – Callum Angus in conversation with Helen Chau Bradley for the Canadian launch of A Natural History of Transition \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/151487484143 \nMay 4 at 6pm EST: Odyssey Bookshop – Callum Angus in conversation with Andrew Lawlor for the US launch of A Natural History of Transition \nRegister here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/callumangusattheodysseybookshop/register \nMay 6 at 7:30pm PST: Pacific MFA in Writing hosts Callum Angus in conversation with Torrey Peters \nRegister here: https://pacificu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WFbjH3hcS5exilXP5oT4og\n \nMay 13 at 6:30pm PST: Massy Arts Society hosts Callum Angus in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante and Corinne Manning \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/151497518155
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SUMMARY:Dear Black Girls launch events (multiple)
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome DEAR BLACK GIRLS\, the new picture book by Shanice Nicole and Kezna Dalz\, into the world. See below for four upcoming virtual launch events: \nSaturday\, February 6\, in collaboration with la Petite Drawn and Quarterly (Montreal) \nMissed this event? Watch recordings of the presentations and Q&A. \nMonday\, February 22\, in collaboration with a Different Booklist (Toronto)\, with special guest Rania El Mugammar \nMissed this event? Watch it here. \nSunday\, February 28\, in collaboration with Knowledge Bookstore (Brampton)\, with special guest Kofi Sankofa \nMissed this event? Watch it here. \nWednesday\, March 10\, in collaboration with Librairie Racines (Montreal)\, with special guests Nantali Indongo and Maguy Métellus \nMissed this event? Watch it here. \nThank you for supporting independent bookstores and publishers. \n///////////////////////////////////////\nDEAR BLACK GIRLS is a letter to all Black girls. Every single day poet and educator Shanice Nicole is reminded of how special Black girls are and of how lucky she is to be one. Illustrations by Kezna Dalz support the book’s message that no two Black girls are the same but they are all special—that to be a Black girl is a true gift. In this celebratory poem\, Kezna and Shanice remind young readers that despite differences\, they all deserve to be loved just the way they are.\n///////////////////////////////////////\nSHANICE NICOLE is a Black feminist educator\, facilitator\, writer\, and (out)spoken word artist. She believes that everyone has the power to make change and dreams of a freer world for us all. Learn more about her work at shanicenicole.com.\nKEZNA DALZ is a multidisciplinary Black artist from Montreal. She cares about representation\, and portrays the beauty of womanhood\, teenadult angst\, and the worst of pop culture using vibrant colours. You can find more of her work at teenadultt.com.\n///////////////////////////////////////
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SUMMARY:My Body is the Ocean: ZOM-FAM coast to coast virtual tour
DESCRIPTION:Join Kama La Mackerel\, the poet behind the debut lyric poetry collection ZOM-FAM\, for their virtual cross-continental book tour!\n  \nClosed captioning will be included for most events. Please support the local bookseller hosts by getting a copy of the book through them. Please contact Metonymy Press with any accessibility requests or questions about events.\n  \nABOUT ZOM-FAM:\nIn their debut poetry collection\, Kama La Mackerel mythologizes a queer/trans narrative of and for their home island\, Mauritius. Composed of expansive lyric poems\, ZOM-FAM (meaning “man-woman” or “transgender” in Mauritian Kreol) is a voyage into the coming-of-age of a gender-creative child growing up in the 80s and 90s on the plantation island\, as they seek vocabularies for loving and honouring their queer/trans self amidst the legacy of colonial silences.\nMultiply-voiced and imbued with complex storytelling\, ZOM-FAM showcases a fluid narrative that summons ancestral voices\, femme tongues\, broken colonial languages and a tender queer subjectivity\, all of which grapple with the legacy of plantation servitude.\n  \nKAMA LA MACKEREL is a Montreal-based Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist\, educator\, writer\, community-arts facilitator and literary translator who works within and across performance\, photography\, installations\, textiles\, digital art and literature. Kama’s work is grounded in the exploration of justice\, love\, healing\, decoloniality\, hybridity\, cosmopolitanism and self- and collective-empowerment. Kama has exhibited and performed their work internationally and their writing in English\, French and Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. ZOM-FAM\, their debut poetry collection is published by Metonymy Press.\nlamackerel.net\n@KamaLaMackerel\n\n  \nTOUR STOPS:\n  \nHALIFAX\nMonday\, November 16\n7 pm AST\nVenus Envy Bookstore with Francesca Ekwuyasi on Zoom and Facebook live\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nMONTREAL\nTuesday\, November 17\n7 pm EST\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly on Zoom and Instagram and Facebook livestreams\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN\nThursday\, November 19\n6 pm EST\nSpectrum Center\, Student Life\nKeynote Speaker for Transgender Awareness Week on Zoom\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nTORONTO\nFriday\, November 20\n7 pm EST\nAnother Story Bookshop\nwith jes sachse and Kai Cheng Thom\non Zoom and YouTube livestream\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nOTTAWA\nWednesday\, November 25\n7 pm EST\nCarleton University Art Gallery & Venus Envy with Cara Tierney on Zoom and Facebook live\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nCALGARY & EDMONTON\nThursday\, November 26\n7 pm MST\nShelf Life Books & Glass Bookshop\nwith Vivek Shraya on Zoom\nRSVP here\nEvent info here \nVANCOUVER\nThursday\, December 1\n7 pm PST\nMassy Books & Massy Arts Foundation\nwith Jillian Christmas on Zoom\nRSVP here\nEvent info here\n  \nWINNIPEG\nWednesday\, December 2\n7 pm CST\nMcNally Robinson Booksellers with Jenny Heijun Wills\nRSVP here\nEvent info here
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SUMMARY:Poetry for the Summer Soul
