No failure to launch

Posted by Jeff on Nov 1st, 2022 in News | 0 comments

Stuff is happening. A lot of stuff is happening. And you can be a part of it.

Just came back from an exhausting European (well, mostly the U.K.) book tour with Australian poet Skylar J. Wynter and her designer Neshka Turner. We entertained a few people in Birmingham, Belfast, Paris, Leeds, Leicester, Derry, Donegal, Worcester and the Peterborough region (not to be confused with Peterborough, Ontario). The Decent Beings will return… maybe next year? Maybe Australia? We’ve yet to start planning.

[EDIT: I was also interviewed (with Mel Bradley) on BBC Radio during the trip!
You can listen to it here until November 25 or so. Our segment starts at about 18:00.]

Also: my novel Hate Story is now available in stores!
Well… a store. If you find yourself in Derry, Northern Ireland in the near future, check out Little Acorns Bookstore on Foyle Street. They now have a few copies of my book, and also of SHINE by Skylar and Neshka.

But we’ll sort that out later. Because it’s November, and I have to tell you about a few things.

1) Tonight: the world premiere of Something Funny Going On

Dane Ince of Eye Publish Ewe (based in San Francisco) is launching an online streaming poetry series, and tonight (November 1) is the debut of the humour episode – featuring me, Bobby Miele, and Alan Harris. More info at this link.

2) November 26: Winter Warmer Festival 2022

I’m honoured to have been asked to perform at this annual Cork, Ireland poetry festival… via Zoom.
For the second straight year, the festival has gone hybrid (i.e. both live and virtual) so people outside the geographical area can take part. General info on the fest is available at this link; I will be performing on the Saturday.

3) December 1: Bright Lit, Big City
I’ll be one of the features at this bimonthly live fiction series at Hirut, in the former East York. More info to come.

But the most important of all is coming on Sunday, November 13:

I am holding a live launch event of my debut novel, Hate Story, at Hirut.

Ivy Reiss will host. Guest performers will include authors Heather Babcock, Monica S. Kuebler and Timothy Carter and singer-songwriters Kari Maaren, Sean Peever and Neil Traynor, and there will be a Q&A session with the host and the audience.

This event will also be the official launch of the limited-edition HARDCOVER version of the novel!
(It may also be an unofficial birthday party. We’ll see.)

If you’re in the Toronto area, just click “Going” on the Facebook event page linked here.

And if you missed the Zoom launch of the book back in March (featuring an impressive lineup of local and international guest performers), and you’ve got two-and-a-half hours free, watch the recording on YouTube here: