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SUMMARY:Soliloquies Anthology 30.2 LAUNCH Party!
DESCRIPTION:Soliloquies Anthology\, Concordia’s undergraduate journal in its 30th iteration\, is launching our final issue of the year on April 30th.\nEvent will take place at Bar Le Record (near Jean-Talon metro) from 6pm-9pm. Reading will begin promptly\, so don’t be late! \nIssue 30.2 is filled with impressive poetry and prose submitted by writers of all ages and backgrounds from across Canada (not just students). \nThe launch will include speeches from our Co-Editors-in-Chief\, readings from contributing authors and introductions from members of our masthead. \nCome on out to support and engage with the community. All are welcome! \nPWYC (5$ recommended donation)\, no one turned away for lack of funds.\nIssues will be on sale. Drinks and food available at the bar.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/soliloquies-anthology-30-2-launch-party/
LOCATION:Bar Le Record\, 7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2R 2N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Reading with Jane Austen by Elaine Bander
DESCRIPTION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore and Bucknell University Press present a launch for Reading with Jane Austen by Elaine Bander. \nJoin us as Dr. Elaine Bander discusses and signs her new book Reading with Jane Austen. \nAdmission is free. \nRefreshements will be served. \nAbout the Book\nJane Austen has more readers today than at any time in history. Many of Austen’s legions of fans\, however\, came to her novels after first seeing films or other adaptations made for twenty-first-century audiences. Austen herself conversely spent her literary career undermining romantic clichés and rethinking novel conventions. Confident that she and her contemporaries shared a common reading culture\, Austen deliberately constructed her novels to set readerly expectations\, only to disrupt or confound those expectations by challenging her readers’ assumptions and values. In Reading with Jane Austen\, Elaine Bander carefully rereads the great author’s novels—beginning with her late work of juvenilia\, “Catharine\, or The Bower\,” and ending with her final fragment\, “Sanditon”—against the rich context of late Georgian literary and intellectual culture. In doing so\, Bander invites us into the transformative experience that Austen intentionally designed for her earliest readers\, adding new layers of appreciation for those who love her work. \nAbout the Author\nElaine Bander is retired from Dawson College in Montreal\, Canada\, where she taught English for three decades. She is the author of dozens of essays and several book chapters on Austen and other writers and served as president of the Jane Austen Society of North America (Canada) as well as of the Burney Society (North America). \nPraise for Elaine Bander\n“Reading with Jane Austen sets out to help us re-see the great novelist’s aims and achievements by carefully\, clearly\, and productively describing them alongside the significant writings of her best-loved contemporaries. Elaine Bander’s fine book will have you rereading Austen in engaging\, surprising\, and powerful new ways.” —Devoney Looser\, author of Wild for Austen: A Rebellious\, Subversive\, and Untamed Jane \n“Reading with Elaine Bander is a delicious and rewarding experience. She introduces us to the authors and the books that Jane Austen and her readers loved and admired\, tracing the ways Austen both subverts conventions and clichés and reimagines what the novel can be. Reading with Jane Austen is a gift.” —Susan Allen Ford\, author of What Jane Austen’s Characters Read (and Why) \n“Light\, bright\, and sparkling\, Bander’s account of her own life of teaching and writing under the sign of Austen brought me enormous delight and deserves a place in every Austen fan’s library.” —Jenny Davidson\, author of Reading Jane Austen \n“Reading with Jane Austen is a meticulous and innovative study illuminating the literary culture that shaped Austen’s art. With scholarly precision and fresh insights\, Elaine Bander draws on a lifetime spent with Austen and her precursors to reconstruct what Austen read and might have read—revealing new dimensions of her taste\, intelligence\, and creative engagement.” —Peter Sabor\, coeditor of Jane Austen’s Manuscript Works \n“A long-awaited manuscript from a respected Austen scholar\, Elaine Bander’s Reading with Jane Austen offers significant insights into Austen’s creative process.” —Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey\, author of Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-reading-with-jane-austen-by-elaine-bander/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Mind the Gap by Alice Zorn
