Massy Arts Society

Thursday, My 27th at 4pm PT we launch 'Strangers' by Rob Taylor. Joined by Sadiqa de Meijer, the evening includes reading, discussion, an audience Q&A, and a book giveaway. You could win a copy of STRANGERS! Thank you @biblioasis_books and Massy Books for co-hosting! Tune in to the Facebook and Youtube Live to attend. https://buff.ly/3xN3ACH

Next Thursday, author Callum Angus will be in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante and Corinne Manning in celebration of A Natural History of Transition. This collection of short stories disrupts the notion that trans people can only have one transformation. Like the landscape studied over eons, change does not have an expiration date for these trans characters, who grow as tall as buildings, turn into mountains, unravel hometown mysteries, and give birth to cocoons. Registe...r today! https://bit.ly/33lSyGy

Tomorrow Don't miss the PilipinxPages book club! Your host Archie will be discussing C.E Gatchalian's 'Double Melancholy'. Part memoir, part cultural commentary, and a hybrid of besotted aesthetic appreciation and unsparing critique, 'Double Melancholy' is by turns a passionate love letter to art and an embattled examination of its oppressive complicity with the society that produces it, and the depths to which art both enriches and colonizes us. 6pm PT Online Register t...hrough PilipinxPages https://bit.ly/2QKQsxv

'The Bridge: Writing Across the Binary' is a writer’s deeply compelling story of growing up nonbinary in the 1940s and ’50s. Join the author and special guests for the launch May 19th at 7pm PT. https://buff.ly/3nUMwGw Most people know their gender identity by the time they are two or three. My memories don’t go back quite that far, but as far back as I do remember, I was never certain. I asked my mother and grandmother over and over again, ‘Am I a boy, or am I a girl?’aske...d so many times they got sick of answering and started getting mad at me, and then I would hear, ‘I told you!’ They always told me that I was a boy, but I was never convinced. It would take me over sixty years to arrive at a clear understanding of my problemI was trapped inside what we now would call ‘the gender binary,’ the notion that there are only two choices. Available for purchase from Massy Books

Tuesday, May 18th at 4pm PT, author Ayesha S. Chaudhry will be in conversation with Sarah Munawar to discuss Chaudhry's new release, 'The Colour of God'. In The Colour of God, author Ayesha Chaudhry explores the joys and sorrows of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household, wedding grand historical narratives of colonialism and migration to the small intimate heartbreaks of modern life. In revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with, Chaudhry invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family, state and citizenship, love and loss. Registration mandatory - https://bit.ly/3b3yahF

What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of color, instead of by actual accomplishments? Through the last 150 years of American history from the post-reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys in the West, to the present-day controversy over NFL protests and the backlash against the rise of women in politics Ijeoma Oluo exposes th...e devastating consequences of white male supremacy on women, people of color, and white men themselves. "Mediocre" investigates the real costs of this phenomenon in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism. Join Ijeoma Oluo, the author of the New York Times bestseller "So You Want to Talk About Race", in conversation with author Cicely Belle Blain, hosted by @HBGCanada and Massy Arts. Wednesday, February 24th, 4 pm PST. https://massyarts.com/event/ijeoma-oluo/ *Purchase a copy of "Mediocre" from independent bookstore Massy Books to receive entrance to this virtual event. * Purchase here: https://bit.ly/39E7nbA Image descriptions: 1- Ijeoma Oluo's headshot. 2. Cicely Belle Blain in front of a grey wall, smiling and holding a stack of their new book "Burning Sugar". 3. The Cover of Mediocre, which features a white balloon covering the face of someone wearing a suit. Text reads: As provocative as it is essential, this book will upend everything you thought you knew about American identity and offers a bold new vision of American greatness. Join us for the launch, February 24th, 2021, 4 pm PST. END ID.

On the northern Ontario reserve of Ghost Lake, the precolonial past is not so distant, and nothing is ever truly lost or destroyed. Because the land remembers. Join us next Saturday to launch "Ghost Lake" by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler. In the pages of Ghost Lake are thirteen stories featuring an interrelated cast of characters and their brushes with the mysterious. Published by Kegedonce Press who involve Indigenous Peoples at all levels of production. "Ghost Lake" is availa...ble for purchase at Indigenous-owned Massy Books. Purchase here: https://bit.ly/3oygUVA Follow the Ghost Lake Book Launch Page to stream the Facebook live! Image description: Purple text on white background reads: Ghost Lake invites recovery and connection from its characters beautifully; story, memory, and relationship build the landscape for them to walk on. Tyler Pennock on Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler's "Ghost Lake" . Join us for the launch February 4, 4 pm PST. http://www.massyarts.com. End ID

Have you registered for tonight's reading and discussion of "Watch Your Head", published by Coach House Books? Register at the following link and join us at 6:30 pm PST for poetry and discussion among anthology contributors. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/watch-your-head-reading-and-dis Meet the contributors!...Continue reading