Sheesh, I'm busy. Details follow.

OK, I've just done an inventory of what I've got coming up. Busy times ahead in Hamilton, Toronto, Wellington, Picton, Cobourg, Ottawa, Kingston, Vancouver. And Victoria and the Kootenays are yet to be scheduled.

This Sunday in Hamilton I'll be reading from Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew as part of the GritLit festival gala. A few days later, if all goes according to plan, You Exist. Details Follow. will be ready from the printer and I'll launch it all over the place, starting on April 5 in Toronto.

Very excited, too, about the four new Mansfield Press books, all part of the "a stuart ross book" imprint, that we'll be launching this spring, starting off in Nelson Ball's turf, Paris, Ontario, on April 15. In addition to Nelson's new book, there'll be new titles by David W. McFadden, Alice Burdick and Jaime Forsythe.

GritLit: Hamilton's Literary Festival — Sunday, April 1, 7:30 pm. Stuart reads with Barry Dempster, Susan Evans Shaw, Amanda Jernigan, Trevor Shaw. Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King William St, Hamilton. Free.

Anvil/Coach House Toronto Launch — Thursday, April 5, 7:30 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. along with launches by Walid Bitar, Patrick Friesen, Susan Steudel, hosted by Dani Couture. The Magpie, 831 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Free.

Prince Edward County Authors Festival Poetry Boot Camp — Friday, April 13, 1-4 pm. Stuart leads an intensive 3-hour Poetry Boot Camp. $40. Wellington Public Library, 261 Main Street, Wellington, Ontario. http://www.pecauthorfest.com/

Prince Edward County Authors Festival — Saturday, April 14, 1:30 pm. Stuart reads along with Alison Pick and Hal Niedzviecki. $8. Books and Company, 289 Main Street, Picton, Ontario.

Paris Spring Poetry Launch: Mansfield Press & Stuart Ross — Sunday, April 15, 2 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. along with Mansfield Press poets Nelson Ball, Alice Burdick, Jaime Forsythe, David W. McFadden. With special guest Kemeny Babineau. Green Heron Books, 47 Grand River Street North, Paris, Ontario. Free.

Mansfield Press Toronto Spring Launch Party — Monday, April 16, 7:30 pm. Stuart hosts the launch of new Mansfield Press books by Nelson Ball, Alice Burdick, Jaime Forsythe, David W. McFadden. The Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St, Toronto. Free.

Kingston Spring Poetry Launch: Mansfield Press & Stuart Ross — Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. along with Mansfield Press poets Nelson Ball, Alice Burdick, Jaime Forsythe, David W. McFadden. The Grad Club, 162 Barrie St, Kingston. Free.

Ottawa Spring Poetry Launch: Mansfield Press & Stuart Ross — Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. along with Mansfield Press poets Nelson Ball, Alice Burdick, Jaime Forsythe, David W. McFadden. With special guest jwcurry. Raw Sugar Café, 692 Somerset St W, Ottawa. Free.

Cobourg Launch for YEDF — Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. Free. The Human Bean, 80 King St W, Cobourg, Ontario.

Anvil Press Vancouver Poetry Launch — Sunday, April 29, 7:30 pm. Stuart launches You Exist. Details Follow. along with Susan Steudel and special guest Laura Farina. Café Montmartre, 4362 Main, Vancouver. Free.

Over and out.