This series of events throughout the province showcases talented English-language Quebec writers speaking about and reading briefly from their recently published books
2022 Writers Out Loud series
Writers Out Loud – On Ukraine
Yuri Andrukhovych, Norman Nawrocki, and Bohdana Neborak in conversation with Kate Tsurkan
An extraordinary group of writers, three of whom are based in Ukraine, sit down for a conversation about their literary work and the current situation.
Presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation.
Writing As Activism
A conversation with Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, the award-winning author of Fighting for A Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, and Indigenous Human Rights Advocate Ellen Gabriel, moderated by Ehab Lotayef. The discussion will focus on Dr. Shaheen-Hussain’s book, for which Ellen Gabriel wrote the Afterword, on the role writing can play in social change, and what it means to be an activist writer.
This event was presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Muslim Awareness Week
Previous Writers Out Loud series
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2021 – Writers Out Loud – Pride Edition
This extraordinary group of writers who all have new work out this year sit down with host Liana Cusmano for a conversation about their literary arts practice and new books: Christopher DiRaddo‘s novel The Family Way(Véhicule Press 2021), Helen Chau Bradley‘s short story collection Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press, coming October 2021), and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch‘s poetry collection The Good Arabs(Metonymy Press, coming September 2021).
2021 – Writers Out Loud: Playwrights on Palestine/Israel I & II
Writers Out Loud: Playwrights on Palestine/Israel
The first in a series of digital events exploring Palestine and Israel.
Samah Sabawi, Rimah Jabr, and Stephen Orlov in conversation with Zachary Couture.
An extraordinary group of literary artists sits down with guest host Zachary Couture for a conversation about their arts practice and its connection to the situation in Israel and Palestine. This is the first in a series of two online events in 2021 exploring Israel and Palestine through the eyes and work of writers.
The second in a series of digital events exploring Palestine and Israel.
Writers Out Loud: Playwrights on Palestine/Israel II
The second in a series of digital events exploring Palestine and Israel.
A Conversation between Arthur Milner and Ehab Lotayef
Two extraordinary writers sit down together to converse on the situation in Palestine and Israel as it connects to their arts practice and activism. This is the second in a series of online events in 2021 exploring Palestine and Israel through the eyes and work of writers.
Black Writers Out Loud – at the Read Quebec Holiday Book Fest
The last in a series of digital events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec. Hosted by Canisia Lubrin in conversation with Kaie Kellough.
Black Writers Out Loud – Spoken Word Edition
The second in a series of digital events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec. Hosted by Jason “Blackbird” Selman, in conversation with artists Roen ‘Blu Riva’ Higgins, Fabrice Koffy, and Faith Paré.
Black Writers Out Loud
The first in a series of digital events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec. Hosted by Deborah Forde, in conversation with artists Diane Roberts, Tali Taliwah (aka Nantali Indongo), and H. Nigel Thomas.
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