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SUMMARY:Winter Writers Residency 2024
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe Winter Writers Residency is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat\, reconnect\, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room\, and a small private studio\, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks\, performances\, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThe three-week Winter Writers Residency will provide writers space for the creative exploration of their writing practice. This self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life. Delve deep into your creative project and take advantage of the artistic community of your peers around you. \nThe program provides optional teaching from faculty members and professional guests\, Q&A sessions\, public events\, and one-on-one consultations with mentors. Public readings\, and group sessions led by guest mentors will explore techniques\, aspects\, and devices that writers may find useful in their practice. \nThe first two weeks focus on mentorship and consultations with faculty\, the third week allows self-directed time for further work on manuscripts and peer community.  \nThe Winter Writers Residency allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. All program elements are optional. \nWho should apply?\nWe welcome writers of all ages\, backgrounds\, and all gender identities and expressions. Writers in all creative genres are invited to apply. The program is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated time to work on a project in any genre. \nWinter Writers Residency 2024 only accepts projects that are being written in English. \nThis program is not open to applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year\, nor to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming. \nApplication Deadline: September 06\, 2023\nProgram Dates: January 15 – February 02\, 2024\nLearn more and apply online: https://bit.ly/3oXG5av \n*Financial Aid of 100% of tuition and 50% of food and accommodation is available for this program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/winter-writers-residency-2024/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Perspective in Literary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:This five-week workshop will offer a deep dive into the use of perspective in fiction. Storytellers operate in first-person\, second-person\, third-person limited\, third-person omniscient\, and more unusual points-of-view. What distinguishes these perspectives? What are their gifts and limitations? Most importantly\, what can your chosen perspective do for the story you want to tell? \n\n\n\nEach class will open with a discussion of perspective in some published fiction. How close is the narrator to the characters? How does the perspective affect the voice in which the story is told? What is the relationship of the voice to the characters? \n\n\n\nNext\, we will do two writing exercises. The first will be largely generative\, based on the reading. The second will be integrative\, guiding participants to apply what we are learning to their own stories or characters. \n\n\n\nAfter discussing the writing exercises\, we will devote the last part of each class to discussing participant stories. \n\n\n\nOn registration\, participants will receive a packet of published stories or samples to be discussed in the first class; reading for subsequent weeks will be distributed after our first meeting. Participants are encouraged to bring ½-1 page of fiction to share on the first day\, though they may choose instead to share some work generated in class. Subsequently\, each participant is encouraged to submit 3-10 pages of fiction to be discussed by the class with a special focus on perspective. Otherwise\, discussion will be tailored to participant preferences\, with an eye to making discussion as useful to the writer as possible.   \n\n\n\nParticipants should arrive each week having read the assigned stories and their peers’ work (approximately 40 pages). Be prepared to discuss these thoughtfully and with engagement! My goal is to create a space for candid and open-ended discussion. \n\n\n\nParticipants will finish the workshop with greater fluency and command in perspective\, as readers able to discern the subtleties and mechanics of this important aspect of our craft\, and as writers able to choose and employ a storytelling perspective with verve and confidence. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan’s novels have been published in eight countries and shortlisted for various awards\, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her most recent book is Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime (Random House Canada\, 2023). Her short fiction\, essays\, and short translations can be found in Granta\, The Paris Review\, BRICK\, and elsewhere. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas\, she has also served as fiction faculty at the Banff Center\, the Vermont Studio Center\, the Bread Loaf Conferences\, and the low-residency MFA of Fairleigh Dickinson University. More at www.padmaviswanathan.com 
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LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Air Contains Honey with a reading by Assiyah Jamilla Touré
