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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 5:00 pm\n\n\n\nVancouver author Caroline Adderson will be reading from her Giller long-listed collection of short stories A Way to Be Happy at Librairie Paragraphe\, 2220 McGill College Avenue\, Thursday October 10th at 5pm.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-a-way-to-be-happy-by-caroline-adderson/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Poetry and the Tiny Sea in the Ear
DESCRIPTION:The tiny sea in the earand the moth wing in the mind\, which wait.— Don McKay\, “Early Instruments” \n\n\n\nThis workshop invites participants to explore our “early instruments” of imagination and experience through the language of poetry. \n\n\n\n“The excitement of metaphor\,” writes Don McKay\, “stems from the injection of wilderness into language.” Add to this idea the excitement of any element of poetic making. \n\n\n\nDuring these eight weeks\, we will draft and develop poems that tap the surprise of tension and release\, tease out what’s wild in the everyday\, refresh expectation and sharpen expression. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, we will respond to each other’s poems and work with one or more prompts. In most sessions we will look briefly at a strong contemporary poem and consider what we might borrow from it as a springboard to our writing. \n\n\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \n\n\n\nSusan Gillis (she/her) has taught Creative Writing at Concordia University and John Abbott College\, and has led poetry workshops with QWF\, Los Parronales (Chile)\, Blue Met\, in schools and in the community. Her four books have been nominated for several awards; Volta (2002) was awarded the A.M. Klein Prize. She is a founding member of the collaborative poetry group Yoko’s Dogs (Whisk\, 2013; Rhinoceros\, 2016; Caution Tape\, 2021). Her most recent book is Yellow Crane (Brick 2018). She works as a freelance editor and mentor.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-and-the-tiny-sea-in-the-ear/2024-10-10/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Launch of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin the Encore Poetry Project for the launch of the second edition of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue. There will be readings by contributors\, charcuterie\, and live music! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-the-encore-poetry-anthology-in-dialogue/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tearoom\, 5326 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:Confabulation MTL Presents: Company's Coming
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 8:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nConfabulation\, Montreal’s original autobiographical storytelling event is back for another night of stories\, true as we can tell them! \n\n\n\nFor October\, we’re presenting the suitably spooky theme Company’s coming — stories of house guests\, hauntings\, and other kinds of visitors. We’re expecting some unexpected takes on this theme. Visitors wanted and unwanted\, shocking arrivals\, and drop-ins of all kinds. \n\n\n\nWe’re looking for storytellers — so if you’ve got a story to pitch\, e-mail us at tellastory@confabulation.ca\, or check out our pitch form: confabulation.ca/tell-a-story. \n\n\n\nConfabulation stories are typically 6-8 minutes long. Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or a nervous newbie\, our producers will be there to guide you and help you craft a powerful stage presence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://qwf.org/event/confabulation-mtl-presents-companys-coming/
LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Pursuing the Erotic
DESCRIPTION:This is an expanded version of the three-hour workshop “Identifying (with) the Erotic” offered in July 2022. It progresses from initial references to erotica by old hands (Anaïs Nin)\, incidental practitioners (James Baldwin) and newer writers (Ruel Johnson) to consider other select works in prose\, poetry\, and comics. You do not have to have attended the 2022 workshop to enroll in this one. \n\n\n\nThe workshop continues the exploration of what makes the erotic not only a sensual genre but a life-affirming one with participants contributing their own writing as well as sourcing that of other practitioners. While creating sexy characters and scenes with stimulating language is part of the process\, and knowing your audience is crucial (there is a difference between romance\, erotica and pornography)\, the emphasis remains on craft and telling a story that engages readers’ imagination\, exciting not only the body but all of the senses. And this without apology. \n\n\n\nRobert Edison Sandiford is the author of several books\, among them the award-winning The Tree of Youth & Other Stories\, And Sometimes They Fly (a novel) and Sand for Snow (memoir).  He has also written graphic novels for NBM Publishing.  In 2003\, he and the poet Linda M. Deane founded the Barbadian cultural resource ArtsEtc Inc.  He has worked as a publisher\, teacher and\, with Warm Water Productions\, producer.  His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in journals\, magazines and anthologies.  Currently working on another novel\,his most recent titleis Fairfield from DC Books.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pursuing-the-erotic/2024-10-10/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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