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SUMMARY:Read Quebec at the Salon du livre de Montréal
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, November 27-Sunday\, December 1\, 2024\n\n\n\nRead Quebec is returning to the Salon du livre de Montréal! \n\n\n\nWe’re excited to showcase some of the latest releases and bestsellers from participating local English-language publishers. Find us at kiosk #401 through the week at the hours below: \n\n\n\nWednesday\, Nov. 27: 9 am – 6pmThursday\, Nov. 28: 9 am – 9 pmFriday\, Nov. 29: 9 am – 9 pmSaturday\, Nov. 30: 9am – 9 pmSunday\, Dec. 1: 9 am – 5 pm \n\n\n\nStay tuned for more information coming soon\, and don’t forget to check out salondulivredemontreal.com to discover their full list of exhibitors and programming!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/read-quebec-at-the-salon-du-livre-de-montreal/
LOCATION:Palais des congrès de Montréal\, 1001 Jean Paul Riopelle Pl\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Z1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:CommUNITY Arts Open House: Schmoozer with YES\, QWF\, ELAN\, and QDF
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 28\, 2024\, 5:00-7:00 pm ETCafe Pista\, Montreal (near Saint-Laurent Metro Station)Registration Required\n\n\n\nCalling All Quebec Artists! \n\n\n\nReady to schmoozer and build connections that can elevate your career? Join us for an epic arts mixer hosted by QWF\, YES Employment + Entrepreneurship\,the English Language Arts Network (ELAN)\, and the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF)! 🎉 \n\n\n\nThis free open-house event is your chance to: \n\n\n\n\nConnect with fellow artists\, potential collaborators\, and industry professionals to explore future opportunities and partnerships.\n\n\n\nDiscover valuable resources\, from funding to training programs\, and meet advocates of the arts.\n\n\n\nBreak the ice with fun games and engage with our vibrant community.\n\n\n\nEnjoy light refreshments (alcohol available for purchase at Café Pista).\n\n\n\n\nDon’t miss this lively evening of networking and discovery with Quebec’s thriving arts community. We can’t wait to see you there! \n\n\n\nPre-registration is required. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person at Café Pista (1587 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, closest metro is Saint-Laurent on the Green Line). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now
URL:https://qwf.org/event/community-arts-open-house-schmoozer-with-yes-qwf-elan-and-qdf/
LOCATION:Café Pista\, 1587 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Member Meetup,Networking,QWF Events
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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/2024-11-28/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Montreal Reading with Dutch poet Erik Lindner
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 28\, 2024\, 7pmLibrarie Bertrand (430 Rue Saint-Pierre\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nVéhicule Press\, Librarie Bertrand\, and the Dutch Foundation for Literature invite you to a poetry reading by Erik Lindner\, with special guests Derek Webster and Sarah Wolfson. \n\n\n\nErik Lindner is a Dutch poet who published seven books of poetry and two novels. He will be reading from Words Are the Worst\, his selected poems\, translated by Francis R. Jones\, and nominated for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2022. Born in The Hague\, The Netherlands\, in 1968\, Lindner lives in Amsterdam and works as a freelance writer\, teacher and critic. Apart from English and German\, several books of his translated poetry appeared in France and Italy. \n\n\n\nSpecial readers include: \n\n\n\nDerek Webster\, whose second book of poetry National Animal\, was recently awarded The QWF A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. His debut\, Mockingbird\, was a finalist for the 2015 Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poems in Canada. He received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis\, where he studied with Carl Phillips\, and was the founding editor of Maisonneuve magazine. He lives in Montreal and Toronto. \n\n\n\nSarah Wolfson\, the author of A Common Name for Everything\, which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry in 2020. Her work has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received a notable mention in Best Canadian Poetry. Originally from Vermont\, she now lives in Montreal\, where she teaches writing at McGill University. \n\n\n\nWith special thanks to the Dutch Foundation for Literature for their support.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-reading-with-dutch-poet-erik-lindner/
LOCATION:Librairie Bertrand\, 430 Rue Saint-Pierre\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Book*hug Press Fall 2024 Translated Fiction Launch
