Book Launch: Infinite Audition
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Join us for a night of poetry performance, musical saw, poems about wrestling, emergency rooms and theatre monologues as we welcome Charlie Petch, who is on his "Charlie Petch's Big 'Ol Book Tour" for his second poetry collection with Brick Books, "Infinite Audition". Charlie will be joined by the talented spoken word artist, and total boss Cobra Collins who will also perform and then Cobra and Charlie will have a little Q&A between these two former poetry slam competitors.
About the Author
Charlie Petch (they/he) is a disabled & transmasculine multidisciplinary artist. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named "Best of 2021" by The Walrus. Their new collection “Infinite Audition”, was launched in Fall 2025 with Brick Books. Petch received a Golden Beret Spoken Word Prize from the League of Canadian Poets. Their play “No one’s special at the hot dog cart” debuted in 2024 with “Theatre Passe Muraille and Public Energy”. They write plays, librettos, poems, and music and perform their work for audiences all over Turtle Island.
About the Author
Charlie Petch (they/he) is a disabled & transmasculine multidisciplinary artist. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named "Best of 2021" by The Walrus. Their new collection “Infinite Audition”, was launched in Fall 2025 with Brick Books. Petch received a Golden Beret Spoken Word Prize from the League of Canadian Poets. Their play “No one’s special at the hot dog cart” debuted in 2024 with “Theatre Passe Muraille and Public Energy”. They write plays, librettos, poems, and music and perform their work for audiences all over Turtle Island.
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Where is it happening?
1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2R 0X8
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