Words Worth Books is very happy to partner with the KPL to bring Canadian rock icon, photographer, and author Melissa Auf der Maur to discuss her new photo book and '90s rock memoir.

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, visits KPL to discuss her new photo book and '90s rock memoir.

My ’90s Rock Photographs draws from an archive of more than 10,000 images documenting life onstage, backstage, and in the crowd—capturing a raw, insider view of the pre-digital music world. The book accompanies a major exhibition opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario, September 2026. It releases September 8.

Part rock memoir, part travel diary, part psychedelic scrapbook, Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a behind-the-scenes rock ’n’ roll memoir with a soulful intimacy and mystic undertone that sets it apart from memoirs by her peers. It is a vivid dispatch from the last analog decade, artistically capturing that bygone era in all its messy, angsty glory.

Q&A and book signing to follow.

About the Author

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR was born and raised in Montreal, Canada with a fine arts education. She is an acclaimed musician, photographer, curator and producer, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. In 2010 she co-founded Basilica Hudson, a multidisciplinary art center in Hudson, NY, where she lives with her family and magic cats.

Tickets for this event will be available Jul 16, 2026, 12:00 PM. Click here for details.