Welcome to PEP Rally!

PEP Rally is a poetry-focused reading series based in Prince Edward County, run by Books & Company and Assembly Press.3rd Thursday of every month (March to November)
6:30pm to 8:00pm

PEP Rally takes place at
Books & Company
289 Main Street, Picton, ON K0K 2T0

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Upcoming Events

March 2024
Shani Mootoo, Helen Humphreys, Sandra Ridley

Past Events

November 2023
Hollay Ghadery, Brenda Leifso

October 2023
Kirsteen McLeod, Wanda Praamsma

September 2023
Manahil Bandakwala, Andrea Bennett, Liam Burke

August 2023
Catherine Graham, Armand Ruffo, Paul Vermeersch

July 2023
Abeena Beloved Green, Elena Johnson, Jeff Latosik

June 2023
Laurie Graham, Stuart Ross, Zoe Whittall

May 2023
Andrew Faulkner, Matthew Hollett, Sarah Tsiang


Read at PEP Rally

PEP Rally runs seasonally from March to November. We feature three readers per event, plus two open mic slots.We're looking for poets with commercially available full-length collections (so Books & Company can order them in!) for our feature reading slots.Fill in the below form to get in touch. We're happy to hear directly from both publishers and authors!