DESCRIPTION:Book launch for Alice Zorn‘s new collection of travel fiction\, Mind the Gap\, published by NeWest Press. \nAlice Zorn will be in conversation with Cora Siré at the Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 Av. McGill College\, Montréal from 5 to 7 pm. \nAdmission is free. \nRefreshments will be served. \nAbout the Book\nA beautifully crafted second short story collection from award-winning writer Alice Zorn. \nWith an uncompromising and relatable voice\, Zorn travels through Mexico\, Morocco\, Texas\, England\, Austria\, Tunisia\, and northeastern Quebec in these seven short stories and one novella\, each following a compelling narrator on a quest — to find someone who does not wish to be found\, to discover the truth behind family secrets\, to expiate guilt\, to make new bonds\, to realize a dream. Far from home\, facing new mirrors\, characters leave old selves behind and discover new ones. Alice Zorn shines once again in this exploration of friendship\, love\, art\, work\, gender\, and cultural identity in this spectacular collection of travel fiction. \nAbout the Author\nOriginally from Hamilton\, Ontario\, Alice Zorn has now lived for many years in Montréal. Her writing has won or been shortlisted for awards across Canada. Mind the Gap is her fifth book of fiction. \nPraise for Alice Zorn\n“Zorn’s precise\, compelling descriptions and unusual storylines linger long after the book is finished.”—Anita Anand\, award-winning author of A Convergence of Solitudes \n“ Zorn’s characters travel the world in search of something or someone but end up finding themselves. An absorbing\, lyrical\, and bewitching collection.”—Theresa Shea\, bestselling author of The Shade Tree \n“Zorn is a compelling storyteller\, deft in the art of leaving us wanting more.” — Katia Grubisic\, Governor General’s Award-winning author of What if red ran out
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-mind-the-gap-by-alice-zorn/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Launch: Linda Leith Publishing
DESCRIPTION:The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival presents the launch of English and French language books from Linda Leith Publishing\, including titles from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025. \nAuthors and translators will be present. \nLocation: Hôtel 10 — Suite 10 \n/// \nLinda Leith Publishing lance les titres publiés entre l’automne 2024 et le printemps 2025. Présenté en partenariat avec le Festival Metropolis Bleu. \nEn présence des auteurs et traducteurs. \nLieu : Hôtel 10 — Suite 10
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-linda-leith-publishing/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T203000
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SUMMARY:Saudade and Mind the Gap Digital Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us from the comfort of your own home\, wherever that may be\, to celebrate the launch of two of NeWest’s spring books this year! \n\n\n\n\nNo matter where you are\, you can join us digitally from the comfort of your own home to celebrate the launch of two NeWest spring books this season – Saudade and Mind the Gap. Authors Thomas Trofimuk and Alice Zorn will be joined by their respective editors\, Thomas Wharton and Suzette Mayr for an evening of readings and discussions. \nVisit Eventbrite to RSVP and get the meeting link.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/saudade-and-mind-the-gap-digital-book-launch/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T223000
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SUMMARY:Scrivener Issue 48 Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Join Scrivener Creative Review for the launch of the magazine’s “Longhand Issue” at 7PM on 19 April 2026 at Cardinal Tea Room. Doors open at 6:45PM\, readings begin at 7:30PM sharp. \nBuy tickets.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/scrivener-issue-48-launch-party/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tearoom\, 5326 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch & Art Exhibition with Live Music and Cocktail—Free Admission
