Curating the Future
Writers Read welcomes Lynn Kozak for a performance of their new show Demeter on Thursday October 30 at 1PM in the 4th Space (LB-103), J.W. McConnell Building, Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W, Montreal. Please register to reserve your place. This event is free to attend and open to everyone and will also be livestreamed on YouTube. … Continue reading Lynn Kozak on October 30
RACHEL KUSHNERThursday October 23, 7PM – 8:30PMYork Amphitheatre EV-1.605, Pavilion EV Building, Concordia University, 1515 Sainte-CatherineW, Montreal Writers Read is pleased to welcome Rachel Kushner on Thursday October 23, 2025 at the York Amphitheatre from 7pm - 8:30pm. Please register below to reserve your place. This event is free and open to everyone. Rachel Kushner … Continue reading Writers Read Presents: Rachel Kushner on Oct 23
Writers Read welcomes Billy Ray-Belcourt for a reading and book signing on Monday October 6 at 7:30PM at the John Molson Building Floor 9, Concordia University, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal. Please register below to reserve your place. The event is free to attend and open to everyone. Billy-Ray Belcourt is a writer and academic from … Continue reading Billy-Ray Belcourt at Concordia
Highlights from our 2024-2025 season!
Writers Read is bringing together alumni, faculty and current students to celebrate the voices of our creative writing department. The reading will span the day of Wednesday March 5th. Selected undergraduate and graduate students will open the morning at 11am with their work. This will be followed by a catered lunch and the opportunity to … Continue reading Writers Read Presents: Our Voices
Brick, A Literary Journal celebrates the launch of its winter issue with a special event featuring magazine editors and contributors at Concordia's Writers Read series on Wednesday, December 4. The event will be hosted by Montreal-based, award-winning writer and Brick editor, Madeleine Thien, alongside poet and Brick publisher, Laurie D. Graham. There will be readings … Continue reading Writers Read presents: BRICK Literary Magazine
Read about Alexis Pauline Gumbs In anticipation of our event on Monday 11th November. Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is the author of four books including Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. She is a self-professed queer Black feminist love evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. In her work, she … Continue reading Introducing Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Join Writers Read for our second event of the 2024-2025 season: Dr. Amber Rose Johnson introducing Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, is a queer Black feminist love evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. Publisher’s Weekly calls her writing … Continue reading Writers Read Presents: Alexis Pauline Gumbs with Introduction from Amber Rose Johnson
Concordia University Reading Series Writers Read is part of Concordia University’s Creative Writing program and is supported by the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Writers Read, directed by Professor Sina Queyras since 2011, invites renowned and emerging authors, both Canadian and international, to read from and discuss their work with … Continue reading Writers Read 4th Space Events
Wednesday, February 15th Creating Content for Video Games: 2:30 - 4 PM @ 4th SPACE Concordia Curious about writing for video games? Writers Read has you covered. Get the perspective of four minds on working in the video game industry as writers, on entrepreneurship, on effective dialogue, on written versus visual storytelling, on building a ludic … Continue reading Winter 2023 Season
Listen to our conversation https://anchor.fm/writersread/embed
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3hK4g75-vY from October 19, 2021 in 4th Space.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vSGSjPtJAAs For those of you who missed this.
SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, October 19th: Karen Solie and A.E. Stallings. Hybrid (4th Space & Zoom) 12 pm Karen Solie is the author of several collections of poetry, including The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out (2015); The Living Option: Selected Poems (2013); Pigeon (2009), which won a Griffin Poetry Prize, a Pat … Continue reading 2021-2022 Season
We had the pleasure of hosting Dionne Brand in March of 2016. Brand read to an overflowing crowd in the EV Building's York Amphitheatre. You can listen to an excerpt from that extraordinary reading here.
