READINGS
It was 2012 when we organized our first reading, two years before we launched our publishing program. We held it in a friend's rustic loft in the quaint Mile Ex neighborhood in Montréal. Since then we have organized over 50 readings in Canada and the United States, featuring more than 300 writers. We have done readings online and outdoors in fields, in new and used book stores and historical buildings, art galleries and music venues, creative hubs and bars, greenhouses and many off-the-beaten-path spaces. Our ethos around readings is to create unique and irreplaceable literary events that people will feel lucky they were present for.
2021
SWIMSUIT MOON
PARC BEAUBIEN, AUGUST
HANNAH KARPINSKI
AVELYNNE KANG
JAY RITCHIE
ALI PINKNEY
FAITH PARÉ
SOPHIE MCCREESH
CATHERINE FATIMA
METATRON LIVE @ ANTEISM
ONLINE, MARCH
ELI TAREQ EL BECHELANY-LYNCH
HELEN CHAU BRADLEY
TRYNNE DELANEY
MARCELA HUERTA
TARA MCGOWAN ROSS
OLIVIA WOOD
LAURA TOMA
SRUTI ISLAM
PAMELA BEYER
ALI PINKNEY
BRAD CASEY
ASHLEY OBSCURA
2020
REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS : A DIANE DI PRIMA MARATHON READING
ONLINE, NOVEMBER
ADÈLE BARCLAY
ALASDAIR REES
ALEX MANLEY
ALI PINKNEY
ASHLEY OBSCURA
BARA HLADIK
BRAD CASEY
CASON SHARPE
E. R. PULGAR
EMILY BRILL
FAITH PARÉ
IVANNA BARANOVA
JAY RITCHIE
LEAH HORLICK
LIZ BOWEN
LORA MATHIS
MARCELA HUERTA
OLIVIA WOOD
PEACE OLUWASEUN AKINTADE
RACHELLE TOARMINO
RUBY BRUNTON
SENNAH YEE
SHAZIA HAFIZ-RAMJI
SOFIA BANZHAF
TARA MCGOWAN-ROSS
TÉA MUTONJI
TESS LIEM
2019
IVANNA BARANOVA CONFIRMATION BIAS LAUNCH @ REBECCA'S
BROOKLYN, NOVEMBER
IVANNA BARANOVA
TESS BROWN-LAVOIE
MELISSA LOZADA-OLIVA
CHASE BERGGRUN
SHY WATSON
AURAL ORACLES: A BOOK LAUNCH @ NIAGARA CUSTOM LAB
TORONTO, OCTOBER
IVANNA BARANOVA
KAITLYN PURCELL
LIZ HOWARD
TÉA MUTONJI
CODY CAETANO
BRAD CASEY
AURAL ORACLES: A BOOK LAUNCH @ ANTEISM PROJECT SPACE
MONTREAL, OCTOBER
IVANNA BARANOVA
KAITLYN PURCELL
MARCELA HUERTA
XAVIER FORD-LEGRAND
BÁRA HLADÍK
TARA MCGOWAN ROSS
SONGS FOR THE LIVING SKIES @ REMAI MODERN
SASKATOON, SEPTEMBER
ALASDAIR REES
ALEX SCOTT
ASHLEY OBSCURA
ECOABORIJANELLE
PEACE AKINTADE
LOVE SPEECH LAUNCH @ BABYCASTLES
NEW YORK, AUGUST
XIAOXUAN / SHERRY HUANG
LIZ BOWEN
JASPER AVERY
IVANNA BARANOVA
MLA CHERNOFF
LOVE SPEECH LAUNCH @ TYPE BOOKS JUNCTION
TORONTO, AUGUST
XIAOXUAN / SHERRY HUANG
CATHERINE FATIMA
LILY WANG
SIERRA RILEY
LOVE SPEECH LAUNCH @ LA SOTTERENEA
MONTREAL, AUGUST
XIAOXUAN / SHERRY HUANG
SOPHIE MARISOL
OLIVE ANDREWS
EVELYN RICKY
2018
11:11 FULLY LOADED @ STUDIO A
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER
LIZ BOWEN
AEON GINSBERG
CHASE BERGRRUN
MARCELA HUERTA
PAMELA BEYER
ELI TAREQ
TARA MCGOWAN-ROSS
TESS LIEM
METATRON READING @ BABYCASTLES
NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER
ASHLEY OBSCURA
JASPER AVERY
AJA MOORE
NATALIA HERO
SENNAH YEE
CASON SHARPE
LIZ BOWEN
SOFIA BANZHAF
JAY RITCHIE
GEORGIA FAUST
ALEX MANLEY
SARAH JEAN GRIMM
HEALING SPELLS LAUNCH @ PETITE LIBRAIRIE DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER
ASHLEY OBSCURA
JASPER AVERY
AJA MOORE (DIGITAL)
NATALIA HERO
NATASHA YOUNG
GEMINI SEASON @ QUEEN BOOKS
TORONTO, JUNE
ALEY WATERMAN
ASHLEY OBSCURA
FAITH ARKORFUL
SENNAH YEE
SHAZIA HAFIZ
QUINN FLOM
TEA MUTONJI
#WOKEBANSHEES [BLUE MET] @ ARTICULE
MONTREAL, APRIL
ALEX MANLEY
CASON SHARPE
MARCELA HUERTA
LIGHT ZACHARY
LIZ BOWEN
EXQUISITE CORPSE @ PETITE LIBRAIRIE DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, MARCH
ALEX MANLEY
CASON SHARPE
DAPHNÉ B
FAWN PARKER
JUPITER BROWN
KLARA DU PLESSIS
MARCELA HUERTA
NICKY TEE
RALITSA DONCHEVA
SADIE AVERY
ETHEREAL SHADOWLAND @ PAPER HOUND BOOKS
VANCOUVER, FEBRUARY
ADELE BARCLAY
AJA MOORE
ASHLEY OBSCURA
BRAD CASEY
IVANNA BARANOVA
LEAH HORLICK
SHAZIA HAFIZ RAMJI
2017
FALL CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ NOTMAN HOUSE
MONTREAL, OCTOBER
CASON SHARPE
SENNAH YEE
MARCELA HUERTA
KARISSA LAROCQUE
OLIVIA WOOD
PAMELA LISA
FALL CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ FEMINIST ART GALLERY - F.A.G.
TORONTO, OCTOBER
SENNAH YEE
CASON SHARPE
MARCELA HUERTA
KALALE LUTALE DALTON
ZOE SHARPE
A LIGHT ZACHARY
W. CO-HOST MADELYNE BECKLES
BABY LAUNCH @ UNLOVABLE
TORONTO, AUGUST
SARA SUTTERLIN
SENNAH YEE
KRISTINA MAHLER
ALESSIA DOWHANIUK
BABY LAUNCH @ GAMMA
MONTREAL, AUGUST
SARA SUTTERLIN
CASON SHARPE
KALALE DALTON
KRISTINA MAHLER
METAMOON @ KNIFE/FORK/BOOK
TORONTO, AUGUST
S.K. HUGHES
RUBY BRUNTON
ASHLEY OPHEIM
OLIVIA WOOD
ALI PINKNEY
MARIE DARSIGNY
AARON BOOTHBY
METATRON X LIGHT READING @ KNIFE/FORK/BOOK
TORONTO, AUGUST
RUBY BRUNTON
EM YA'AKOV LIBERMAN
ZOE IMANI SHARPE
NATALIE WEE
SENNAH YEE
METATRON X PEACH GOTH TOUR @ GAMMA (GRAND OPENING)
MONTREAL, AUGUST
CASON SHARPE
LUCY K SHAW
OSCAR D’ARTOIS
RACHELLE TOARMINO
MATTHEW BOOKIN
METATRON READING @ HONEY’S
BROOKLYN, JUNE
SOFIA BANZHAF
BRAD CASEY
RUBY BRUNTON
MILES PRESTON-CLARKE
PRECIOUS OKOYOMON
SOPHIA GIOVANNETTI
AKOSUA ZIMA AFIRIYIE-HWEDIE
OSCAR D’ARTOIS
METATRON SPRING CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ WENDY’S SUBWAY
BROOKLYN, JUNE
SARAH JEAN GRIMM
LIZ BOWEN
GEORGIA FAUST
