Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

PerformanceTag

  • How to tame your nerves at a live/online reading
    How to tame your nerves at a live/online reading
    November 08, 2022

    How to tame your nerves at a live/online reading

    The other week, I stood on the edge of a stage down at Harbourfront, waiting for my cue. I wasn’t nervous about reading. After a year of online events, I was excited to read to a live audience, but ...

  • Feel the Power of Indigenous Spoken Word in an Excerpt from Slam Coalkan Performance Poetry
    Feel the Power of Indigenous Spoken Word in an Excerpt from Slam Coalkan Performance Poetry
    June 13, 2022

    Feel the Power of Indigenous Spoken Word in an Excerpt from Slam Coalkan Performance Poetry

    Back in 2021, the Festival of the Peripheries (FLUP) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) came together to stage a spectacular poetry happening: 17 Indigenous ...

  • Unstuck: what writers can learn from artists in other disciplines
    Unstuck: what writers can learn from artists in other disciplines
    April 23, 2021

    Unstuck: what writers can learn from artists in other disciplines

    What can writers learn from burlesque performers, chefs, choreographers, and designers? What advice do established artists in other disciplines have for emerging writers? Let's find out. I'm so excited ...

  • 3 Practices the Literary Scene Could Learn from Spoken Word Artists
    3 Practices the Literary Scene Could Learn from Spoken Word Artists
    November 20, 2019

    3 Practices the Literary Scene Could Learn from Spoken Word Artists

     When I was curating So Fresh: A Scarborough Reading, I desperately wanted to bring together two worlds that I deeply loved. First were the authors that I knew from the literary community. Authors like ...

Related tags

  • Artists (1)
  • CanLit (1)
  • Columnists (1)
  • Emerging Writers (1)
  • Excerpt (1)
  • Indigenous Authors (1)
  • Poetry (3)
  • Queer Authors (1)
  • Readings (1)
  • writing tips (1)
A blue background with a black city skyline beneath it. On top is the book Angelhunting by JJ Hong Sayo. Next to the book is a quote from Publisher's Weekly.

Upcoming events

June 19

Martha Bátiz

June 19, 2025 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm
View all

More events

June 21, 2025 @ 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Heather Birrell and Catherine Bush in conversation with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

June 23, 2025 @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm

The English Tutor: a book launch

A blue background with a black city skyline beneath it. On top is the book Angelhunting by JJ Hong Sayo. Next to the book is a quote from Publisher's Weekly.
A wooden background with the book Quebec Was Born In My Country by Emanuelle Dufour on top. Text next to the book reads "Quebec Was Born In My Country."
A faded photograph of a brick coachouse. Overtop of the image are the words "Celebrating 60 years of independent publishing and printing!" Beneath the photograph is a black bar with white text. The text reads "Coach House Books" and "Free Canadian shipping all year on chbooks.com"
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2025 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us