An excerpt from an appearance by novelist and non-fiction writer Francine Prose at the 2010 New York State Writers' Institute on reading like a poet. Writers Read has the pleasure of hosting Francine Prose in March 2014.
2013/2014 Series Sneak Peek: Carolyn Forché
Life, death and lighthouses with award-winning poet Carolyn Forché at the Ontario Writers' Conference. We have the pleasure of hosting her at Concordia University in March.
2013 Series Sneak Peek: Jaap Blonk
Surreal and hilarious performance by Dutch avant-garde composer and artist Jaap Blonk who we will have the pleasure of hosting at Writers Read this fall. Trust us, after you watch this video, you won't want to miss him.
2013 Series Sneak-Peek: Christian Bök
A highly entertaining video of one of our upcoming readers, Christian Bök, reading a poem called "FLARF, ARF ARF ARF!" at the Cultch for the Capilano Review in Vancouver 2010. Do we really need to sell it any more?
2013 Series Sneak-Peek: Tanya Taqag
Check out the 2010 winner of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival "Best Short Film" prize featuring an original track from one of Writers Read's upcoming performers, Inuit throat singer Tanya Taqag.
Emma Donoghue On Children
With the announcement of Writers Read’s 2013/2014 lineup right around the corner, here is a link to a New York Times article in which one of our upcoming readers, Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year award winner Emma Donoghue, shares some thoughts on fiction and limitation, the child's eye, and Captain Underpants. Illustration by … Continue reading Emma Donoghue On Children
Congratulations Kevin Barry on winning the International Impac Dublin Literary Award!
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!
TODAY AT 2:30: Méira Cook
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
A Taste of Cook`s Thursday Reading
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
VIDEO: Cook Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgG_-M8aXJ4 Watch Méira Cook read her poem "Kulperstein's Recall" (and display her winning personality).
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 