may readings comin' atcha

I'm a little slow on the uptake this month. Sorry to the early-May readings I missed. I'm going to be out-of-town for June, and Summer is usually pretty slow, so this might be my last of these for a while. Enjoy!

Demeter Goes Skydiving Launch
Saturday, May 7th, 7:00 PM
Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace
1825 West 16th Ave., Vancouver
Featuring: Susan McCaslin
Free!


Buffet World Launch
Saturday, May 7th, 8:00 PM
Vivo Media Arts Centre
1965 Main Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Donato Mancini
Free!


Incite Reading Series
Monday, May 9th, 7:30 PM
Alice MacKay room, Central Library
350 West Georgia St., Vancouver
Featuring: Bernhard Schlink
Free!


Incite Reading Series
Wednesday, May 11th, 7:30 PM
Alice MacKay room, Central Library
350 West Georgia St., Vancouver
Featuring: Zsuzsi Gartner, Sylvia Tyson
Free!


TWS Reading Series
Friday, March 13th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Take 5 Cafe
429 Granville Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Susan McAslin, Sylvia Taylor, and more!
Free!


Cross-Border Pollination Series
Saturday, May 14th, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SFU Harbour Center, Room 700
515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Jericho Brown, Catherine Owen, Roberta Rich, Sheryda Warrener and Michael Dylan Welch
Free!


The Other Side of Ourselves Launch
Saturday, May 14th, 6:30 doors, 7:00 PM start
Rowan's Roof Restaurant and Lounge
2340 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Featuring: Readings by Rob Taylor and Aislinn Hunter, music by Jasper Sloan Yip
Free, including free appetizers
Poster


Counterparts: OCW Magazine #19 Launch
Saturday, May 14th, 9:00 PM
East Van Studio
870 East Cordova St., Vancouver
Featuring: Readings by Will Johnson, Chris Urquhart, and more. Music by AndrewAndrewAndrew, Cherchez La Femme, and The Cruz Brothers.
$10 (includes subscription, tickets here)


Spoken Ink Reading Series
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011, 7:30 PM
La Fontana Caffe
101-3701 East Hastings Street, Burnaby
Featuring: Debra Purdy Kong
Free!


Robson Reading Series
Thursday, May 19th, 7:00 PM
UBC Bookstore, Robson Square
800 Robson St, Vancouver
Featuring: Di Brandt and Ari Belathar
Free!


Twisted Poets Literary Salon
Thursday, May 19th, 7:00 PM — 10:00 PM
The Prophouse Cafe
1636 Venables Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Christopher Levenson and David Campbell
$5 (suggested donation)


Incite Reading Series
Wednesday, May 25th, 7:30 PM
Alice MacKay room, Central Library
350 West Georgia St., Vancouver
Featuring: Madeleine Thien, Patrick deWitt and Jen Sookfong Lee
Free!

And lastly, as a follow-up to last month's hype about the one Thursday night with 128 readings, here's a video summary of 125 of them, complete with Ray Hsu parkour:

[Flash 10 is required to watch video]