Pages' This Is Not A Reading Series and Tightrope Books presents the highly anticipated launch of

PAOLA POLETTO & JAKE KENNEDY, eds. — BOREDOM FIGHTERS!

and

SEAN STANLEY & KRISTI-LY GREEN — ETCETERA AND OTHERWISE

What is "graphic poetry"? Does it combine words and images in a manner unlike its more familiar cousin, the graphic novel? Sandra Kasturi and David Clink will co-host "Graphic Language", a joint launch designed to shed light on such perennial aesthetic riddles. Paola Poletto and Jake Kennedy assembled a collection of graphic poetry, Boredom Fighters. Sean Stanley and Kristi-Ly Green collaborated on a graphic novel, Etcetera and Otherwise . After moderating a group discussion with these four creators, Kasturi and Clink will turn their microphones over to a "graphic poetry slam". The night will end with a "graphic" dance party.

Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
Thurs, Oct 2; 7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) free

Etcetera and Otherwise
words by Sean Stanley
pictures by Kristi-Ly Green

A charmingly illustrated surrealist fable.
A love story.
An erotic journey.

Bookstore owner Otherwise meets the beautiful Etcetera one afternoon when she comes into his store. The two begin on a fantastical erotic road trip that will last 28 days. As Otherwise falls more deeply in love, the mystery of Etcetera grows, culminating in the answer to the most important question of all — "do you love me too?"

Fiction/ ISBN 13: 978-0-9783351-6-8 /$18.95

Boredom Fighters!
Edited by Paola Poletto
and Jake Kennedy

This fantastic collection of eighteen graphic poems brings together the talents of artists and writers such as Christian Bök, Lisa Foad, Stacey May Fowles, Marlena Zuber, Tim Glaze, Gustave Morin, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Sherwin Tija, and Sally McKay.

Poetry/ ISBN 13: 978-0-9783351-5-1 /$21.95

For more information about this event or to request review copies, contact Halli Villegas at Tightrope Books, halli@tightropebooks.com.
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