Broken Pencil’s Word on Street Zine Race is back this Sunday at 2:30pm in the Vibrant Voices Tent!
Tuesday, September 22
TORONTO
Kate Beaton Launches Step Aside, Pops!, 6pm, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St, free
Page & Panel hosts the bestselling creator Kate Beaton.
Wednesday, September 23
MONTREAL
Hair and Kittens Double Launch, 7pm, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest, free
Matt Goldberg hosts the launch for the debuts of Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald and the Pick-A-Plot series’ third instalment, You Are a Kitten! by Sherwin Tjia.
TORONTO
Pivot Reading Series, 8pm, The Steady Café & Bar, 1051 Bloor St W, free
Raoul Fernandes, James Grainger and Sabrina Ramnanan read.
Thursday, September 24
TORONTO
Casey and Vivek share their two short films as a part of Queer Orientation.
Two performances at the newsstand kiosk, quickly becoming Toronto’s coolest art space. Runs through September 25.
Graphic! Sex! Education!, 7pm, DG Ivey Library, 20 Willcocks Street, free
A discussion of Sex is a Funny Word, the sequel to What Makes a Baby from Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth.
Coming Out As Deliciously Disabled, 7:30pm, Come As You Are, 493 Queen St W, $10
Exploring the realities of queer people with disabilities and how to navigate sex and disability.
Sick Sad World Skit Night/Daria Marathon, 7:30pm, D-Beatstro, 1292 Bloor St W, free
Share your best sick sad world improv with Daria episodes playing all night. I mean… this is amazing.
Desert Pets Launch, 8pm, Reunion Island Coffee, 285 Roncesvalles Ave, free
An evening of viral videos, bold readings and new fun chapbooks. Readings by E Martin Nolan, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Michelle Brown, Spencer Gordon and more.
VANCOUVER
Lorcation Launch, 7pm, Bombast, 27 East Pender St, free
BookThug invites you to join Brian Dedora for the launch of his newest book exploring the tragendies of Lorca’s life and his own.
Friday, September 25
TORONTO
OurSpace responds to whitewashing of queer liberation history by screening Pay It No Mind, telling the story of early trans revolutionary Marsha P Johnson.
MONTREAL
Sam Alden reads from his latest book, which is released in November and contains two stories, one about a brother and a sister remembering their father and another about an anarchist household.
OTTAWA
Fabulous Ottawa poets here! Get your fix.
Saturday, September 26
MADE by Feminists, 9:30am – 4pm, OCADU, 100 McCaul St, PWYC
The Feminist Art conference’s big debut makers’ market! Runs on Sunday September 27 as well.
Sex Is A Funny Word Launch, 3pm, Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave, free
Celebrate the Canadian release of Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth. Coloring! Buttons! Signings!
The Canadian Electronic Ensemble and the legendary Norma Beecroft in conversation with Kristel Aubrey Jax.
New Construction Launch, 7pm, The Central, 603 Markham St, free
Sam Alden’s newest graphic story collection launches along with Michael Deforge’s new release Lose #7.
Sunday, September 27
The Word on the Street Festival, 11am-6pm, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, free
The giant one day literary festival moves to its new location at Harbourfront and includes our famous Broken Pencil Zine Race at 2:30pm in the Vibrant Voices tent. t
Junction Reads, 4pm-7pm, 3030, 3030 Dundas St W, free
The Fall Kickoff of this west end reading series includes Loren Edizel, Marissa Stapley, Marianne Miller and J.R. McConvey.