Announcing our season overview, from October 2019 to April 2020. Save the date. More details on each event to come.
Save the Date!
Coming soon, our list of Writers Events for the 2019-2020 season! Look for the event postings on Facebook.
Fred Moten
Recording of Fred Moten's reading at Concordia on September 27, 2017. Hosted by Sina Queyras, introduction by David Bradford.
Spokenweb and Writers Read present “Sounding the City” – a Public Reading w/ Kaie Kellough
Join us on Friday, April 12th, for a public reading with Kaie Kellough. Hosted by Katherine McLeod.
Billy-Ray & Lindsay Friday, March 22
Get there early. We anticipate both events will be full to capacity. Doors for the evening reading open at 6:50.
Masterclass Announcement
Writers Read is hosting a special event for students to have a conversation with Eimear McBride, moderated by our director, Sina Queyras on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 20th. On Thursday, March 21st, McBride will give a reading to the public. Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and trained at Drama Center … Continue reading Masterclass Announcement
From the Archive: Major Jackson reads OK Cupid
Major Jackson, York Amphitheatre, September 30th, 2015
In Conversation: Rachel Zellars & Roxane Gay
Writing these essays was of acknowledging my existence that you just don't see written about all too often. The black experience is often times limited to a one very specific type of story and I think that we have to broaden our cultural understanding of what it means to be black. –Roxane Gay talking about Bad … Continue reading In Conversation: Rachel Zellars & Roxane Gay
Listen In: Two poems from Daniel Zomparelli & Dina del Bucchia
From our 20015/20016 reading. We'll post a little more of this event in the coming weeks, along with the brilliant introduction by Jake Byrne.
Gail Scott Marathon Reading of My Paris
This event took place over a six hour period on October 16th, 2014 in the Hall Building and featured approximately 70 readers in French and English, curated by Sina Queyras, Genevieve Robichaud and Jesse McEachern. This is the final section and by now, all of the readers are reading at once. Here you can see … Continue reading Gail Scott Marathon Reading of My Paris
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 