DRAFT 17.1

Draft Reading Collective

Authors share new and unpublished work with an appreciative audience in this longstanding reading series.

Please join us for our first reading of Season 17.We're hosting readings by:<a href="http://carlosxanthony.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carlos Anthony</a>, <a href="https://samanthagarner.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Samantha Garner</a>, <a href="https://tylerpennock.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tyler Pennock</a> and Dharini Woollcombe.Along with five authors who will be sharing brief readings: <a href="https://www.scarborougharts.com/new-depths-selected-works/rachel-barduhn" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rachel Barduhn</a>, Darynell Beckford, <a href="https://www.frondliterary.com/frond/mjones" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michaela Jones</a>, <a href="https://douglas-mcintyre.com/collections/ceilidh-michelle" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ceilidh Michelle</a> and <a href="https://www.cormorantbooks.com/sheila-murray" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheila Murray</a>.Please see below for more information about the authors.Many thanks to Toronto Arts Council, as well as our generous audiences, for funding this reading. More information about the series is available <a href="https://draftreadings.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">on our website</a>.Zoom captioning will be available. Here's more information about the authors.<a href="http://carlosxanthony.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carlos Anthony</a> writes stories and shares experiences that Black men are afraid to write about and are ashamed to talk about. Carlos opens the discussion of the vulnerability men face but hide behind because of the stereotypes associated with that vulnerability. His work has been featured in Cry Magazine and Love &amp; Literature. When he’s not writing articles or short stories, Carlos works on his highly anticipated novel and scripts that detail his testimony.<a href="https://samanthagarner.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Samantha Garner</a>‘s short fiction and poetry have appeared in Broken Pencil, Sundog Lit, Kiss Machine, The Fiddlehead, Storychord, WhiskeyPaper and The Quarantine Review. Her debut novel, The Quiet is Loud, is published by Invisible Publishing. She lives and writes in Mississauga.<a href="https://tylerpennock.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tyler Pennock</a> is a two-spirit adoptee from a Cree and Metis family around the Lesser Slave Lake region of Alberta. Tyler is a member of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. They are a Sessional Lecturer in the Indigenous Studies Department at the University of Toronto. They graduated from Guelph University’s Creative Writing MFA program in 2013, and currently live in Toronto. Their first Book, BONES was published in 2020 by Brick Books.Dharini Woollcombe came on the arts scene as an actress. She got her first big break as a series lead, in the 90-episode television series METROPIA, which introduced the most multi-ethnic television cast ever seen in Canada. She continues to occasionally work on stage, in television, in film, and lends her voice to media projects. Her short story, “Dancing in the Light” is in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul, which is published by HarperCollins Canada. Her humorous article, “Script to Screen in Six Weeks: Do It At Your Own Risk” was published in ACTRA Toronto’s Performers Magazine. As a filmmaker, she co-wrote and co-produced the short film, SEE ME NOW, which won the ACTRA - CINEFAM Women Creators of Colour screenwriting competition and went on to win the African Channel Spotlight Award. It was selected to screen at 11 festivals in the US and Canada, including The Newport Beach International Film Festival, and the Richard Harris International Film Festival, in Ireland. Currently she is creating an experimental piece of theatre about racial identity, (with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts). Between writing, painting and voice-over work, Dharini enjoys a part-time practice as a Psychotherapist.Brief readings<a href="https://www.scarborougharts.com/new-depths-selected-works/rachel-barduhn" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rachel Barduhn</a> is a young writer from Scarborough Ontario who inspires to bring readers together with her stories/poetry filled with magical realism and diverse characters they bring beauty and truth to humanity as whole. She is in love with writing as it is her love language. Darynel Beckford is 24 year old, QUEERibbean Culture Writer and Digital Creator. Jamaican by birth, but global citizen by existence, he spends most of his time reflecting on things that are wrong within society and advocating for making them right. His favourite stories bring to the forefront the stories of Caribbean people, beyond the lens of the biased first world, and emphasize the true lived experiences of same. He is open to connecting with kinfolk and looks forward to interacting with you all.<a href="https://www.frondliterary.com/frond/mjones" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michaela Jones</a> is a writer, filmmaker and library enthusiast living in Tkaronto. After receiving their undergraduate degree in Literature and International Cinema from McGill University, Michaela moved to Tasmania to take a long walk. The architecture of memory, embodiment, queer time, gender and the notion of home are driving forces considered in their work. Their work appears in FROND, the F-Word, and the Channel. You can find them online @micoila. <a href="https://douglas-mcintyre.com/collections/ceilidh-michelle" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ceilidh Michelle</a> is the author of the novel Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press, 2019). Michelle has had work published in Entropy, Longreads, The Void, Broken Pencil, Matrix Magazine, McGill University’s Scrivener Creative Review, Cactus Press and Lantern Magazine. She is currently studying writing at the University of Edinburgh and calls Montreal, QC, home.<a href="https://www.cormorantbooks.com/sheila-murray" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheila Murray</a> leads a grassroots project concerned with communicating local adaptations to climate change. Her short fiction has been published in Canadian literary journals and her first novel, Finding Edward, will be published in 2022 by Cormorant Books.

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