POETRY IN THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE @ ROCKET SCIENCE ROOM
MONTREAL, MAY
SARAH JEAN GRIMM
LIZ BOWEN
GEORGIA FAUST
W/ JACOB WREN + ASHLEY OPHEIM
METATRON SPRING CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, MAY
SARAH JEAN GRIMM
LIZ BOWEN
GEORGIA FAUST
SECRET GARDEN @ THE PLANT
MONTREAL, MAY
ANDREA BRIDGEMAN
ALASDAIR
AZZEDINE ISSA
GABRIEL WAINIO-THEBERGE
SOPHIE MARISOL
EMILIE LAFLEUR
ELLIOTT ELLIOTT
TARA MCGOWAN-ROSS
W/ SSURFACING, BLUFF, ASO ANI
METATRON X BOUTELOUA COLLECTIVE @ THE PLANT
MONTREAL, APRIL
ASHLEY OPHEIM
ALASDAIR
SELENA MAE
GABRIEL WAINIO-THEBERGE
DAYANE RAMIREZ
A LIGHT ZACHARY
METATRON @ KNIFE/FORK/BOOK
TORONTO, MARCH
SARAH JEAN GRIMM
ERIC AMLING
ASHLEY OPHEIM
JAY RITCHIE
SARA SUTTERLIN
ADAM ZACHARY
SENNAH YEE
METATRON READING @ LA VITROLA
MONTREAL, JANUARY
ALEX MANLEY
FAWN PARKER
ASHLEY OPHEIM
SARA SUTTERLIN
JAY RITCHIE
LAURA BROADBENT
ALI PINKNEY
GREG ZORKO
BRAD CASEY
2016
METATRON @ THE WORD BOOKSTORE
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 2016
MADELYNE BECKLES
SADIE LAETT-BABCOCKN
NIKOLAS TYRAKIS
JASON 'BLACKBIRD' SELMAN
ALLY TURNER
CHRISTIAN MARIA BRUN DEL RE
HANNAH KARPINSKI
SCOTT MOODLE
CHARLES GONSALVES
METATRON FALL CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ LA SALA ROSSA
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER
ALEX MANLEY
ADAM ZACHARY
LAURA THEOBALD (DIGITAL)
CASON SHARPE
RHIANNON COLLETT
LAURA BROADBENT
TIM DARCY
METATRON FALL CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ THE GLADSTONE HOTEL
TORONTO, OCTOBER
ADAM ZACHARY
ALEX MANLEY
LAURA THEOBALD (DIGITAL)
SOFIA BANZHAF
JACQUELINE VALENCIA
ROLLIE PEMBERTON
ADAM ZACHARY
W/ MUSICAL GUESTS LOOM, SHIFRA RIFKA
METATRON @ KAFEIN
MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER
BRAD CASEY
CASON SHARPE
KRISTINA MAHLER
MARCELA HUERTA
SARA SUTTERLIN
SOFIA BANZHAF
OLIVIA WOOD
A LIGHT ZACHARY
METATRON @ 8-11
TORONTO, AUGUST
GREG ZORKO
ASHLEY OPHEIM
ROLAND PEMBERTON
A LIGHT ZACHARY
ANDREA WERHUN
METATRON @ ARTICULE
MONTREAL, JUNE
MADELEINE MAILLET
ROBERT MARTIN
FRANKIE BARNET
KALALE DALTON
CASON SHARPE
CHALSLEY TAYLOR
ALEX MANLEY
FAWN PARKER
METATRON SPRING 2K16 LAUNCH @ PRESSED
OTTAWA, MAY
ASHLEY OPHEIM
GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
JAY RITCHIE
BRAD CASEY
SARA SUTTERLIN
GREG ZORKO
FRANKIE BARNET
A NIGHT OF READINGS @ 8-11
TORONTO, MAY
LENA SUKSI
ALEX MCGILL
ASHLEY OPHEIM
JAY RITCHIE
A LIGHT ZACHARY
JESSICA BEBENEK
JESSICA D'ANGELO
ARIELLE GAVIN
REBECCA DAWE
SENNAH YEE
METATRON SPRING 2K16 LAUNCH @ TYPE BOOKS
TORONTO, MAY
