Faithful blog readers, don't forget to show your lovely faces at tonight's HEAR/HEAR Reading Series event! Doors open at 6:30 at the Free Times Cafe (320 College St.) and readings begin at 7.
Our fantastic readers for the night are Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Angela Szczepaniak and Natalie Zina Walschots! Don't miss their beautiful words!
Tonight's reading is a free-to-attend, all-ages event, so come on out and join us. See you there!
For more info about the event, click on read more!
WHAT: HEAR/HEAR Reading Series Lucky Number 7
WHERE: Free Times Cafe — 320 College St., Toronto
WHEN: Doors at 6:30, readings at 7
WHO: ... ELISABETH DE MARIAFFI’s poetry and fiction appear regularly in Canadian magazines. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph-Humber and she is one-half of the brand-spanking-new Toronto Poetry Vendors, a small press that sells poetry broadsides from vending machines. Elisabeth is currently hard at work on a collection of short stories; new work can be seen in the coming months in CV2, Descant and The New Quarterly.
... ANGELA SZCZEPANIAK has been a student nearly forever; a condition that has most recently landed her neckdeep in a doctoral dissertation on innovative poetry, dysfunctional detective fiction, and comic books. She also writes fiction, poetry, cartoons, and critical essays, and works as a poetry editor for Redwood Coast Press (California). One of her early career highlights was participating in LOCCAL’s first hygiene themed poetry-art project — traces of her visual poetry may still be found on placards in some of the finest public restrooms in Seattle. Her first book is a novel-in-poems, called Unisex Love Poems (DC Books). Eventually forthcoming will be her typeface-cartoon extravaganza, The QWERTY Institute of Cosmetic Typographical Enhancement.
... NATALIE ZINA WALSCHOTS' first book of poetry, Thumbscrews, was published by Snare Books in 2007. Her newest manuscript, Supervillains, is nearly complete. Her work has recently appeared in Rampike, A4, Open Letter, Misunderstandings Magazine, Last Supper, ditch and dANDelion. She has served as the Managing Editor of both filling Station and dANDelion magazines. She also co-curated the Flywheel reading series from 2005 to 2008. Natalie completed her MA in English/Creative Writing at the University of Calgary. She currently serves as a board member for Toronto's Draft reading series. She is also a part of the collective behind Small Print, a workshop and reading series for young writers. Her current base of operations is located in Toronto. She lives in a menagerie with a princess, a pirate, three cats, and a dog.
