Ottavia Paluch is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, where she will graduate in June with a BA in English. Her work appears in Best Canadian Poetry, Grist, Iron Horse, Tinderbox, and elsewhere.
Join us next Wednesday to hear Ottavia read at our poetry month event!
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Ashton Diduck is a queer writer working and residing in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He is currently the Communications Manager at carte blanche. You can find previously published work in carte blanche, the Capilano Review, The League of Canadian Poets’ series “Poetry Pause”, and elsewhere.
Join us next Wednesday to hear Ashton read at our poetry month event!
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James Collier is a poet living in Toronto with their cat. Their debut chapbook, Twelve Labours (Anstruther Press), arrived in 2023. Their poems have appeared in Glass Buffalo magazine, the Hart House Review, antilang., Carousel, Augur magazine, Held magazine, and CV2.
Can't wait to hear James read their work next Wednesday the 29th at Glad Day Lit!
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Alexis Andrade holds a Master’s of English and Cultural Studies from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She is passionate about the environment, the passing down of memory, and a large cup of peppermint tea. She is new to the publishing world – but eager to begin her journey. View her work at: /
Join us next Wednesday to hear Alexis read!
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Come celebrate poetry month with us next Wednesday, April 29th at 7PM at Glad Day Lit !
So excited about this phenomenal lineup of readers as well as to be hosting our first reading at Glad Day's new venue, Glad Day Lit at 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto!
(This event is free thanks to funding from the Ontario Arts Council)
Cozy reading with big feelings coming your way! On March 9 from 7-9 pm, @ewreadingseries and @trinityreadsuoft are teaming up for a living room reading at @familytiesworkshop as the latest edition of the Emerging Writers Reading Series ✨
Get comfy alongside other artists from U of T and beyond and check out readings from current students and alumni: Foster Gareau, Evelia Raphael, Anet Thachette, Sunny Chen, Jai Mann and Arlo Gryzb-Reed. We’ll have snacks and some take home ARCs from @harpercollinsca on hand!
This is always one of the most popular events of the year, so reserve your spot since space is limited. It’s a reading, an arts mixer and a celebration of the spring approaching! Free tickets in bio 🔗
Kevin MacDonell (he/him) is a lifelong diarist living in Bedford, Nova Scotia. He explores experience and memory through personal essays and has work recent or forthcoming in Grain, Camel, Dalhousie Review, Malahat Review, Queen’s Quarterly, Riddle Fence, and the Globe & Mail. On Bluesky: @kevinmacdonell.bsky.social
Join us next Monday, February 9th at 7pm EST on Zoom to hear Kevin read!
The Zoom link can be found on our website or through the linktree in our bio
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Erin Vosters (they/them) is a midwife and emerging writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Treaty 1 territory. They are a student in UBC’s Creative Writing MFA program and facilitate a creative nonfiction writing workshop through Inkwell Shanghai. They have previously published in Poetry Lab Shanghai and chouette and have work forthcoming in Maisonneuve, EVENT, subTerrain, and Funicular.
Join us next Monday, February 9th at 7pm EST on Zoom to hear Erin read!
The Zoom link can be found on our website or through the linktree in our bio
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Unice Leim is a queer, trans, and non-binary writer from Frankfurt, Germany, who moved to Tkaranto for their MFA Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. In their writing, Unice explores identity, family, and current social issues through a queer lens. Unice’ adapted play based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short story “Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia” premiered with the Chaincourt Theatre Company in July 2024, and three of Unice's short fiction pieces have been published in the Goethe Literary Magazine.
Join us next Monday at 7pm EST on Zoom to hear Unice read!
The Zoom link can be found on our website or through the linktree in our bio
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Allegra Kaplan is a queer writer of Brazilian-Jewish and Ukrainian descent. Her poems have appeared in Grain, Room, yolk, Beaver Magazine, LBRNTH, Ahoy Literary, The Fieldstone Review, and elsewhere. She recently completed her MA in English Literatures at the University of British Columbia, where her SSHRC-funded research engaged critically with contemporary Canadian poetry and poetics. Allegra is currently developing her first full collection of poetry, and she serves as an Assistant Poetry Editor at yolk and as a Poetry Intern with Planet Earth Poetry. She lives on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) peoples.
Join us next Monday at 7pm EST on Zoom to hear Allegra read!
Zoom link can be found on our website and through the linktree in our bio
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