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SUMMARY:Book launch: Horrible Dance by Avery Lake
DESCRIPTION:Please join Brick Books and Metonymy Press in celebrating the launch of Horrible Dance by Avery Lake!\n  \nDATE: Thursday June 2\, 6pm\nLOCATION: Outdoors in Marché des Possibles park at the corner of Bernard and St Dominique (5635 rue St Dominique)\nIn case of rain: Saturday June 4 at 2 PM ET\nWith special guests Assiyah Jamilla Touré\, author of Autowar (Brick Book 2021)\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, author of The Good Arabs (Metonymy\, 2021)\, and Helen Chau Bradley\, author of Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy\, 2021).\n  \nABOUT HORRIBLE DANCE: https://www.brickbooks.ca/shop/horrible-dance-by-avery-lake/\n  \nAVERY LAKE is a worker and writer living in occupied Tiohtià:ke. She attended Concordia University and is not in the scene.\n  \nASSIYAH JAMILLA TOURÉ is a multidisciplinary artist of West African descent. They were born and raised on Skwxwú7mesh land and lived for many years in Kanien’kehà:ka territory (Montreal) and are now based on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe\, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat (Toronto). In 2018 their chapbook feral was published by House House Press. Autowar is their first full-length collection.\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 first book\, knot body\, was published by Metatron Press in 2020\, and their second book\, The Good Arabs\, was published by Metonymy Press in September 2021.\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.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/book-launch-horrible-dance-by-avery-lake/
LOCATION:Marché des possibles\, 5635 St Dominique\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Metonymy Press at the Marché de la poésie 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us and countless other indie publishers of poetry at the Marché de la poésie 2022. We will be tabling with our books as well as select titles from Metatron Press and Brick Books. Details en français below: \nEnfin de retour en présentiel\, cet événement phare du FPM propose un Marché de la poésie où s’arrêter\, bouquiner et échanger avec une soixantaine d’éditeur·ices et revuistes. Pour une première fois\, le milieu du livre de poésie et son public se retrouveront sous le toit dégagé de l’Entrepôt 77. Entouré de verdure\, cet espace urbain à aire ouverte\, niché le long de la piste cyclable des Carrières\, permettra de dénicher de nouveaux recueils tout en profitant du beau temps. \n❥ ENTRÉE LIBRE \n???? \n???????????????????????????? ????’????́???????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? : \nArcmtl – Expozine\nBouc Productions\nBrick Books\nCentre québécois du P.E.N.\ninternational\nCercle des solidarités\nfrancophones Québec\nDel Busso éditeur\nÉcrits des Forges\nÉditions Fond’tonne\nÉditions Hannenorak\nÉditions du Noroît\nÉditions du tanka\nfrancophone\nÉditions Triptyque\nÉditions Omri\nLa courte échelle\nLa Mèche\nLa Peuplade\nLes éditions de la Bagnole\nLes éditions de la Maison\nen feu\nLes éditions Rodrigol\nLes éditions Sémaphore\nLes éditions de Ta Mère\nles éditions du passage\nLes Herbes rouges\nL’Hexagone\nLe Quartanier\nLézard amoureux\nL’Oie de Cravan\nMémoire d’encrier\nMetatron Press\nMetonymy Press\nMoult Éditions\nPoètes de brousse\nProductions Rhizome\nRevue Estuaire\nRevue Moebius\nSODEP – Société de développement des\npériodiques québécois\nVallum Magazine \n???????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ????́???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????-???????????????????????????????????? (????????????????) :\nÉditions David\nÉditions Perce-Neige\nÉditions Prise de Parole\nÉditions Terre d’Accueil\nLes Éditions du Blé \n???????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ????’????́???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????? :\nBleu d’Encre\nÉditions du Taille Pré\nÉditions du Vide\nÉditions Le Coudrier\nÉditions L’Herbe qui tremble\nÉditions Tétras Lyre\nÉditions maelstrÖm\nÉléments de langage\nÉranthis Éditions\nEspace Nord\nLa Lettre volée\nL’Arbre à paroles\nL’Arbre de Diane\nLe Cormier\nLes Impressions Nouvelles\nM.E.O. Éditions
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/metonymy-press-at-the-marche-de-la-poesie-2022/
LOCATION:Entrepot 77\, Corner of Bernard and St Dominique\, facing the tracks\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:LOTE author Shola von Reinhold in conversation with Sruti Islam
