Welcome to the official launch of Please Don’t Interrupt, an anthology of prose and poetry edited by Rona Altrows and Uchechukwu Peter Umezerike, and published by Griots Lounge Publishing Canada. The book’s theme is interruption, the many roles it plays in our lives. Join us for readings by some of the writers and a Q&A for both writers and editors.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Please Don’t Interrupt comprises short works of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry on the subject of interruption. The anthology promotes excellence in Canadian writing, provides an opportunity to emerging writers, celebrates diversity, and builds community. In Please Don’t Interrupt, we hear from writers who have immigrated to Canada from South America, from Africa, from Asia, from Europe, for a host of different reasons. We hear from writers living with debilitating illness, from older writers, from Indigenous writers, from Black writers, from writers who are survivors of trauma, from neurodivergent writers. We hear from writers at different points in their lives and in their writing careers.

Time: Tuesday Feb 10th, 7:00 pm
Location: Shelf Life Books, 100 – 1302 4th Street SW Calgary, AB