This March, we’re excited to announce that we’re opening our doors to a new reading series at WEP Central! With the success of our ongoing Poetry At The Phoenix series, we thought it was time to give fiction writers the stage.

Join us at WEP Central (3 Bartlett), our cozy downtown office, for the inaugural Fiction at the Phoenix kickoff: March 28th with Dave Hurlow and Jamaluddin Aram.

 Dave Hurlow is a Toronto-based musician, writer and educator. He was a founding member of the Juno nominated rock band The Darcys, and currently releases music as Decafwolf. A graduate of King’s College University in Halifax, his previous publications include the short story collection, Hate Letters from Buddhists (Steel Bananas Press, 2014), as well as articles on literature and music for NOW and The Ex-Puritan magazine. He also develops and facilitates creative writing and music programs for Story Planet, and is currently training to become a teacher. Deep Sea Feline is his first novel.

 Jamaluddin Aram is a writer from Kabul, Afghanistan. His works have appeared in Numero Cinq, Cagibi, The New Quarterly and The Globe and Mail among others. He is the author of the novel Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday (Scribner Canada 2023). He lives in Toronto.

Ben McNally Books will also be joining us to sell copies of the authors books.

Entry is by donation at the door , pay what you can, no one turned away for lack of funds