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  Writers Read had the pleasure of hosting Kevin Barry last March and hear him read from his new novel City of Bohane. We warmly congratulate the author on his achievement. Impac judges describe Barry's vision of Ireland in 2053 as "a place you may not want to be alive in, but you'll certainly relish reading … Continue reading Congratulations Kevin Barry on winning the International Impac Dublin Literary Award!

First, experience the enigmatic "The Devil's Advocate," Méira Cook's Walrus Poetry Prize-winning poem, and then come experience Cook's writing firsthand at today's Writers Read event.When: Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 2:30 p.m.Cost: Free (open to the public)Where: LB-646 (6th floor), J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus---THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE My … Continue reading TODAY AT 2:30: Méira Cook

This fascinating description of Méira Cook’s poetry collection A Walker in the City leaves no doubt why the first poem from the collection has won first place in the 2006 CBC Literary Awards and various poems have been selected as part of the Poetry in Motion initiative.Come hear Cook read from this collection TOMORROW! --- … Continue reading A Taste of Cook`s Thursday Reading

"Dear Father" by this Thursday's Writers Read guest, Méira Cook, from the sequence “The Book of Imaginary Fathers”:You say that bird outside your windowkeeps imitating an alarm clockand waking you up in the middle of the night?Must work the fat off your nerves all right.And while we’re on the subject of nerve,here’s how to stop … Continue reading Méira Cook’s “Dear Father”

Today's the day! Come hear Juliana Spahr give a public reading - and, in anticipation of asking your own question during the Q&A period, click here for five insightful questions asked by The New Inquiry (a.k.a. the interview where Juliana Spahr compares herself to the Mock Turtle).JULIANA SPAHRWhen: Friday, March 22, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.Cost: … Continue reading TODAY – 7PM: Juliana Spahr

One is the loveliest number: ONE DAY until Juliana Spahr, whose poetry collection Well Then There Now the Los Angeles Review of Books calls “particularly vital at the moment not just for the pleasure inherent in [the poems'] forms of language, but also for the challenge posed by their focus on community. Spahr tests and … Continue reading Spahr in one day, Cook in one week

And though they also knew burning, knew crumpled bags of Frito-Lay corn chips drifting through the air, knew sacks pulled out of one’s pants or pulled down over one’s head, knew bending their torsos at 90-degree angles, knew holding out their arms to be strength tested, and though they knew desire, raw and furious, knew … Continue reading Spahr and Buuck – an army of two