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SUMMARY:Parliament of Owls
DESCRIPTION:The Biophilium will be hosting a two week online seminar for artists and writers to learn about birds. We will hear from 9 International ornithologists and serious birders about what it’s like to be a bird and what it’s like to be a bird nerd.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/parliament-of-owls-2/
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SUMMARY:How Objects Speak: A Workshop on Ekphrastic Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for “How Objects Speak”: an in-person workshop on ekphrastic poetry with poet Medrie Purdham\, University of Regina. Please find attached the event poster for more details. \n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 18\, 3:30-5:30Birks Building\, Senior Common Room\, McGill University downtown campus3520 Rue University\, Montreal\, Quebec H3A 2A7 \n\n\n\nDrawing from her recent book\, Little Housewolf  (Véhicule Press\, 2021)\, Purdham will share insights about her poetry and lead a workshop on poetry inspired by objects. \n\n\n\nMedrie Purdham is Associate Professor of English at the University of Regina. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Fiddlehead\, The Antigonish Review\, and The New Quarterly. Research interests include prosody\, twentieth-century drama\, and modern and postmodern Canadian literature. She is currently at work on another collection\, provisionally entitled Miniatures. \n\n\n\nPlease register by completing the “Contact Us” form on the Poetry Matters website here: https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/contact-us. \n\n\n\nIn case of any queries or issues\, please feel free to reach out to me at anushree.joshi2@mcgill.ca. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you at the workshop! \n\n\n\nhttps://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/https://www.facebook.com/PoetryMattersMcGill
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LOCATION:Quebec
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SUMMARY:THE GREAT ABSQUATULATOR Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Frank Mackey and Webster who will discuss the life and relevance of A. T. Wood\, a.k.a. the Absquatulator\, who roved through the momentous mid-19th-century events from Halifax to Liberia\, Montreal\, Britain\, Germany and the US Midwest and South. \n***Please RSVP at LitEventRSVP@gmail.com \n***Frank Mackey is a Montreal writer whose recent books include Black Then: Blacks and Montreal 1780s-1880s and Done with Slavery: The Black Fact in Montreal\, 1760-1840. He has worked as a journalist throughout Canada and in England and taught journalism at Concordia University. \nWebster (Aly Ndiaye) is a Senegalo-Québécois rap artist who has pioneered hip-hop in Quebec. He speaks widely on the history of Africans and slaves in Quebec. He lives in Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-great-absquatulator-book-launch/
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