Brockton Writers' Series 7

Join us Tuesday April 6, 7-9pm at Zoots Cafe, 1438 Dundas Street West, to hear readings by:

CLAUDIA DEY is a novelist, playwright and columnist. For two years, she wrote the weekly ‘Group Therapy’ column for the Globe and Mail, and during its brief but illustrious life, Claudia also wrote the sex column for Toro magazine under the pseudonym Bebe O’Shea. Her plays have been translated into French and German and produced internationally. They include Beaver, Trout Stanley and The Gwendolyn Poems, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award. Her debut novel, Stunt, has been praised by – among others – Time Out Chicago, which called it ‘deeply weird and totally beautiful.’

IBI KASLIK is an internationally published novelist, freelance writer and teacher. Her most recent novel, The Angel Riots, is a rock n’ roll comic-tragedy and was nominated for Ontario’s Trillium award in 2009. Her first novel, Skinny, was a New York Times Bestseller and has been published in numerous countries. Ibi teaches creative writing at The University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies.

MO PIGEON is an emerging Canadian Writer of Ojibwa First Nations, and Celtic Descent. Her father was a Story Teller and Teacher of the Old Stories and Legends which was a time honored position within tribes that was passed from one generation to the next. Mo learned the gift and responsibility of becoming the next generations’ Story Teller around the fire as a child, and was trained for three decades by Elders in The Ojibwa, and Seneca Teachings, Ceremonies, Legends and Stories. She is columnist for May Day Magazine, and is working on her first fiction novel, Strange Things Done.

SUDHARSHANA RAJASINGAM has been writing for many years. Her first book of poems “Call of the Sea” was published in 2006 . She writes both in Tamil and English. Her work reflects her experiences with migration, loss, grief, rebirth and love.


There will also be a 15 minute open mic session at the end. Hey don't be shy! Prepare a five minute reading/performance, and show up by 6:55pm to sign up!

Free! Books, drinks and other goodies available for sale. Lots of time for neighbourly chat.

If you a writer who'd like to get involved in a future event, contact farzanadoctor@rogers.com. We give some preference to those who live, work, and hang out in the Brockton area (loosely defined as the West Toronto neighbourhood bordered by Lansdowne, College, Queen and Gladstone)--but we're no longer making this a requirement.

All genres, experience level, ages, styles etc welcome!