The Reading Series has been bringing cutting-edge Canadian writers to St. Jerome's University since 1984.
Each year we strive to offer a range in our slate of visiting writers: well-established and up-and-coming, from the local area and from sea to sea, working in verse and prose and beyond. Experimental and traditional, serious and playful, beautiful and stark, cynical and celebratory — come and sample the wealth and variety that is Canadian literature today.
These readings are special opportunities to get inside the book — to hear writers read their own words, and speak about their own writing. Every reading includes an open question and answer session.
Damian Tarnopolsky's most recent book is a collection of linked short stories, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monk, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monster. He is also the author of a previous book of short fiction, a historical novel, a play that takes place at a doctoral exam and, most recently, a chapbook called "A Friend to Words." His work has been recognized by nominations for several awards, including the Journey Prize, the Amazon First Novel Award, and the Commnowealth Writers' Prize, and Every Night... was awarded the Alberta Book Publishing Awards Book Design of the Year Prize. He teaches at the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab at the University of Toronto.
The reading will take place in the St. Jerome's Academic Centre, SJ2 1002
The reading is free and all are welcome!