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 28\, 20247:00-9:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nBook*hug Press and Librairie Saint-Henri Books invite you to the Fall 2024 Translation Launch! Celebrating the launch of three new translations including Nauetakuan\, a silence for a noise by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (translated from French by Howard Scott)\, Not Even the Sound of a River by Hélène Dorion (translated from French by Jonathan Kaplansky)\, and Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt (translated from French by Susan Ouriou). \n\n\n\nThis event will feature Howard Scott\, Jonathan Kaplansky\, and Fanny Britt. \n\n\n\nThursday\, November 28\, 20247:00 – 9:00 pm ETLibrairie Saint-Henri Books\, 4622 rue Notre Dame\, Montréal\, QCAdmission is free. All are welcome to attend.Books will be available for purchase\, and\, of course\, the authors will be signing! \n\n\n\nRSVP for Free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/bookhug-press-fall-2024… \n\n\n\nPraise for Nauetakuan\, a silence for a noise:“In the face of the ongoing erasure of Indigenous languages and cultures in Canada\, Kanapé Fontaine raises up Indigenous creators. Nauetakuan does not shy away from the pain left by the residential school system\, but neither does it reduce the experiences of Indigenous peoples to a singular narrative of suffering. Monica’s path towards healing is filled with struggle\, but also overflows with loving female relationships\, art\, and boisterous laughter.” —Anna Learn\, Full Stop \n\n\n\nPraise for Not Even the Sound of a River:“Hélène Dorion’s beautifully poetic novel\, Not Even the Sound of a River\, braids women’s stories through various generations. These women are woven into a story that finds its origins in the St. Lawrence River\, and that sense of swimming through water\, time\, and memory is one that is powerful and resonant. Dorion asks readers to consider the value of poetry\, art\, and a creative life as a way to avoid sinking or suffering when we are faced with the harsh reality of our daily lives. Through grief and loss\, poetry and art have ‘perhaps begun to save us’ during our most challenging trials.” —Kim Fahner\, author of The Donoghue Girl \n\n\n\nPraise for Sugaring Off:“Sugaring Off is a stunning exploration of class and privilege\, and our desperate need for connection. In this deftly written story\, Fanny Britt explores the dissolution of relationships\, regret and grief\, and how we navigate the consequences of our actions. A truly exceptional novel.” —Lindsay Zier-Vogel\, author of Letters to Amelia \n\n\n\nBios\n\n\n\nHoward Scott is a literary translator living in Montreal who translates fiction\, poetry\, and non-fiction\, often with Phyllis Aronoff. He received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation for The Euguelion by Louky Bersianik and\, with Phyllis Aronoff\, won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Translation Award for The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 by Gilles Havard. The translating duo were also awarded a Governor General’s Literary Award for their translation of Descent into Night by Edem Awumey. Scott is past president of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada. \n\n\n\nJonathan Kaplansky won a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen). His translation of Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic by Hervé Dumont was a finalist for the Wall Award from the Theatre Library Association. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane\, Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere\, and the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions. He has also translated Dorion’s Days of Sand. Born in Saint John\, New Brunswick\, Kaplansky now lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nFanny Britt is a playwright\, writer\, and translator. She is the winner of multiple Governor General’s Literary Awards\, a Libris Award\, a Joe Shuster Award\, and was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature. Faires les sucres won the Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language Fiction in 2021. Britt has written a dozen plays and translated more than fifteen works by many American\, Canadian\, British\, and Irish playwrights. Born in Northern Quebec\, Britt lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bookhug-press-fall-2024-translated-fiction-launch/
LOCATION:Librairie Saint-Henri Bookstore\, 4622 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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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/2024-11-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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