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SUMMARY:Naked Heart 2017: Bricolage
DESCRIPTION:“Bricolage\, n. construction or creation from a diverse range of available things.” A little bit of anything and everything from a mix of authors.\n \nCASEY PLETT\nFAYE CHISHOLM GUENTHER\nJIAQING WILSON-YANG\nMICHAELA WASHBURN\nNINA NESSETH\nTROY JACKSON\n \n$5 or FREE with a Naked Heart Festival Pass\n \nLocation to be confirmed soon. The event space will be wheelchair accessible. We request that you do not wear any scents to this event.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/naked-heart-2017-bricolage/
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SUMMARY:Naked Heart 2017: Seizing/dismantling gender/genre
DESCRIPTION:Writers who dismantle\, disrupt\, dispute\, reclaim\, resist and recreate gender across genre.\n \nA reading featuring:\n \nHEATH V. SALAZAR\nJIN HARITAWORN\nKRISTEN RINGMAN\nMEGAN MILKS\nTOM CHO\nTRISH SALAH\n \n$5 or FREE with a Naked Heart Festival Pass\n \nASL is planned for this event.\n \nThe event 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/
LOCATION:Buddies in Bad Times Theatre\, 12 Alexander Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ottawa launch of Trish Salah's Lyric Sexology Vol. 1
DESCRIPTION:Chances are you’ve read Trish’s poetry that “makes a perfect mess of so much human experience that’s been too tidily categorized” (Michael V. Smith). Drawing on personal history and theory\, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives\, her lyric and language poetry has been your summer reading\, we hope.\n \nMetonymy’s edition of Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 (originally published in the US by Roof Books in 2014) includes a new cover design by artists Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li as well as some new poems. This\, combined with Trish’s always thoughtful stage presence\, means you won’t want to miss this event.\n \nTrish will be joined by local writers natalie hanna and Faizal Deen.\n \nFree admission. All are welcome.\n \nAbout the readers:\n \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.\n \nFaizal Deen is a Guyanese poet & scholar. Adopted into Canada by an abusive White parent\, his work focuses primarily on themes of representational violence & the politics of beauty. He lives in Ottawa with Sabrina\, a cocker spaniel. He is the author of The Greatest Films\, and A Land without Chocolate.\n \nNatalie Hanna is a queer Ottawa lawyer of Middle Eastern heritage\, whose writing focusses on feminist\, political\, and personal themes. She runs battleaxe (small) press\, is the Administrative Director of the Sawdust Reading Series\, and serves as newsletter editor and board member at Arc Poetry Magazine. Her work has appeared with above/ground press\, in/words\, and phafours press\, among others.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/ottawa-launch-trish-salahs-lyric-sexology-vol-1/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Ottawa\, 226 Bank Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, K2P 1X1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Montreal launch: Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 (new edition)
DESCRIPTION:[Part of Pervers/cité 2017]\nAfter you’ve had a chance to check out the Salon du livre Queer entre les couvertures/QBTC book fair 2017\, stroll down Ste. Catherine Street to L’Euguélionne\, librairie féministe for the Montreal launch of poet Trish Salah’s new edition of LYRIC SEXOLOGY VOL. 1. \nChances are you’ve read Trish’s poetry that “makes a perfect mess of so much human experience that’s been too tidily categorized” (Michael V. Smith). Drawing on personal history and theory\, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives\, her lyric and language poetry will be your summer reading\, we hope. \nMetonymy’s edition (originally published in the US by Roof Books in 2014) includes a new cover design by local artists Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li as well as some new poems. This\, combined with Trish’s always thoughtful stage presence\, means you won’t want to miss this event. \nTrish will be joined by local writers Oliver Pickle and Eli Tareq Lynch. \nFree admission. All are welcome. \nThere is a wheelchair accessible entrance to the store through the back. All information concerning venue accessiblity is available here.  \nAbout the authors: \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. \nOliver Pickle is a Montreal-based\, trans-identified writer\, publisher\, and editor. They are the author of Metonymy Press’ first book\, She Is Sitting in the Night: Re-visioning Thea’s Tarot. Their work has also appeared in the Lambda Award–winning The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard (Topside Press\, 2012) and make/shift magazine\, among other publications. Oliver released Gays in the Workplace in 2011 and is currently working on a book of short stories. \nEli Tareq Lynch is a Montreal-based Arab poet. They have work upcoming in THEM\, Prism International\, the Shade Journal\, and in Frog Hollow Press’ City Series Chapbook (MTL edition). They are currently working on launching a Montreal-based queer journal without a name and are generally a happy person unless you catch them before 10am.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-lyric-sexology-vol-1-new-edition/
