Ottawa hosts Jay MillAr

Toronto poet and publisher Jay MillAr visits Ottawa for a reading in The A B Series. Joining him are Ottawa poets and writers Monty Reid and Emily Falvey. Hosted by Max Middle.

Friday 15 February 2008

doors open 7:30pm
downstairs
Laurier Royal Oak
161 Laurier Ave East
Ottawa

There will be a book table.

Free admission
A hat will be passed.

for more information:
contact Max Middle
maxmiddle at gmail dot com
telephone: 613.859.8423

or refer to:

theabseries dot blogspot dot com

Jay MillAr is a Toronto poet, editor, publisher, and virtual bookseller. He is the author of False Maps for Other Creatures (2005), Mycological Studies (2002), and The Ghosts of Jay MillAr (2000). His most recent collection is the small blue (Fall 2007). In 2006 he published Double Helix, a collaborative "novel" written with Stephen Cain. MillAr is the shadowy figure behind BookThug, an independent publishing house dedicated to cutting edge work by well-known and emerging North American writers, as well as Apollinaire's Bookshoppe, a virtual bookstore that specializes in the books that no one wants to buy. He is also the co-editor (with Mark Truscott) of BafterC, a small magazine of contemporary writing. Currently Jay teaches creative writing at George Brown College.

Originally from Nova Scotia, Emily Falvey is currently an Ottawa-based writer, curator, and art critic. In 2004, she received a Writers Works in Progress Grant from the Ontario Arts Council for her novella, Lessons in Darkness. She is currently working on the final version of this manuscript. Her poetry and prose have appeared in Descant and Decalogue 2: ten Ottawa fiction writers (Chaudiere).

Monty Reid's books include The Life of Ryley (Thistledown), Crawlspace (Anansi), The Alternate Guide (rdc books) and Sweetheart of Mine (BookThug). Widely published, he has been short-listed three times for the Governor-General's award. His most recent book, Disappointment Island (Chaudiere), won the Lampman-Scott Award and was nominated for the City of Ottawa book award. He lives and works in Ottawa.