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
Cancelled — Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys: A Reading & Conversation Cancelled
Cancelled — Concordia’s Writers Read, the Student Association for Graduates in English (SAGE) & the Department of English present Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys. Dear Friends, from Sina Queyras at Writers Read on Facebook: We have had to cancel our March 20 event with Helen Humphreys and Shani Mootoo, but we are sending love and … Continue reading Cancelled — Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys: A Reading & Conversation Cancelled
From the Archive: Major Jackson reads OK Cupid
Major Jackson, York Amphitheatre, September 30th, 2015
Listen In: Two poems from Daniel Zomparelli & Dina del Bucchia
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.
Don’t Miss: Friday, March 16 – Renee Gladman & Danielle Dutton at Writers Read
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
Saturday, March 17th: An Evening of Poetry with Karen Solie, Stephanie Bolster, and Tess Liem
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
OFF THE PAGE 2018 Schedule
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
Friday, March 16th: An Evening with Renee Gladman & Danielle Dutton
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
SAVE THE DATE: OFF THE PAGE (March 15th – 17th 2018)
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!
TONIGHT: DAPHNE MARLATT & ERÍN MOURE
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
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 