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PAST EVENTS
Sunday, November 26th, 2023 - Junction Reads with Moez Surani and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio. 6pm. Type Books Junction. Toronto.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 - “Write Now!” Series. The Deaprtment of English and Writing Studies at Western University. Hosted by Aaron Schneider. Western University. London, Ontario.
Sunday, August 27th, 2023 - Draft Readings with Rocco de Giacomo, Bernadette Gabay Dyer, Cristian Simionescu, Terrio Favro & Ron Edding, Michael Fraser, Hollay Ghadery, Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann, Tyler Pennock, Elida Schogt, Jade Wallace, and Julia Zarankin. 3pm. St. Matthew’s Clubhouse. Toronto.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023 - Joint Launch of Desperada and Burr with Brooke Lockyer and Kasia Van Schaik. 7pm. Argo Books. Montreal.
Saturday, July 29th, 2023 - Feminist Art Residency Showcase with Adjani Poirier, Dan Hamilton, Mariana Trujillo-Lezama, and Jordana Franklin. 6pm. Hosted by the Feminist Art Collective. Artscape Gibraltar Point. Toronto Islands.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 - Balderdash Reading Series with Shalaka Jadhav, Banoo Zan, Kate Caley, and Sumaiya Matin. 7pm. Hosted by Sanchari Sur. Another Story Bookshop. Toronto.
Thursday, May 4th, 2023 - Panel Discussion: “Until We Are Lost.” Hosted by the Ottawa International Writers Festival with Priya Guns and Lindsay Wong. Moderated by Jamie Chai Yun Liew. Christ Church Cathedral. Ottawa.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 - Book Launch: Desperada Book Launch. Hosted by Random House Canada. Sofia Mostaghimi in conversation with Jess Taylor. Type Books. Toronto.
Sunday, May 15th, 2022 - Book Launch: Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood. Hosted by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee. Web.
Thursday, May 12th, 2022 - Book Launch: After Realism with Casey Plett, Gavin Thomson, David Huebert, Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Eliza Robertson, Paola Ferrante, Michael LaPointe, Julie Mannell, Christiane Vadnais, Paige Cooper, Ryan Avanzado, Marcus Creaghan. Hosted by Andre Forget, and Vehicule Press. Monarch Tavern. Toronto.
Thursday, July 17th, 2021 - ENG 2301 S/S - LECTURE with Jess Taylor. 9am. Hosted by Suzannah Showler. The University of Ottawa. Web.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 - The Fiddlehead 75th Anniversary Issue Launch with Clarisse Baleja Saidi, Brandi Bird, Mackenzie Ground, Jonina Kirton, Ingrid Ruthig, and Jean Van Loon. Hosted by The Fiddlehead. Web.
Friday, December 6th, 2019 - Book Launch: Just Pervs by Jess Taylor, with Jess Taylor, Michelle Brown, and Catriona Wright. 7:30pm. Hosted by Bookhug. The Maker Bean Cafe. Toronto.
Friday, November 15th, 2019 - Vacant Nobodies with Tamara Faith Berger, Lindsay Miles, Alex Hood, and MC Hyland. Hosted by Sophie McCreesh and Fawn Parker. 7pm. The Ossington. Toronto.
Sunday, October 25th, 2019 - The Tartan Turban Secret Readings with Hannah Brown, Faith Arkorful, Jess Taylor, and Sanchari Sur. Hosted by Hannah Brown and Gavin Barrett. 7pm. Barrett and Welsh. Toronto.
Friday, November 23rd, 2018 - The Puritan Presents Black Friday 2018 with Sachiko Murakami, Kathryn Mockler, Paola Ferrante, Evelyn Deshane, Nehal El-Hadi, Irfan Ali, Zoe Imani Sharpe, Julie Cameron Gray, and more! 8pm. Monarch Tavern. Toronto.
