Welcome to the 48th Tartan Turban Secret Reading featuring Silvia Falsaperla (poetry), Humzah Gilani (fiction), Leslie Shimotakahara (fiction), Pushpa Raj Acharya (poetry) and Roger Greenwald (poetry), with Rebekah Wolkstein playing the Hardanger fiddle. Curated by Roger Greenwald.
The Tartan Turban Secret Readings are variously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the League of Canadian Poets, The Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Our featured writers will be performing on-site and in person between 7–10 pm, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at Barrett and Welsh, 577 Kingston Road, Suite #301, Toronto, ON M4E 1R3. The in-person event will be live-streamed and recorded for accessibility. A link will be provided to attendees who register for the live stream.
We do ask that you register if you plan to attend. Tickets are free and reserving a spot helps us track numbers and access funding. Book a free ticket now at Lu.Ma.
Featured writers
Watch this space for more about our featured writers
Open mic
Anyone attending is welcome to read or perform (if you are a musician) in our open mic sessions.
If you are a writer or musician who would like to perform in the open mic session, we ask that you listen in to at least one session to get the flavour of the evening and join in on your next visit.
To participate in TTSR #48, please contact Roger Greenwald at roger@chass.utoronto.ca or series curator Gavin Barrett by the 18th of June 2026. This allows us to line up readers and manage the evening in a way that respects each writer’s work.
The ambience at our readings is intimate, extremely informal and very supportive. Open mic readers are given four minutes in total, including a brief introduction to themselves and their work. There are detailed open mic guidelines posted in our FB group.
Open mic readers who have published works they would like to offer for sale are free to mention these upon finishing their readings.
The Tartan Turban Secret Readings 