Writers Read Concordia Presents: Writing Lives: Creative, Critical & Bodily Activisms, Rituals of Mourning Thursday, December 5th at 4th Space Concordia 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. 6 – 8 pm Writers Read hosts a feminist writing panel featuring Sue Sinclair, Sue Goyette, and Larissa Lai in conversation with Sina Queyras as part of Writing Lives … Continue reading Writing Lives: Creative, Critical & Bodily Activisms, Rituals of Mourning Thursday, December 5th at 4th Space Concordia
A Masterclass with Sue Goyette (Halifax) *students only* Thursday, December 5th from 2 pm – 4 pm LB 646 Pavillion JW McConnell Bldg Concordia University 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest Montréal Sue Goyette lives in Halifax and has published six books of poems and a novel. Her latest collection is Penelope (Gaspereau Press, 2017). She has been nominated for the 2014 Griffin … Continue reading Writers Read Concordia Presents: A Masterclass with Sue Goyette (Halifax)
Margaret Christakos is a force in the Toronto and national poetry scene since the early 1990s, Margaret Christakos is a widely published award-winning writer whose many books unfurl along tendrils of feminist, anti-racist, bisexual, serial proceduralist modalities. Recent titles include Multitudes, Her Paraphernalia: On Motherlines, Sex/Blood/Loss & Selfies, Social Medea vs. Virtual Medusa, and Space … Continue reading MARGARET CHRISTAKOS IN CONVERSATION WITH SINA QUEYRAS Wednesday, November 6th 5-6 PM VAV Gallery 1395 Rene Levesque Ouest
Writers Read x SAGE co-sponsor a reading event and workshop on Climate Change Activism in the VAV Gallery on Friday 25th October 2019 from 4pm - 6pm. Not to be missed! Kathryn Mockler is the author of the poetry books Some Theories (ST Press, 2017), The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, 2015), The Saddest Place on … Continue reading KATHRYN MOCKLER & ERIN ROBINSONG: A READING & A WORKSHOP ON POETRY & CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISM Co-sponsored with Concordia’s Graduate Student Association Friday October 25th, 2019 VAV Gallery 1395 René-Lévesque Blvd. W. 4pm – 6 pm
Writers Read hosts the literary reading component for Ecotones 6 with CISSC on the evening of Thursday, October 24th 2019 featuring David Chariandy and Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Admission is free and open to the public. David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. His debut novel, Soucouyant, received stunning reviews and … Continue reading WRITERS READ X ECOTONES 6 WITH CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE PRESENT: David Chariandy and Shazia Hafiz Ramji Post/Colonial Ports: Place and Nonplace in the Ecotone Thursday, October 24, 2019, 6-8 pm Concordia’s 4th Space, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
To compliment An Evening of Irish and Choctaw Poetry with Doireann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe Thursday, October 17th@ 7 pm EV-6.720 (1515 St. Catherine West, 6th floor) Please Note: All students are welcome to register for this event but seating is limited to 30 spots. To register e-mail: writersreadconcordia@gmail.com with the subject line “Registration” … Continue reading A Masterclass with Doireann Ní Ghríofa *for students only* Friday, October 18th from 12:00 – 2:00 H 1001 Hall Building Concordia University 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
An Evening of Irish and Choctaw Poetry with Doireann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe Thursday, October 17th@ 7 pm EV-6.720 (1515 St. Catherine West, 6th floor) Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual Irish writer whose books explore birth, death, desire, and domesticity. A Book of the Year in both The Irish Times and The Irish Independent, her … Continue reading Writers Read, The School of Canadian Irish Studies, & Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace present: An Evening of Irish and Choctaw Poetry with Doireann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe Thursday, October 17th @ 7 pm EV-6.720 (1515 St. Catherine West, 6th floor)
Announcing our season overview, from October 2019 to April 2020. Save the date. More details on each event to come.
Coming soon, our list of Writers Events for the 2019-2020 season! Look for the event postings on Facebook.
Recording of Fred Moten's reading at Concordia on September 27, 2017. Hosted by Sina Queyras, introduction by David Bradford.
Get there early. We anticipate both events will be full to capacity. Doors for the evening reading open at 6:50.
Major Jackson, York Amphitheatre, September 30th, 2015
Writing these essays was of acknowledging my existence that you just don't see written about all too often. The black experience is often times limited to a one very specific type of story and I think that we have to broaden our cultural understanding of what it means to be black. –Roxane Gay talking about Bad … Continue reading In Conversation: Rachel Zellars & Roxane Gay
From our 20015/20016 reading. We'll post a little more of this event in the coming weeks, along with the brilliant introduction by Jake Byrne.
This event took place over a six hour period on October 16th, 2014 in the Hall Building and featured approximately 70 readers in French and English, curated by Sina Queyras, Genevieve Robichaud and Jesse McEachern. This is the final section and by now, all of the readers are reading at once. Here you can see … Continue reading Gail Scott Marathon Reading of My Paris
In collaboration with the CEP, Writers Read is pleased to present attendees of our events with an original broadside designed to honour our guests and celebrate the occasion of their visit. You’ll have to come to get one with a new poem by Billy-Ray Belcourt. They’re quite something, and I thank Jessica Bebenek for design … Continue reading Billy-Ray Belcourt & Lindsay Nixon
excerpt from Gail Scott and Renee Gladman in Conversation: introduced by Tatum Howey. #writersread #offthepage
York Amphitheatre, Room EV 1.605, 1515 Rue St. Catherine, Montréal, QC, H3G 2W1 ~DOORS~ will be open just before 4pm, and we will start shortly after everyone is inside and seated. ~~~ Kate Colby is author of seven books of poetry, most recently The Arrangements (Four Way Books, 2018). Dream of the Trenches, a book … Continue reading November 30th: Kate Colby, Paige Cooper, and Anna Moschovakis
The 2018-19 Writers Read season begins with two provocative writers: poet, memoirist, and novelist, Eileen Myles and visionary poet CAConrad. Eileen Myles is a poet, novelist, performer and art journalist. Their twenty books includeAfterglow (a dog memoir), a 2017 re-issue of Cool for You and I Must Be Living Twice/new and selected poems, … Continue reading Fall 2018: Eileen Myles and CAConrad
Friday, October 5, 2018 7pm, Eileen Myles Friday, November 16, 2018 7pm, CA Conrad Concordia University Montreal, Quebec Both events in the York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605!!