Saturday, September 15, 2018 - East End Arts Presents Weekend of Words: Writer’s Mix and Mingle. Hosted by Adom Archeampong. 7-9pm. St. Matthew’s Clubhouse. Toronto
Sunday, February 4, 2018 – Draft Reading Series with Stevie Howell, E. Martin Nolan, Adom Acheampong, and S. Papamarko. Hosted by Draft Reading Series. 3pm. The Dock on Queen, Toronto.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 – Speakeasy Reading Series with Diana Biacora, Nicole Chin, Simone Dalton, Doyali Islam, Laboni Islam, Ian Kamau, Shoilee Khan, Canisia Lubrin, Sanchari Sur, and Phoebe Wang. Hosted by Simon Dalton and Ambika Thompson. 7:30pm. Steady Bar & Café, Toronto.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 – Word on the Street Festival: Diaspora Dialogues presents Mapping Toronto, Stories from the Six with Catherine Hernandez, Alissa York, Phoebe Wang, Ian Kamau, and Nadia Ragbar. 11-1pm. Hosted by Zalika Reid-Benta. Toronto Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
Tuesday, June 15, 2017 - Metatron x Light Reading x Knife/Fork/Book with Ruby Brunton, Rhiannon Collett, Em Ya'akov Liberman, Julie Mannell, Zoe Imani Sharpe, Rasiqra Revulva, Natalie Wee, and Sennah Yee. Hosted by A Zachary. Rick's Cafe, Toronto.
Sunday, June 23, 2017 - The Emerging Writers Reading Series Returns at Big on Bloor Festival with Asam Ahmad, Derek Mascarenhas, Hardsish Dhaliwal, Jenna Kalinsky, Irfan Ali, Rebecca Fisseha, and Shoilee Khan. Hosted by Mahak Jain and Marcia Walker. Toronto.
Thursday, June 22, 2017 - Toronto Lit Up: The Unpublished City launch. Hosted by Dionne Brand. The Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - With/out Pretend's Readings/Feelings with Adina Tarralik Duffy, Jessika Hepburn, and Brooke Manning. Hosted by Erin Klassen. The Steady, Toronto
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - Light Reading no. 8 with Rhiannon Collet, Cason Sharpe, and Jacqueline Valencia. Hosted by A Zachary. Toronto.
Monday, September 19, 2016 – Facilitate: Tell Me a Story with Nicole Chin and Karel Češpiva. Hosted by Joseph Ianni. 7:30pm. No One Writes to the Colonel, Toronto.
April 27, 2016 – Light Reading, no. 3 with Joseph Ianni and JC Bouchard. Hosted by A Zachary. 8pm. Toronto.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - You Care Too Much: A Book Launch. Hosted by With/out Pretend. 7pm. The Steady Cafe & Bar, Toronto.
April 15, 2016 – Hart House Review/25th Anniversary Issue Launch. 8pm. Hart House, Toronto.
August 22 and 23, 2015 – Big on Bloor Festival, Emerging Writers’ Reading Series Past Readers Showcase. Hosted by myself, Jess Taylor, Amanda Childs, and Hannah Peck. Bloor/Dufferin, Toronto.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 – Common Readings at the Bell Jar with Jacob Shire and John Wall Barger. Hosted by Daniel Renton. 8pm. The Bell Jar, Toronto.
July 19 and 20, 2014 – Big on Bloor Festival, Emerging Writers’ Reading Series Past Readers Showcase. Bloor/Dufferin, Toronto.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – First Anniversary Show of the Emerging Writers Reading Series with Andrew Battershill, Mat Laporte, Jess Taylor, and Michelle Winters. Hosted by Jess Taylor. 8pm. Duffy's Tavern, Toronto.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 – Echolocation Issue 12 Launch. No One Writes to the Colonel, Toronto.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Inaugural Emerging Writers Reading Series Show with Jess Taylor, Andrew Battershill, and Chad Campbell. Hosted by Jess Taylor. 8pm. Duffy’s Tavern, Toronto.