DESCRIPTION:POETRY FOR THE SUMMER SOUL is a poetry evening co-organized by Metonymy Press and l’Euguélionne featuring Montreal-based poets Shanice Nicole\, Powetik and Kama La Mackerel. Together these three poets will share some pieces and talk about how poetry nurtures their souls.\n \nEach of these remarkable and thoughtful poets will do a reading of their work\, prompting discussions about the power of art and creativity and poetry to influence the world we live in for the better.\n \nThursday\, June 18\n5:30 to 7:30 pm\non Facebook Live (Metonymy’s page) and Zoom\nReadings\, discussion\, book giveaway +++\n \nPlease to RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/poetry-for-the-summer-soul-tickets-108754102448 for the Zoom link\, or email metonymypress@gmail.com.\n \n*****************\n \nShanice Nicole is a Black feminist educator\, facilitator\, writer\, and (out)spoken word artist. Her writing and work intimately explores race\, health\, sexuality\, oppression\, and freedom\, all of which form the many layers of her Black womanhood. She is the curator of free community resources such as Jobs & Things\, the BFCN Scholarship Directory\, and All Black Everything in Montreal and her debut children’s book Dear Black Girls published by Metonymy Press will be released in February 2021. Shanice Nicole believes that everyone has the power to make change and the words of her favourite poet Maya Angelou always resonate deeply\, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better\, do better.”\nInstagram: instagram.com/ShaniceNicoleSpeaks\nFacebook: facebook.com/ShaniceNicoleSpeaks\n \nPowetik is the artist persona of Kathleen Charles\, a queer Haitian writer\, poet\, spoken word performer and singer in Montreal. She’s currently pursuing a career as a therapist to work on healing immigrants and QTBIPOC fems from intergenerational trauma using community-based group therapy\, drama therapy with story telling and cognitive behavioural therapy to restore the mental health of these populations. Her poetry explores the trials of immigration as a woman of color\, queerness within communities of color\, anti-racism rhetoric\, black girl magic\, mental health and self-actualization. Her poetic performance is made to heal\, to validate\, to inspire and to tell the stories of the voiceless…or at least the voiceless for now.\nwww.powetik.com\nInstagram: instagram.com/powetikartistry \n \nKama La Mackerel is multi-disciplinary artist\, educator\, writer\, cultural mediator and literary translator who hails from Mauritius and now lives in Montréal. Their work is grounded in the exploration of justice\, love\, healing\, decoloniality\, and self- and collective-empowerment. Kama’s artistic practice spans across textile\, visual\, digital\, poetic and performative work\, and is at once narrative and theoretical\, at once personal and political. A firm believer that aesthetic practices have the power to build resilience\, to heal\, and to act as forms of resistance to the status quo\, Kama articulates an anticolonial praxis through cultural production.\nlamackerel.net\n@KamaLaMackerel\n \n*****************\n \nThis event is part of National Poetry Month (which is in April but we re-scheduled the event because of COVID-19\, but really\, every month should be poetry month!).\n \nThe event is sponsored in part by the League of Canadian Poets\, and hosted by Tio’tia:ke-based feminist bookstore L’Euguelionne and queer and feminist publisher Metonymy Press.\n \nThe reading is free\, and we encourage participants to donate to mtl-based organizations Hoodstock or Black Theatre Workshop in the spirit of opposing anti-Black violence\, promoting the health of Black communities\, and supporting Black artists.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/poetry-for-the-summer-soul/
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SUMMARY:Dear Twin fall tour
DESCRIPTION:Addie Tsai\, Houston-based author\, launches her debut crossover YA novel\, Dear Twin! \nAbout the book: \nPoppy is a biracial\, Asian\, queer\, 18-year-old living in Houston\, Texas. Shortly after high school graduation\, her twin sister\, Lola\, goes missing. Poppy lives with her father\, who has become incredibly possessive and anxious of Poppy since Lola has left\, making her defer college for a year. She decides to write her twin a series of letters about her side of the story regarding some of the trauma they’ve both experienced\, hoping it might bring Lola back\, and that she’ll be able to leave for college with her love\, a Korean butch girl named Juniper. \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nTour dates (more info to come!) \nHouston\nNovember 14\, 6:30-8 pm\,\nBrazos Bookstore\n2421 Bissonnet St\nwith dumplings and cake\nhttps://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/addie-tsai-dear-twin?fbclid=IwAR2WB1309zezfC4npQWMb9mhzH8J4ezLfaPYUiUAomseOs2a_nufAfg6vso \nLA\nwith CB Lee\nNovember 17\, 5 pm\nSkylight Books\n1818 N Vermont Ave\nhttps://www.skylightbooks.com/event/addie-tsai-reads-her-debut-ya-novel-dear-twin-cb-lee \nSanta Ana\nin conversation with Rachel Will\nNovember 19\, 6-8 pm\nLibro Mobile\n220 E 4th St #107\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/2513909065505649/ \nToronto\nNovember 26\, 7 pm\nwith Keet Geniza + jiaqing wilson-yang\nAnother Story\n315 Roncesvalles Ave\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/456698178280767/ \nMontreal\nNovember 29\, 7 pm\nwith Shanice Nicole and Kama La Mackerel\nPetite Drawn & Quarterly\n176 Bernard West\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/413950472860545/ \nMontreal\nNovember 30\, 2 pm\nAs part of Paper City: A Literary Map reading event curated and hosted by Sean Michaels\n4TH SPACE\, Concordia University\n1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/2739102622852597/ \nBrooklyn\nDecember 9\, 8 pm\nFranklin Park\n618 St. Johns Place \nPhiladelphia\nDecember 14\, 7 pm\nWooden Shoe Books and Records\n704 South St \nNew York City\nDecember 16\, 7-9:30 pm\nBluestockings\n172 Allen St\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/473461960108076/\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nAddie Tsai teaches courses in literature\, creative writing\, dance\, and humanities at Houston Community College. She collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankensteinand Camille Claudel\, among others. Addie holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. Her writing has been published in Banango Street\, The Offing\, The Collagist\, The Feminist Wire\, Nat. Brut.\, and elsewhere. She is the Nonfiction Editor at The Grief Diaries and Senior Associate Editor in Poetry at The Flexible Persona. \nGet a copy of Dear Twin directly from Metonymy Press or from a good bookstore or library near you.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/dear-twin-fall-tour/
LOCATION:QC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190921T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T200000