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SUMMARY:The Violet Hour\, feat. Trish Salah
DESCRIPTION:An evening of short readings and performances by LGBTQ writers and musicians. Featuring: Sarah Gibson\, Mark Andrew Hamilton\, Mike Miksche\, Ricky Leach\, Sarah Pinder\, Trish Salah and a performance by Jonathan from the Montreal production of Naked Boys Singing. \nHost: Christopher DiRaddo\nDoors: 5:30 PM / Interview: 6 PM (sharp) \nThis event is an official part of Fierté Montréal’s Literary Pride 2017 series. Although a free event\, we will be collecting donations for Blue Metropolis Literary Foundation’s LGBTQ programs.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/violet-hour-feat-trish-salah/
LOCATION:Stock Bar\, 1171 Ste Catherine East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Toronto launch: Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 (new edition)
DESCRIPTION:Join Toronto-based poet Trish Salah for the launch of the new Canadian edition of Lyric Sexology Vol. 1.  \nChances are you’ve read Salah’s poetry that “makes a perfect mess of so much human experience that’s been too tidily categorized” (Michael V. Smith). Drawing on personal history and theory\, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives\, Salah’s lyric and language poetry will be your summer reading\, we hope. \nTrish will be accompanied by writers jia qing wilson-yang\, Margaret Christakos\, and Lukayo Estrella. \nThe readings will be followed by a book signing. Beverages and snacks will be served. \nAnother Story’s entrance is wheelchair accessible but their gender-neutral washroom is down one flight of stairs.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/toronto-launch-lyric-sexology-vol-1-new-edition/
LOCATION:Another Story Book Shop\, 315 Roncesvalles Ave\, Toronto\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Halifax launch of Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 (new edition)
DESCRIPTION:This collection of lyric poetry draws on personal history and theory\, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives\, to “make a perfect mess of so much human experience that’s been too tidily categorized” (Michael V. Smith). The 2017 edition features four new poems and a new cover design by Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li. \nTrish Salah says “Lyric Sexology came from wanting to stage new encounters with the archives of trans-formative discourses …. Lyric Sexology does affective work\, and politically motivated and strategic dis-identificatory work\, but it is also about allowing those archives to pose questions of this moment\, these subjects we’ve become – are becoming. It is\, for all that it slips regularly into lyric impersonation\, also a procedural engagement with\, or discourse analysis of\, trans genre figure(s) within sexological\, psychoanalytic\, feminist\, anthropological and biographical archives.” \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. \nTrish Salah will be joined by Anna Quon! \nAnna Quon is a middle-aged\, mixed-race Mad woman; a novelist and poet\, currently working on her third novel and first book length poetry collection; a temporarily physically disabled bus rider\, a cat sitter\, and a budding visual artist and filmmaker\, and a Baha’i. She currently lives in Dartmouth. \nAnna’s first novel\, Migration Songs\, was released by Invisible Publishing in 2009\, and her second novel\, Low exists in print (thanks to the same blessed company) from the Spring of 2013. Anna has also self-published two chapbooks of poetry\, Poems for 4 Seasons and Half Empty\, and three poetry zines. \nEvent Access Notes: This event will be held at Venus Envy\, 1598 Barrington St. Venus Envy can be accessed by wheelchair\, but unfortunately\, our (gender-neutral) bathroom cannot. There is a public\, wheelchair accessible bathroom at Starbucks\, next door. \nWe sell scented products\, so we cannot guarantee that our space is accessible for all folks with scent sensitivities. But we do ask that guests refrain from wearing scented products please! \nIf anyone would like sign language interpretation to be provided at this event\, please contact Christine at christine@venusenvy.ca and she will make that happen!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/halifax-launch-lyric-sexology-vol-1/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Halifax\, 1589 Barrington Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J1Z6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Trish Salah & Friends: Hamilton Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Trish Salah returns to Hamilton for the launch of the Canadian edition of Lyric Sexology\, Volume 1. \nJoining her are 2017 Lambda Award finalists jia qing wilson-yang (winner of best trans fiction) and Kai Cheng Thom. \nWhere: The Reading Room at Bryan Prince Bookseller – 1060 King Street West. \nFree\, but seating is limited. \nThe venue is an accessible space. \nThis event is presented in partnership with Metonymy Press; Bent Q Media; Queer Outta Hamilton and Hamilton Pride. \nLyric Sexology\, Vol 1: The first-ever Canadian edition\, with four additional poems and a new introduction. Written between lyric and language poetries\, and exploring the transgender fantasies encoded in feminist\, autobiographical\, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives. \n  \nDrawing upon Freud’s interpretation of the memoirs of the jurist Daniel Paul Schreber\, alongside gender theories\, polemics and case studies dating from the end of the 20th century to beginning of the 21st\, Trish Salah samples and remixes the clinic and the club\, dystopia and draughty apartments\, re-presenting an emergent transgender subject in all (or at least some) of her/hir/his/their messy contrariness and queerly multiple biomythographies. One might even call this composite a syncretic strategy for building a conceptual\, poetic world in a single volume. But\, inevitably\, more is left out than in. \n  \nTrish Salah is an Arab Canadian writer\, activist\, cultural critic\, and university professor. Her first volume of poetry\, Wanting in Arabic\, was published in 2002 by TSAR Publications and reissued in a new edition in 2013. Salah studied creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal\, and subsequently completed a Ph.D. in English Literature at York University in Toronto. She currently teaches in Gender Studies at Queen’s University. Her creative and scholarly work addresses transgender and transsexual politics and experience\, diasporic Arab identity and culture\, anti-racism\, queer politics and economic and social justice. Her poetry moves between and combines traditional and experimental forms. Trish received the Lambda Award for Transgender Fiction in 2014. \n  \nFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir is the highly sensational\, ultra-exciting\, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl\, pathological liar\, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom. Striking off on her own\, she finds her true family in a group of larger-than-life trans femmes who live in a mysterious pleasure district known only as the Street of Miracles. Under the wings of this fierce and fabulous flock\, the protagonist blossoms into the woman she has always dreamed of being\, with a little help from the unscrupulous Doctor Crocodile. When one of their number is brutally murdered\, she joins her sisters in forming a vigilante gang to fight back against the transphobes\, violent johns\, and cops that stalk the Street of Miracles. But when things go terribly wrong\, she must find the truth within herself in order to stop the violence and discover what it really means to grow up and find your family. \n  \nKai Cheng Thom is the recipient of the Writers’ Trust 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBT Writers. She is a writer\, performance artist\, social worker\, fierce trans femme and notorious liar who loves lipstick and superhero cartoons. A prolific essayist and poet\, her work appears online in publications including BuzzFeed\, xoJane\, Everyday Feminism\, and Autostraddle; and in print in Asian American Literary Review\, Plenitude\, and Matrix Magazine\, among others. Her first collection of poetry\, a place called No Homeland\, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in Spring 2017. As a spoken word artist\, she has appeared and featured at venues including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and the Banff Centre for the Arts. She is also a mental health community worker and co-founder of the collective Monster Academy: Mental Health Skills for Montreal Youth. Kai Cheng lives in Montreal and Toronto\, both of which were built on unceded Indigenous territory. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir is her first novel. Kai Cheng is a finalist for the 2017 Lambda Award for Transgender Fiction. \n  \nSmall Beauty tells the story of Mei\, who in coping with the death of her cousin abandons her life in the city to live in his now empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own\, learns about her aunt’s long-term secret relationship\, and reflects on the trans women she left behind. She also brushes up against some local trans mysteries and gets advice from departed loved ones with a lot to say. \n  \njia qing wilson-yang is a mixed race trans woman living in Toronto. She likes to write poems and stories and music. Her writing has appeared in Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet (ed. Simon Strikeback)\, Letters Lived: Radical Reflections\, Revolutionary Paths (ed. Sheila Sampath)\, and the women of colour issue of Room magazine. She has recorded several acoustic albums and this one time was a drummer in a pop punk band. Small Beauty is her first novel. jia qing is the winner of the 2017 Lambda Award for Transgender Fiction and received an Honour of Distinction from the 2016 Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBT Writers. \n 
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/trish-salah-friends-book-launch/
LOCATION:Bryan Prince Bookseller\, 1060 King Street W\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:jia qing wilson-yang at the Wakefield Writers Festival des écrivains La Pêche
DESCRIPTION:Wakefield’s quirky and talented Sheena Beena Turcotte hosts the festival’s most audacious sCrawl to date. You are invited to partake of the rhythmic word images and musical landscapes of two of Canada’s best spoken word artists—Queen Ka and Ian Keteku—and the fresh insights of authors Jasmine Aziz and jia qing wilson-yang on sex and gender identity.  \nWhen she’s on stage\, QUEEN KA embodies her texts with acid humor\, social commentary and young women’s desires. She improvises what she observes\, so come prepared for some dynamic and animated reflections. \nIf the pen is mightier than the sword IAN KETEKU is an everyday knight. An artist committed to using words as both an interpretation and cure for the human condition. He explores issues of race\, love and transcendence\, he explores the spectrum of human emotions through word and sound. \nJASMINE AZIZ will stimulate the audience with readings from Sex and Samosas (which she wrote after a successful “Bollywood Bachelorette” career selling adult novelty toys)\, and the soon-to-be-published Bring Your Own Batteries: Memoirs of a Retired Vibrator Seller.  \nA writer of spare prose and thought-provoking poetry\, JIA QING WILSON-YANG will be reading selections from her novel Small Beauty\, as well as from newer works exploring race\, colonization\, gender\, and trauma.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/jia-qing-wilson-yang-wakefield-writers-festival-des-ecrivains-la-peche/
LOCATION:Kaffé 1870\, 715 Riverside\, Wakefield\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Kai Cheng Thom at the Festival of Literary Diversity
DESCRIPTION:FOLD’s mission is to create a vibrant community of readers and writers by celebrating diverse authors and literature in Brampton\, Ontario – one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities. \nKai Cheng Thom is featured on a panel called WONDER WOMEN: \nThey fight injustice\, obliterate boundaries\, and/or defy expectations – bringing real and imagined worlds to life. Meet badass female characters and the writers who created them. Join Kai Cheng Thom\, M-E Girard and Sarah Raughley in conversation with Sheridan College Professor and Bluegate Reading Series coordinator Shoilee Khan in a power-packed panel all about women warriors in literature.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/kai-cheng-thom-festival-literary-diversity/
LOCATION:Peel Art Gallery\, Museum + Archives\, 9 Wellington St. E\, Brampton\, Ontario\, L6W 1Y1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Kai Cheng Thom at the Blue Metropolis Festival
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy author Kai Cheng Thom will make two appearances at Montreal’s 2017 Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival.\nFriday\, April 28 at Stock Bar (doors open at 6:30pm): \nAn evening of short readings by queer writers appearing at this year’s Blue Met. \nFeaturing Rachel Amey\, Peter Dubé\, Sky Gilbert\, Harry Giles\, Catherine Hernandez\, and Kai Cheng Thom. \nFree \nSaturday\, April 29 at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. W.) at 10am: \nThe Past Inside the Present: Queer Writers Contemplate the Future \nThree LGBTQ writers reflect on the role that the past plays in their work\, looking at our origin stories through the prism of the present and addressing the concerns of an uncertain future. \nFeaturing Nick Comilla\, Ann-Marie MacDonald\, and Kai Cheng Thom. \nThis event costs $10 if you don’t have a festival pass. 
