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The Rowers Pub Reading Series
Write Around Town
 

The Rowers Pub Reading SeriesFrom October until June each year, the Rower’s Pub reading series takes place at the Harbord House (150 Harbord Street) starting at 7:30pm. The readings take place upstairs, and downstairs diners nosh on gastro pub comfort food and down some premium (and relatively local) Canadian beer. The atmosphere feels warm and inviting, which might just be what us bookish folks who can’t afford a beach vacation need the first Monday of every month.

Funded in part by the Canada Council, the Writers’ Union of Canada and the League of Canadian Poets, the series solicits homegrown talent and features three readings per evening. The February features include Di Brandt, Dayle Furlong and Matthew Tierney. Brief bios for each of the writers can be found on the reading series’s website. Looking ahead to the first Monday in March (the 1st) when Sonja Greckol, Jacob Scheier and Michael Winter will be reading. Both Greckol and Scheier are poets doing interesting work. Greckol’s latest project, entitled Skin of the Day, finds inspiration in newspaper headlines, while Scheier’s working on a prose/poetry hybrid that explores his radical Jewish American heritage.

Michael Winter has long been one of my favourite Canadian writers. He’s always a treat to see in person—interesting, intelligent and always with a hilarious story at the ready, his words around his work make it worthwhile seeing him in person. A couple of years ago, he kept a poetically charged blog while touring his novel, The Big Why. (and signed my copy, “to the girl who’s read the blog”), and for his last book, The Architects Are Here, he made bookish headlines for how he used Facebook to drive attention and awareness.

And if you’re really, really planning ahead, Lorna Crozier will be appearing on Monday, June 7, 2010, along with Patrick Lane. Maybe more on that when there’s not actually snow on the ground… So, if you’re looking to support the Rower’s Pub Reading Series, it could be as simple as putting some cash in the hat as it’s passed around at the end of the performances. Or you go buy one of Alexander McCall Smith’s numerous books – he’s a patron of the event – and if he’s still in business maybe he’ll consider sending the same donation next year.

For more information about the Rower’s Pub Reading Series, visit their website.

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