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Click here for an excerpt from the story "Wireless," part of Lynn Coady's Giller Prize winning Hellgoing. Lynn will be joining us for a masterclass this Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11 am in room LB 646, followed by a public reading at 7 pm, in the de Seve Cinema (1400 de Maisonneuve West). You won't want to … Continue reading Lynn Coady: Excerpt from Hellgoing

Writers Read is happy to announce the details of three (three!) upcoming events. On Friday, March 6 we have Professor, author and editor Anne Jamison who will be joining us at 4 pm in Room LB 646. Anne Jamison is Associate Professor of English at the University of Utah.  She is author of Fic: Why … Continue reading March Madness: Three Announcements

Looking forward to our next guest Anne Jamison, who will be joining us on Friday, March 6 at 4 pm in Room LB 646 (1400 de Maisonneuve West). Anne is Associate Professor of English at the University of Utah and the editor of Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World. She also runs the blog, … Continue reading Happy Saturday: Anne Jamison and Twilight Fan Fiction

"Characters, faces, gestures—all those sweet, tiny details of life that tantalize you daily, that you are dying to absorb and make stories out of. It’s a craving precisely like when you stood in front of the nail polish display at Shopper’s Drug Mart as a 14-year-old, wondering if anyone would notice if you dropped that … Continue reading “The Weirdness” of Lynn Coady

Click here to read Carmine Starnino's poem Next Door Café, published in Geist Magazine. Then, click here to read Next Door Café: A Poet's Musings, a short piece Starnino wrote about his inspiration for the poem and his own writing process. We're lucky to have such a unique writer joining us this Monday (February 16) … Continue reading Next Door Café by Carmine Starnino

Our upcoming reader Carmine Starnino is a poet, critic and editor whose work includes the Governor General Award winning This Way Out. He is also the poetry editor for Vehicle Press and the senior editor for Reader's Digest Canada. Get to know how he manages to strike a balance between the commercial and creative sides of his … Continue reading An Interview with Carmine Starnino

We are happy to announce our first event of the season with Carmine Starnino, who'll be joining us for a public reading in a mere two weeks time! Kick off 2015 with us as we welcome the acclaimed author of works such as This Way Out and Lazy Bastardism on Monday, February 16 at 5 pm in Room LB 646, 1400 … Continue reading Writers Read Presents Carmine Starnino February 16

We are happy to announce our 2015 Winter Season, featuring prize winning authors from across Canada and the US. FEBRUARY 16th, 2015: CARMINE STARNINO GG Nominated poet Carmine Starnino will be giving a reading at Concordia on Monday, February 16th between 5-6 in LB 646. Carmine Starnino’s books of poetry include The New World (1997), … Continue reading 2015 Winter Season!