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SUMMARY:Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) fall 2019 tour
DESCRIPTION:“I’m writing an encyclopedia about a television show for a friend of mine who died\,” says the narrator of Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) \nHazel Jane Plante’s debut novel does just that\, in layered\, delightful\, and dense prose. Out this October\, the novel will launch in Vancouver\, Burnaby\, Victoria\, Montreal\, Toronto\, and more. Hazel will also appear in September at Canzine Vancouver. \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nThe playful and poignant novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) sifts through a queer trans woman’s unrequited love for her straight trans friend who died. A queer love letter steeped in desire\, grief\, and delight\, the story is interspersed with encyclopedia entries about a fictional TV show set on an isolated island. The experimental form functions at once as a manual for how pop culture can help soothe and mend us and as an exploration of oft-overlooked sources of pleasure\, including karaoke\, birding\, and butt toys. Ultimately\, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) reveals with glorious detail and emotional nuance the woman the narrator loved\, why she loved her\, and the depths of what she has lost. \nTrish Salah\, author of Wanting in Arabic and Lyric Sexology Vol. 1\, calls the book “gorgeously whimsical\, inspired\, odd and anguished. Reminiscent of early Jeanette Winterson\, but also utterly innovative\, this is a love letter to heart break and to art as its only\, imperfect salve.” \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nCanzine Vancouver – Sept 21\, 2 pm\nwith Ali Blythe\, Cass Blanchard\, and Adele Barclay\nVancouver Public Library\, 350 W Georgia St\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/477150309778113/ \nVancouver\nwith special guest Raven Slander\nMassy Books launch – October 10\, 7 pm\n229 E Georgia St \nBurnaby\nwith special guest Onjana Yawnghwe\nW.A.C. Bennett Library – October 16\, 12:30 pm\nSimon Fraser University \nVictoria\nwith special guest Ali Blythe + hosted by Victoria’s poet laureate\, John Barton\nBolen Books – October 22\, 7 pm\n1644 Hillside Ave #111 \nMontreal\nL’Euguelionne\, November 1\, 6-8 pm\n1426 Rue Beaudry \nToronto\nwith special guest Tom Cho\nGlad Day\, November 4\, 6-8 pm\n499 Church St \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nHazel Jane Plante is a queer trans librarian\, cat photographer\, and writer. In a previous life\, she co-founded a micro-press\, co-edited a little literary journal\, co-hosted a podcast\, and released lo-fi albums under the name Sparse. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) is her first novel. \nShe currently lives in Vancouver on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nGet a copy of the Little Blue Encyclopedia directly from Metonymy Press or at a bookstore or library near you!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/little-blue-encyclopedia-for-vivian-fall-2019-tour/
LOCATION:QC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190318
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Nixon at Growing Room Festival!
DESCRIPTION:Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival is Room magazine’s annual literary festival\, a celebration of diverse Canadian writers and artists which takes place every March on the traditional\, unceded\, and ancestral territory of the Musqueam\, Tsleil-Waututh\, and Squamish peoples (Vancouver\, British Columbia). \nThe 2019 Growing Room festival will take place from March 8 – 17. Registration is now open. More than 100 authors will be in attendance\, including Metonymy Press’s Lindsay Nixon. \nLindsay will be participating in the following sessions (venues and other info available here): \nConcrete Roots: Urban Indigeneity // Saturday\, March 9\, 11:15am – 1:00pm \nThe Writing on the Wall: Storytelling in Visual Art // Sunday\, March 10\, 10:30am – 12:30pm \nArt and Academia // Sunday\, March 10\, 1:30pm – 3:30pm \nPrairie Fire/CV2 ndncountry West Coast Launch // Sunday\, March 10\, 4:30pm – 6:30pm \nCut To The Feeling: A Night of Queerotica // Monday\, March 11\, 7:30pm – 9:30pm \nUBC Creative Writing presents: An Afternoon of Indigenous Brilliance // Tuesday\, March 12\, 1pm – 2pm
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lindsay-nixon-growing-room-festival/
LOCATION:QC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190303T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190303T153000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134244
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SUMMARY:Vancouver reading event: Trish Salah & Hazel Jane Plante
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy Press and Massy Books present a free afternoon reading event featuring Lambda Literary Award–winning poet Trish Salah (Wanting in Arabic\, Lyric Sexology Vol. 1) and Vancouver-based author Hazel Jane Plante (Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)\, forthcoming from Metonymy Press). \nBorn in Halifax\, Trish Salah is the author of Wanting in Arabic (TSAR 2002\, 2013) and Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 (Roof 2014\, Metonymy 2017) and co-editor of special issues of Canadian Review of American Studies 35.2 (2005) and TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly 1.4 (2014). The 2013 edition of Wanting in Arabic won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction. At the University of Winnipeg she organized the conferences Writing Trans Genres: Emergent Literatures and Criticism and Decolonizing and Decriminalizing Trans Genres. Currently an assistant professor of Gender Studies at Queen’s University\, she is a member of the editorial boards of TSQ\, Eoagh\, and Topia. \nHazel Jane Plante is a queer trans librarian\, cat photographer\, and writer. In a previous life\, she co-founded a micro-press\, co-edited a little literary journal\, co-hosted a podcast\, and released lo-fi albums under the name Sparse. She currently lives in Vancouver on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. \nThis event will be held in the upstairs gallery space at Massy Books. We regret that the venue is not wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/vancouver-reading-event-trish-salah-hazel-jane-plante/
LOCATION:Massy Books\, 229 East Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134244
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SUMMARY:Thea's Tarot returns!
