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Brockton Writers Series 14.01.26: Tamara Jong
Tamara Jong is a Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) born writer of Chinese and European ancestry. Her work has been published in literary magazines, and long and shortlisted for various creative non-fiction prizes. She is a Writer’s Studio graduate and lives on Treaty 3 territory, (Guelph, ON). Worldly Girls is her first book. How to be a writer I…
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Brockton Writers Series 14.01.26: Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop is a Toronto illustrator and cartoonist. His work has appeared in major magazines, books and advertising for 40 years. His graphic memoir, I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together, won the Toronto Book Award and the Trillium Book Award. Excerpt from I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
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Brockton Writers Series 14.01.26: Jes Battis
Jes Battis is the author of the award-winning fantasy novel The Winter Knight (ECW), as well as the Occult Special Investigator series (Penguin), and the Parallel Parks series (Penguin). They are a Canada Reads finalist, and their work has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Sunburst Award, and the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize. Their…
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026 — 6:30 p.m.
Brockton Writers Series presents readings by: Tamara Jong Jes Battis Leslie Shimotakahara Maurice Vellekoop 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…
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Brockton Writers Series 12.11.25 Report
Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. She’s written five critically acclaimed lit-fic novels, Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, Seven and The Beauty of Us, as well as a poetry collection, You Still Look The Same and a self- and community care workbook for helpers and activists, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. She co-founded Brockton Writers Series and was…
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