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.