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/kai-cheng-thom-blue-metropolis-festival-2/
LOCATION:Stock Bar\, 1171 Ste Catherine East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Vancouver launch of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
DESCRIPTION:Author Kai Cheng Thom returns to her hometown to launch her Lambda Literary Award–nominated debut novel\, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir. The author will read from her new book and sign copies which will be available for sale. \nKai Cheng will be joined by special guest\, Kama La Mackerel.  \nThom’s book is the highly sensational\, ultra-exciting\, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl\, pathological liar\, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom. Striking off on her own\, she finds her true family in a group of larger-than-life trans femmes who live in a mysterious pleasure district known only as the Street of Miracles. Under the wings of this fierce and fabulous flock\, the protagonist blossoms into the woman she has always dreamed of being\, with a little help from the unscrupulous Doctor Crocodile. When one of their number is brutally murdered\, she joins her sisters in forming a vigilante gang to fight back against the transphobes\, violent johns\, and cops that stalk the Street of Miracles. But when things go terribly wrong\, she must find the truth within herself in order to stop the violence and discover what it really means to grow up and find your family. \nThis is a free event. Spartacus Books is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/vancouver-launch-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars-2/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5N4E7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170304T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20170119T210202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T122519Z
UID:22895-1488654000-1488661200@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Halifax launch of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch! Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom \nFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir is the highly sensational\, ultra-exciting\, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl\, pathological liar\, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom. Striking off on her own\, she finds her true family in a group of larger-than-life trans femmes who live in a mysterious pleasure district known only as the Street of Miracles. \nUnder the wings of this fierce and fabulous flock\, the protagonist blossoms into the woman she has always dreamed of being\, with a little help from the unscrupulous Doctor Crocodile. When one of their number is brutally murdered\, she joins her sisters in forming a vigilante gang to fight back against the transphobes\, violent johns\, and cops that stalk the Street of Miracles. But when things go terribly wrong\, she must find the truth within herself in order to stop the violence and discover what it really means to grow up and find your family.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/halifax-launch-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Halifax\, 1589 Barrington Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J1Z6\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170211T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20170119T203134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T203134Z
UID:26815-1486823400-1486830600@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Kingston book launch: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch! Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/kingston-book-launch-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars-2/
LOCATION:AKA Autonomous Social Centre\, 75 Queen Street\, Kingston\, Ontario\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="AKA Autonomous Social Centre":MAILTO:germinations@riseup.net
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170112T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161212T024216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161212T024216Z
UID:26814-1484249400-1484254800@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Ottawa book launch: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
DESCRIPTION:(More info to come) \nFor those of you in Ottawa\, kick off 2017 with Kai Cheng Thom’s launch of her first novel\, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir. \nVenus Envy Ottawa\, beginning at 7:30pm. \nBook reading and signing on site.  \nThis venue is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/ottawa-book-launch-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars-2/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Ottawa\, 226 Bank Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, K2P 1X1\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161218T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161212T022852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161212T022852Z
UID:26813-1482057000-1482183000@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Cagibi craft fair
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy will be tabling at the Marché au cagibi craft fair again this year. Tarot readings & book hawking & cute crafters and snacks! And to make it more perfect\, Montreal’s own Forever Chorus will be performing Sunday evening. See you there? \nlocal vendors\, espace radicale.\n*With a performance by the FOREVER CHORUS AT 8pm Sunday* \nHOURS:\n10.30am-9.30pm dimanche/Sunday\n4pm-9.30pm lundi/Monday  \nFeaturing local vendors: \nHeather Hardie\nSarah Ayton\nPamela Hart\nDani Straughan\nZoe Stonyk\nMetonymy press\nDanielle Houston\nBecca love\nBlueberry jams\nMagdalena Hutter\nClaire hurtig \nconfitures\, Jewellery\, confections\, crystals\, accessories\, art\, tote bags\, children’s books\, knit and textiles\, natural products\, vintage! Cadeaux pour tout le monde! \nAccessibility:  \nLe cagibi is on the ground floor\, there is a step 3 inches to get into the back room where fair is. There is an accessible bathroom. The room will however be quite full but we will maintain wheelchair accessibility to the washroom and front room where you can buy from le Cagibi’s regular service.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/cagibi-craft-fair-2/
LOCATION:Le Cagibi\, 6596 Blvd. St Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2S3C6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161126T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161108T004737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161108T004737Z
UID:26810-1480186800-1480194000@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Montreal launch of Kai Cheng Thom's Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
