Draft Reading Series presents “An Archive of Care”

November 22-24, 2024
Entirely on Zoom.

What traces does care leave behind? Texts, images, scars, tears, belly-laughs, rituals, memories? For its 19th season, the Draft reading series has condensed our programming into a single weekend. Curators Kern Carter, Therese Estacion and Tyler Pennock have invited a stunning collection of authors to commemorate acts of care: giving and receiving, chosen or imposed, private, public or something in between.

Over the course of a weekend (November 22 to 24, 2024) we will host six readings, including 30+ participants, with more news still to come.

The final reading of the weekend (Sunday, November 24th) will be an open mic with contributions from audience members and participants. A condensed version of the schedule is below. A detailed version is available here.

To register, please use this form:
https://forms.gle/Fc8o9oXJZz2pf1HV7

Having trouble? Please contact us at draftreadings at gmail dot com

We welcome your donations by e-transfer at draftseriescollective at gmail dot com
Suggested amount: $10-$30.
If times are tight for you, please attend as our honoured guest.

We are grateful for the support of the Toronto Arts Council and our generous audiences.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

DAY 1
Friday November 22
7 TO 9 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Tyler Pennock
Readings by Britta B., Qurat Dar, Yasmin Said, Tyler Pennock, and Veronique Synnott

DAY 2
Saturday November 23 
1:30 TO 3:30 P.M. E.S.T.
A pop-reading by members of the Draft community. Brief readings (4 per set) by:
Leah Bobet, Hardish Dhaliwal, Carol Duncan, Kyraan Gabourel
Jill Jorgensen, Brooke Lockyer, Christine Mazumdar, Maria Meindl
Miranda Newman, Nicholas Power, Kamila Rina, Lana Starchuck
Thom Vernon, Myna Wallin, Kathleen Whelan Jiaqing Wilson-Yang
Here’s a detailed schedule with exact times.

4 TO 6 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Kern Carter
Readings by Kern Carter, George Elliott Clarke, Nadia Hohn, Khwahish Khan, Hanna Komar, and Brandon Rei

7 TO 9 P.M. E.S.T.
Readings by Ronna Bloom, Arundhati Dhara, Louie Leyson, and Tolu Oloruntoba

DAY 3
Sunday November 24 
1:30 TO 3:30 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Therese Estacion
Readings by, Latif Askia Ba, Jody Chan, Therese Estacion, Kyla Jamieson, and Fareh Malik

4 to 6 P.M. E.S.T.
Open mic
Readings by any participants and audience members who want to share new work.