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever loved so deeply that it left an echo? \nHave you ever tried to let go only to find pieces of them still tangled in your soul? \nThen this event is for you! \nJoin us on April 17\, 19:00–21:00 for a special evening celebrating the launch and signing of Ebbs and Flows of the Heart by Chedia El Khouri. \nMixed Media Art Exhibition \nLive Music by RachelDara \nComplimentary Cocktail \nQ&A Session hosted by poet Samara O’Gorman \nViva Vida Art Gallery and Art Centre in the heart of the Pointe Claire Village \nFREE ADMISSION \nCome experience an inspiring night of art\, poetry\, and connection. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-art-exhibition-with-live-music-and-cocktail-free-admission/
LOCATION:Viva Vida Art Gallery\, 278 Lakeshore Road\, suite 2\, Pointe-Claire\, Quebec\, H9S 4K9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T203000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Banished Rose by Leila
DESCRIPTION:Join Montreal author Leila for the launch of her poetry collection Banished Rose. \nAbout the Book\nBanished Rose is a luminous collection of poetry spanning over two decades\, tracing the delicate arc of one woman’s journey from adolescence to creative maturity. From her first verses at age twelve to a reflective voice of thirty-four\, Leila conjures vivid imagery and deep emotion to illuminate her journey. \nEach poem becomes a moment of immersion\, a meditation on the present. With raw honesty and lyrical grace\, she invites listeners into an intimate world shaped by love\, heartbreak\, personal transformation\, and spiritual awakening. \nBanished Rose is a testament to the healing power of words\, a companion for anyone navigating life’s joys and sorrows\, and a reminder that within every heartache lies the possibility of grace. \nAbout the Author\nDaniela Beatriz Leal Reyes (Leila)\, is a Chilean independent author and poet\, based in Montreal\, Canada since 2018. She published her first book of poetry in October 2025\, Banished Rose\, a work published in English\, which brings together 47 poems and traces the author’s journey originally written in Spanish and translated into English by the poet herself. \nOne of his works\, Toque de Libertad\, included in his book\, was also published in the poetry anthology Trazos de hojas secas (2025)\, by Ediciones Converso.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-banished-rose-by-leila/
LOCATION:Le Bon Vieux Temps\, 2051B rue Saint-Denis\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 3K8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: What We Choose to Forget by Guy Rex Rodgers
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Guy Rex Rodger’s highly anticipated book launch. After his hugely successful feature documentary\, What We Choose to Remember\, ELAN’s founder and friend is publishing What We Choose to Forget\, a book of the stories of English-speaking Quebecois he collected on his film tour across Quebec. \nJoin us on April 16 at the beautiful Conseil des arts de Montréal Atrium for an elegant schmoozer-style Book Launch. \nRegister now.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-what-we-choose-to-forget-by-guy-rex-rodgers/
LOCATION:Conseil des arts de Montréal Atrium\, 1210 Sherbrooke Street East\, Montréal\, QC\, H2L 1L9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: There's Always More to Say by Natalie Southworth
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 9\, 20267:00–9:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of Natalie Southworth’s short story collection\, There’s Always More to Say. The author will be joined for a Q&A with Paige Cooper\, author of Zolitude. This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP. \n\n\n\nMasks are not required but will be provided for free at the door. \n\n\n\nFor elevator access to the store\, please contact Argo Bookshop at least a day in advance. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKIn the title story of Natalie Southworth’s debut collection\, sisters sneak out of their unstable mother’s apartment to find “reality\,” an experience with lasting repercussions. Southworth concentrates on moments like this—moments of disconnection\, family fragility and unexpected expressions of love. \n\n\n\nThe stories that make up There’s Always More to Say focus on characters struggling to achieve what they think they should want despite the demands and loneliness of modern life. A puppeteer attempts to reinvent himself as a realtor. Preteen girls strive to become like their absentee fathers. A nanny must decide between her future or that of the family dog. A high-achieving working mother is imprisoned by her antidepressants. \n\n\n\nInfused with humour and verve\, yet full of warmth\, Southworth interrogates the quest for more and what it means when ambition clashes with private reality. