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Join us for the Toronto launch of Jaspreet Singh’s new poetry collection, Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, with guest readings from translator Anne McLean and fiction writer Liz Johnston. Jaspreet will be signing books!About the Book
In Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, Singh deepens his exploration of climate, language, migration, decolonization, and the Anthropocene with an energy both acrobatic and intimate. Interweaving the personal, local, global and geologic with hidden histories, these poems invite possibilities and defy neat closures, leaving readers with an indelible view of deep time. An ancestor’s words in a diary, a child’s chalk drawing, solar panels that smile like an ancient god, the Great Oxygenation Event: the gaze of these poems is vast, eclectic, and awestruck, while also remaining clear-eyed about the futures that await our planet.
“I love everything about it.” — Forrest Gander
“This book speaks to/for so many.” — Daphne Marlatt
“A eureka moment in the lifelong experiment.” —Nick Thran
“These poems spark an inexplicable sensation.” —Kim Nekarda
“Singh is a poet of light.” — Shazia Hafiz Ramji
About the Readers
Jaspreet Singh is the author of acclaimed poetry collections, non-fiction, novels, short stories, and a memoir. More and more his work engages with deep time and the ecological crisis. His most recent books are How to Hold a Pebble and Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, both with NeWest Press.
Anne McLean translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, and other writings by authors including Héctor Abad, Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, Evelio Rosero, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Last year she translated Gabriel García Márquez’s posthumous novel Until August.
Liz Johnston lives and writes in Toronto. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Humber Literary Review, Grain, The Antigonish Review, and The Cardiff Review, among other publications. She is an editor of Brick magazine. Her first novel, The Fall-Down Effect, will come out with Book*hug Press in 2026.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Flying Books, 784 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C6, Canada,Toronto, Ontario
