Curating the Future
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!
Aside from Writers Read there are several student organized events including some that are for credit and offer faculty supervision. Public Poetics and Off The Page was such an event. It evolved out Curating & Archiving the Literary Event, a new Creative Writing course offering. The course will run again in the fall of 2014. See … Continue reading Concordia Students attend Public Poetics Event
Writers Read is busy organizing our media files to bring you fresh content. We found this recording of a reading featuring Mark Strand from November 12, 2004. Here is an account of that event: People packed the De Sève Cinema on Nov. 12 to hear a reading by celebrated poet Mark Strand. A tall man with white … Continue reading From the Archive: Mark Strand
Today's a big day for us, with two free events open to the public. First up is science fiction author Peter Watts in Room H 565 at 3 PM. Followed by internationally acclaimed poet, essayist and scholar George Elliott Clarke at 5 PM in Room LB 646. Both authors will have books for sale, so … Continue reading Today: Peter Watts AND George Elliott Clarke!
Check out this interview with Peter Watts, our guest this Thursday (November 20th) at 3 PM in Room H 565. Here he discusses his decision to make the vast majority of his writing available for free online, and the dark undertones in his work. Thursday's event will open up into a Q&A, so get your … Continue reading Peter Watts!
Take a few minutes out of your day to read George Elliott Clarke's "The Wisdom of Shelley," a beautiful poem from his 1990 collection Whylah Falls. Join us this Thursday (November 20) at 5 pm in Room LB 646 for a public reading featuring one of Canada's most celebrated writers!
Writers Read is happy to announce TWO upcoming readings featuring Peter Watts and George Elliott Clarke, both to held on Thursday, November 20. Peter Watts is a Canadian science fiction author and marine-mammal biologist. He has published numerous novels and short stories, including the Rifters Trilogy and Firefall Series. Watts’ work has garnered a variety of awards and accolades, … Continue reading Big Day! Two Announcements
Check out tomorrow's very special guest, Nick Thurston! He's first up in this video, reading his poem "A Dress," followed by Writers Read Alumni Christian Bök! Thurston will be hosting a public talk this Wednesday, November 12 at 12:30 at Concordia University, in Room LB 646. See you there!
Learn a little bit more about our next writer, Nick Thurston, who we are more than excited to host this Wednesday (November 12) at 12:30 in Room LB 646. In this interview with Louise O'Hare, Thurston discusses the role of the ego in self-publishing, as well as his work with information as material (iam), the independent imprint … Continue reading Nick Thurston and iam
Writers Read in collaboration with the CURC in media studies is very excited to announce the details of a public talk with author and artist Nick Thurston, who will joining us at Concordia University on Wednesday, November 12 at 12:30 in Room LB 646. Nick Thurston has exhibited across Europe and North America and his … Continue reading Nick Thurston on November 12!
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