Brockton Writers Series: January 8, 2025

The Brockton Writers Series (#BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series, hosted on the second Wednesday of every second month, funded by the Ontario Arts Council. The reading is PWYC (suggested $3-$5) and features a Q&A with the writers afterward. Books are available for sale. Join us for an exciting hybrid event: in person at Glad Day Bookshop on Church Street in Toronto, ON, Canada, or virtual over livestream. This is a must-attend gathering for all literature enthusiasts!

Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for their continued support.

Guest Speaker: Richard Scarsbrook on "FLASH!!! AAAA-AAHH!!! — The Art and Craft of Creating Flash Fiction"

Readers: Concetta Principe, Hollay Ghadery, Stephen Graham King, Jean Marc Ah-Sen

Richard Scarsbrook is the author of ten books, including ReLit Award finalist The Troupers, National Post bestseller Rockets Versus Gravity, and White Pine Award winner The Monkeyface Chronicles, plus dozens of stories and poems in publications such as The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Reed, Prairie Fire, and Descant. Find out more at www.richardscarsbrook.com.

Concetta Principe is a sessional professor of English literature and creative writing at Trent University, and is an award-winning author of five books of poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction. Her most recent collection of poetry, Disorder, has come out with Gordon Hill Press. She lives with a disability.

Hollay Ghadery is a multi-genre author living on Anishinaabe land in Ontario. She is the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. www.hollayghadery.com

Stephen Graham King (he/they) is a queer space opera writer, a black and white street photographer, a disabled cancer survivor, and an aspiring mensch. He lives and works in Toronto, and his works include Chasing Cold, as well as the five books in the Maverick Heartseries.

Jean Marc Ah-Sen is the author of Grand Menteur, In the Beggarly Style of Imitation, and Kilworthy Tanner. His writing has appeared in Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, Literary Hub, Hazlitt, The Comics Journal, and The Toronto Star.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Glad Day Bookshop, Church Street, Toronto, ON, Canada