Book Talk: Depression Cooking
Argo Bookshop, Canada, H3H 1M2
Saturday, October 17 2026 4:00PM
Join us in store for a talk with Sonali Menezes, author of Depression Cooking, who will be in conversation with Geneviève Wallen! There will also be readings from Lee Arden and Zoe Maeve Jenkins. This event is free, but space is limited, so please RSVP.
Masks are not required, but will be provided for free at the door. We'd like to keep this event as scent free as possible, so please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products while attending the event. That said, we share a building with a hair salon, so there are often strong chemical smells that come from next door.
Please note that our elevator entrance is at 1839 Rue Sainte-Catherine, which is next door to our building entrance. We are on the mezzanine level (MZ button), which opens up into the hair salon next door. You'll need to turn left to get to the salon entrance and then the Argo is on the right. The building office will sometimes lock the elevator entrance door or elevator at the end of the day. If you're locked out, please call us at 514-931-3442 and we'll come let you in.
Rue Sainte Catherine is currently under construction, so street parking isn't available in front of the store. There is a paid parking lot behind the building at 1860 Blvd de Maisonneuve Ouest. The back door of the building has a sign with our address number on it (1841). There are 3 steps that lead up to our floor. You then turn left, and we're the first door. There's a wooden sign with our name on it that leads to our back room. Our back door is typically locked, but if you give us a call at 514-931-3442, we'll come let you in or, if you'd like to call us in advance, we'll make sure it's open.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Sonali Menezes is an artist, zinester, and writer. She lives in Hamilton, ON, with her husband, cat, and houseplants. She loves food and eats it every day in celebration. Depression Cooking is her first book. Find her on Instagram @sonaleeeeeee.
Headshot credit: Alex Jacobs-Blum
Geneviève Wallen is an award-winning independent curator, writer, researcher, workshop facilitator, and mentor. Wallen’s practice is rooted in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal) and Tkaronto (Toronto). Intersectional feminism, intergenerational dialogues, and alternatives to neo-liberal definitions of care inform her curatorial practice, administrative ethics and pedagogy. Wallen is the creator and animator of the podcast The Conversations that Carry Us/ Ces conversations qui nous soutiennent, a member of YTB (Younger Than Beyoncé) Gallery collective; the co-initiator of the dinner series Souped Up, with Marsya Maharani; an advisory board member for the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora at OCAD University, and sits on Vie des arts’ board.
Lee Arden is the author of many zines, including PALS: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship and Surprisingly OK: What Healing Trauma Feels Like, as well as the the book The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?. Lee founded and runs the small press and zine distributor Sheer Spite Press.
Headshot credit: Nick Lee
Zoe Maeve Jenkins is a cartoonist living in Montreal. In 2021, their book The Gift was published by Conundrum Press, and they were nominated for an Ignatz award. Their next book, Community Play, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2027. Their work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Maisonneuve Magazine, Room Magazine and the Montreal Review of Books.
Masks are not required, but will be provided for free at the door. We'd like to keep this event as scent free as possible, so please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products while attending the event. That said, we share a building with a hair salon, so there are often strong chemical smells that come from next door.
Please note that our elevator entrance is at 1839 Rue Sainte-Catherine, which is next door to our building entrance. We are on the mezzanine level (MZ button), which opens up into the hair salon next door. You'll need to turn left to get to the salon entrance and then the Argo is on the right. The building office will sometimes lock the elevator entrance door or elevator at the end of the day. If you're locked out, please call us at 514-931-3442 and we'll come let you in.
Rue Sainte Catherine is currently under construction, so street parking isn't available in front of the store. There is a paid parking lot behind the building at 1860 Blvd de Maisonneuve Ouest. The back door of the building has a sign with our address number on it (1841). There are 3 steps that lead up to our floor. You then turn left, and we're the first door. There's a wooden sign with our name on it that leads to our back room. Our back door is typically locked, but if you give us a call at 514-931-3442, we'll come let you in or, if you'd like to call us in advance, we'll make sure it's open.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Sonali Menezes is an artist, zinester, and writer. She lives in Hamilton, ON, with her husband, cat, and houseplants. She loves food and eats it every day in celebration. Depression Cooking is her first book. Find her on Instagram @sonaleeeeeee.
Headshot credit: Alex Jacobs-Blum
Geneviève Wallen is an award-winning independent curator, writer, researcher, workshop facilitator, and mentor. Wallen’s practice is rooted in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal) and Tkaronto (Toronto). Intersectional feminism, intergenerational dialogues, and alternatives to neo-liberal definitions of care inform her curatorial practice, administrative ethics and pedagogy. Wallen is the creator and animator of the podcast The Conversations that Carry Us/ Ces conversations qui nous soutiennent, a member of YTB (Younger Than Beyoncé) Gallery collective; the co-initiator of the dinner series Souped Up, with Marsya Maharani; an advisory board member for the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora at OCAD University, and sits on Vie des arts’ board.
Lee Arden is the author of many zines, including PALS: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship and Surprisingly OK: What Healing Trauma Feels Like, as well as the the book The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?. Lee founded and runs the small press and zine distributor Sheer Spite Press.
Headshot credit: Nick Lee
Zoe Maeve Jenkins is a cartoonist living in Montreal. In 2021, their book The Gift was published by Conundrum Press, and they were nominated for an Ignatz award. Their next book, Community Play, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2027. Their work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Maisonneuve Magazine, Room Magazine and the Montreal Review of Books.
Event Details
Starts at 4:00PM
Location
Argo Bookshop, Canada, H3H 1M2Price
Ticket price
€0.00
