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SUMMARY:Montreal launch of The Sacred Heart Motel
DESCRIPTION:“I’m sick / of outsourcing care to desire” writes Grace Kwan in this sure-footed\, arrestingly wise début\, and this axis\, between fantasies of belonging and the experience of being held\, is perhaps at the core of the book\, threaded through each poem. If “again and again I’ve abandoned my urgency / for the romance of cruelty\,” how does that self in each of us return? \n\n\n\n\n— River Halen\, author of Dream Rooms \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Grace Kwan for the Montreal launch of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL\, taking place at Co-op Agenda in Petite-Patrie. \nFeaturing special guests Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and Carlos A. Pittella \nFood! Drinks! Readings! Heart-shaped key chains! \nIn poet Grace Kwan’s debut\, they are ruthless and nimble\, guiding us through the recesses of body and roadside space. The reader tours the motel through this multiverse narrative\, from amenities to rooms to back alleys\, through the generations of ghosts and queer love stories\, until they are left alone with the heart at the centre. The Sacred Heart Motel is a disorienting\, startling collection about placelessness and longing. \nGrace Kwan is a Malaysian-born sociologist and writer based in “Vancouver\,” the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their recent poetry appears in Canthius\, Room Magazine\, and others. Find them at https://grckwn.wordpress.com/. \nEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a writer living in Tio’tià:ke. 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. Their book knot body (2020)\, published by Metatron Press\, was shortlisted for the QWF Concordia University First Book Prize. The Good Arabs (2021)\, published by Metonymy Press\, was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and received an Honorable Mention from the 2022 Arab American Book Awards for the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award. \nCarlos A. Pittella (he/him) is a Latinx poet & the recipient of a Frontier 2022 Global Poetry Prize. Born in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil\, he lives in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke & currently teaches Poetry at John Abbott College. He completed his MA in English/Creative Writing at Concordia University\, where he co-edited Headlight Anthology with the team who won the 2023 Forces AVENIR award. He also holds a doctorate in Literary Studies\, having defended his thesis on the trilingual sonnets of Fernando Pessoa. His writing is haunted by borders\, having recently appeared in Jacket2\, The Capilano Review\, & in the chapbook footnotes after Lorca (above/ground press\, 2024). \nCo-op Agenda is wheelchair accessible and has all-gender washrooms. We ask that attendees mask when they’re not eating or drinking. We will have air purifiers on site. There will be a lot of seating and an intermission. More detailed accessibility info coming soon.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-of-the-sacred-heart-motel/
LOCATION:Co-op Agenda\, 6692 Saint Denis St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2S 2R9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Toronto launch of The Sacred Heart Motel
DESCRIPTION:“I’m sick / of outsourcing care to desire” writes Grace Kwan in this sure-footed\, arrestingly wise début\, and this axis\, between fantasies of belonging and the experience of being held\, is perhaps at the core of the book\, threaded through each poem. If “again and again I’ve abandoned my urgency / for the romance of cruelty\,” how does that self in each of us return? \n\n\n\n\n— River Halen\, author of Dream Rooms \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Grace Kwan for the Toronto launch of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL\, taking place at Another Story Bookshop. \nFeaturing special guest Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi  \nIn poet Grace Kwan’s debut\, they are ruthless and nimble\, guiding us through the recesses of body and roadside space. The reader tours the motel through this multiverse narrative\, from amenities to rooms to back alleys\, through the generations of ghosts and queer love stories\, until they are left alone with the heart at the centre. The Sacred Heart Motel is a disorienting\, startling collection about placelessness and longing. \nGrace Kwan is a Malaysian-born sociologist and writer based in “Vancouver\,” the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their recent poetry appears in Canthius\, Room Magazine\, and others. Find them at https://grckwn.wordpress.com/. \nKhashayar “Kess” Mohammadi is a queer\, Iranian-born\, Toronto-based poet\, writer and translator. \nAnother Story Bookshop has a step-free entrance but no wheelchair accessible washrooms. We ask that attendees wear masks.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/toronto-launch-of-the-sacred-heart-motel/
LOCATION:Another Story Book Shop\, 315 Roncesvalles Ave\, Toronto\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Holiday drop-in book sale
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy Press is having a drop-in book sale at our office (635 Beaumont Ave.) on Thursday\, December 19. Stop by from 10am to 2pm or from 4-7pm. There will be snacks! And book bundle deals! And we won’t charge you GST because\, well\, you’ve probably already heard. Gay books make for gayer holidays. We hope to see you there. \nAlso\, solidarity 4eva with CUPW and eff you\, Canada Post and union-busting governments. \nAccessibility note: our space is on the second floor but we will gladly meet you at street level with books to peruse. \nLearn more about our book bundles.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/holiday-drop-in-book-sale/
LOCATION:Plaza Beaumont\, 635 Beaumont Ave.\, Montreal
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SUMMARY:10 Years of Metonymy: A Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Join Metonymy Press for our neverending 10-year anniversary celebrations! \n17 books\, zillions of events\, and a veritable queer\, trans\, and feminist community of authors later\, we’re still here. Double-digits of queer book publishing in Tiohtià:ke deserves a cabaret showcase. Authors who sing! Spoken-word artists who dance! Artists who DJ! And more. Come party with us: books\, drinks\, and some of your all-time favourite writers putting on a very good show. \nThe decade of Metonymy Press will be celebrated in the company of H Felix Chau Bradley\, Shanice Nicole\, Kama La Mackerel\, Trish Salah\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, Kai Cheng Thom\, and jiaqing wilson-yang\, and their evocative\, significant\, insightful\, transformative\, and lyrical contributions. \nNo one turned away for lack of funds.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/10-years-of-metonymy-a-cabaret/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T1R6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:July edition of the Left-wing Book Sale in Montreal
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy Press and Sheer Spite Press will have a shared table at the July edition of the monthly Left-wing Pop-up Book Sale organized by Kersplebedeb Press. Details below! \nFree Entry! Everyone Welcome!Wheelchair accessible\nL’Achoppe\, 1800 ave Letourneux\nCome browse some fine radical literature from a number of Montreal radical publishers and literature projects!\nqueer\, feminist\, anti-colonial…anti-imperialist\, marxist\, anarchist…fiction\, history\, theory…\nSomething for everyone!\nfor more info: https://leftwingbooks.net/pages/pop-up-mtl
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/july-edition-of-the-left-wing-book-sale-in-montreal/
LOCATION:L’Achoppe\, 1800 Avenue Letourneux\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H1V 2N1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Montreal launch of SHARP PINK CLAWS
DESCRIPTION:Skip your awkward holiday party and come celebrate with us instead! Metonymy Press is launching a new two-volume anthology featuring 11 of our authors you’ve come to know and love. On the evening of December 11\, there will be readings! Drinks! Prizes! Tearful goodbyes! If you’ve placed a preorder\, you can pick up your books (and any other merch) on site. And if you haven’t\, you can do so on the night of. \nCome for the gay lit\, stay for the partyyyyy. \nCo-op Bar Milton-Parc is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms. Mask-wearing is highly encouraged and we will have air filters at the event. Please get in touch with us about any accessibility questions. \n 
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-of-sharp-pink-claws/
LOCATION:Co-op Bar Milton-Parc\, 3714 Avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
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