DESCRIPTION:3️⃣5️⃣ years after it was first released\, Ruth West’s lesbian feminist cult classic Thea’s Tarot is enjoying its second printing\, coordinated by Metonymy. \nWhat’s more\, we’re turning 4️⃣ years old ?? \nCome celebrate! \nFeb 21\, Petite Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard O\, 7-9 pm \n*Enjoy a free short tarot reading when you buy a copy of the deck* ? \nOliver Pickle\, author of She Is Sitting in the Night: Re-visioning Thea’s Tarot\, will do a short Q&A\, and copies of the book and deck will be available. \nRefreshments will be served ? \nAccessibility information about Petite Drawn & Quarterly: \n– The event space uses StopGap.ca ramps in an effort to encourage accessibility. Both the step at the entrance\, followed by a half step and a door have StopGap ramps. The door opens inward and is not automated. Once inside\, there are no additional steps to access the bathroom\, although the bathroom space is narrow.\n– It is not a sober space\, our events sometimes offer alcohol.\nFeel free to contact us with any concerns you may have!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/theas-tarot-returns/
LOCATION:La Petite Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 rue Bernard O.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134244
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SUMMARY:Lux Magna Small Press Book Fair and Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lux Magna & Overture with the Arts présentent: \n\n\nSamedi 26 Janvier: de midi à 16h Casa del Popolo (bar)\, gratuit:\n\n\nMetonymy Press · Kola/Logos \nQuebec Writers’ Federation · Racines \nL’Euguélionne\, librairie féministe · Éditions Hannenorak \nPossibles Éditions · Tristesse/Liberté · B&D Press \n\n\nSamedi 26 Janvier: de 13h à 16h Casa del Popolo (venue)\, gratuit:\n\n\n☼ Fireside Readings for Grownups ☼ \nAnimées par Kama La Mackerel avec:\nLindsay Nixon · Blossom Thom · Alexis O’Hara · Sylvain Rivard · Camille Toffoli · Myche Siguineau \nInscrivez-vous à une lecture de tarot (selon vôtre budget) par Oliver Pickle\, auteur de She Is Sitting in the Night\, en utilisant la nouvelle édition du jeu de tarot féministe emblématique de Ruth West. Les places sont limitées. Réservez votre place aujourd’hui. \nSign up for a sliding-scale tarot reading by Oliver Pickle\, author of She Is Sitting in the Night\, using the new edition of Ruth West’s iconic feminist Thea’s Tarot deck. Space is limited. Reserve your spot today: publish@metonymypress.com \nCheck out the sister event for kids at La Sala Rossa at the same time!\n☼ Lectures au Coin du feu pour enfants | Readings For Kids ☼ \nInstagram & Twitter: @luxmagnafest\nwww.luxmagna.ca \n* \nLa Casa Del Popolo se situe en rez de chaussée. Il y a une rampe d’accès à l’entrée du bar et de la salle de concert afin de permettre l’accès aux personnes en fauteuils roulants. Les toilettes sont de genre neutre et l’une est accessible aux fauteuils roulants. \nCasa Del Popolo is located on ground level. There are ramps on both the venue and bar front entrances for wheelchair accessibility. Washrooms are gender neutral and one is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lux-magna-small-press-book-fair-and-reading-series/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T1R6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T180000
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SUMMARY:AELAQ Holiday Pop-up Fair
DESCRIPTION:This free\, two-day celebration of Quebec English-language books is back! The Book Fair encourages book lovers of all ages and interests to browse\, buy and get books signed\, just in time for holiday gift-giving. With Quebec publishers and authors on hand\, expect hundreds of new titles for sale\, along with readings and other events happening throughout the Fair. You can’t buy more local than this. Metonymy Press will be tabling both days.\n \nThis year\, find us in the wheelchair-accessible and stroller-friendly atrium of Concordia’s McConnell Building (LB).\n \nHighlights:\n \n-Wine and cheese reception & book signing with special guest Ann-Marie MacDonald\, Nov. 24\, 4-6 PM.\n \n-Readings featuring local authors\, including a panel with Metonymy author Lindsay Nixon\, Will Aitken\, and Erin Moure\, entitled “Tell It Slant: Memoir at an Angle” from 1-2 PM\, Nov. 24. \n \nParticipating writers and translators include Paige Cooper (longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize\, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction\, and two QWF Award nominations)\, Catherine Leroux (shortlisted for the 2016 Giller Prize)\, Lazer Lederhendler (winner of multiple GG awards for translation)\, Melissa Bull\, Donald Winkler\, Jacob Wren\, Susan Gillis\, Darren Bifford\, Andrew Katz\, Juliana Léveillé-Trudel\, Gilles Gratton\, Caroline Pignat\, François Thisdale\, Rae Congdon\, Pan Bouyoucas\, Veena Gokhale\, Robin Blackburn McBride\, Mary Melfi\, H. Nigel Thomas\, Clementine Morrigan\, Lise Weil\, Anne Renaud\, Erin Moure\, Monique Polak\, Monica Arnaldo\, Klara du Plessis\, Alan Silberberg\, Erin Shields\, David Gutnick\, Anne Renaud\, Louise Carson\, Mark Abley\, David Homel\, Andrew Piper\, Dr. Victoria Slonosky\, Will Aitken\, Gail Cuthbert Brandt\, Licia Canton\, Mary Ann Lichacz-Karwatsky\, Keith Henderson\, Ken Radu\, Harold Hoefle\, Jason Camlot\, Tom Abray\, Greg Santos\, Peter Kirby\, Katia Grubisic\, Judith W. Woodsworth \, Lindsay Nixon\, John Emil Vincent\, Mathieu Poulin\, Aleshia Jensen\, Carolyn Marie Souaid\, Susan Elmslie\, and more.\n \nParticipating publishers include McGill-Queen’s University Press\, Baraka Books\, QCfiction\, Véhicule Press\, The Secret Mountain\, Howard Gontovnick\, Bunim & Bannigan\, DC Books\, Longbridge Books\, Linda Leith Publishing – Linda Leith Éditions\, Pow Pow Press\, Metonymy Press\, and Metatron Press.\n \nThanks to our supporters: Penguin Random House Canada\, ELAN Quebec\, Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, Maisonneuve\, Livres Babar Books\, Montreal Gazette\, and our sponsoring publishers: McGill-Queen’s University Press\, Baraka Books\, Véhicule Press\, DC Books\, Linda Leith Publishing\, and Pow Pow Press. And thanks to the Canada Book Fund and the Department of Canadian Heritage.\n \nPresented by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec and the Quebec Writers’ Federation.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/aelaq-holiday-pop-up-fair/
LOCATION:Concordia University McConnell Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T203000
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SUMMARY:Ottawa launch of Lindsay Nixon's nîtisânak
DESCRIPTION:How do you honour blood and chosen kin with equal care? A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, Lindsay Nixon’s nîtisânak is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on Nixon’s Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal.\n \nJoin Lindsay and special guests (TBA!) for a night of readings in honour of the book’s much-anticipated release by Metonymy Press.\n \nLINDSAY NIXON is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer\, and McGill Art History PhD student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism\, and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, MICE\, esse\, Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue\, and other publications. nîtisânak is their first book.\n \nAccess Info: Venus Envy is a physically accessible space. We have an automatic door\, no steps and a gender inclusive bathroom big enough for most mobility devices.\n \nWe use foldable\, plastic chairs for our events. We have three softer chairs that we’re happy to reserve if you get in touch with us before the launch.\n \nWe do sell some scented products so we’re unfortunately not able to make this a scent-free space. However\, we do ask that guests refrain from wearing strongly scented products.\n \nQuestions? Comments? Get in touch with us by phone at 613-789-4646 or by email at mailorder@venusenvy.ca