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nNatalie Southworth’s award-winning stories have appeared in literary journals in Canada\, the UK and the US\, including The Moth Magazine\, The North American Review\, The Brooklyn Review\, The New Quarterly\, Grain Magazine\, Prairie Fire\, Canadian Notes & Queries\, Riddle Fence and more. Originally from England\, she lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP at Ticketsource
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-theres-always-more-to-say-by-natalie-southworth/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T220000
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SUMMARY:The Pit Periodical Issue 7 launch
DESCRIPTION:The Pit is back~ after a much needed hibernation\, their winter issue is finally ready to hit the newsstands! \nJoin them on Saturday March 28th for poetry\, music\, and sooo many margaritas! Give us $20\, buy a cocktail\, and peruse the glossy pages full of this season’s fabulous contributors 🏹💌 \nWith a soulful live performance by @hanorahmusic\, a new wave and rock en español DJ set by Carla Oteiza from @ater.deathcrust\, and a TBA selection of this issue’s poets\, come celebrate the end of this killer winter with The Pit at @avenuepublic in st Henri! \nSend an e-transfer of $20 to thepitperiodical@gmail.com or get your tix at the door 🍒
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-pit-periodical-issue-7-launch/
LOCATION:4710 St Ambroise #343\, 4710 St Ambroise #343\, Montreal\, QC\, H4C 2C7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T190000
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SUMMARY:Misha Solomon launches MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 25\, 20267:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin Misha Solomon in launching his highly-anticipated poetry debut\, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet at the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier on March 25th at 7PM! Hosted by Sarah Burgoyne and featuring a performance by Nate Yaffe. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Pulpbooks.ca
URL:https://qwf.org/event/misha-solomon-launches-my-great-grandfather-danced-ballet/
LOCATION:Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier\, 2450 rue Workman\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T160000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Before We Forget by Mary Soderstrom
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 15\, 20262:00–4:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nMary Soderstrom launches her new book\, Before We Forget: How Remembering Will Get Us Through the Next 75 Years\, published by Dundurn Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-before-we-forget-by-mary-soderstrom/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T180000
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Oyster by Marianne Ackerman
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the launch of local author Marianne Ackerman’s latest release\, OYSTER! Join us on Sunday\, February 15th from 4-6 pm EST at Bar le Sparrow! Books will be available for sale and for signing.  \nIn this satirical family drama\, a bestselling author struggles with writer’s block until she reconnects with her ambitious niece at a funeral — perfect for fans of Where’d You Go\, Bernadette. \nOne-time bestselling novelist Amelia Cameron has writer’s block. After her octogenarian father falls off a roof during a windstorm\, his funeral brings the four Cameron siblings together on the family farm\, following years of separation. With the patriarch gone\, familiar relationships begin to crumble. \nWhile the siblings spar\, Amelia’s niece\, Ginny Gupta\, begs her famous aunt for writing advice on her first novel. After a wine-soaked weekend and an innocent bit of typing\, the resulting novel\, The World Is Your Oyster\, brings both women to the brink of scandal with the potential to shake the powerful literary world.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-oyster-by-marianne-ackerman/
LOCATION:BAR LE SPARROW\, 5322 Saint-Laurent\, 5322 Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T220000
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SUMMARY:Anniversary Launch: Soliloquies 30!
