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SUMMARY:Launch of Here & Now\, Volume 2: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing
DESCRIPTION:Here & Now Volume 2 features the work of more than 50 writers. This book raises awareness about the queer Italian-Canadian reality\, helping to break down barriers and encourage inclusion. The literary artists featured in Here & Now\, Volume 2 include Amber Dawn\, Julian A M.P.\, Michael Belcher\, Scott Belluz\, Tina Biello\, Anthony Bonato\, Gaspare Borsellino\, Anna Camilleri\, Jessica Carpinone\, Giuseppe Caruso\, Samantha Civitarese\, Rachele Clemente\, Paul Coccia\, Emilio Colalillo\, Liana Cusmano\, Selena Di-Filippo\, Vee Di Gregorio\, Julia-Rose DiPalo Christopher DiRaddo\, John Di Stefano\, Michael D’Itri\, Nikki Donadio\, Konrad Eisenbichler\, Matthew Fox\, Paolo Frascà\, Steve Galluccio\, Julia Gerbasi\, Melissa Giacomini\, Milena Gioia\, Nicole Haldoupis\, Elio Iannacci\, Erica Lenti\, Benedetto Magagnin\, Ariana Magliocco\, Angelina Mazza\, Steff(ania) Juniper Mendolia\, Monica Meneghetti\, Anna Nobile\, Maria-Hélèna Pacelli\, Anthony Portulese\, Ryan Pulcini\, Giulio Recchioni\, Jeremy R. Saunders\, Heather Sdao\, Christopher Sisca\, Samantha Titcombe\, Celeste Turner\, Vic Valente\, mickey vescera. https://bluemetropolis.org/event/book-launch-here-now-volume-ii-an-anthology-of-queer-italian-canadian-writers-2024/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-here-now-volume-2-an-anthology-of-queer-italian-canadian-writing/
LOCATION:Librairie n’était-ce pas l’été\, 6792 St Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication
DESCRIPTION:As in all of my workshops\, speculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story\, an excerpt from a larger work\, a script\, speculative poetry\, a comic\, or graphic novel excerpt. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will consist of ten sessions so as to give each participant the opportunity to workshop their piece twice: once for initial feedback and a second time once revisions have been made. We will begin by having each workshop member introduce themselves and their project\, including their intentions. Following these introductions\, I will give a brief presentation on different vectors of analysis in evaluating a piece\, including: \n\n\n\n\n         story\, plot arc\, and pacingworldbuildingcharacter\, POV\, voice\, and tonedescriptions and other issues of language and writing qualitytheme and meaning/intention\n\nbeginnings and endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn week 1\, we will workshop a very short story that participants should read before we meet: Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” In discussing this story\, participants will have the opportunity to practice both the workshopping method and vectors of analysis that we will be employing during subsequent sessions. \n\n\n\nIn weeks 2 through 9\, we will workshop two to three submissions at each session. There will also be discussions and exchanges on a topic or topics related to one or more of the vectors of analysis mentioned in the first session. These topics will not be determined in advance\, but will flow organically from the submissions discussed that particular week. \n\n\n\nThe last session will be reserved for an in-depth presentation on maximizing your chances of publication\, including a list of resources\, and a guest presentation by a speculative fiction publisher. I will also answer any new questions that may have arisen in previous sessions. \n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom\, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop\, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition. \n\n\n\nSu J  Sokol is a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction as well as an editor. Xe is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum\, long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and optioned for a film; Run J Run; and Zee\, a finalist for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Les lignes invisibles\, the French translation of Cycling to Asylum\, was published in 2022 by VLB Imaginaire. Sokol’s short fiction and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-master-class-readying-your-work-for-publication/2024-05-02/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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