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SUMMARY:2024 BLUE METROPOLI S INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:Each year the Festival is structured aroundone theme. In 2024\, our theme will be: ”Dreams & Utopias”. Shakespeare inspired us that theme with his famous line ”We are such stuff as dreams are made on”(The Tempest)\, adding\, as you know\, ”and our little life is rounded with a sleep”. Now that’s something to think about. If human life is fragile\, it is also rich in the imponderable\, in mystery\, in everything that escapes material things\, it is rich in dreams\, in short. So many questions arise from that theme\, including this one: Can we have confidence in human beings?\nOnce more\, public discussions\, roundtables\, debates\, readings\, master classes\, and podcasts will provide a rich display for both authors and the public to relish.\n—–\nThe Blue Metropolis Festival is one of the largest multilingual literary events in North America. Each year\, writers from Quebec\, Canada and around the world converge on Montreal for a couple of days. Festivalgoers are treated to live interviews\, roundtable discussions\, public readings\, debates\, master classes\, reading and writing workshops. Every year\, the Festival is structured around several strong themes that bear testimony to a keen social awareness and to a passion for literature in all its richness.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2024-blue-metropoli-s-international-literary-festival/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-10/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing Residencies!
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever longed to get away to write? Do you have a manuscript that needs uninterrupted time and attention away from your everyday life? Is your writing practice in a rut? Writing residencies are ideal for focusing time on large projects\, meeting other artists\, and re-booting your creative life. \n\n\n\nIn this two-day workshop\, we will explore how writers can benefit from different residency opportunities and how to put forward the strongest application possible. From sharing resources on where to find the best residency experience for your needs to drafting your artist statement\, we will discuss the benefits and pitfalls of both national and international residencies. During the workshop sessions\, we will also touch on available grant funding for residencies. Participants will leave with a shortlist of residencies (with deadlines)\, a draft of an application\, and a submission plan. \n\n\n\nIn the first session we will discuss: \n\n\n\n·      The purpose of residencies \n\n\n\n·      Different kinds of residency experiences and what to expect \n\n\n\n·      Where and how to find out about residencies \n\n\n\n·      Opportunities in Canada and internationally \n\n\n\n·      The basic components of an application \n\n\n\n·      Budgeting for a residency and funding \n\n\n\nBetween sessions\, you will choose a residency and draft your application. At the second meeting\, you will share your project description or artist statement. Through group discussion\, we will hone and help each other strengthen and clarify goals. \n\n\n\nMarcia Walker’s writing has appeared in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reads\, The Chicago Review\, The New Quarterly\, Fiddlehead\, The New York Times\, PRISM International\, Room\, EVENT\, The Globe and Mail\, CBC radio\, and elsewhere. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize\, PRISM’s fiction and non-fiction prize\, and the Writers’ Union of Canada short prose competition. She has attended residencies at Yaddo (U.S.)\, the Banff Centre (Canada)\, Saari (Finland)\, Can Serrat (Spain)\, KH Messen (Norway) and others. Before becoming a writer\, Marcia worked in theatre and as a lawyer. Find her online at www.marciawalker.ca.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-writing-residencies/2024-04-27/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing/Righting the World
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 1:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nIn this event\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda\, Linda Morra\, about their award-winning book\, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.  \n\n\n\nA live recording of a Getting Lit with Linda podcast episode with writer/host\, Linda Morra  \n\n\n\nIn partnership between the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and the Quebec Writer’s Federation \n\n\n\nParticipants: Andrew Stobo Sniderman\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) \n\n\n\nHost: Linda Morra \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Salle Saint-Laurent \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
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SUMMARY:Eighty Thousand Steps
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 2:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise\, CBC\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nCBC presents a first-of-its-kind literary experience\, powered by you. Eighty Thousand Steps is a cinematic podcast/audiobook specially designed to listen to while you walk and starring international bestselling author Denise Chong. Writer Crystal Chan presents this work\, inviting the audience to step into the shoes of a refugee and journey into a land of fable and mystery. Participants enjoy a guided tour where they can listen to the show together. The tour features several stops\, where the author goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative process and the story behind the story. This tour offers insights into oral and intergenerational storytelling\, diaspora and migrant literature\, and writing political and personal works as embodied experiences. Bring along your smartphone\, earbuds or headphones. Throughout the festival\, participants can enjoy the full show at cbc.ca/eightythousandsteps and an author discussion between Crystal Chan and Denise Chong in our virtual programming. A family-friendly event (single admission price for an adult with two children under 12). \n\n\n\nRain date: Sunday\, April 28th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nWith the support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise.  \n\n\n\nParticipants: Crystal Chan\, Denise Chong \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Meeting point and departure in the lobby \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
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LOCATION:QC
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