DESCRIPTION:The Air Contains Honey with a reading by Assiyah Jamilla TouréBenefit event for Brique par brique’s Time-Bank project. Presented by Arts in the Margins\, Brique par Brique and The Air Contains Honey. \nWednesday 31 January\, 2024Doors: 7:30 pm\, music: 8:00 pmLa Sala Rossa\, 4848 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Qc H2T 1R5Tickets: $20.14 with taxes and fees included in advance / $20 at the door (No one turned away for lack of funds)Advance Tickets: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/86368/orders/new#/Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/x8qwndduwImage by Maude Arès \nTHE AIR CONTAINS HONEY was co-founded by Adam Kinner and Jacob Wren and is an “orchestra” that mixes professional and amateur musicians in search of a warmth and community spirit they may or may not find. All of their songs follow the same basic structure: a quote sung four times\, an instrumental break\, and then the same quote sung another four times. For the audience\, as well as for the performers\, this is a chance to hear an orchestra in the process of discovering its sound as it goes. Orchestra members: Maude Arès\, Patrick Conan\, Michael Feuerstack\, James Goddard\, Thanya Iyer\, Adam Kinner\, Liam O’Neill\, Lara Oundjian\, Pompey\, Stephen Quinlan\, Rebecca Rehder\, Catherine Fatima\, Frédérique Roy\, Mulu Tesfu\, Jacob Wren. Members who are also writers include: Catherine Fatima\, Frédérique Roy\, and Jacob Wren. \nASSIYAH JAMILLA TOURÉ is a multidisciplinary artist of West African descent. They were born and raised on Skwxwú7mesh land and are now currently based in Kanien’kehà:ka territory. Their work focuses on the body as a geographical site\, somatic experiences of eco-grief\, internal and external violence and animism. \nAutowar by Assiyah Jamilla Touré \n \nBRIQUE PAR BRIQUE’S TIME-BANK is a platform to facilitate the exchange of services between residents in Parc-Extension. By tapping into the diverse skills and talents within the community and connecting residents\, this initiative aims to empower individuals and reinforce community bonds. Through this project\, Brique par brique believes it can contribute to the improvement of the living conditions in the neighbourhood by fostering a vibrant ecosystem where all residents contribute and benefit regardless of their status and abilities. \nhttps://opencollective.com/brique…/projects/px-timebank \nACCESSIBILITY // The Sala Rossa is located on the second floor (there are 38 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. There is a Hearing Assistance System on the FM dial at 101.1 FM. Anyone needing assistance accessing the space can contact us – we are more than happy to try and accommodate people to the best of our ability. \n♦○☼♦○☼♦○☼♦○♦ \nTHE AIR CONTAINS HONEY ET ASSIYAH JAMILLA TOURÉSoirée bénéfice pour le project Banque de temps pour Parc-Extension de Brique par brique.Diffusé par Arts in the Margins\, Brique par brique et The Air Contains Honey. \nMercredi\, le 31 janvier 2024Portes : 19h30 musique : 20h00La Sala Rossa\, 4848 boul St Laurent\, Montréal\, Qc H2T 1R5Billets : 20.14$ avec taxes et frais en avance / 20$ à l’entrée (Personne ne sera refusé à la porte )Billetterie en ligne : https://www.venuepilot.co/events/86368/orders/new#/Événement Facebook : https://fb.me/e/x8qwndduw~Image par Maude Arès \nTHE AIR CONTAINS HONEY est un « orchestre » qui mélange des musiciens professionnels et amateurs à la recherche d’une convivialité et d’un esprit de communauté qu’ils peuvent ou non trouver. Toutes leurs chansons suivent la même structure de base : une citation chantée quatre fois\, une pause instrumentale\, puis la même citation chantée à nouveau quatre fois. Pour le public comme pour les interprètes\, c’est l’occasion d’entendre un orchestre en train de découvrir sa sonorité au fur et à mesure. \nASSIYAH JAMILLA TOURÉ est une artiste multidisciplinaire d’origine ouest-africaine qui est née et a grandi sur le territoire de Skwxwú7mesh et qui est actuellement basée sur le territoire de Kanien’kehà:ka. Leur travail se concentre sur le corps en tant que site géographique\, les expériences somatiques de l’éco-chagrin\, la violence interne et externe et l’animisme. \nAutowar by Assiyah Jamilla Touré \n \nLA BANQUE DU TEMPS DE BRIQUE PAR BRIQUE est une plateforme qui vise à faciliter l’échange de services entre les résident.es de Parc-Extension. En mettant de l‘avant les diverses compétences et talents des résident.e.s et en créant des ponts entre eux.elles\, cette initiative vise à briser l‘isolation ainsi que de renforcer la confiance en soi et entre nous. Grâce à ce projet\, Brique par brique pense pouvoir contribuer à l’amélioration des conditions de vie dans le quartier en favorisant un écosystème dynamique où tous et toutes peuvent contribuer et bénéficier\, indépendamment de leur statut et de leurs capacités. \nhttps://opencollective.com/brique…/projects/px-timebank \nACCESSIBILITÉ // La Sala Rossa est située au deuxième étage (38 marches au total). Il y a des toilettes neutres qui ne sont pas accessibles aux fauteuils roulants. Il y a un système d’aide à l’audition sur le cadran FM à 101.1 FM. Toute personne ayant besoin d’aide pour accéder à l’espace peut nous contacter – nous sommes plus qu’heureux d’essayer d’accommoder les gens au mieux de nos capacités
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LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
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