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy Press is proud to be publishing the Canadian edition of Shola von Reinhold’s award-winning debut novel LOTE. Join the Glasgow-based author for a reading followed by a conversation with Montreal bookseller\, writer\, and Weird Era podcast co-host Sruti Islam. \nThis lavish work lays bare\, through ornate\, layered prose\, the gaps and faultlines in the archive. Through obsessive research on an overlooked Black modernist poet\, the narrator buckles under the vacuousness of the art world and also curates a queer historical scene\, breaking it open and reveling in it. \nAs Sruti writes for the Montreal Review of Books\, “Shola von Reinhold celebrates embellishment\, extravagance\, and not only ‘feeling seen’ but being placed centre stage—demanding to be perceived despite a social insistence to remain hidden.” \nThis event is a co-presentation with Blue Metropolis Festival and the Weird Era Podcast.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/lote-author-shola-von-reinhold-in-conversation-with-sruti-islam/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:SMOL Fair (online)
DESCRIPTION:SMOL Fair is an alternative book fair which will be ‘live’ from March 19 to 26\, 2022. In addition to featuring small presses\, they will be organizing readings and opportunities for readers to connect with authors and publishers.
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SUMMARY:Personal Attention Roleplay Winnipeg virtual launch with guests Jenny Heijun Wills & Anna Leventhal
DESCRIPTION:Please join Helen Chau Bradley\, in conversation with Jenny Heijun Wills and Anna Leventhal\, to celebrate the launch of their debut collection\, Personal Attention Roleplay. This event presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers in association with Metonymy Press and The Winnipeg Public Library. \nFebruary 9 at 7 p.m. Central time (8 p.m. EST) \nRegistration is required to directly participate in the Zoom webinar. It will be simultaneously streamed on YouTube and available for viewing thereafter. \nPraised as “A perfect album of stories” by Casey Plett\, this collection is propelled by queer loneliness\, mixed-race confusion\, late capitalist despondency\, and the pitfalls of intimacy. The stories feature young Asian misfits struggling with the desire to see themselves reflected in the world around them. \nHelen Chau Bradley is a writer and musician living in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). 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. \nAnna Leventhal is the author of the short story collection Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing). She’s an MFA candidate at the UBC School of Creative Writing and teaches English at the University of Winnipeg. Leventhal is the 2021-22 Writer-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library\, having returned to Treaty 1 territory after 20-odd years in Tio’tia:ke/Montréal. \nJenny Heijun Wills (she/her) is the author of Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related (McClelland & Stewart). She is Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg\, where she is also the 2020-2023 Chancellor’s Research Chair and Director of the Critical Race Network. She is currently writing two novels.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/personal-attention-roleplay-winnipeg-virtual-launch-with-guests-jenny-heijun-wills-anna-leventhal/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Double Toronto book launch: THE GOOD ARABS and PERSONAL ATTENTION ROLEPLAY
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR THIS ONLINE EVENT HERE\nOnce upon a time the brilliant Metonymy Press authors Helen Chau Bradley and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch imagined launching their new books in Toronto at the iconic Buddies In Bad Times Theatre. Alas\, while an event at Buddies would have more ambiance\, right now the covid ambiance would overshadow it. \nInstead\, join them online on JANUARY 27 to talk about their books THE GOOD ARABS and PERSONAL ATTENTION ROLEPLAY. They’ll be in conversation with CASON SHARPE and JIAQING WILSON-YANG\, and the event will be co-hosted by the inimitable Another Story Bookshop.  \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. Casey Plett calls the collection “A perfect album of stories.” \nSwinging from post-explosion Beirut to a Parc-Extension balcony in summer\, the verse and prose poems in THE GOOD ARABS ground 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. Zeyn Joukhadar says\, “Even at its heaviest\, this is a collection that insists on joy and on embodiment.” \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. \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. \nCASON SHARPE is a writer based in Toronto. His work has appeared in Canadian Art\, C Magazine\, Public Journal\, and Brick\, among others. Named a Queer Writer to Watch by THIS Magazine\, Cason has presented work at the Art Gallery of Ontario\, the Vancouver Art Book Fair\, the Prairie Art Book Fair\, and the Hamilton Film Festival. His first collection of stories\, Our Lady of Perpetual Realness\, was published by Metatron Press in 2017.  \nJIAQING WILSON-YANG is a mixed race trans writer living in Toronto. She writes fiction and poetry. Her work as appeared in Room Magazine\, Bound to Struggle\, and Letters Lived: Radical Reflections\, Revolutionary Paths (Ed. Sheila Sampath). Her first novel\, Small Beauty (Metonymy Press\, 2016) received a Dayne Olgivie Honour of Distinction for Emerging LGBTQ Writers from the Writers Trust of Canada. She is working on upcoming works of short fiction and a second novel.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/toronto-launch-good-arabs-personal-attention-roleplay/