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/ottawa-launch-of-lindsay-nixons-ni%cc%82tisa%cc%82nak/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Ottawa\, 226 Bank Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, K2P 1X1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181119T170000
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SUMMARY:Metonymy Press at the Salon du Livre Montréal
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, the Association of English Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) will have a booth at the Salon du Livre Montréal. Metonymy Press books will be on sale there from the 14 to 19 of November. In addition\, Metonymy publishers will be on site on Thursday\, November 15 from 5 – 7 p.m. selling and promoting our books\, and Metonymy author jiaqing wilson-yang will be signing copies of her award-winning novel\, Small Beauty from 1 – 2 p.m. on Saturday\, November 17.\n \nLe Salon du livre de Montréal est un événement annuel qui a pour objectif de promouvoir la lecture. Il met en contact les auteurs avec le public\, les éditeurs\, les libraires et les bibliothècaires. Il a lieu au mois de novembre à la Place Bonaventure à Montréal. Il est\, avec le Salon du livre de Paris et le Salon du Livre de Beyrouth\, l’une des trois plus importantes manifestations du livre francophone au niveau mondial.\n \nFurther info regarding AELAQ-affiliated events at the Salon du Livre: \nGrand Slam! translation slam  \nFamily Affair reading & discussion  \nQWF Literary Awards finalists event  \nRapid-Fire Reading\, Richochet Writing
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/metonymy-press-at-the-salon-du-livre-montreal/
LOCATION:Place Bonaventure\, 800\, rue de la Gauchetière Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H5A 1K6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T153000
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Nixon at Naked Heart Festival
DESCRIPTION:BOOK LAUNCH\nnîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon\nwith special guests\nASL will be provided at this event\n \nHow do you honour blood and chosen kin with equal care? A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, Lindsay Nixon’s nîtisânak is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on Nixon’s Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal.\n \nJoin Lindsay and special guests for an afternoon of readings in honour of the book’s much-anticipated release by Metonymy Press.\n \nThis is a FREE Naked Heart Festival event.\n \nThe event space and washrooms are wheelchair accessible.\nWe request that you do not wear any scents to this event.\n \nSee all the NAKED HEART events.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lindsay-nixon-at-the-naked-heart-festival/
LOCATION:Buddies in Bad Times Theatre\, 12 Alexander Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Winnipeg launch of nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon
DESCRIPTION:Join Lindsay Nixon for the Winnipeg launch of nîtisânak.  \nCo-presented by the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba for its Native Studies colloquium. This event is free and open to the public. \nLindsay Nixon’s nîtisânak honours blood and chosen kin with equal care. A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, it is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on their Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal.  \nLindsay Nixon is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer\, and McGill Art History PhD student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism\, and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, MICE\, esse\, Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue\, and other publications. nîtisânak is their first book.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/winnipeg-launch-of-nitisanak-by-lindsay-nixon/
LOCATION:McNally Robinson Booksellers\, 1120 Grant Avenue\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, R3M 2A6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134244
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SUMMARY:The Prairie Wind is Gay AF: nîtisânak (University of Manitoba Native Studies Colloquium)
DESCRIPTION:Lindsay Nixon\nOctober 24\, 2018\nUMNATV Fall 2018 Colloquium\n11:30 am – 12:30 pm\, 307 Tier Building \n“Everyday Indigenous Knowledge(s) and Aesthetics”\nDepartment of Native Studies Fall 2018 Colloquium Series\nUniversity of Manitoba\nWednesdays\, 11:30-12:30 pm \nFor more information contact Dallas Hunt\, UMNATV Colloquium Coordinator at Dallas.Hunt@umanitoba.ca \nFor more on the Department of Native Studies click here: http://umanitoba.ca/native_studies/
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/the-prairie-wind-is-gay-af-nitisanak-university-of-manitoba-native-studies-colloquium/
LOCATION:University of Manitoba\, 307 Tier Building\, University of Manitoba\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134244
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SUMMARY:Montreal launch of nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon
DESCRIPTION:How do you honour blood and chosen kin with equal care? A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, Lindsay Nixon’s nîtisânak is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on Nixon’s Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal. \nJoin Lindsay and special guests Arielle Twist\, Gwen Benaway\, and Kai Cheng Thom for a night of readings in honour of the book’s much-anticipated release.  \nLINDSAY NIXON is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer\, and McGill Art History PhD student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism\, and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, MICE\, esse\, Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue\, and other publications. nîtisânak is their first book. \nARIELLE TWIST is a writer and sex educator from George Gordon First Nation\, Saskatchewan\, based out of Halifax\, Nova Scotia. She is a Nehiyaw\, Two-Spirit\, trans femme supernova writing to reclaim and harness ancestral magic and memories. Within her short career pursuing writing she has attended a residency at Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity and has work published with Them\, Canadian Art\, Fiddlehead and PRISM International. She also works as a freelance editor with GUTS Magazine and her debut collection of poetry Disintegrate/Dissociate is forthcoming Spring 2019 with Arsenal Pulp Press. \nGWEN BENAWAY is a bisexual feminist Gemini trans girl of Anishinaabe and Métis descent. She has published three collections of poetry\, Ceremonies for the Dead\, Passage\, and Holy Wild. Her fourth collection of poetry\, Aperture\, is forthcoming from Book*hug in Spring 2020. Her writing has been published in many national publications\, including CBC Arts\, Maclean’s Magazine\, and the Globe and Mail. She is currently editing an anthology of Fantasy short stories by trans girl writers and writing a book of creative non-fiction\, trans girl in love.  \nKAI CHENG THOM is a writer\, performer\, lasagna lover\, and wicked witch. She lives and dreams from the unceded Indigenous territories that make up colonial-era Canada. A prolific poet\, fiction writer\, and essayist\, her published book-length works include the award-winning Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir (Metonymy Press)\, a place called No Homeland (Arsenal Pulp Press)\, and From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea (Arsenal Pulp Press). \n// \nBar le Ritz is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms. This is a free event.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-of-nitisanak-by-lindsay-nixon/
