“LIT” up your Friday Nights with Diaspora Dialogues: April 17th kicks off a return of this popular Keep Toronto Reading series

(TORONTO) Diaspora Dialogues and Toronto Public Library team up for the fourth year in a row to jam the Palmerston Library theatre with fantastic writers and performers as part of Toronto Public Library’s Keep Toronto Reading.

This quirky community-based theatre space has played host to the city’s arts groups for decades, watching hipster venues comes and go, as all the while the subway rumbles underneath. Once a year, Diaspora Dialogues returns to this iconic venue in the Annex, bringing with them a lineup of Toronto’s best writers, dramatists, poets and actors with an audience determined to have fun. Come early, as the seats fill fast on these nights.

April 17 features fiction by Griffin nominee Priscila Uppal (To Whom It May Concern) and emerging writer Michelle Da Cruz; nonfiction by Martha Baillie (The Shape I Gave You); spoken word by Amani; and comedy by the hilarious Fade to Brown, Toronto’s first and only "brown" sketch comedy team.

April 24 brings fiction by Giller nominee Anthony De Sa (Barnacle Love) and emerging writer Cesar Polvorosa Jr; poetry by Sonja Ruth Greckol (Gravity Matters); spoken word by the M.A.D. Poet; and drama by emerging playwright Sarena Parmar.

May 1 caps off our series with readings by Governor General Award winner Nino Ricci (The Origin of the Species), Lorna Goodison (From Harvey River), Sherri Vanderveen (Absent) and emerging writers Yvette Trancoso and Leah Jane Esau; and spoken word by Eva Rose Tabobondung.

WHAT: Friday Nights with Diaspora Dialogues (part of Keep Toronto Reading)
WHEN: Fridays, April 17, 24, and May 1 – 7:00 pm
WHERE: Palmerston Branch – 560 Palmerston Avenue (Bloor & Bathurst)
COST: Free
CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com, 416-944-1101 x 277

Come celebrate the book in all its forms. This April, join Toronto Public Library for Keep Toronto Reading, a month-long showcase of books and culture including Everybody's Reading One Book (Glen Downie's Loyalty Management). Enjoy an exciting line-up of free events, performances and discussions at library branches and partner locations throughout the city. www.keeptorontoreading.ca