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SUMMARY:Where to find Metonymy authors this fall
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy authors are busy busy in these final weeks of 2021. Check out upcoming events\, both in-person and online\, featuring Helen Chau Bradley (Personal Attention Roleplay)\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch (The Good Arabs)\, and Kama La Mackerel (ZOM-FAM):\nMontreal Review of Books fall 2021 launch: Tuesday\, November 16 at 7pm\, with Helen and Eli \nExpozine 20/Dial-a-poem reading: Friday\, November 19 at 7pm\, with Eli \nRapid-Fire Readings\, Ricochet Writing: Finalists for the 2021 QWF Awards Read and Write Before Your Very Eyes: Saturday\, November 20 at 2pm\, with Eli \nLes voix actuelles de l’imaginaire/Current Voices in Speculative Fiction (Saga Bookstore & Salon du Livre Montreal): Saturday\, November 20 at 5pm\, with Kama (author of ZOM-FAM and French translator for Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars) \nNew Reads Book Club (Drawn and Quarterly): Tuesday\, November 23 at 8pm\, featuring Personal Attention Roleplay \nMaskerade 2021 Quebec Writers’ Federation Awards Gala: Wednesday\, November 24 at 7pm online\, featuring Eli and Helen \nLiving Hyphen Book Club: Tuesday\, November 30 at 7pm\, featuring Personal Attention Roleplay \nOttawa launch of Personal Attention Roleplay and The Good Arabs: Friday\, December 3 at 6pm\, with special guests Natalie Hanna and Ellen Chang-Richardson – in collaboration with Venus Envy Ottawa and Happy Goat Coffee (35 Laurel) \nSalon du livre 2LGBTQIA de Fierté littéraire: Saturday\, December 4\, Kama in conversation with Denis-Martin Chabot \nViolet Hour\, in collaboration with Salon du livre 2LGBTQIA de Fierté littéraire: Sunday\, December 5 at 4pm\, featuring Helen and Eli
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/where-to-find-metonymy-authors-this-fall/
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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.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/book-launch-personal-attention-roleplay-by-helen-chau-bradley/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T200000
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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
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/a-natural-history-of-transition-spring-2021-events/
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200618T173000
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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.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T183000
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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:NY
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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/
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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:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190303T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190303T153000
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
CREATED:20190226T153405Z
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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:20260522T123951
CREATED:20190217T174520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190217T175600Z
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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:20260522T123951
CREATED:20190119T172819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190119T172917Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
CREATED:20181104T190528Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
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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
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
CREATED:20181104T154256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181104T155025Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T183350Z
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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:20260522T123951
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T184246Z
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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:20260522T123951
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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
DTSTAMP:20260522T123951
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T170000
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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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