Man! I feel like a writer.

Posted by Jeff on Jul 16th, 2023 in News | 0 comments

Why the Shania Twain reference in the heading?

Because I’m going to be in her hometown next weekend.
I’ll be one of the exhibitors in this thing:

So if you know anybody in Timmins who loves books, tell them to go.
As usual, I’ll be selling and promoting both the hardcover and paperback editions of Hate Story, as well as the spoken-word CD that I’ve been trying to get rid of for more than eight years now.

More information on the event at this link.
If I don’t sell anything… it won’t impress me much.

This will be the next stop on Jeff’s Magical Canadian Book-Fair Tour.
Speaking of Jeff’s Magical Canadian Book-Fair Tour… there’s a new stop on Jeff’s Magical Canadian Book-Fair Tour.

That’s right – on September 16, I’ll be exhibiting at Word Vancouver.
This year, it’s happening at UBC Robson Square.

That’s all for now.
I’ll leave you with a rockin’ tune about long-distance communications.

Roll up! Roll up for the Book-Fair Tour!

Posted by Jeff on Jun 13th, 2023 in News | 0 comments

I meant to post an entry earlier, but got caught up in work and a grant application and planning stuff.
I’m going to tell you about the big Book-Fair Tour in the title… but first, BIG NEWS:

My story “The Madness East of St. George” was a finalist in the Writers’ Union of Canada’s 2023 Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers!

As a result, the Writers’ Union of Canada will submit my story, the contest winner, and ten other finalists to a few major Canadian magazines for possible publication.
More information about the contest at this link.

 

And now…

Roll up!
Roll up for Jeff’s Magical Canadian Book-Fair Tour!

This Saturday afternoon, I’ll be at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair at the Jack Purcell Community Centre in (duh) Ottawa. It’ll be my first time in the capital in almost ten years. Look for me with a half-table there, selling my novel Hate Story (both hardcover and paperback versions) and my 2015 CD This Album is NIT FENNY!.

More info about the Ottawa Small Press Fair here.

Next up…
JULY 22: Indie Author Book Expo North, Timmins, Ontario
SEPTEMBER 23: Word on the Street, Lethbridge, Alberta
SEPTEMBER: Hopefully the Toronto WotS Pop-Up event… if it doesn’t conflict with another event, and IF they actually get my application this time.

There’s also a thing in Montreal in December, so we’ll see if I get in that one too.

I don’t have a promo video, but I suppose I can steal this one:

See you there. Wherever you be.

No parent. Only a Guardian.

Posted by Jeff on Mar 19th, 2023 in News | 0 comments

I’ve already mentioned the event I’m doing on April 2 here… but I thought I’d pop back in to point out a couple of small media thingees that featured me last week. Because I know the millions of salivating fans who devour this website with unquenchable addiction are hungry to know.

First: The Toronto Guardian‘s “A Day in the Life” artist-profile series featured me on Wednesday. With an adorably snarky bio by my friend, YA novelist Timothy Carter.

Click here to read the Guardian piece.

Second: I was recently interviewed on the new literary video series In Other Words, in which authors are asked questions about anything except their work. Hosts James Bryant and Lee Eric Freedman asked me about puppies, karaoke, the Beatles, the JFK assassination, and cancel culture (“Yes, he’s whining about cancel culture again! Who does he think he is, Tucker Ingraham or somethin’?!?”).

The episode hasn’t been uploaded to YouTube yet, but you can currently watch it on Facebook.
Click here to watch.

Once again, if you’re in the Toronto area, come to Bright Lit, Big City on the afternoon of April 2.

 

And if you missed my Art Bar feature a couple of weeks ago… you can watch part of it here:

Stay warm, Heinrich Broarm.

In the big sittay. Where the girls are prittay.

Posted by Jeff on Feb 27th, 2023 in News | 0 comments

March comes in like a poem and goes out like a book.

I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean either, but it sounded mildly clever.
And it’s an apt way to introduce what I’m doing from early March to early April – a period that starts with a live poetry gig and ends with a live fiction reading.

That’s right! Live features! In person, here in Toronto! Not on Zoom.
So you get all the benefits of seeing a writer live on a stage… without any of the benefits of watching them online. The latter benefits being the ability to view from anywhere in the world, and the convenience of watching from home. Maybe the COVID lockdown spoiled us in some ways.

So here’s what’s on, John. Here’s what’s soon, goon. Here’s what’s happening… Lappening.

1) March 6: The Art Bar
I’m a headliner once again at Canada’s longest-running poetry series, along with Laurie Macfayden and an open mic. This is my first live poetry gig in Toronto in more than three years. (I’m not counting the book launch last November or AuthorFest last August, in both of which I read from my novel… and I’m definitely not counting the outdoor gig I was supposed to do a year and a half ago, at which literally nobody showed up, including the host.)

2) April 2: Bright Lit, Big City
Carolyn Bennett is back to host this fiction reading series, in which I’ll be reading from my novel Hate Story. This was supposed to take place way back in November, but things got weird with the venue scheduling. I’ll be sharing the stage with the likes of Josh Morris, Lisa de Nikolits, Alan Resnick and Brent van Staalduinen.

 

My appearance at Bright Lit, Big City is being funded by the Writers’ Union of Canada.

 

 

More info on these two events in the right sidebar.

Also look for me as a guest in the upcoming web series In Other Words, and I’m also going to be spotlit this month in the Toronto Guardian‘s “A Day in the Life” series.

Finally – if you missed my Spoken World Online feature on Zoom a few weeks ago, you can catch it on YouTube:

Tally ho, Dinklemeyer.

Paris, Thailand, Melbourne, Toronto, everybody talkabout poetry music

Posted by Jeff on Jan 29th, 2023 in News | 0 comments

Busy these days, mostly with trying to find the time to work on the next book.
So I’ll make this one brief. Three events coming up over the next few weeks, all online:

1) Spoken World Online: this Tuesday
The Zoom extension of Spoken Word Paris, hosted by David Leo Sirois. I gigged in the IRL version of this series back in 2015 (as well as the Monday series twice, in 2015 and last October).

2) Soul Refraction book launch for Paul R. Kohn: February 4
Paul has asked me to perform my poem “Adequate Man” as one of the guest performers for his book launch, along with fellow Decent Beings tourmates Skylar J. Wynter and Neshka Turner.

3) Magic Theatre Poetry Reading: February 19
A monthly series. Happens at 8:30 in the morning EST, I think because one of the organizers is based in Thailand.

#1 and #3 also have open mics, so if you ain’t coming for me, come to share your own work.

More info, including links to Zoom details, in the right sidebar or to come.

Also catch me live in Toronto in March at Bright Lit Big City (date and venue to be confirmed).

Now, some existential horror from Charles M. Schulz:

Bye.