J im Smith, author most recently of Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra, reads Sunday (June 23) at the esteemed — and often wacky — Dusty Owl reading series in Ottawa. Jim will be joined by Peterborough writer/activist Lesley Belleau and Ottawa musician Matthew Larkin. It all happens at 3 pm at Mugshots Bar, 75 Nicholas Street. It’s a pay-what-you-can kind of thing.
Jim also recently took part in the Meet the Presses All-Star Non-Stop Indie-Lit Variety Show, which happened in Toronto on June 10 at the Supermarket. Representing Mansfield Press, Jim read from his, well, specially marked copy of the Canadian Criminal Code. It was pretty edifying. Co-hosting the evening was Meet the Presses co-founder and Mansfield Press editor Stuart Ross.