LOCATION:Bar Le Ritz PDB\, 179 Rue Jean-Talon Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 2Y9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181012T190000
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SUMMARY:Halifax launch of nîtisânak
DESCRIPTION:Venus Envy Halifax is so excited to be hosting the brilliant Lindsay Nixon to launch their debut book nîtisânak with readings from the incredi-babe Arielle Twist!\n \n~~ About Lindsay Nixon & nîtisânak ~~\n \nLindsay Nixon is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer\, and McGill Art History PhD student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism\, and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, MICE\, esse\, Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue\, and other publications. nîtisânak is their first book published by Metonymy Press.\n \nHow do you honour blood and chosen kin with equal care? A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, Lindsay Nixon’s nîtisânak is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on Nixon’s Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal.\n  \n~~ About Arielle Twist & Disintegrate/Dissociate (forthcoming\, March 1st\, 2019) ~~\n \nArielle Twist is a writer and sex educator from George Gordon First Nation\, Saskatchewan\, based out of Halifax\, Nova Scotia. She is a Nehiyaw\, Two-Spirit\, trans femme supernova writing to reclaim and harness ancestral magic and memories. Within her short career pursuing writing she has attended a residency at Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity and has work published with Them\, Canadian Art\, Fiddlehead and PRISM International. She also works as a freelance editor with GUTS magazine and her debut collection of poetry Disintegrate/Dissociate is forthcoming Spring 2019 with Arsenal Pulp Press.\n \nIn her powerful debut collection of poetry\, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare yet powerful poems\, she explores\, with both rage and tenderness\, the parameters of grief\, trauma\, displacement\, and identity. Weaving together a past made murky by uncertainty and a present which exists in multitudes\, Arielle Twist poetically navigates through what it means to be an Indigenous trans woman\, discovering the possibilities of a hopeful future and a transcendent\, beautiful path to regaining softness.\n  \nAccess Notes: The main entry is up 2 steps from the sidewalk on Hollis Street\, however there is the mall entrance further down the block outside on the same street that will be staffed by a volunteer to direct folks and open the door. There is an all genders wheelchair accessible washroom. To create a more accessible space for folks with scent sensitivites\, we ask that guests refrain from wearing scented products please! If anyone would like sign language interpretation provided at this event\, please contact Christine at christine@venusenvy.ca and she will make that happen! This event is free!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/halifax-launch-nitisanak/
LOCATION:The Khyber Centre for the Arts\, 1880 Hollis Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J 1W6\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T200000
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SUMMARY:Lectures POP Reads\, featuring Lindsay Nixon and more
DESCRIPTION:Gratuit – Free\, Avec – with : Marie Darsigny\, Caro Fortin\, Ashley Obscura\, Manu Mineau\, Lindsay Nixon\, Natasha Young + invités ! + guests! \nExpozine\, Montreal’s annual small press fair and Art POP presents POP Reads in collaboration with Montreal Review of Books! Montreal is blessed with a thriving literary\, small press and spoken-word scene. Come discover the dynamic\, diverse new voices\, poets and authors reading in English and French from recently published books\, literary magazines and zines. You could also peruse recent books and zines available for sale at the event from participating publishers! \nAvec – with : Les Éditions Aura\, Les Filles Missiles\, Les Éditions Remue-Ménage\, Metatron Press\, Metonomy Press\, Les Éditions Rodrigol\, Oie de Cravan et plus – and more!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lectures-pop-reads-featuring-lindsay-nixon-and-more/
LOCATION:Rialto Lounge\, 5719 du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180923T163000
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Nixon at Word on the Street Toronto
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Voices Stage – Hosted by Daniel Heath Justice \nLindsay Nixon reads from and discusses their new book\, nîtisânak. \nA groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, queer punk scenes\, and Indigenous teachings\, nîtisânak works with the idea of relatedness. It also examines how queer kin were some of the author’s first experiences of reciprocal relationality and care.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lindsay-nixon-at-word-on-the-street-toronto/
LOCATION:Harbourfront Centre\, 235 Queens Quay W\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180818T210000
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SUMMARY:The Prairie Wind Is Gay AF: a preview of Lindsay Nixon's nîtisânak
DESCRIPTION:Lindsay Nixon’s kinship memoir\, nîtisânak\, is out this fall from Metonymy Press. As part of Pervers/cité 2018\, Lindsay will be reading from the upcoming book alongside some special guests. \nJoin us for a night of queer AF readings\, featuring Lindsay\, Helen Chau Bradley\, and Eli Tareq Lynch! \nThis is a free event\, with donations accepted for the readers. \nLe Co-op Cagibi is on the 55 St-Laurent bus route. There are two steps to get inside. The front door\, which will be propped open\, is three feet wide. There are two gender-neutral washrooms\, one of which is built to accessibility code. Part of the restaurant’s serving counter is three feet high. The main part of the venue is all one level. \nAbout the book: \nnîtisânak honours blood and chosen kin with equal care. A groundbreaking memoir spanning nations\, prairie punk scenes\, and queer love stories\, it is woven around grief over the loss of their mother. It also explores despair and healing through community and family\, and being torn apart by the same. Using cyclical narrative techniques and drawing on their Cree\, Saulteaux\, and Métis ancestral teachings\, this work offers a compelling perspective on the connections that must be broken and the ones that heal. \nAbout the readers: \nLINDSAY NIXON is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer and McGill Art History Ph.D. student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, Mice\, esse\, The Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue and other publications. Their forthcoming memoir\, nîtisânak\, is to be released in September 2018 through Metonymy Press. \nELI TAREQ LYNCH is a poet working in Montreal. Their work has appeared in the Puritan\, Carte Blanche\, the Shade Journal\, The New Quarterly\, The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, and elsewhere\, and they have work upcoming in Plenitude and Cosmonauts Avenue. They were one of the organizers of the Off the Page 2016 literary festival and participated in the Banff Centre’s ‘Centering Ourselves’ BIPOC residency. \nHELEN CHAU BRADLEY is a former bookseller & forever reader. She writes in an attempt to distill a feeling. For her tiny book reviews and reading recommendations\, follow @notesofacrocodile on Instagram.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/the-prairie-wind-is-gay-af-a-preview-of-lindsay-nixons-nitisanak/