BRAD CASEY
SARA SUTTERLIN
FRANKIE BARNET
GREG ZORKO
SOFIA BANZHAF
ROSEMARY FLUTUR
METATRON SPRING 2K16 LAUNCH @ CREW COLLECTIVE
MONTREAL, MAY
SEAN MICHAELS
GREG ZORKO
FRANKIE BARNET
SARA SUTTERLIN
BRAD CASEY
METATRON X WONDER @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, APRIL
BEN FAMA
MONICA MCCLURE
BRIDGET TALONE
JOSEF KAPLAN
TESS LIEM
SARA SUTTERLIN
ALI PINKNEY
STEPHEN THOMAS
THE GREENHOUSE READING @ THE CONCORDIA GREENHOUSE
MONTREAL, APRIL
JESSICA BEBENEK
ELI LYNCH
MIA FRANCESCA
DAPHNE B.
LONI JEFFS
MICK HENNESSY
EMILIE LAFLEUR
MELANIE POWER
KARISSA LAROCQUE
TARA MCGOWAN-ROSS
2015
TEEN SURF GOTH LAUNCH @ MOLASSES BOOKS
BROOKLYN, OCTOBER
THEO THIMO
JOHNNY BRYAN
LUCY K SHAW
SARAH JEAN ALEXANDER
ASHLEY OPHEIM
OSCAR D'ARTOIS
METATRON READING @ ALT SPACE
BROOKLYN, OCTOBER
RUBY BRUNTON
SOILI SMITH
FAWN PARKER
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
ASHLEY OPHEIM
GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
BEN FAMA
ALEXANDRA WUEST
METATRON FALL 2K15 LAUNCH @ TYPE BOOKS
TORONTO, OCTOBER
LUCY K SHAW
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
FAWN PARKER
OSCAR D'ARTOIS
SOFIA BANZHAF
*HOSTED BY HALEY CULLINGHAM
A NIGHT OF READINGS @ 8-11
TORONTO, OCTOBER
BRAD CASEY
OSCAR D'ARTOIS
JULIE MANNELL
GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
ASHLEY OPHEIM
ROLLIE PEMBERTON
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
SARA JUNE WOODS
SOPHIA KATZ
STEPHEN THOMAS
METATRON FALL 2K15 LAUNCH @ 820PLAZA
MONTREAL, OCTOBER
LAURA BARDSLEY
LUCY K SHAW
WIVES
FAWN PARKER
SOFIA BANZHAF
OSCAR D'ARTOIS
POETRY NIGHT @ KAFEIN
MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER
SARA SUTTERLIN
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
OLIVIA WOOD
MARIE DARSIGNY
STEVE ANWYLL
ASHLEY OPHEIM
FAWN PARKER
LAURA BROADBENT
STEVE ROGGENBUCK & FRIENDS @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, JULY
STEVE ROGGENBUCK
ANDREW DUNCAN WORTHINGTON
MAGGIE LEE
BLARE COUGHLIN
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
METATRON SPRING 2K15 LAUNCH @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, MARCH
SOPHIA KATZ
SARA SUTTERLIN
DAVID MCGIMPSEY
@MTLBAGELBOY
2014
METATRON FALL 2K14 LAUNCH @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER
OLIVIA WOOD
MARIE DARSIGNY
JULIAN FLAVIN
JASPER BAYDALA [VIDEO]
JASON HARVEY [VIDEO]
LADIES' NIGHT @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, OCTOBER
MIRA GONZALEZ
ELIZABETH ELLEN
CHLOE CALDWELL
CHELSEA MARTIN
NEW YORK LIT NIGHT IN MONTREAL @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, AUGUST
