EVENTS FOR FALL 2010
35TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY – Wednesday, October 13th at 7 p.m.
Come and join us at Mitzi’s Sister at 1554 Queen Street West to celebrate our anniversary. There will be door prizes, cake and readings by many Brick authors.
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Here are the readings for September, October, November and December – chronologically for each author.
ANTONY DI NARDO reads from his new collection Alien, Correspondent
TORONTO – Thursday, September 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. – Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street (south of Queen Street
CALGARY – Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. – Flywheel Reading Series – Pages on Kensington, 1135 Kensington Road NW
VICTORIA – Friday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. – Planet Earth reading series, Black Stilt Coffee House, #103-1633 Hillside Avenue
VANCOUVER – Wednesday, October 13 – 7 to 9 p.m. – Cross Border Pollination Series – Antony Di Nardo with Carolyn Smart – Vancouver Public Library, Alma Van Dusen Room, Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street. Contact: Rachel Rose.
TORONTO – Tuesday, November 16 at 8 p.m. – Art Bar Poetry Series with Susan Briscoe, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor Street West
JAN CONN reads from her collection Botero’s Beautiful Horses.
EDEN MILLS, ONTARIO – Sunday, September 19 – Eden Mills Writers Festival – noon to 6 p.m.
HAMILTON – Sunday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. – LiTLiVe in Hamilton – with Eve Joseph – Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street
TORONTO – Wednesday, October 6 at 8 p.m. – Pivot reading series – at the Press Club, 850 Dundas Street West
CAROLYN SMART reads from her collection Hooked, seven poems
WINNIPEG – Monday, September 20 at 2:30 p.m. – Afternoon Book Chat with Richard B. Wright, McNally Robinson Bookstore, THIN AIR 2010, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
WINNIPEG – Monday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m. – “Writing History” with Richard B. Wright, Joan Thomas, Michael Lista, Eva Wiseman – Mainstage, MB Theatre for Young People (The Forks), THIN AIR 2010, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
KINGSTON, ONTARIO – Thursday, September 23 from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – Hooked: The Performance, with actor Nicky Guadagni – Kingston WritersFest, Holiday Inn, Islandview Room
VANCOUVER – Wednesday October 13 from 3 to 4 p.m. Buchanan E458, fourth floor, UBC Vancouver Campus. Contact: Rhea Tregebov
VANCOUVER – Wednesday, October 13 – 7 to 9 p.m. – Cross Border Pollination Series – with Antony Di Nardo – Vancouver Public Library, Alma Van Dusen Room, Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street.
VANCOUVER – Thursday, October 14 – Kwantlen Polytechnic University
VICTORIA – Friday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Planet Earth reading series, Black Stilt Coffee House, #103-1633 Hillside Avenue
TORONTO – Sunday, December 19 at 6 p.m. – Plasticine Poetry Series – The Central, 603 Markham Street (1 block west of Bathurst subway)
LORRI NEILSEN GLENN reads from her new collection Lost Gospels.
TORONTO – Tuesday, September 28 at 8 p.m. – Art Bar Poetry Series, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor Street West
LONDON, ONTARIO – Wednesday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Poetry London – with Eve Joseph – Landon Branch Library, 167 Wortley Road, London, Ontario
ANCASTER – Thursday, September 30 at 4:30 p.m. – Redeemer College
HAMILTON – Thursday, September 30 at 4:30 p.m. – Hamilton Poetry Centre – Bryan Prince bookseller
OTTAWA – Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m. – Collected Works Bookstore, 1242 Wellington Street West (at Holland) - with Terry Ann Carter and Frances Boyle
DAVID O’MEARA reads from his book Noble Gas, Penny Black.
OTTAWA – Tuesday, September 28 – Tree Reading Series – with Ken Babstock. Ottawa Arts Court (at the corner of Daly Avenue and Nicholas Street, just across from the Rideau Centre.)
MONTREAL – Thursday, December 2 at 7 p.m. - Atwater Poetry Project with Zoe Whittall – Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue – organized by Katia Grubisic
EVE JOSEPH reads from her new collection The Secret Signature of Things.
LONDON, ONTARIO – Wednesday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Poetry London – with Lorri Neilsen Glenn – Landon Branch Library, 167 Wortley Road, London, Ontario
HAMILTON – Sunday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. – LiTLiVe in Hamilton – with Jan Conn – Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street
TORONTO – Tuesday, October 5 at 8 p.m. – Art Bar Poetry Series, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor Street West
WINNIPEG – Thursday, October 7 at 7 p.m. – Aqua Books – with Patrick Friesen – 274 Garry Street, Winnipeg
SUSAN ELMSLIE reads from her book I, Nadja and Other Poems.
MONTREAL- Thursday, September 30 – Yellow Door Series – doors open at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Contact Ilona Martonfi at ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
DAVID SEYMOUR AND KAREN SOLIE read from their books Inter Alia (David Seymour) and Pigeon (Karen Solie, House of Anansi Press) and new work
MONTREAL – Thursday, September 30 at 7 p.m. - Atwater Poetry Project with David Seymour and Karen Solie – Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue – organized by Katia Grubisic
STEVE MCORMOND reads from his new collection The Good News About Armageddon
FREDERICTON, NB – Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3 – University of New Brunswick poetry weekend
CHARLOTTETOWN – Monday, October 4 – University of Prince Edward Island. Contact Richard Lemm for more details at rlemm@upei.ca
VANCOUVER – Vancouver International Writers Festival – Friday, October 22 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Mini Poetry Bash – Granville Island
Saturday, October 23 at 8 p.m. – Poetry bash with Don McKay, John Steffler and Terence Young
TORONTO – Wednesday, November 17 at 8 p.m. – Pivot reading series – at the Press Club, 850 Dundas Street West
KAREN ENNS reads from her new collection That Other Beauty.
WINNIPEG – Thursday, October 21 at 7 p.m. – Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street – reading with Brick authors Méira Cook and Jennifer Still who have forthcoming Brick books in 2011.
TORONTO – Tuesday, October 26 at 8 p.m. – Art Bar Poetry Series, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor Street West
LONDON, ONTARIO – Wednesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. - Landon branch library, 167 Wortley Road -with local London authors Christine Walde and Michelle Doege
VICTORIA – Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. – Open Space – joint launch with Jane Munro’s new book Active Pass (Pedlar Press) – special guest Jan Zwicky and Lorna Crozier as MC
RANDALL MAGGS reads from his collection Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems.
KINGSTON – Wednesday, October 27 in the afternoon – Queen’s University – hosted by Carolyn Smart. Details to follow.
KINGSTON – Wednesday, October 27 – evening reading – hosted by Erin Foley. Details to follow.
MONTREAL – Thursday, October 28 at 7 p.m. - Atwater Poetry Project with John Wall Barger – Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue – organized by Katia Grubisic
HEATHER CADSBY reading from her collection Could be.
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Saturday, November 6 – Bookfest Windsor, Art Gallery of Windsor, Riverside Drive. Details to follow.
KINGSTON – Tuesday, November 9 – Novel Idea
JULIA MCCARTHY will be launching her new collection Return from Erebus.
HALIFAX – Tuesday, November 16 – launch at St. Mary’s University Art Gallery – host Brian Bartlett – with Sharon McCartney as part of the Gallery Reading Series