LOCATION:Le Cagibi\, 6596 Blvd. St Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2S3C6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180722T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180722T190000
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SUMMARY:Slut Island\, featuring Lindsay Nixon & others
DESCRIPTION:Chivengi •Melody Mckiver•Chloe Alexandra•Bá Ra•Lindsay Nixon•\n \nSLUT ISLAND FESTIVAL\nFull festival line up/event page\n \n• Melody McKiver • (Sioux Lookout)\nMelody McKiver is an Anishinaabe multidisciplinary artist and arts educator located in Sioux Lookout on Treaty #3 territory. A member of Obishikokaang Lac Seul First Nation on their mother’s side\, Melody’s father’s family are settler Canadians of Scottish and Lithuanian origins. Melody is a compelling solo performer\, integrating contemporary electronics into rigorous Western classical musical training to shape Anishinaabe compositions for the new millennium. Melody is current booking performances to support the December 2017 release of their latest EP “Reckoning\,” The album is the score to Article 11’s theatre production of the same name\, exploring the effects of Indian Residential Schools and the repercussions of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Melody is one of many Indigenous artists across Turtle Island turning critical eyes towards the realities of colonization\, and using their art to not only raise awareness\, but to celebrate the diversity and resilience of their own culture amongst the hundreds of Indigenous cultures that still call Turtle Island home. In addition to their solo practice\, Melody is an in-demand collaborator and composer and plays drums with Indigenous hip-hop fusion band Red Slam Collective\, and has collaborated with Polaris Music Prize-winner Lido Pimienta\, toured with iskwé and composed string arrangements for Lakota Hip Hop artist Frank Waln.\nWebsite: www.melodymckiver.com\nTwitter: @melodymckiver\nInstagram: @melodymckivermusic\n \n• Chloe Alexandra • (Portland\, OR)\nChloe Alexandra Thompson is a Cree\, Canadian artist and curator\, living and working in Portland\, Oregon. Using Pure Data\, Arduino\, hardware and voice\, Thompson creates unique sonic experiences and expressions through the spatialization of isolated frequencies.\nThompson’s work has been shown at Unity Gain: High Density Loudspeaker Array\, Corridor (Seattle)\, Quiet City w/ Merzbow & Balázs Pándi (Vancouver\, BC)\, Littman and White Galleries\, Compliance Division\, Bronco Gallery\, and Variform Gallery. She has also presented in collaborations for Converge45\, Disjecta\, Out of Sight (Seattle)\, PICA T:BA:17\, SIX for Subharmonic: A Music and Sonic Arts Symposium (PICA)\, and Nationale. Thompson has given lectures and workshops at T:BA:17 Institute in dialogue with Tanya Tagaq\, Subharmonic Workshop (PICA) with France Jobin and Burke Jam\, Open Signal\, home school pdx\, Portland State University\, and PNCA as guest faculty. Thompson’s written work has also been featured in publications including Art in America\, Zero Cool\, Provision\, Cig Thesis\, and Blankstairs.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/chloe-alexandra-6/corridorroomquick\n \n• Chivengi •\nChivengi is a singer\, songwriter and self defined reimagined black male identity. R&B inspired sounds and melodramatic melodies could define the 19 year old artist’s musical style.\nMusic: SoundCloud.com/Chivengi\nInstagram: Instagram.com/chivengi\n \n• Bá Ra •\nBá Ra uses voice\, wine glasses and synthesizers to communicate with the body through oscillation\, rhythm and frequency as a practice of study and healing. As a chronically ill femme from a mixed immigrant background\, Bá Ra studies the body as a vessel of frequency\, existing outside of capitalist structures and attune to the waveforms of the cosmos\, that speaks to the intergenerational stories held in our bodies.\nhttps://barasound.bandcamp.com/\nInstagram: @bb.boris.b\n \nReading from their upcoming creative non-fiction collection\, nîtisânak:\n \n• Lindsay Nixon •\nLindsay Nixon is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator\, award-nominated editor\, award-nominated writer and McGill Art History Ph.D. student. They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art. Nixon has previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent art\, art criticism and literature journal\, and their writing has appeared in Malahat Review\, Room\, GUTS\, Mice\, esse\, The Inuit Art Quarterly\, Teen Vogue and other publications. Their forthcoming creative non-fiction collection\, nîtisânak\, is to be released in September 2018 through Metonymy Press.\n \nSlut Island Festival acknowledges that it takes place on stolen land\, on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. The Kanien’kehá:ka are the keepers of the Eastern Door of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The island called “Montreal” is known as Tio’tia:ke in the language of the Kanien’kehá:ka\, and it has historically been a meeting place for other Indigenous nations\, including the Algonquin peoples.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/slut-island-featuring-lindsay-nixon-others/
LOCATION:Loyola Chapel\, 7141 Sherbrooke W.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Montreal Anarchist Bookfair 2018
DESCRIPTION:Get your Metonymy Press books at this year’s Anarchist Bookfair! We’ll be there Saturday\, May 26.\n \nMark your calendars …\nMONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2018\n \nTwo days: Saturday\, May 26 & Sunday\, May 27\nFrom 10am to 5pm on both days\n \nThe Anarchist Bookfair will take place in two buildings across from each other in Parc Vinet:\n– Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA)\, 2515 rue Delisle\n– Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV)\, 2450 rue Workman\nA short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro.\n \nNo gods\, no masters\, no bosses\, no borders.\nFREE. Welcome to all!\nFor anarchists\, and people curious about anarchism.\n \n-> Participants from all over Quebec and North America\, booksellers and vendors\, workshops\, films\, discussions\, kids’ activities\, art exhibits and more!\n-> Part of the month-long Festival of Anarchy held throughout May 2017 at venues and locations all over the island of Montreal.\n \nCONTACT INFORMATION:\n-> e-mail: info@anarchistbookfair.ca\n-> mail: Salon du livre Anarchiste de Montréal\n1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Suite 204\nMontréal\, Québec H3G 1N1\n \nFOR UPDATES:\n-> web: www.anarchistbookfair.ca\n-> announcements list: https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/salon-annonces\n \nSOCIAL MEDIA:\n-> facebook: www.facebook.com/SalonduLivreAnarchisteMontrealAnarchistBookfair\n-> twitter: @BookfairAnarMTL
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-anarchist-bookfair-2018/
LOCATION:CEDA\, 2515 rue Delisle\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Broken Books reading night!
