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SUMMARY:Make Friends with the Mic: Literary Events 101
DESCRIPTION:Make Friends with the Mic: Literary Events 101 \nMonday January 20th\, 6-8:30 PM\nEspace Pop\, 5585 Ave. du Parc \nDoes giving a reading fill you with anxiety? Do you fear having to adjust a mic stand? Do you want your literary events to run smoothly and drama-free? If so\, this workshop is for you! Led by experienced sound technician and voice teacher Pamela Hart\, the hands-on session will teach you how to improve your reading skills and overcome common problems at live events\, in a supportive and low-pressure environment. \nYou’ll learn: \n-mic technique\, mic stand placement and adjustment\n-breath control\, projection and other tips for live readings\n-how to run a basic sound setup\n-technical troubleshooting \nThis workshop is recommended for: \n-Writers who want to get better at giving live readings\n-Anyone who hosts literary events\, panel discussions\, or live interviews \nWorkshop limited to 20 people. Please come with something to read—it doesn’t have to be your own work\, just something you can practice with. \nPamela Hart is an audio engineer and vocalist.  She has worked in live sound\, recording\, education\, installation and radio in her audio field\, and is currently working in audiobooks.  She is a performing and recording vocalist\, most recently singing in Mich Cota’s Algonquin opera Wàsakozi. She is the founder and co-director of Montreal’s Forever Chorus.
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LOCATION:Espace Pop\, 5585 ave du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4S8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club: How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the most interesting books in new Non-Fiction with our True Reads book club! Happening every 4-6 weeks hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly staff. \nFor our JANUARY meeting\, we’ll be reading HOW TO DO NOTHING by Jenny Odell. The book club will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard Ouest at 7pm. This month’s meeting is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly Children’s Coordinator Kennedy Rooke. Join us for discussion and drinks! \n**We offer a 20% discount on HOW TO DO NOTHING by Jenny Odell from now until the meeting date.* \nABOUT THE BOOK\n“A complex\, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual\, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto.”—Jonah Engel Bromwich\, The New York Times Book Review \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nSo argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention\, she writes\, we can undertake bolder forms of political action\, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment\, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. \nFar from the simple anti-technology screed\, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often\, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative\, timely\, and utterly persuasive\, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent. \n*By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.*
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-how-to-do-nothing-by-jenny-odell/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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