Brockton Writers Series presents readings by: Sonal Champsee K.R. Wilson Alison Gadsby Darren Greer Our event will be hosted in person at Glad Day Lit, located at 32 Lisgar St., Toronto. We will also live stream the event on the Brockton Writers Series YouTube channel! The event starts at 6:30 p.m. The reading is PWYC and features a…

Alison Gadsby is the author of Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive. Her debut novel, Dreams of the Weary, is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press (2027). She is co-host on HOWL, a on CIUT, 89.5 FM, and host of Junction Reads, a reading series in Toronto, where she lives in a multigenerational home on Treaty…

Selena Mercuri is a Toronto-based writer and publishing professional. She received the 2023 Norma Epstein Award and was runner-up in The Ampersand Review’s 2026 Essay Contest. Selena is Reviews Editor at The New Quarterly and Havana Times, and a book publicist at River Street. Find her on Instagram at @selenamercuriwriter. How Book Publicity Works in 2026 As a freelance book…

We had a wonderful group of writers talk about their work and share their stories with us this past Wednesday. Click here for the recorded live stream of our September 9th event featuring Alyssa Jane O’Dell, Maria Giesbrecht, Tyson Stewart, and Emily A. Weedon, along with guest speaker Selena Mercuri, who spoke to us on the topic “How Book Publicity…

Tyson Stewart is an author of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai and an associate professor of Indigenous Studies at Nipissing University. He has delivered numerous lectures and presentations on Indigenous noir in media, exploring the genre’s historical influences and the concept of biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves). The Return of the Nish is his debut novel. Link: Interview with Deborah Kalb…