SPENCER MADSEN
GABBY BESS
LUCY K SHAW
SARAH JEAN ALEXANDER
OSCAR BRUNO D'ARTOIS
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT VI @ CHAMPS DES POSSIBLES
MONTREAL, JUNE
HIROKI TANAKA
ALEX MANLEY
FRANKIE BARNET
FARIHA ROISEN
CHRISTOPHER DI RADDO
DEAN GARLICK
SHERRY HUANG
BÜKEM REITMAYER
METATRON SPRING 2K14 LAUNCH @ DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MONTREAL, MARCH
ROLAND PEMBERTON
LAURA BROADBENT
MATTHEW E. DUFFY
ALI PINKNEY
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
ASHLEY OPHEIM
METATRON GRADUATION @ ARBUTUS RECORDS HQ
MONTREAL, APRIL
ASHLEY OPHEIM
GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
BLARE COUGHLIN
TREVOR BARTON
ALI PINKNEY
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
ROLAND PEMBERTON
COLIN ROFLS
REBECCA FIN SIMONETTI
ZOE SHARPE
SARAH BRUNNING
JOSEPHINE STEVENS
TYLER CRAWFORD
BIANCA GIULIONE
THE INAUGURAL METATRON BOOK LAUNCH@ BAIN SAINT MICHEL
MONTREAL, MARCH
JERAMY DODDS
ROLAND PEMBERTON
ASHLEY OPHEIM
LAURA BROADBENT
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
MATTHEW E. DUFFY
CLAIRE BARGOUT
ALI PINKNEY
2013
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT V @ METATRON HQ
MONTREAL, JUNE
HEIKO JULIEN [DIGITAL READING]
ANA CARRETE [DIGITAL READING]
MIKE BUSHNELL [DIGITAL READING]
DANIEL ALEXANDER [DIGITAL READING]
THAIS BENOIT [DIGITAL READING]
JAY WINSTON RITCHIE
MARIE DARSIGNY
ANDREW JAMIESON
JULIE MANNELL
REID JENKINS
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT IV @ THE WHITE DOVE
MONTREAL, JANUARY
BEN STEPHENSON
OLIVIA WOOD
ZOE SHARPE
SPENCER GORDON
MATTHEW DUFFY
DREW NELLES
2012
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT III | #GETGOTH @ DRONES CLUB
MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER
STEVE ROGGENBUCK
ASHLEY OPHEIM
LAURA BROADBENT
ALEX MANLEY
ALI PINKNEY
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT | THE MARATHON @ PETITE MORT
MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER
ROLAND PEMBERTON
ASHLEY OPHEIM
ADAM WILCOX
LAURA BROADBENT
+ OTHERS
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT II | THE NEW SENSITIVISTS @ GALERIE ARMATTA
MONTREAL, JULY
GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
ASHLEY OPHEIM
SANTINO DELA
EMMA HEALEY
SARAH BRUNNING
DYLAN RILEY
THIS IS HAPPENING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT I @ ANDREW'S LOFT
MONTREAL, JANUARY
ROLAND PEMBERTON
ASHLEY OPHEIM
JACK ALLEN
JACOB SPECTOR
MIKE CHAULK
GLEB WILSON
PAULA HALEY
LAURA BOYD-CLOWES
TREVOR BARTON
ROSIE AIELLO