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! Please join us on Thursday\, January 22nd at 7PM at Bar Le Récord (near Jean-Talon) to help commemorate the 30th iteration of Soliloquies Anthology! \nSoliloquies is one of the longest-running anglo literary journals in Quebec\, and prides itself on being a Montreal institution where many emerging writers publish their works for the first time. Soliloquies is produced by a student-led team of editors and creatives at Concordia University. Contributors (authors) are Canadian or those living in Canada. \nWe are excited to launch issue 30.1 and to celebrate the hard work of our 2025/2026 team.Come out for a night of readings and mingling with the literary community here in Montreal. \nMore details and other surprises to come\, as well as news about our next open submission window. \nFollow us at @soliloquies.concordia on Instagram for live updatessoliloquies.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/anniversary-launch-soliloquies-30/
LOCATION:Bar Le Record\, 7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2R 2N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Networking,Performance,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T210000
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SUMMARY:Launch of Ahoy Issue 4
DESCRIPTION:The launch of our fourth(!) issue is on Thursday\, January 22nd. Join us for readings\, live music\, and a showing of artwork by our talented contributors. Come for a schmooze and a catch-up\, leave with some new friends. The venue is homey and can only be disclosed upon purchase of a ticket 😉 BYOB. Starts at 7pm. Don’t be late that’s not cool anymore. $8 presale\, $10 at the door.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-ahoy-issue-4/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
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SUMMARY:Launch of Quist Issue 3
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 22\, 2026\, 7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nQWF’s literary magazine for youth\, Quist\, is throwing a launch party!Join us on January 22nd at 7pm at Pulp Books to celebrate Quist‘s third issue. There will be readings by issue contributors\, followed by light refreshments.This is a free event and all ages are welcome. We can’t wait to see you there! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead Issue 3 NOw
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-quist-issue-3/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,QWF Events,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T190000
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SUMMARY:The Craft of Medicine: A Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:What does it truly mean to be a doctor today? I will  say a few words on this question when I launch my memoir of 60 years in medicine at The Word bookshop on Friday\, December 12\, 2025.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-craft-of-medicine-a-book-launch/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T220000
DTSTAMP:20260505T011940
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SUMMARY:Montreal launch of SHARP PINK CLAWS
DESCRIPTION:Skip your awkward holiday party and come celebrate with us instead! Metonymy Press is launching a new two-volume anthology featuring 11 of our authors you’ve come to know and love. On the evening of December 11\, there will be readings! Drinks! Prizes! Tearful goodbyes! If you’ve placed a preorder\, you can pick up your books (and any other merch) on site. And if you haven’t\, you can do so on the night of. \n\n\n\nCome for the gay lit\, stay for the partyyyyy. \n\n\n\nCo-op Bar Milton-Parc is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms. Mask-wearing is highly encouraged and we will have air filters at the event. Please get in touch with us about any accessibility questions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-launch-of-sharp-pink-claws/
LOCATION:Co-op Bar Milton Parc\, 3714 Avenue du Parc at des Pins\, Montréal\, QC\, Quebec\, H2X 2J1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T011940
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SUMMARY:Guernica Editions Showcase
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2025\, 3:30 – 5 pmRotunda\n\n\n\nAn event celebrating Guernica Editions’ longstanding presence in Quebec\, featuring readings by authors with new releases this year\, including fiction\, memoir\, and poetry. With the purchase of a book\, guests will be entered into a raffle to win a selection of Guernica titles. \n\n\n\n\nMichael Carin\, Edisson & Jeremiah\n\n\n\nAnn Cavlovic\, Count on Me\n\n\n\nJonathan Kaplansky and Francis Catalano\, The Origin of the Future\n\n\n\nAndreas Kessaris\, The Grand Tour of Park Ex\n\n\n\nBunmi Oyinsan\, A Ladder of Bones\n\n\n\nMeryem Yildiz\, Backbone\n\n\n\nContributors from The Nuances of Love\n\n\n\n\nMichael Carin trained as a political theorist at McGill University\, where he also studied under the godfather of Canadian literature\, Hugh MacLennan. He is the author of several novels\, including Five Hundred Keys\, The Kremlin Papers\, and the work of alternate history Churchill at Munich. His non-fiction response to the Holocaust\, The Future Jew\, won him wide recognition as a provocative secular humanist. Mr. Carin lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nPoet\, novelist\, short story writer and essayist born in Montreal\, Francis Catalano won the Quebecor Prize of the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival for Qu’une lueur des lieux (2010) and the La Métropole Prize of Excellence for Climax (2022). As a translator of Italian poetry\, he won the John Glassco Prize in 2006 for Instructions pour la lecture d’un journal de Valerio Magrelli. \n\n\n\nAnn Cavlovic’s fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in Canadian literary magazines and news media\, such as Event\, The Fiddlehead\, Grain\, PRISM International\, The Globe & Mail\, and CBC. She lives in Western Quebec.  \n\n\n\nConnie Guzzo McParland\, president and co-director of Guernica Editions\, holds a BA in Italian Literature and a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Concordia University. She is the author of The Girls of Piazza D’amore (2013)\, The Women of Saturn (2017)\, Le Donne di Saturno (2019)\, An opera in 3 Acts/Un opéra en trois actes (2021)\, and The Twelfth Room\, a translation of La Dodicesima Stanza. \n\n\n\nJonathan Kaplansky is a literary translator of French in Montreal. He won a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s Things Seen and was shortlisted for the David Booth Award for Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane. He has also translated works by Hélène Dorion\, Lise Gauvin\, Louis- Philippe Hébert\, Hélène Rioux and Lise Tremblay. \n\n\n\nAndreas Kessaris grew up in Montreal’s Park Extension district\, the son of Greek immigrants. He graduated from Dawson College and Concordia University\, earning a BA in Communications & English. His column\, Read On! with Andreas Kessaris\, was a popular feature in the West-End community paper The Local Herald. His writing has also appeared on Suite101.com\, in the literary journal The Write Place\, on the Montreal entertainment website Curtainsup.tv\, The Miramichi Reader\, and The Montreal Review of Books. His first book\, The Butcher of Park Ex & Other Semi-Truthful Tales\, was released in 2020 to great acclaim. \n\n\n\nBunmi Oyinsan is a Nigerian/Canadian writer. From novels to scripts for radio\, television\, and the theatre\, she has contributed to both the nonfiction and fiction canons of African literature. Oyinsan gained her MA focusing on orature and literature from Saint Mary’s University and a Ph.D. from York University. She is the writer\, producer\, and presenter for the Sankofa Pan African Series\, which has over 100K subscribers and over 5 million views. She is a winner of the Matatu Prize for her YA novel Fabulous Four and has been nominated for THEMA’s Best Film Script. Her novel Three Women was nominated for the Flora Nwapa Prize for Women’s Literature in 2006. Born in Lagos\, she lives in Bowmanville\, Ontario. \n\n\n\nMeryem Yildiz is a Turkish-Canadian poet from Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Her poems have appeared in journals across the country\, including Arc Poetry Magazine\, The Ex-Puritan\, PRISM International\, The Fiddlehead\, and yolk\, among others. In 2022\, she won The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award for Poetry as well as the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s carte blanche Prize. She’s also a poetry editor at LBRNTH\, a queer literature and arts magazine\, which she co-edits with Misha Solomon. In her debut collection\, Backbone\, Meryem explores the complexities of identity across geographies\, and reveals how friendship and memory shape the search for home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/guernica-editions-showcase/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Private Number by David Homel
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 13\, 20257:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nVéhicule Press and Argo Bookshop invite you to the launch of David Homel’s new novel Private Number. The event will feature readings from the book as well as conversation with Esplanade Books editor Dimitri Nasrallah. This ​event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP on TicketSource. Masks are not required\, but will be provided at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nIn his tenth novel\, master storyteller David Homel blurs the line where art and secrecy overlap. \n\n\n\nDocumentary filmmaker Mikhail never aspired to spend time in a small coal-mining city called Lepuy in the middle of France. But his latest project has complicated life in Montreal\, garnering attacks from all sides after screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Looking to get away from the noise until things quiet down\, he hastily applies to an out-of-the-way artist’s residency in a place where nothing ever happens. \n\n\n\nBut for a documentary filmmaker\, there is always trouble to uncover. Mikhail quickly finds himself caught up amidst the violence of a miners’ strike\, as well as in clandestine relationship with Caroline\, a married judge with an unstable husband. With his time in Lepuy quickly spinning out of control\, Mikhail wants to call Caroline and warn her of the coming consequences. But he can’t. She has a private number. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nDavid Homel is the author of ten novels and a memoir\, as well as a series of books for younger readers co-written with Marie-Louise Gay. A prize-winning writer and translator\, he has worked in documentary film\, print and radio journalism. He lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on TICKETSOURCE
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-private-number-by-david-homel/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T203000
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SUMMARY:Black Creek by Susan Grundy\, Montreal Launch
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 6\, 20257:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nAn intimate evening in a Griffintown speakeasy setting with author Susan Grundy in conversation with producer and musician Carrie Haber. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSvp ON EVENTBRITE