DESCRIPTION:jia qing wilson-yang\, Eva Crocker\, and Daze Jefferies \nat Broken Books\, in St. John’s\, NL \nMay 18\, 8 pm
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/a-broken-books-reading-night/
LOCATION:Broken Books\, 245 Duckworth St\, St. John's\, NL\, A1C 1G3\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171126T170000
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SUMMARY:2017 AELAQ Holiday Pop-up Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair encourages booklovers of all ages and interests to browse\, buy\, and get books signed\, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Expect hundreds of new titles for sale\, including fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, books for kids\, award-winners and bestsellers.\n \nSaturday Nov 25\,12-6 PM\nSunday Nov 26\, 11-5 PM\nAt Le Café in the Monument-National\, 1182 Boulevard St. Laurent\n***new accessible location! Wheelchair and stroller-friendly***\n \nHighlights:\n \nFestive Wine and Cheese\, Saturday Nov 25\, 4-6 p.m.\, with Kathleen Winter. Come meet Governor General’s Literary Award-shortlisted author Kathleen Winter at the Book Fair wine and cheese\, and help us raise a glass to local lit! Sponsored by Penguin Random House Canada.\n \nTundra Books 50th Anniversary Celebration\, Saturday Nov 25\, 4-6 p.m. During our wine & cheese\, fair-goers of all ages will have the chance to toast the 50th anniversary of Tundra Books\, publisher of Roch Carrier’s iconic The Hockey Sweater. Birthday cake will be served! Sponsored by Livres Babar Books.\n \nRapid-Fire Reading\, Ricochet Writing: mRbilia Edition\, Sunday Nov 26\, 2-3 p.m. 20 writers celebrate 20 years of the Montreal Review of Books in a fast-paced reading and writing bonanza! Sponsored by Maisonneuve.\n \nLocal publishers include: McGill-Queen’s University Press\, Linda Leith Publishing – Linda Leith Éditions\, Véhicule Press\, Metatron\, DC Books\, Metonymy Press\, Black Rose Books\, Shoreline Press\, Longbridge Books\, Baraka Books / QCfiction\, The Secret Mountain and more.\n \nWriters who will be present to meet\, greet\, and sign books include:\n \nKathleen Winter\, Sylvain Neuvel\, Jocelyn Parr\, Bonnie Farmer\, Ariela Freedman\, Guillaume Morissette\, Greg Santos\, Lorina Mapa\, Alex Manley\, Sherry Simon\, Gillian Sze\, Jonah Campbell\, Trevor Ferguson\, Mary Soderstrom\, Bill Haugland\, Licia Canton\, Larissa Andrusyshyn\, Carolyn Marie Souaid\, John Kalbfleisch\, Claire Holden Rothman\, Karen Nesbitt\, Lazer Lederhendler\, and many more!\n \nThe Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair is grateful for the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage\, as well as that of the Montreal Gazette\, Penguin Random House Canada\, Babar Books\, Tundra Books\, Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, the Montreal Review of Books\, and all of our sponsoring publishers: Baraka Books/QC Fiction; Longbridge Books; Véhicule Press; McGill-Queen’s University Press; DC Books; The Secret Mountain.\n \nLe Café is located on the ground floor of the Monument-National and is wheelchair-accessible. There are separate multi-stall male and female washrooms\, and a single-stall gender-neutral wheelchair-accessible washroom.\n \nLe Café is a short walk from metro Saint-Laurent and Place d’Armes and is on the #55 bus line. Parking is available behind the SAT\, and at Place Desjardins.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/aelaq-holiday-pop-fair/
LOCATION:Le Café in the Monument-National\, 1182 Boulevard St. Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Naked Heart 2017: I Am Not Your Hero (The Politics of a "Public" Image)
DESCRIPTION:What happens when authors find themselves as public figures? How does someone navigate expectations\, pressure\, symbolism and responsibility that they did not choose? How is this healing and harm?\n \nA Panel Discussion with\n \nAMBER DAWN\nJES SACHSE\nKAI CHENG THOM\nMONA MOUSA\n \n$5 or FREE with a Naked Heart Festival Pass\n \nASL will be provided at this event. The space and washrooms are wheelchair accessible. We request that you do not wear any scents to this event.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/naked-heart-2017-not-hero-politics-public-image/
LOCATION:Buddies in Bad Times Theatre\, 12 Alexander Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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