DESCRIPTION:Join us in launching Kai Cheng Thom’s first novel\, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir. The author will read from her new book and sign copies which will be available for sale. \nFood and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. \nWheelchair accessible entrance; wheelchair accessible and all-gender washrooms. \nThom’s book is the highly sensational\, ultra-exciting\, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl\, pathological liar\, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom. Striking off on her own\, she finds her true family in a group of larger-than-life trans femmes who live in a mysterious pleasure district known only as the Street of Miracles. Under the wings of this fierce and fabulous flock\, the protagonist blossoms into the woman she has always dreamed of being\, with a little help from the unscrupulous Doctor Crocodile. When one of their number is brutally murdered\, she joins her sisters in forming a vigilante gang to fight back against the transphobes\, violent johns\, and cops that stalk the Street of Miracles. But when things go terribly wrong\, she must find the truth within herself in order to stop the violence and discover what it really means to grow up and find your family.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-kai-cheng-thoms-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars-2/
LOCATION:La Maisonnette des Parents\, 6651 Bldv St Laurent\, Montreal\, QC\, H2S 3C5\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161125T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161108T005819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161108T005819Z
UID:26811-1480086000-1480176000@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:It’s the second edition of the Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair! \nPresented by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec\, the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, and the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, this book fair brings together dozens of English-Quebec publishers and writers for a holiday bookstravaganza. Meet local authors\, hear them read from their work\, browse hundreds of books\, buy a few and get them signed–just in time for holiday gift-giving. \nBrowse all day:\nNovember 25th 3-8 PM\nNovember 26th 10-4 PM \nSpecial events: \nFriday\n3:30-4:30: Mystery Loves Company: Three mystery authors read from their work\n5-7: Festive Fair Launch featuring Aislin (Terry Mosher). Come raise a glass to local lit! Meet and mingle with writers and publishers. Wine and cheese will be served. Sponsored by Penguin-Random House. \nSaturday\n10-11 AM: Children’s Corner: Readings and activities for kids\n12-4: Readings by local authors \nFULL READING SCHEDULE AND LIST OF READERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON \nParticipating publishers: Linda Leith Publishing – Linda Leith Éditions\, Véhicule Press\, McGill-Queen’s University Press\, The Secret Mountain\, Howard Gontovnick\, Metatron\, Baraka Books/ QCfiction\, Longbridge Books\, Nan-Pat-Vic\, Metonymy Press\, DC Books\, Shoreline Press\, BookThug\, Cormorant Books\, House of Anansi Press\, Coach House Books\, Anvil Press\, Arbeiter Ring Publishing\, Signature\, and more!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/holiday-pop-book-fair-2/
LOCATION:Atwater Library\, 1200 Atwater\, Montreal\, QC\, H3Z1X4\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161113T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161113T131500
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161112T005537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161112T005537Z
UID:26812-1479038400-1479042900@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:East Asian Writers on Love\, Sex & Gender
DESCRIPTION:Panel – EAST ASIAN WRITERS ON LOVE\, SEX & GENDER \nCatherine Hernandez\nDora Ng\njia qing wilson-yang\nTerence Go \n$5 or FREE with a Naked Heart Festival pass \nThe space and washrooms are wheelchair accessible. \nThis event is part of the Naked Heart Festival. The Naked Heart Festival is the world’s largest LGBTQ literary festival and is organized by Glad Day Lit. Check out the whole Festival program.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/east-asian-writers-love-sex-gender-2/
LOCATION:The 519\, 519 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M4Y2C6\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161111T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161107T225001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T225001Z
UID:26809-1478892600-1478898000@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Toronto Launch of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
DESCRIPTION:As part of the second annual Naked Heart LGBTQ Festival of Words\, we are pleased to announce the inaugural launch of Kai Cheng Thom’s novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir. \nJoin us for readings from the author as well as jia qing wilson-yang\, Gwen Benaway and Joie Lamar. \nThis event is free and the venue is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/toronto-launch-fierce-femmes-notorious-liars-kai-cheng-thom-2/
LOCATION:Glad Day Bookshop\, 499 Church Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M4Y2C6\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161028T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161028T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161021T004211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T004211Z
UID:26808-1477681200-1477684800@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Wolfville launch of Small beauty
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in bringing Small Beauty to Wolfville! jia qing wilson-yang will be here for the launch of her first novel\, published by Montreal’s Metonymy Press.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/wolfville-launch-small-beauty-2/
LOCATION:Little Box of Delights Bookshop\, 466 Main Street\, Wolfville\, Nova Scotia\, B4P1E2\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Box of Delights Bookshop":MAILTO:boxofdelightsbooks@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20161027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20161027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20161021T003010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T003010Z
UID:26807-1477594800-1477602000@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Halifax launch of Small Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Venus Envy is so pleased to be hosting the Halifax launch of jia qing wilson-yang’s debut novel Small Beauty. Please come and join us for this free and sure-to-be beautiful reading & signing!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/halifax-launch-small-beauty-2/
