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SUMMARY:More Than a MILF: Sex and the Aging Female Body
DESCRIPTION:Come join Robyn Diner as she launches her creative nonfiction anthology\, More Than a MILF: Sex and the Aging Female Body\, starring an international lineup of unruly midlife and older writers reading snippets of their often spicy\, usually funny and always raw stories: \n•	Gail Rice (Australia)\n•	Sisi S (Lebanon)\n•	Chanée Naomi (Paris)\n•	Abbe Aronson (Woodstock)\n•	Samira Hassan (Victoria)\n•	Andrea Zanin (Toronto)\n•	Clementine Morrigan (Montréal) \nThere will be food and drink. You can meet the contributors\, and the publisher: Marion Lougheed founder of Off Topic Publishing. \nPre-registration is welcome\, but not required though it allows you to order a signed copy. \n— \nMore Than a MILF is the only nonfiction literary anthology in recent years to zero in on sex in relationship to aging female and nonbinary bodies. \nA 70-year-old psychotherapist in Australia hires an escort. When he doesn’t give her what she asked for\, she emails him to request a refund…  \nA middle-aged woman in Lebanon is in the middle of a ménage à trois when bombs start exploding around the building…  \nA teacher in their fifties reflects on decades of queer sex and concludes that they would rather eat cheese… \nFeaturing thirty diverse and disruptive voices\, these stories both celebrate pleasure and interrogate why so much shame and pain still haunt the terrain.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/more-than-a-milf-sex-and-the-aging-female-body/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: It's All Coming Back to Me Now
DESCRIPTION:“Poignant and hilarious\, often on the same page.” Le Devoir \nJoin us for the launch of Jean-Michel Fortier’s It’s All Coming Back to Me Now — the English translation of Tout me revient maintenent by Jonathan Kaplansky. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nIt’s 2003 and Colin and his best friend Eugénie are—like every other teenager in Sainte-Foy—waiting for the bus\, hanging out at the mall\, logging onto MSN\, working weekend shifts\, steering clear of their parents\, and trying not to be rejects as they navigate their school’s social hierarchies. Colin has two secrets: he’s obsessed with Céline Dion\, and he likes Yann\, his older brother’s friend. To be or not to be fake; for Colin\, that’s the question\, and his heart wavers somewhere between silence\, ambiguity\, and truth. Whimsical and provocative\, It’s All Coming Back to Me Now is a heartfelt and timeless coming-of-age story. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR\nOriginally from Quebec City\, Jean-Michel Fortier studied literature at l’Université Laval and film at l’Université de Montréal. He is the author of Le chasseur inconnu (The Unknown Huntsman)\, Les bains électriques (The Electric Baths)\, La révolution d’Agnès. It’s All Coming Back to Me Now\, the English translation of Tout me revient maintenant\, is his fourth novel. He lives in Québec City. \nJonathan Kaplansky won the French Voices Award to translate Annie Ernaux’s Things Seen (La vie extérieure) and recently translated the libretto for an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais: Yourcenar: une île de passions. He lives in Montreal. \nFree \nRefreshments will be served
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-its-all-coming-back-to-me-now/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Driving Crazy to the Front Door by Michael Foy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Michael Foy’s short story collection Driving Crazy to the Front Door (Linda Leith Publishing). \nModerated by Harold Hoefle. \nThis event is free\, but please RSVP on TicketSource so the venue knows how many people to expect. \nMasks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \nPlease note that the venue’s elevator entrance is at 1839 Rue Sainte-Catherine\, which is next door to our building entrance. The venue is on the mezzanine level (MZ button)\, which opens up into the hair salon next door. You’ll need to turn left to get to the salon entrance and then the location (Argo) is on the right. The building office will sometimes lock the elevator entrance door or elevator at the end of the day. If you’re locked out\, please call the venue at 514-931-3442 and someone will come let you in. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn Michael Foy’s debut collection\, Driving Crazy to the Front Door\, many of the stories are set in Surrey’s urban sprawl. The characters face a demolition of love\, a type of destruction that forces them to rebuild and\, if they can\, recoup their losses. \nWhether from a failed marriage\, a dead mother\, or a fatal car crash\, each story has some hope and redemption. There is humour too\, when three kids cram into a straw-filled chicken coop to hide from an angry farmer\, lighting up more than cigarettes. Or you’ll find eighty-two-year-old Nora Allen escaping from the Florence Nightingale hospital\, stealing a car\, and ordering a Big Mac before continuing down the King George highway to her childhood home to search for her adopted son. Cooper Reynolds is an old widow who might remarry\, but first\, his estranged\, druggie daughter comes home to save his life. \nAll fourteen stories shine some light on the darkness of the human condition\, and in so doing\, help us to better understand ourselves\, our family\, friends and maybe even our enemies. Driving Crazy to the Front Door takes us right up close to loss—not for self-pity or despair\, but to offer hope\, and reminds us of what it means to be human. