Readings & Events
Upcoming Readings & Event


Sunday, November 11, 2012, from 3 to 5pm at the Casa del Popolo, 4873 St. Laurent, is the launch of the disc and book, "annunciations".  At 8:30 that evening, there will be a concert at the Sala Rossa, directly across the street at 4885 St.Laurent, featuring live performances by Christian Calon, Ned Bouhalassa, Andy Williams and Fortner Anderson. Three new videos of my poems by Montreal videographer Eric Gaucher will also be presented.  Entry to both events is free.   

Sunday, October 30th, 2011, 5 to 7 pm and at 9pm - the launch of both a new book and disc, "solitary pleasures" at the Casa del Popolo. A concert will follow at 9 pm at the Sala Rossa. The address of the Casa is 4873 St. Laurent. The Sala Rossa is across the street at 4848 St, Laurent. Concert tickets are 10$.

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - reading at Yellow Door in Montreal. Entry is free.

October 20, 2011 - reading at the Visual Arts Centre in Westmount. Entry is free.


September 15th, 2011 - performing at the Western Front Gallery in Vancouver. The performance will open the LIVE Biennale performance art festival. The festival website is: www.livebiennale.com.

November 13th, 2010 - performing in Normand Guilbault's "Riel/Plaidoyer Musicale" at the 5th edition of the Festival Folk de Quebec. The concert will take place in the chapel of the Musée de l'Amérique française at 21h00. The address is 2 côte de la Fabrique. Tickets are 15-25$.  The festival website is: www.festivalfolkdequebec.com.

November 12th, 2010 - video performance at the 7th edition of the poetry Gabriola festival on Gabriola Island in British Columbia. The video presents a newly commissioned piece.  For more information go to the Poetry Gabriola website, www.poetrygabriola.com.

May 21, 2010 - performing the "La salle des pas perdus" at the 26th edition of the International Festival Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville with D.Kimm, Alexis O'Hara, Khyro, Michel F. Côté, Bernard Falaise, Luciane Pinto and Brigitte Henry Entry is 28$.

•In early March 2009, one of my letters will be seen in an exhibition of hand-written letters. A group show - "Le Arie del tempo", curated by Luisella Carretta in the Sala Lignea in the Berio Library (Genoa, Italy). View the exhibition here Le Arie del tempo.

February 11th to February 28, 2009, recent drawings and collage work will be exhibited at the Luz gallery in Montreal, 372 Ste. Catherine West, suite #418. The opening will occur on Saturday, February 14.

•April 14th to May 28, 2008 - my collage work will be exhibited at the december 1st gallery in Berlin in a group show with Australian artist Lee Salomone and the Berliner painter Silvia Sarseno. See the website here: (http://www.december-1th.de). The address in Berlin is: december 1st contemporary art gallery, greifswalder str. 217. The opening will occur on April 18th at 8pm.

February 4rd, 2008 - for one night only at the Ex-Centris theatre we will perform the multi-media show which premiered at the Berlin poetry festival. It is entitled "Raum der verlorenen Schritte" or "The Room of Errant Steps", or "La salle des pas perdus". Fellow Montreal writers and performers in the show are D. Kimm, Alexis O'Hara and Michel Vézina. Bernard Falaise and Michel F. Côté will provide the music. Luciane Pinto will dance, and Brigitte Henry from Montreal will be the vj. See her website here (http://www.brigitte-henry.com/), and see the festival website for more information including time, venue and ticket prices. Festival voix d'ameriques



February 3rd, 2008 - I will host an event at the Festival voix d'ameriques. The featured performer will be John Giorno. See the Festival website for more information including times, venue and ticket prices. Festival voix d'ameriques


November 18, 2007 - At this event I will be presented the first "Voice Electric/La voix électrique" award for career acheivement in literature in performance. The award is intended to honour a poet performer for their personal achievement, their originality, for their contributions to the genre at the national and international level. For more information on the prize, read the press release or visit the website of les Filles électriques. French Press Release English Press Release

•Thursday, November 8, 2007 - reading at the Yellow Door in Montreal. Entry is free.

•Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:00 pm at the Berlin poesifestival at the Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. This is a multi-media show entitled "Raum der verlorenen Schritte" or "The Room of Errant Steps". Several Montreal poets, writers, musicians as well as a dancer and a vj will perform in the event. Fellow Montreal writers include D. Kimm, Alexis O'Hara and Michel Vézina. Bernard Falaise and Michel F. Côté will provide the music and Luciane Pinto, dance, Frank Esposito from Paris will be the vj. Tickets are 7 Euros.


•Monday, June 18, 2007 - 9:00 pm at the 13th International Poetry Festival in Genoa, Italy: in the Cortile Maggiore of the Palais Ducale. Free entry.


•Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:00 pm at the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival: "Bilingual Tongues" event at the Auburn Saloon - #163 115 9th Ave SE $10.00. with Tchitala Nyota Kamba (Calgary), D. Kimm (Montreal), Genevieve Letarte (Montreal), Geneviève Robichaud (Victoria), Gisèle Villeneuve (Calgary)

•April 11 -- 9pm, reading at the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival: "Poetry sPeaks" event at the Club, Theatre Complex in Banff with Jill Battson (Toronto), Klyde Broox (Toronto), Ian Ferrier (Montreal), and Cheryl L'Hirondelle (Vancouver).

•March 6 reading at the Drake Hotel in Toronto in "Poetry, Process, Preformance" series.

•"he sings" charts on free103point9 Internet radio: #24 in January 2007, #11 for the month of December, #32 for November.

•October to December 2006: "he sings" charts from October 31st to December on CFRO, Co-op Radio, in Vancouver, #17 on October 31, #17 on October 31,#10 on November 7,#10 on November 14, #26 till December 5th.

• November 2006, "he sings" charts on CKUT in Montreal, #26 on November 21.

•September 22, 2006, reading at the Festival internationale de la litérature at the Lion D'or at 20h30. The show is called "L'eau qui brule" and I'll be reading with a dozen Quebec poets. The address of the Lion D'or is 1676, Ontario East, corner Papineau. Tickets are 15$.


•September 18, 2006, the launch of a CD single "He sings" at the Casa del Popolo. The show starts at 21h.


•August 30, 2006 "Poets Against War" reading and benefit at the Casa del Popolo. Show begins at 20h and tickets are 5$.

•June 1, 2006, reading at the Marché francophone de la poésie for the conference "Poésie et Performance". 9 h 30 à 17 h : Conference and debate -- "Poésie et performance" at the Maison de la culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, 465, avenue du Mont-Royal East

•May 31, 2006, speaking at the Marché francophone de la poésie at the conference "Poésie et Performance". 19 h : at O Patro Vys, 356, avenue du Mont-Royal East (métro Mont-Royal)

•May 30, 2006, a "5 à 7" launch of the DVD "Écrits et chuchotements" of selected performances from the Festival voix d'amériques at le divan orange, 4234 St-Laurent, Montréal (just north of Rachel) 5 to 7 pm. Free

•April 2006, "six silk purses" charts two weeks on CFRO, Co-op Radio, in Vancouver, #17 on April 11 and #15 on April 18th.

•March 2006, "six silk purses" charts #10 on CHRY-FM in North York, Ontario. It charts # 14 on CFRO in Co-op Radio in Vancouver.

•February 2006, "six silk purses" charts three weeks on CJSF-FM in Vancouver, reaching #5 on February 13.

•January 2006, "six silk purses" charts #18 on CHOU-FM in Ottawa, #25 on CKDU in Halifax, and #22 on CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario.

• December 6th, "six silk purses" charts on CHOU-FM (number 20) in Ottawa and at CKUT-FM (number 23) in Montreal.

• January 15th, a new mini-CD will be launched at the Wiredonwords reading at the Casa. Wiredonwords appears at the Casa, the third sunday of every month.

• December 1st read at the Golden Star Lounge in Ottawa, Ontario with poet Eddie Garnier

• Read Wednesday, November 16th at the Rime Club, 1130 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C.

• Read Thursday, November 17th the first night of the Gabriola Poetry Festival on Gabriola Island, B.C.

• October 30th was the release of the new CD, "six silk purses" on the Wiredonwords label. Performed with the big band; Chantal Dumas on effects, Alexander MacSween and Alexandre St-Onge on laptops, Fabrizio Gilardino playing field recordings, Sam Shalabi on guitar and Christof Migone on electronic auto-harp.