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SUMMARY:The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThe very short story comes in many guises. Tale\, fable\, cronica\, feuilleton\, anecdote\, aphorism\, vignette\, sketch\, flash\, prose poem\, yarn\, joke—each of these may fall into its fold\, as may extra-literary forms such as lists or memos. Its main characteristic is brevity. Since it can be written relatively quickly\, it offers a wonderful place for experimentation. Since each word\, punctuation mark\, and line of white space speaks\, it demands precision and invites us to hone our writing skills. \nIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories\, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration\, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission? \nDrawing on class discussion\, students will write their own stories as homework and bring them to class to share. We will read them together\, but we will not focus on critique; our class will be about generating work\, permission to try new things\, and celebrating creativity. It will welcome new writers and those with experience. Participants should end the course with a portfolio of at least eight very short stories. \nFor our first class\, please bring in a published work of fiction of about 300 to 500 words. Be prepared to read it aloud and say what you love about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-very-short-story-reading-and-writing-fiction-of-300-to-1000-words/2019-11-14/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:NaNoWriMo Workshop 2: Let's Talk About Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:Great dialogues reveal a lot about your characters and help push your story forward. Explore techniques to make your prose come alive with seasoned screenwriter and novelist Wiebke von Carolsfeld. \nSpace is limited; registration required.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nanowrimo-workshop-2-lets-talk-about-dialogues/
LOCATION:Beaconsfield Library\, 303 Beaconsfield Boulevard\, Beaconsfield\, Quebec\, H9W 4A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair by Mark Paterson\, hosted by Mike Paterson
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the launch of Mark Paterson’s new short story collection about the suburbs\, Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair. \nThe evening will be hosted by Montreal comic Mike Paterson.\nSpecial guest appearance by hockey broadcasting expert “Nick Irvin.” \nAdmission is free and refreshments will be served. Enter by the library’s side entrance at 4023 Tupper Street (corner Atwater). Please note that the auditorium is located on the library’s second floor and is\, for the time being\, only accessible by stairs. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nTim walks down the main street of town dressed in a gorilla costume. Merry finds diversion and solace in Adam and the Ants lyrics\, television show novelizations\, and an obsession with her blind neighbour. Alex and John\, teenage brothers living under the control of overprotective parents\, discover a window onto the outside world in a radio show hosted by a psychic. \nWelcome to Montclair\, a fictional yet familiar suburb of Montreal. At the heart of this collection is the restless struggle for individuality on the outskirts of the big city. With a warm\, funny\, and nuanced voice\, and flitting in time between the 1980s\, 1990s\, and today\, Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair explores suburbia’s little wild spaces\, hidden away in overgrown fields behind strip malls\, in dark crawlspaces beneath concrete schoolyard staircases\, and in the hearts and minds of its inhabitants. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nMark Paterson is the author of the short story collections Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair\, A Finely Tuned Apathy Machine\, and Other People’s Showers\, all from Exile Editions. His work has won the 3Macs carte blanche Prize\, Geist magazine’s Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest\, and the Atwater Library’s 150 Words for 150 Years contest. Most recently\, his story “My Uncle\, My Barbecue Chicken Deliveryman” was a finalist for the 2018 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Competition. \nMark was born in northern California in 1971 and spent his childhood in Rosemere\, a North Shore suburb of Montreal. His teenage years were days of wandering\, living between 1983 and 1987 in Noblesville\, Indiana; suburban Boston; and Santa Cruz\, California. Just prior to his final year of high school\, he returned to the Montreal area where he has lived ever since\, currently in the town of Lorraine.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-dreamers-and-misfits-of-montclair-by-mark-paterson-hosted-by-mike-paterson/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Expozine Discussion - La BD et la collaboration
DESCRIPTION:(English follows)\nExpozine présente : La BD et la collaboration: une discussion. \nAvec Marc Tessier (Éditions Trip)\, Luc Bossé (PowPow) et les auteurs Iris Boudreau\, Michel Hellman\, Jimmy Beaulieu. \nPour cette édition 2019 d’Expozine \, nous rassemblons des vétérans de longue date de cette foire ainsi que du milieu de la BD pour explorer la tradition de la collaboration dans le 9e art au Québec. Chacun des artistes racontera des histoires particulières de succès et de défis lors de projets collaboratifs\, et les éditeurs présents parleront également de la production de titres collectifs et des collaborations entre éditeurs et artistes œuvrant dans les deux langues officielles. \nUn co-production Expozine + Drawn & Quarterly\,\nexpozine.ca\ndrawnandquarterly.com \n— \nAs part of Expozine 2019\, we’re bringing together long-time veterans of the fair and of the local comics scene to explore the tradition of collaboration in this milieu in Quebec. Each artist will talk about specific collaborations and the challenges and successes they involved\, and publishers will also discuss the production and editing of collaborations between artists or publishers working in both official languages. \nAn Expozine + Drawn & Quarterly co-presentation\nexpozine.ca\ndrawnandquarterly.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/expozine-discussion-la-bd-et-la-collaboration/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Festival
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SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-11-14/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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