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nMichael Foy was born and raised in Surrey\, British Columbia. He holds degrees in psychology and education from Simon Fraser University. His fiction has appeared in Grain Magazine\, The Nashwaak Review\, QWERTY\, Literally Stories\, Blank Spaces\, Canadian Shorts II\, and other journals and anthologies. His story “The Questions Run” received an Honourable Mention in the Riddle Fence Fiction Contest. He lives in Montreal with his wife and two daughters. www.michaelfoy.ca
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-driving-crazy-to-the-front-door-by-michael-foy/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Fragile Like a Bomb\, translated by Natalia Hero
DESCRIPTION:Not fragile like a flower\, fragile like a bomb.” \nJoin us for the launch of Fragile Like a Bomb by Catherine Fred Lavarenne\, translated by Natalia Hero. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nStéphanie is recruited by a left-wing provincial party to run in their upcoming elections. After a surprise victory she is\, despite her inexperience\, appointed Québec’s Minister of Culture. As she navigates her new role\, a wave of #MeToo denunciations erupts in the literary world. Stéphanie begins to make connections between her own experiences and those of the survivors daring to speak out. Fragile Like a Bomb is a powerful\, illuminating novel that reveals how men’s violence against women is both intimate and institutional\, shaping everything from personal memory to public culture. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR & TRANSLATOR\nCatherine Fred Lavarenne has worked as a college instructor\, a political attaché for the City of Montréal\, and a project manager for rights advocacy at the Québec LGBT Council. Her first novel\, Quelques lieux de Constance\, was published by Héliotrope in 2018. Fragile Like a Bomb is her second novel. She lives in Montreal. \nNatalia Hero is a Montreal-based writer and literary translator. Her debut novella\, Hum\, was published in 2018 by Metatron Press. Her translations include Valid: Dystopian Autofiction by Chris Bergeron\, Thirty by Marie Darsigny\, In the End They Told Them All to Get Lost by Laurence Leduc-Primeau\, and God’s Zoo by Pablo Urbanyi.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-fragile-like-a-bomb-translated-by-natalia-hero/
LOCATION:L’Euguélionne Bookstore\, 1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 3E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Everclear by Jennifer DeLeskie
DESCRIPTION:On October 8 at 7 pm\, join Jennifer DeLeskie for the launch of her debut novel\, Everclear\, at Montreal’s Pulp Books & Café\, in conversation with author Su J. Sokol. \nEverclear\, a YA near-future thriller set in Eeyou Istchee\, northern Québec\, follows 16-year-old Kai Mendelsohn\, a girl raised inside an extractive\, homogenizing system. When her father disappears\, she is forced out of the compound and into the wider world\, where she begins to confront the consequences of the society that shaped her—and the possibility of another way. \nLibrairie Pulp Books & Café\n3952 Rue Wellington\n Verdun\, Montréal\, QC \nPulp is wheelchair accessible\, including an accessible washroom\, and is a short walk from de l’Église metro station.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-everclear-by-jennifer-deleskie/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Roughling
DESCRIPTION:Join Linda Leith Publishing and author Alex Costa for the Montreal launch of THE ROUGHLING\, a fantasy adventure for 8 to 12 year olds!\nAbout the Book\n“You must find the Key. You are the only one who can.”\nWith these words\, Ambrose Peters learns that the bedtime stories his parents told him are real. \nOn his twelfth birthday\, he and his friends Stan and Aurora discover a curious note in the library of his home\, an old estate in the heart of Toronto. When peculiar creatures start turning up\, the three of them stumble on a mysterious world hidden in the wild spaces of their once-familiar city. \nBut Ambrose’s time is running out. With an ancient menace closing in on him\, Ambrose must find the key to save himself\, his friends\, and the extraordinary––and dangerous––new world they only just discovered. \nThe Roughling is an epic adventure teeming with mystery\, friendship\, action\, unforgettable characters and perilous secrets. \nAbout the Author\nAlex Costa has degrees in biology and dentistry from McGill University. Born and raised in the neighbourhood of North Toronto\, she grew up near the ravines that inspired this story. She now lives in Montreal with her husband Mark\, also a dentist\, her two sons\, and a big shaggy dog named Rookie who has excellent teeth. The first in a planned trilogy\, The Roughling is her first novel.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-roughling/
LOCATION:WILLS Brewery\, 6729 Avenue de l’Esplanade\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Mtl book launch for A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros
