News

Thrilled to announce that A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream will be published in a French translation by Quebec's Les Éditions Marchand de Feuilles!

An interview up on The Review Review & a podcast episode over at the AELAQ's Inside The Frozen Mammoth.

A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly! It will be out in the US as of September 1st. 

A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream has hit the bestseller list over at Westminster Books in Fredericton. 

A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream was highlighted in the Montreal Gazette's 2017 Montreal lit preview and the Quill & Quire's spring fiction preview.

Upcoming Events

April 18, 2019 at 7PM. Konchan, Anand, & Trites Read. Argo Bookshop, 1915 Saint-Catherine St W, Montreal.

April 24, 2019 at 7PM. Véhicule Press Toronto Spring 2019 Launch. Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St., Toronto.

April 26, 2019 at 7PM. Véhicule Press Montreal Spring 2019 Launch. La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 176 Bernard Ouest, Montreal.

Past events

Mar 7, 2018 at 8 PM. Pivot Reading Series. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto

Feb 25, 2018 at 5 PM. Junction Reads. Great Words drown out the February Blahs! With Tehmina Khan, Sylvain Prud’homme, Jessica Moore, Terry Watada, Catherine Graham, and Lesley Trites. Famous Last Words, 392 Pacific Ave, Toronto.  

INVENTIONS! A jazz-focused evening with a quartet of musicians and a quartet of writers. Featuring Monique Polak, David McGimpsey, Greg Santos, and Lesley Trites. Music by Nomad. Thursday, January 26th, 7:30 PM at Le Cagibi. Details here.

May 3, 2017 at 7 PM. Toronto Launch. Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St, Toronto.

May 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM. Atwater Library Lunchtime Series. Four prize-winning young writers provide an hour of literary enjoyment. Torontonian Laura Legge and Montrealers Anna LeventhalRebecca Morris and Lesley Trites will delight you with their sharp intelligence, wit, and mastery of the writer’s craft. Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Montreal.

May 9, 2017. Montreal Launch. Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal.

July 4, 2017. Resonance Reading Series. Café Resonance, 5175A Avenue du Parc, Montreal.

Sept 27, 2017 at 7 PM. Kristyn Dunnion launches Tarry This Night. With Paige Cooper and Lesley Trites. Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard W, Montreal.

Oct 21, 2017 at 7 PM.  Launch with Virginia Konchan. The Derby, 96 Main St., Poughkeepsie, NY

Oct 23, 2017 at 7 PM. Last Words: Four Fiction Writers. With Virginia Konchan, Glenn Shaheen, Philip Brunst, Lesley Trites. Bluestockings, 172 Allen St., NYC.  

Oct 24, 2017 at 7 PM. KGB: Joyland Presents...Montreal vs. New York. With Emily Schultz, Virginia Konchan, Nicholas Mancusi, Deirdre Coyle, Lesley Trites. KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., NYC

Nov 10, 2017 at 6 PM. Launch of Virginia Konchan's Anatomical Gift. With Virginia Konchan, Laura Broadbent, John Emil Vincent, Lesley Trites. Librairie L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore, 1426 rue Beaudry, Montreal.