LOCATION:Venus Envy Halifax\, 1589 Barrington Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J1Z6\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160603T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160413T010329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160413T010329Z
UID:26801-1464975000-1464985800@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Ottawa Zine Fair Reading and Pre-Party
DESCRIPTION:The organizers of the Ottawa Zine Fair are hosting a pre-party and author reading the evening before their big event. \nFeatured authors (whose work will also be available at the zine fair): \njia qing wilson-yang \nKatherine Arnaldi \nEddie Jude \nElijah Wipe \nSabrina Scott \nMaggie Negrete \nVegan and gluten-free snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided! \nCCOC Beaver Barracks is a physically accessible venue. The meeting room is on the ground floor. Push-button doors are at the entrance. Washrooms are wheelchair accessible and gender neutral. \n 
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/ottawa-zine-fair-reading-pre-party-2/
LOCATION:CCOC Beaver Barracks\, 464 Metcalfe Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P0P3\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160529T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160529T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160512T005445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160512T005445Z
UID:26805-1464548400-1464555600@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Montreal launch of Small Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Join author jia qing wilson-yang in launching her first novel\, Small Beauty! She’ll be doing reading and book signing\, and copies of the book will be for sale. If you supported the Kickstarter campaign\, you will also have a chance to pick up your preordered copy and/or extra rewards (otherwise we’ll be sending them in the mail). \nMore about jia qing:\njia qing wilson-yang is a mixed race trans woman living in Toronto. She likes to write poems and stories and music. Her writing has appeared in Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet (ed. Simon Strikeback)\, Letters Lived: Radical Reflections\, Revolutionary Paths (ed. Sheila Sampath)\, and the women of colour issue of Room magazine. She has recorded several acoustic albums and this one time was a drummer in a pop punk band. \nMore about Small Beauty:\nSmall Beauty tells the story of Mei. Coping with the death of her cousin\, she abandons her life in the city to live in his now empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own\, learns about her aunt’s long-term secret relationship\, and reflects on the trans women she has left behind. \n \nThis event is part of the 2016 Montreal Festival of Anarchy.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-launch-small-beauty-2/
LOCATION:Alexandraplatz Bar\, 6731 Esplanade\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160528T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160528T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160512T010929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160512T010929Z
UID:26806-1464429600-1464454800@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
DESCRIPTION:Once again\, Metonymy will be tabling at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. Interested in queer tarot? Rural trans fiction? A gay book lover poster? A snazzy new tote? Come visit us—we’ll only be there for the first day. \nWhether or not you make it down to the bookfair on the 28th\, join us as we launch our new title\, Small Beauty\, the following evening at Alexandraplatz.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/montreal-anarchist-bookfair-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160514T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160413T005115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160512T015427Z
UID:22251-1463236200-1463245200@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Guelph launch of Small Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Metonymy author jia qing wilson-yang returns to Guelph to launch her first novel\, Small Beauty. Join us at Silence Sounds on Saturday\, May 14th after you finish up at the market. A live reading will be followed by a book signing and general hanging out. \nSmall Beauty tells the story of Mei\, who in coping with the death of her cousin abandons her life in the city to live in his now empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own\, learns about her aunt’s long-term secret relationship\, and reflects on the trans women she left behind. She also brushes up against some local trans mysteries and gets advice from departed loved ones with a lot to say. \njia qing wilson-yang is a mixed race trans woman living in Toronto. She likes to write poems and stories and music. Her writing has appeared in Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet (ed. Simon Strikeback) and Letters Lived: Radical Reflections\, Revolutionary Paths (ed. Sheila Sampath)\, and the women of colour issue of Room magazine. She has recorded several acoustic albums and this one time was a drummer in a pop punk band.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/guelph-launch-small-beauty/
LOCATION:Silence Sounds\, 46 Essex Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 3K8\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160513T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160505T192822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160505T193138Z
UID:22303-1463166000-1463173200@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Toronto launch of Small Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Join author jia qing wilson-yang in her premier launch of her first novel\, Small Beauty! She’ll be doing reading and book signing\, and copies of the book will be for sale. If you supported the Kickstarter campaign\, you will also have a chance to pick up your preordered copy and/or extra rewards (otherwise we’ll be sending them in the mail). \nSmall Beauty tells the story of Mei\, who in coping with the death of her cousin abandons her life in the city to live in his now empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own\, learns about her aunt’s long-term secret relationship\, and reflects on the trans women she left behind. She also brushes up against some local trans mysteries and gets advice from departed loved ones with a lot to say. \njia qing wilson-yang is a mixed race trans woman living in Toronto. She likes to write poems and stories and music. Her writing has appeared in Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet (ed. Simon Strikeback) and Letters Lived: Radical Reflections\, Revolutionary Paths (ed. Sheila Sampath)\, and the women of colour issue of Room magazine. She has recorded several acoustic albums and this one time was a drummer in a pop punk band.
