Aisha Sasha John at Flying Books at Neverland
Flying Books at Neverland
Lee Suksi - lee@flyingbooks.ca - 416532-8552
Join us on Tuesday, May 20th, from 630 - 8 pm at Flying Books at Neverland, 371 Queen St. W. (map) for an opportunity to chat with Aisha Sasha John in our intimate bookstore/cafe/bar.
Aisha will be speaking to signing copies of her new poetry collection, total, out now from McClelland & Stewart.
Admission is free, but please RSVP.
"John is brilliant at communicating. She's also really funny. Poems don't get more direct and precise and unforgettable than this." —National Post
Aisha Sasha John is a performer, choreographer and poet. Recent works include The Pool (Toronto Dance Theatre 2025) and the poetry collection total (McClelland & Stewart 2025). Aisha is interested in the power of reception as creative methodology and in choreographing performances that occasion real love. A celebrated poet, John is the author of the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize nominated collection, I have to live. (McClelland & Stewart 2017), THOU (Book*hug 2014), TO STAND AT A PRECIPICE ALONE AND REPEAT WHAT IS WHISPERED (UDP 2021). She was the 2018 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto (Scarborough) and served as guest faculty for the Writing Studio residency program at The Banff Centre.