DESCRIPTION:Flux Festival 2026 presents the Montreal book launch for\nA Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros\nWith editor Stephanie Loveless\, interviewer Katherine McLeod & performances by book contributors \nDate: Sunday\, October 4th\nLocation: Articule Open-Access Artist-Run Centre\, 6282 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, QC H2S 2M2\nTime: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM\, Ticket: FREE\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CSFuLTnns \nAccessibility: For complete details\, please visit: https://www.articule.org/en/accessibility\nAccessibilité : Pour plus de détails\, consultez : https://www.articule.org/fr/accessibilite \nCo-presented with Articule Open-Access Artist-Run Centre and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.\nLive English-to-French translation will take place at the event.\nLibrairie Résonance will be on hand selling copies of A Year of Deep Listening. \nJoin us for a book launch celebrating the publication of A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros (Terra Nova Press)\, edited by Stephanie Loveless. Host Katherine McLeod will lead a discussion about the collection and Deep Listening practice. This will be followed by brief performances of text scores by contributors to the book experienced in Oliveros’ performance practices and Deep Listening. Then join in by helping us perform some of these scores—all you need is a body and the interest! \nThe invited performers: Nik Forrest\, Erin Gee\, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb with Terri Hron and Eric Lewis\, Ben Grossman\, Kathy Kennedy\, and Ellen Waterman. \nArtist info: \nSTEPHANIE LOVELESS is a sound and media artist whose research centres on listening\, vocal embodiment\, and place. Loveless’ sound\, video\, and performance work has been presented widely in festivals\, galleries\, museums and artist-run centres in North America\, South America\, Europe and the Middle East. She served as a Senior Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Arts from 2018-2026\, and as Director of the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer from 2020-2026. In 2025\, Loveless published A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros\, which brought together a year’s worth of daily scores for listening\, contributed by over 300 artists. Her co-edited volume\, Situated Listening: Attending to the Unheard (2025)\, is a collection of essays that contribute theories and practices of embedded\, contextual\, and critical listening to the growing literature in the field of sound studies. https://stephanieloveless.com \nKATHERINE MCLEOD is an academic and dancer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Alongside her project Literary Radio and publications on poetry and performance\, she produced the series ShortCuts for The SpokenWeb Podcast and now co-hosts the podcast Literary Listening (with Jason Camlot). \nNIK FORREST is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal. They recently completed a PhD in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program at Concordia University titled “Trans Sonic Practices: Listening and Sounding Livable Worlds”. Their sound\, video\, and installation projects have been shown at festivals\, galleries and museums across Canada and internationally\, including at the Joliette Art Museum (Quebec)\, the Listening Biennale (Berlin)\, Oboro (Montreal) and Kunsthalle Mulhouse (France). They have also received artists’ residencies in Paris\, Buenos Aires\, Hamburg\, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Forrest’s recent projects explore experimental sound and listening as non-binary relational fields in which emergence\, mutation and interdependence can be sensed. They teach in the Media Arts Department at John Abbott College in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue\, Quebec. https://nikforrest.org \nERIN GEE is a Canadian artist and composer whose work centers on voice\, affect and technology. She develops custom biofeedback instruments that link the human body to sound and interactive systems. In creating these systems\, she considers emotional manipulation as a technical layer alongside hardware and software in biofeedback systems\, linking this to feminist theory. Using roleplay\, ASMR and hypnosis\, she explores intimacy and resonance while reimagining human–machine relations across AI\, VR\, and robotics. Her installation works have been presented at Ars Electronica\, MUTEK\, and the Toronto and Karachi Biennales\, and she has performed at festivals such as MUTEK\, Vancouver New Music\, Sussurra Luce (Italy) and Music Gallery (Toronto). https://eringee.net \nJerusalem-born\, Montreal-based vocalist and composer AYELET ROSE GOTTLIEB is an international performer and Deep Listener who blends jazz\, Middle Eastern and Jewish music with conceptual improvisation. Winner of the 2026 Prix Opus for Album of the Year—World Music\, she collaborates with innovative artists\, including John Zorn\, IONE and Naomi Shihab Nye. https://ayeletrose.com \nBEN GROSSMAN is a busy musician and sound artist: Improviser\, studio musician\, composer\, noisemaker and curator. He toils in several fields\, having played on over one hundred CDs and on film and television