URL:https://qwf.org/event/black-creek-by-susan-grundy-montreal-launch/
LOCATION:Suite 301\, Le Petit Dep\, 290 Rue de la Montagne\, Montréal\, QC\, H3C 2B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T233000
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SUMMARY:NOIA Launch Party: Absurd Rituals
DESCRIPTION:Join NOIA’s first ever launch event in Canada\, celebrating the fourth issue of NOIA Magazine: Absurd Rituals.\nNOIA Launch: Absurd Rituals\nWe’re pleased to announce our first ever launch event in Canada\, celebrating the fourth issue of NOIA Magazine: Absurd Rituals. \nAbout this issue:\nThis issue investigates the tension between the internal logic and external perception of (absurd) rituals. A daughter\, raised within her father’s conspiratorial rituals\, experiences the tragic gap between belief and consequence. Computer overclockers engage in elaborate cooling ceremonies\, transforming functional necessity into obsessive craft. Presidential golf outings\, presented as leisure\, serve as carefully choreographed performances of power\, conducted across manicured landscapes with arcane codes of access. \nAbout this launch:\nIssues 2-4 will be available for purchase along with limited edition rings made by Ran.Den.Metal x NOIA. \nDJ sets brought to you by @mekashaaaa along with a custom cocktail menu by Jo Kolb. Hosted by Foster Gareau.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/noia-launch-party-absurd-rituals/
LOCATION:Le Système\, 7119 rue Saint-Hubert\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Panel,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T153000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Gillian Sze\, Stephanie Bolster\, and Ronna Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 2\, 20252:00–3:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for a poetry book launch\, celebrating the release of An Orange\, a Syllable by Gillian Sze\, Long Exposure by Stephanie Bolster\, and In a Rip Tide by Ronna Bloom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Eventbrite
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-for-gillian-sze-stephanie-bolster-and-ronna-bloom/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T011940
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SUMMARY:Two Rebeccas\, Two Books!
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 30\, Argo Bookstore\, 1841-A Saint-Catherine St W\, Montreal\, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Two Rebeccas\, Two Books! Rebecca Păpucaru will read from her novel As Good a Place as Any (Guernica Editions) in conversation with Rebecca Morris\, author of Other Maps (Linda Leith). Wine and goodies and books for sale!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/two-rebeccas-two-books/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T100000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch—Messioph: The First Book of Ido by Geoffreyjen Edwards
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 18\, 2025\, 10:00 amFounders Room\, Brookstreet Hotel (525 Legget Dr)\, Ottawa\n\n\n\nJoin Geoffreyjen Edwards for the launch of Messioph: The First Book of Ido (Untimely Books). As part of the Can-Con Science Fiction Convention in Ottawa\, Geoffreyjen Edwards will be launching his latest science-fiction novel on October 18th\, 10:00 am\, at the Founders Room of the Brookstreet Hotel. \n\n\n\n The event will consist of a short reading\, a small reception and book signings. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nSome family secrets destroy civilizations… What if such an evil follows humanity across the stars? \n\n\n\nCatastrophe strikes when Grolier Desius and his brother return from a confrontation with their family’s bitter enemy aboard a jonah—one of the living starships whose ancestors once roamed the oceans of Old Earth. As Grolier navigates the chaos\, he uncovers devastating truths about his family’s past. He must race through a web of family betrayals and institutional cover-ups\, confronting how intimate violence can become a civilization-threatening threat. His decisions will determine whether the bonds holding humanity and the ancient jonahs together can survive the deadly legacy of buried trauma. Messioph: The First Book of Ido\, the second volume in Geoffreyjen Edwards’s fifteen-book Ido Chronicles\, explores how personal wounds can lead to political crises.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-messioph-the-first-book-of-ido-by-geoffreyjen-edwards/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T160000
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SUMMARY:Launch of Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt’s new poetry collection The Hospitality of Trees (Shoreline Press). In conversation with Rebecca Păpucaru
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 11\, 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Black Cat Books\, 168E Rue Queen\, Lennoxville: Launch of Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt’s new poetry collection The Hospitality of Trees (Shoreline Press). In conversation with Rebecca Păpucaru\, author of the novel\, As Good a Place as Any (Guernica Editions). Rebecca will also read from her novel. Wine and goodies and books for sale!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-tanya-bellehumeur-allatts-new-poetry-collection-the-hospitality-of-trees-shoreline-press-in-conversation-with-rebecca-papucaru/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T213000
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SUMMARY:Dark Sky Preserve re-launch on International Observe the Moon Night!
