My partner and fellow poet Carmen Ellison came on this entire tour and took almost all of the great pics you will see here. Carmen and I rode shuttle vans and buses all over the place. Here we await the Robert Q shuttle from London to Toronto. From there, we will fly to Sydney, NS, […]
You have two days left, Jays fans, to click on over to Any Price for David and add your clause to his contract. What would you do to keep David Price with the Toronto Blue Jays? Us, we’ll give him a free copy of The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays, when it comes out in […]
I lived in London, Ontario for a quick eleven months (Aug 2005–July 2006) while I completed my MA at the University of Western Ontario. My visit to the city’s second annual Words festival was, therefore, a bit of a homecoming for me. I was honoured to be hosted by festival director Josh Lambier, my former […]
This week’s been a rough one. In the spirit of #TGIF, we’re tipping our hats to the weekend by sharing our favourite lighthearted video of the week. This Friday, the honour goes to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s legitimately awesome performance of Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” on Lip Sync Battle. Happy weekend, pals.
There’s not really any way to describe my pleasure of reading alongside Jane Munro (2015 Griffin winner!), Leah Horlick (curator of Reverb, and new Women’s Centre staff at SFU), and Lana Pesch (author of Moving Parts, in town from Toronto) and to be hosted by the hilarious duo of Sean Cranbury and Dina del Bucchia. […]
It’s your last chance to pick up Invisible titles in person before the holidays! We’re taking part in the Indie Literary Market in Toronto tomorrow—that’s Saturday, November 14—from 12-5 pm at the Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave. And in two-for-one fun, the announcement for the winner of the 30th bpNichol Chapbook Award will take place that […]
This was the second of my ‘hometown’ launches, and I was fortunate enough to have Ali Blythe join me again to launch Twoism, and 2015 Dayne Ogilve-prize winner Alex Leslie read as well. We jammed the maximum amount of bodies possible into the reading corner of the store; we had young folks sitting on the […]
It is the night before your first-ever reading in that minor metropolis known as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Have you heard of it? Your main decisions tonight are what to eat for dinner and what time to go to bed. What will you choose? A. Eat some protein, vegetables, and grains, and then go to bed […]
We’ve been on the road a lot this fall for launches and book fairs and everything in between – which means we’ve been filling our ears with a slew of new podcasts to help pass the travel time. In no particular order, here are five invisibly-themed podcasts to help you get from A to B: […]
We’re twirling into Ottawa this weekend for Saturday’s Small Press Book Fair! Free hugs if you stop by the Jack Purcell Community Centre between12–5 on November 7 to say hi and pick up a footloose and fancy-free book or two. Can’t beat that! (All the relevant details + fine print here.)