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/toronto-launch-small-beauty/
LOCATION:Unit 2\, 163 Sterling Road\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160417T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160413T002318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160413T002944Z
UID:22242-1460894400-1460998800@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Howl! Activist Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Metonymy Press table at the fourth Howl! activist art fair in collaboration with Popolo Press\, featuring posters\, prints\, zines\, music and other artworks created within the context of social justice struggles. \nThe individuals and groups presented here have dedicated practices of activist art making\, in content and form\, not only art in service of the struggle\, but art borne of movements and radical ideas for social change. Join us for a showcase of their work and to support their continued production. \n12-5pm Saturday and Sunday! \nParticipants (more to be announced): \nCKUT 90.3FM\nDecolonizing Street Art\nestraven lupino-smith\nFreda Guttman\nHowl Arts Collective\nImaging Apartheid\njustseeds\nLa Passe\nLa Presse du Chat Perdu\nLOKI\nMetonymy Press\nPM Press\nPopolo Press\nSarah Mangle\nZola Montreal
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/howl-activist-art-fair/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160228T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160413T224935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160413T225006Z
UID:22262-1456682400-1456689600@metonymypress.com
SUMMARY:Halifax launch of She Is Sitting in the Night
DESCRIPTION:Venus Envy is pleased to host the Halifax launch of Oliver Pickle’s She Is Sitting In The Night: Re-Visioning Thea’s Tarot!\n\n\n\nPlease join us for an evening of tarot & book reading with Oliver and special guests. Books and limited edition decks will be available on site. \nAbout the book: \nShe Is Sitting in the Night is a contemporary queer re-visioning of a beautiful feminist tarot deck from the 80s that documents a conversation across generations and mediums. It is simultaneously a tool for tarot reading and a celebration of queer and feminist cultural production\, past and present. \nAbout Metonymy Press: \nMetonymy is a Montreal-based press that publishes literary fiction and nonfiction by emerging writers. We try to reduce barriers to publishing for authors whose perspectives are underrepresented in order to produce quality materials relevant to queer\, feminist\, and social justice communities. We really want to keep gay booklovers satisfied. \nAbout Oliver Pickle: \nAfter an accidental debut as a professional tarot reader in 2009\, Oliver began doing tarot readings regularly\, at bars and in parks and on balconies. At the request of a good friend\, Oliver began writing about the Thea’s Tarot deck—a process that was at once prolonged and fruitful. \n\n\n\nOliver is\, more generally\, a Montreal-based\, trans-identified writer\, publisher\, and editor. Their work has appeared in Lambda Award–winning The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard (Topside Press\, 2012) and make/shift magazine\, among other publications. Oliver released Gays in the Workplace in 2011 and is currently working on a book of short stories. \nACCESSIBILITY: \nThis workshop is a free event happening at Venus Envy\, 1598 Barrington St. Venus Envy can be accessed by wheelchair\, but unfortunately\, our (gender-neutral) bathroom cannot. There is a public\, wheelchair accessible bathroom at Starbucks\, next door. \n\n\nWe sell scented products\, so we cannot guarantee that our space is accessible for all folks with scent sensitivities. But we do ask that guests refrain from wearing scented products please! If anyone would like sign language interpretation to be provided at this event\, please contact Kaleigh at kaleigh@venusenvy.ca and she will make that happen!
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/halifax-launch-sitting-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160214T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160214T230000
DTSTAMP:20260523T134248
CREATED:20160413T230257Z
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SUMMARY:The Self-Love Cabaret: l'amour se conjuge à la première personne
DESCRIPTION:This event is being hosted within the context of Social Justice Days 2016: Art & Resistance\, and Journées de Self-Love et de Bien-Être Collectif \n//The Self-Love Cabaret: l’amour se conjugue à la première personne // \nfeat. \njia qing wilson-yang\nKarine Constant-Déjèan\nLucas Charlie Rose\nMarie La Vierge\nMercedeh Baroque\nNadia Chaney\nShanice Nicole\nStephanie Lawrence \nCurated and hosted by Kama La Mackerel \nCafé L’Artère\nH2N 1X1\nParc Metro/STM bus 80 \n**PWYC (no-one turned away for lack of funds)**
URL:https://metonymypress.com/event/self-love-cabaret/
LOCATION:Café l’Artère\, 7000 Ave du Parc\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
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