Events

Join us for the hometown launch of El Ghourabaa: A queer and trans collection of oddities. Featuring Sherine Elbanhawy, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Naja Kassir, Leila Marshy, Samia Marshy, Nofel, and Olivia Tapiero.

Join us for the Toronto launch of El Ghourabaa: A queer and trans collection of oddities, featuring readings and discussion from Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch & Trish Salah.

Join us on July 6th at 1pm for our virtual launch of El Ghourabaa: A Queer and Trans Collection of Oddities, edited by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and Samia Marshy!

Seeking uncanny, fun, experimental, creepy, sarcastic, playful, vulgar, inventive, sexual, weird, sweet, and evocative works, editors Samia Marshy and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch set out to collect Arab and Arabophone queer writing.

In Tkaronto on the last weekend of September? Head over to the Contemporary Stage at Word on the Street for a conversation between El Ghourabaa editors and two of the new queer and trans Arab anthology's contributors.

A Room of One's Own Bookstore in Madison, WI, will be hosting a launch of El Ghourabaa featuring co-editor Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and anthology contributor Bazeed in conversation with Fawzy Taylor.

Join us for a special Violet Hour at Pulp Bookstore in Verdun, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Metonymy Press.

Join us for the hometown launch of Grace Kwan's debut poetry collection, The Sacred Heart Motel on Thursday, November 14.

Join Grace Kwan for the Montreal launch of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL, taking place at Co-op Agenda in Petite-Patrie. Featuring special guests Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and Carlos A. Pittella.