READINGS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 7 PM — WINDSOR
Peter Norman (Water Damage) launches his new novel, Emberton, along with Micheline Maylor. Biblioasis, 1520 Wyandotte East. Free.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 7:30 PM — OTTAWA
Jason Camlot (What The World Said) reads with Gillian Sze and Janice Tokar at Pressed Café, 750 Gladstone Avenue. Free.
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 9 PM — TORONTO
Dani Couture (YAW) is reading as part of An Evening With Some of Toronto’s Favourite Queer Writers. The Steady, 1051 Bloor West.PWYC.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 7 PM — HAMILTON
Mansfield Press and Wolsak and Wynn join forces for a joint launch. Featuring Mansfield authors Gary Barwin (Moon Baboon Canoe), Dani Couture (YAW) and David W. McFadden (Shouting Your Name Down the Well: Tankas and Haiku), and Wolsak and Wynn’s D.D. Miller, David Lee and James Brock. Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King William Street. Free.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 7:30 PM — COBOURG, ON
Stuart Ross (Our Days in Vaudeville) reads as part of the Third Thursday Poetry Series, along with former Cobourg poet laureate Eric Winter and Sharon Knap/Donna Lee. Meet at 66 King Street West, 66 King Street West. Free.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 8:15 PM — TORONTO
Jim Smith (Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra) reads as part of the Hot-Sauced Words Reading Series, with JonArno Lawson. Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Avenue. PWYC.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 7:00 PM — MONTRÉAL — QC
Reading with Gary Barwin and Marc Di Saverio, Argo Bookshop 1915 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest,
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2 PM — FONTHILL, ON
Jim Smith (Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra) reads as part of the Niagara Literary Arts Festival, along with 10 other writers. Pelham Public Library, 43 Pelham Town Square. Free.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 6 PM — ST. CATHARINES, ON
Jim Smith (Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra) reads as part of the Niagara Literary Arts Festival, along with 4 other writers. Patrick Sheehan’s Irish Pub, 101 St. Paul’s Street. Free.
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 7:30 PM — TORONTO
Gary Barwin reads as part of the Livewords reading series, with Adam Getty, Sonja Greckol and Laurie D. Graham. Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Avenue. PWYC.
NEWS
Nelson Ball (In This Thin Rain) has a new book out from BookThug. A Gathering is a sequence of poems in memory of the poet David UU (1948-1994).
Gary Barwin (Moon Baboon Canoe) has a new collaborative poetry chapbook out with Ottawa poet Amanda Earl. It’s called Bone Sapling and it’s published by AngelHouse Press.
George Bowering (Teeth) will be the focus of an issue of the Vancouver-based literary journal The Capilano Review.
Alice Burdick (Holler) has new work in the Canadian supplement of the Tel Aviv-based arts magazine Hava LeHaba.
Jaime Forsythe (Sympathy Loophole) has a new poem in the Canadian supplement of the Tel Aviv-based arts magazine Hava LeHaba.
Sara Heinonen’s debut short story collection, Dear Leaves, I Miss You All, received a very positive review in the current issue of Broken Pencil.
David W. McFadden (Shouting Your Name Down the Well: Tankas and Haiku) has a memoir piece in the June issue of Toronto Life, about being a poet with Alzheimer’s.
Peter Norman (Water Damage) has a new poem in the current issue of The Walrus.
Stuart Ross (Our Days in Vaudeville) has two new poems in the current issue of the New Orleans-based literary zine Fell Swoop. He also has a new chapbook, Nice Haircut, Fiddlehead, out with Kingston micropress Puddles of Sky. In other news, Stuart is part of the sound/noise trio Donkey Lopez, who have just released their first CD, Juan Lonely Night.
Jim Smith (Happy Birthday, Nicanor Parra) has poems in the Canadian supplement of the Tel Aviv-based arts magazine Hava LeHaba.
Tom Walmsley (Dog Eat Rat) has fiction in the debut issue of The Tawdry Goat, published by Ottawa-based Amanda Earl, and new poetry in the Canadian supplement of the Tel Aviv-based arts magazine Hava LeHaba.