Join Writers Read and Off The Page for "Feminine Utopias: A Reading and Conversation with Renee Gladman and Danielle Dutton" Tonight at 7 PM, York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605, 1515 rue St. Catherine West
Off The Page and Writers Read present: A Poetry Reading of Feminine Utopias with Karen Solie, Stephanie Bolster, and Tess Liem Saturday, March 17, 2018, 5 PM -6.30 PM, York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605, 1515 rue St. Catherine West
Feminine Utopias: A Reading and Conversation with Renee Gladman and Danielle Dutton Friday, March 16, 2018, at 7 PM York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605, 1515 rue St. Catherine West
Join Off The Page and Writers Read for an evening of Poetry with Karen Solie, Stephanie Bolster, and Tess Liem: OFF THE PAGE 2018 Schedule Saturday, March 17, 2018, 5-6.30 PM, York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605, 1515 rue St. Catherine West Karen Solie is the author of four collections of poems: Short Haul Engine, Modern and Normal, The Road In … Continue reading Saturday, March 17th: An Evening of Poetry with Karen Solie, Stephanie Bolster, and Tess Liem
The full schedule for Off the Page is out now! Join us for an exciting program of panels and readings with Renee Gladman & Danielle Dutton (Friday 16th) and Karen Solie, Stephanie Bolster, and Tess Liem (Saturday 17th). Download the schedule here: Off The Page 2018 schedule.pdf
Join Writers Read for an evening of Feminine Utopias with Renee Gladman and Danielle Dutton, a reading and follow-up conversation. Friday, March 16, 2018, 7 PM York Amphitheatre, EV 1.605, 1515 rue St. Catherine West Renee Gladman is a writer and artist preoccupied with lines, crossings, thresholds, and geographies as they play out in the interstices of poetry and … Continue reading Friday, March 16th: An Evening with Renee Gladman & Danielle Dutton
Off The Page is a literary festival run by undergraduate and graduate students from several departments. This year, there will be readings by Renee Gladman, Karen Solie, Danielle Dutton and many more. Panels will be announced soon!
SUZETTE MAYR: Friday, November 17th, 2017 Reading - 7pm, EV 1.605 York Amphitheater Suzette Mayr is the author of Moon Honey, The Widows, Venous Hum, and Monoceros which was longlisted for the Giller Prize. She is here to present her most recent novel, Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall, a 'manic, queer, and hallucinatory … Continue reading TONIGHT: AN EVENING WITH CANADIAN FICTION WRITER SUZETTE MAYR
Join Writers Read for an evening with Suzette Mayr. Suzette Mayr is the author of five novels, including her most recent, Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall. Her fourth novel Monoceros was longlisted for the 2011 Giller Prize and has been translated into Italian. Her novels have won the ReLit Award, and the … Continue reading Friday, November 17th: An Evening with Suzette Mayr
MARINA CARR: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 2017, 7 PM, EV 1.605 YORK AMPHITHEATER Playwright Marina Carr’s works include "By the Bog of Cats", "On Raftery's Hill" and an adaptation of "Anna Karenina.” She recently won the Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama. Hosted by Writers Read and The School for Irish Studies. Books will be available for … Continue reading TONIGHT: MARINA CARR
DAPHNE MARLATT & ERÍN MOURE: Friday, October 27th, 2017, 7 PM, EV 1.605 York Amphitheater West Coast writer Daphne Marlatt, critically acclaimed poet and novelist, is known for her cross-genre work. Her most recent titles are Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now (2013) and Reading Sveva (2016), a poetic-ekphrastic biography of the Italian Canadian artist Sveva … Continue reading TONIGHT: DAPHNE MARLATT & ERÍN MOURE
Join Writers Read and the Department of Irish Studies for an evening with renowned Irish playwright Marina Carr. Her works include "By the Bog of Cats", "On Raftery's Hill" and an adaptation of "Anna Karenina.” She recently won the Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama. See also this recently published article on Concordia News, and FB … Continue reading Friday, November 3rd: Marina Carr
Join Writers Read for an evening “Celebrating Feminist Experimentation” with Daphne Marlatt and Erin Moure. West Coast writer Daphne Marlatt, critically acclaimed poet and novelist, is known for her cross-genre work. Her most recent titles are Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now (2013) and Reading Sveva (2016), a poetic-ekphrastic biography of the Italian Canadian artist Sveva Caetani. This fall Talonbooks will … Continue reading Friday, October 27th: “Celebrating Feminist Experimentation” with Daphne Marlatt & Erín Moure
On Monday, 30th September 2024, renowned author and translator Padma Viswanathan joined Writers Read for our first event of the season. Taking place in the Library Seminar Room, this intimate event welcomed diverse members of the Montreal writing community. Padma read excerpts from her new book Charterhouse of Padma. A very engaged audience joined in … Continue reading Recap: Padma Viswanathan
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 