Writers Out Loud: A Night of Trans Joy

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 7:00-8:30 pm ET
Pulp Books & Cafe (3952 Wellington Ave, Verdun)
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The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites you to Writers Out Loud: A Night of Trans Joy—an evening of literary conversation and community celebration.

Join us as we hear from four exciting and talented Quebec writers. Author and moderator Chris Bergeron will sit down with writers Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay, Blxck Cxsper, and Lenore Claire Herrem to discuss their work, their experiences of trans joy, and how those experiences colour their writing. A Q&A with the audience will follow the panel discussion.

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Chris Bergeron is diverse and fluid: after beginning a career in journalism and eventually winding up at the helm of the weekly cultural magazine Voir, she now dedicates her artistic vitality to Cossette, a leading global marketing agency. She offers speaking engagements on leadership, diversity, inclusion, and trans rights. Chris lives in Montreal.

Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay lives in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke) and is a writer, poet, actress, and advocate for trans rights. She published a poetry collection, Les secrets de l’origami and has written for several magazines and publications, including Lettres Québécoises, Estuaire, XYZ, Moebius and Le Devoir as a columnist. Her children’s book La voix de la nature was nominated for the Prix du Livre Jeunesse des Bibliothèques de Montréal. Her first novel, La fille d’elle-même, won the Prix des Libraires du Québec 2022 and is distributed in Europe with JC Lattès and in English as Dandelion Daughter with Véhicule Press. The translation was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award ’24. This year, the book will be translated into Spanish. She is currently working on the sequel to the novel.

Blxck Cxsper is a multidisciplinary artist, storyteller, and cultural disruptor based in Montréal. Known for their genre-bending music that blends hip-hop, R&B, and Afro-Caribbean influences, Cxsper uses sound as a tool for emotional transformation and political resistance. They are the founder of Trans Trenderz, a record label dedicated to uplifting transgender musicians and building equity in the music industry. Blxck Cxsper is also a writer, actor, and director and is currently working on a novel that expands the fictional universe of Blxck Cxsper—a former superhero turned vigilante fighting against institutional corruption to protect the marginalized.

Lenore Claire Herrem is a transdisciplinary artist from Saskatoon and has been working in Tio’Tia:Ke (Montréal) since 2013. Formally trained in theatre performance, she also works in studio arts, animation, digital art, video art, and performance art. She works under the character name Sandy Bridges for cabaret and web series, and Precious Puppies is the name of her humble animation & merchandising empire.