DESCRIPTION:Watch the highlight reel from the re-launch event. Recorded and edited by RASC Montreal.\n\n\n\nYou are invited to the re-launch of the poetry collection and album\, Dark Sky Preserve: A Literary and Musical Inquiry\, by the late Ian Ferrier\, Louise Campbell\, and Sarah Beth Goncarova\, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm\, on Saturday\, October 4\, 2025—International Observe the Moon Night. \n\n\n\nThis free\, bilingual event will be hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: Montreal Centre. The Bellevue Observatory is at the Morgan Arboretum in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Activities will take place in the observatory clubhouse and outdoors on the observatory field. \n\n\n\nThe program will feature a presentation\, readings by guest poets from the QWF and La poésie partout\, an interactive learning activity\, an outdoor sound installation\, and the opportunity to observe the moon from the darkest skies on the island of Montreal. The observatory is home to an LX200 Meade SCT telescope. Additional telescopes will be on hand.Montreal’s Audiotopie will present a quadraphonic outdoor sound installation\, enabling attendees to experience the album directly on the observation field. \n\n\n\nEvent registration\, names of guest poets\, and information about transportation to and from the observatory in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue will be announced in early September.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dark-sky-preserve-re-launch-on-international-observe-the-moon-night/
LOCATION:Morgan Arboretum\, 150 chemin des Pins\, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue\, QC\, H9X 3V9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Launch,Performance,Reading,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH - Native Immigrant: A Personal Journey Into Our Home and Native
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for the exciting book launch event of “Native Immigrant: A Personal Journey Into Our Home and Native” at the Centre d’art daphne. Meet the author\, get your copy signed\, and immerse yourself in the story of this captivating journey. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to celebrate literature and culture! \nIn this powerful memoir\, Native Immigrant\, Carolina Echeverría traces her path from Chile to Canada\, from exile to belonging. Weaving personal memory with political history and profound cross-cultural friendships—especially with Mohawk War Chief Ateronhiatakon (Francis Boots)—she reimagines identity beyond borders and bloodlines. \nWith humor\, rage\, tenderness\, and clarity\, she explores what it means to be uprooted\, to listen deeply\, and to find kinship in unexpected places. A compelling narrative of resistance\, remembrance\, and radical hope.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-native-immigrant-a-personal-journey-into-our-home-and-native/
LOCATION:Daphne Art Centre\, 5425 Casgrain Avenue\, Unit 103\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1X6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T223000
DTSTAMP:20260505T011940
CREATED:20250916T160034Z
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SUMMARY:Cactus Press Fall Launch + Accent Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cactus Press’ Fall title launch with featured readers Matthew Rettino and Kirsten Shute. Their chapbooks Pilgrimages (Rettino) and Fanfiction Is for Teenage Girls (Shute) will be available for sale. Sign up for the open mic at the door!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cactus-press-fall-launch-accent-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bar La Marche à Côté\, 5043 Saint Denis St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2J 2L8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Open Mic
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