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SUMMARY:WORDPLAY  A writing workshop in celebration of creativity and wonder
DESCRIPTION:In a time of busy schedules\, and places to be and people to see\, it can be hard to find the time to simply play. WORDPLAY is a writing play group\, a time in your week reserved for you — a time to connect with the wonder that lies at the heart of words and where they can take us. \nFor a period of six weeks we will meet for two hours of writing projects and prompts designed to welcome the unexpected\, the spontaneous\, and the serendipitous\, culminating in an evening of readings on the last night. \nWhether you are a poet\, a fiction or non-fiction writer\, an aspiring writer\, a musician or a visual or performance artist\, or simply someone who loves the joy of words\, or even scrabble\, boggle or crossword puzzles\, this is an opportunity to entertain what it means to revel\, gambol and cut loose with language. \nWorkshop leader: Carolyn Boll\nA trained dancer\, and recipient of several Canada Council and Quebec multi-media and choreography grants\, author Carolyn Boll is a graduate of The Humber School for Writers. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Lavender Review\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, and Mayday Magazine\, and her non-fiction writing has appeared in The Dance Current and The Montreal Gazette. Her first book\, a playful partnering between poetry\, image and dance\, is called Social Dance A Book of Ballroom Poetry and was published by Sally Jane Books\, the specialty imprint of indie publisher Headmistress Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/wordplay-a-writing-workshop-in-celebration-of-creativity-and-wonder/2019-10-22/
LOCATION:Atelier d’Art Meteque\, 5442 Cote Saint Luc Road\, NDG\, QC\, H3X2C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T073000
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SUMMARY:Launch SCR Spotlight: The Word Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of our Spotlight edition\, featuring The Word Bookstore. Doors open at 7:30\, readings begin at 8:30. \nReaders include: \nJeffrey Mackie\nDavid Tacium\nNoah Zacharin\n…and more to come! \nJournals will be available at the door.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-scr-spotlight-the-word-bookstore/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T200000
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SUMMARY:Write Now: A Playwriting Intensive to Jumpstart Your Play
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Sabrina Reeves\nThis workshop will give budding and experienced playwrights a forum in which to hear their work read aloud and have it commented on\, supported\, and developed. Limited to 12 participants. \nThis 8-week workshop is designed to get your play out of your head and onto the page. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises and reading scripts aloud\, it will allow playwrights to take their scripts to the next level. \nTopics covered will include: \n\nCharacter development\nStructure\nDialogue\nStakes\nRe-writes.\n\nEach week\, selected participants will bring in sections of their work for feedback. \nThe workshop will be more fun and useful to participants who have a play that they are already working on\, a few scenes\, or at the very least\, an outline of the idea they wish to pursue. It may be of particular interest (and complementary) to those who have taken an Introduction to Playwriting workshop. Participants can expect to come out of the workshop with a more developed script as well as tools for carrying on with their work and some ideas/suggestions of where to go and what to do with a finished draft.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-now-a-playwriting-intensive-to-jumpstart-your-play/2019-10-22/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T200000
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SUMMARY:The 2019 QWF Literary Awards - Finalists Reading!
DESCRIPTION:Meet the finalists for the 2019 QWF Literary Awards! \nJoin us as we celebrate the sixteen authors and translators reading from their shortlisted works\, reading at Paragraphe Bookstore (2220 McGill College Ave). \nRefreshments will be served.\nQWF Members enjoy 10% off all regular priced books\, including the titles featured in the reading. Get your book signed by the author! \nWinners will be announced on Nov. 5th at the QWF Gala. Tickets available: http://bit.ly/2LW5lre \nAnd here are the readers: \nLouise Carson\nOana Avasilichioiae\nKen Victor\nAriela Freedman\nAnn Lambert\nSusan Doherty\nDavid Homel\nRita Pomade\nMark Abley\nRaquel Rivera\nCatherine McKenzie\nTess Liem\nKaie Kellough\nMonique Polak\nMichael Carin\nAleshia Jensen \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-2019-qwf-literary-awards-finalists-reading/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T210000
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Readings Series
DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts Centre Readings Series \nBrandon Pitts\nIlona Martonfi\nMatt Risk\nKelly Norah Drukker\nMichael Carrino\nShaheen Munir (Music)\nApril Ford\nMike Di Sclafani\nCora Siré\nKeith Henderson \n350 Victoria Avenue\, Westmount www.visualartscentre.ca \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nHosted with Mike Di Sclafani\nTuesday\, October 22\, 2019\n7 PM – 9 PM At the door $6 \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \n“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\,\nand the League of Canadian Poets.” \nFACEBOOK EVENT \nOct 22\nTUE\nVisual Arts Centre Readings Series
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-readings-series/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Centre\, 350 Avenue Victoria\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 2N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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SUMMARY:Strange Futures Book Club: Severance
DESCRIPTION:The Strange Futures book club focuses on sci-fi and speculative fiction by QT/BIPOC writers. “Strange Futures” speaks to the unknown worlds that are to come–but also to the strangeness that is ascribed to marginalized voices\, and how such strangeness can actually be generative\, challenging\, discomforting\, and revolutionary. Hosted by Helen Chau Bradley\, the book club meetings take place every two months\, and are open to the public. \nOn Thursday\, August 1st\, 2019\, we’ll assemble at the Petite Librairie Drawn + Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 PM to talk about Ling Ma’s Severance. Join us for discussion and drinks! \nSEVERENCE\nCandace Chen\, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower\, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents\, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work\, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible\, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. \nSo Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone\, still unfevered\, she photographs the eerie\, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. \nCandace won’t be able to make it on her own forever\, though. Enter a group of survivors\, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility\, where\, Bob promises\, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? \nA send-up and takedown of the rituals\, routines\, and missed opportunities of contemporary life\, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story\, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale\, and a hilarious\, deadpan satire. Most important\, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Severance from now until the meeting date.***
URL:https://qwf.org/event/strange-futures-book-club-severance/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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