If the words "reading series" prompt thoughts of bongo drums, first-person rape fantasies or Ethan Hawke, it's probably time you stopped by Toronto's monthly Super Pen Pals Secret Reading Society. The name of SPP's game is less literary posturing and more fun, with prize giveaways, audience participation, and sock-puppet MCs. For the low cost of pay what you can, expect to hear anything from video-game instructions to memoirs--or join the mailing list and sign up to read, yourself.

8:30 p.m. Oct. 6; Oasis, 294 College St. W., Toronto