Book*hug Press presents: Toronto launch of The Tinder Sonnets

Book*hug Press presents the Toronto launch of The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove. With special guests KIRBY and Andrew Kaufman! Books will be for sale and, of course, the authors will be signing!

From acclaimed writer Jennifer LoveGrove comes an electric poetry collection exploring female sexual desire, contemporary dating, misogyny, and middle age that reflects and embodies our social media-saturated times. Unabashedly confessional and radically vulnerable, The Tinder Sonnets rallies against the long-standing demand that “women of a certain age” politely accept being rendered non-sexual. Each poem is based on a date, relationship, or contemporary dating insight, and highlights how misogyny impacts the way we connect in the modern world–or don’t.

“The Tinder Sonnets is a stirring and charismatic take on contemporary dating, though it prods a much deeper vein: nature, nurture, or pervert? In LoveGrove’s bejeweled, salty language, these poems remix social codes and poke at old dreams to thrive.” —Tamara Faith Berger, author of Yara

Pre-Order The Tinder Sonnets: https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/forthcoming/forthcoming-spring-2026/the-tinder-sonnets-by-jennifer-lovegrove/

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
6:00-8:00 pm ET (Readings begin at 6:30)
The Burdock Music Hall, 1184 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON
Free to attend!

Accessibility Info: Please note that the washrooms at The Burdock Music Hall are down a flight of stairs. The Hall is accessible from street level. If you need an accessible washroom, please contact venue staff for an alternative option.

PLEASE NOTE: RSVPs are free - if capacity is reached, those with an RSVP will be granted entry priority. 

BIOS:

JENNIFER LOVEGROVE is the author of the Giller Prize–longlisted novel Watch How We Walk, as well as three poetry collections: Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes (longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award), I Should Never Have Fired the Sentinel and The Dagger Between Her Teeth. She is currently working on a new novel, and creative nonfiction. She divides her time between downtown Toronto and Squirrel Creek Retreat in rural Ontario.

ANDREW KAUFMAN splits his time between downtown Toronto and the shores of Lake Huron. His work has won the Relit Award, been nominated for the Leacock and named one of the best books of the year by the Globe and Mail. He works part time at the Epiphany Detective Agency and in the office of the Shamrock Motel.

KIRBY is the author of She, Poetry is Queer, This Is Where I Get Off, featured columnist at Send My Love to Anyone and publisher at knife | fork | book. Their latest, Fairy, comes out Spring 2027 from Palimpsest PressBook*hug Press - Instagram

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