Kitchen Party Poetry, hosted by Black Sails Publications

Black Sails is a zine publication group focused on showcasing emerging Toronto writers by giving them a platform to share and publish their work. Beginning as a front-yard reading series on Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Black Sails has grown into hosting bi-monthly reading events and publishing monthly zines.

Our Kitchen Party reading events are the heart of our current project, where writers of various backgrounds can come together (on the first and third Wednesday of each month) to showcase and discuss their work in a casual and accepting environment. With our in-the-round set-up, and our lack of stage and microphone, we hope to maintain the intimacy of our front-yard origins, while hosting a variety of talents from across Canada in our featured readings.