Join us to celebrate Desert Pet Press’ (co-founded by Catriona Wright and Akin Dupont member Emma Dolan) return from the underworld! We’ve resurfaced with two new chapbooks: Lilith by Jacqueline Valencia and Sea Burial Laws According to Country by Kasia van Schaik (Kasia Juno).

When: Thursday, November 22nd 2018

Time: 8-11PM

Where: Reunion Island Coffee, 385 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto.

Some launch advice from the poets:

Please arrive “…washed and dressed in handmade clothing, the seams left unfinished” (Kasia van Schaik, “Russia”) and be prepared to “Get dizzy and pretend you’re a half-nymph, / part baby dragonfly, part insatiable want” (Jacqueline Valencia, “Hey have a holy time”).

There will be chapbooks and beer/wine/coffee/tea for sale. There will be short readings by the poets. There will be surprises.

Emma Dolan is an illustrator and designer based in Toronto, Canada. Her primary focus has been in publishing, designing books for publishers across Canada and the United States. Emma is the co-founder of Desert Pets Press, as well as the graphic designer for The Puritan.

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