soundtracks. He has composed and designed sound for theatre\, dance and installations; designed radio transmissions; and performs live\, spanning early medieval music to experimental electronics. Ben’s tools of choice are electronics\, percussion and especially the vielle à roue (hurdy-gurdy). www.macrophone.org \nTERRI HRON is a musician\, performer and multimedia artist whose work explores relationships and belonging with places\, people\, and scores. Using historical performance practice\, field recording\, invented/augmented instruments and videoscores\, she often works in close collaboration with others and produces performances\, gatherings and events. She also works for the Canada Council for the Arts. \nKATHY KENNEDY is a sound artist with formal training in visual art and classical singing. Her art practice generally involves the voice and issues of interface with technology\, often using telephony or radio transmission. She is active in community art and is a founder of the digital media centre for women in Canada\, Studio XX (now called Ada-X)\, as well as the innovative women’s choral group\, Choeur Maha. https://kathykennedy.ca \nERIC LEWIS is the president of Arts in the Margins and a professor of philosophy at McGill University\, where he directs the Laboratory of Urban Culture. His academic interests centre on Black aesthetics\, critical race theory\, the philosophy of improvisation and the politics and ethics of new media art. He has decades of experience running community-facing art-centred projects\, and a strong commitment to social justice and equity. He is also an active improviser on brass and reeds\, and performs in numerous ensembles including Ton-e Rêve\, the Free Jazz Messengers\, the Murray Street Band and the Instant Synthesis Ensemble\, among others. \nELLEN WATERMAN is a flutist and vocalist who co-creates intersensory improvisations with environments. Bodily Listening in Place was developed in consultation with spill.propagation through a commission from New Adventures in Sound Art for World Listening Day\, 2022. She wrote about it for Performance Matters journal (2023). Her definitions of intersensory listening and bodily listening in place are included in the new Listening Glossary (2026).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mtl-book-launch-for-a-year-of-deep-listening-365-text-scores-for-pauline-oliveros/
LOCATION:Articule\, 6282 rue St-Hubert\, Montreal\, QC\, H2S 2M2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Missy Whynought by Elizabeth Ball
DESCRIPTION:Join us to launch a new and unique voice: Missy Whynaught by Elizabeth Ball. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nRaw and unfiltered\, Missy Whynaught conjures her own magic in a world that treats her like a punchline. A darkly humourous coming of age story that explores issues of sexuality\, childhood neglect\, poverty and the racist legacies of colonialism. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nElizabeth Ball is a writer\, social worker and mother of three living in Montreal. She was shortlisted for the 2026 CBC Short Story Award\, Room Magazine’s 2019 Fiction Contest\, nominated for the 2019 Journey Prize\, and in 2022 shortlisted for the Commonwealth Fiction Prize. Her writing has been financially supported by Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council of the Arts. Missy Whynaught is her first novel and she is currently at work on her second. \nFree \nRefreshments will be served
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-missy-whynought-by-elizabeth-ball/
LOCATION:Le Depanneur Cafe\, 206 Rue Bernard O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T203000
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SUMMARY:Jordan Tannahill launches The Living Realm
DESCRIPTION:Pulp’s very own Alex Nierenhausen will be in conversation with one of Pulp’s favourite authors\, Jordan Tannahill\, to discuss his latest novel\, The Living Realm.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/jordan-tannahill-launches-the-living-realm/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes by Moustapha Mohamed Chein
DESCRIPTION:Join Mawenzi House Publishers and Argo Bookshop for the Montréal launch of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes\, the new poetry collection by Moustapha Mohamed Chein. \nSpend an evening with the author as he reads from his new collection and celebrates its publication with readers and Montréal’s literary community. The event will include a reading and book signing\, with copies of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes available for purchase at Argo Bookshop.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-i-was-born-with-sand-in-my-eyes-by-moustapha-mohamed-chein/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Chapbook Launch: Take Cover Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Join Pulp in welcoming Clara Yeager and Sarah Burgoyne to launch their co-written chapbook\, Take Cover Everyone\, from above/ground Press! Readings held on September 10th at 7PM.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/chapbook-launch-take-cover-everyone/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Faithful by Don Macdonald
DESCRIPTION:Join author Don Macdonald for the launch of his new mystery novel\, The Faithful. \nWhen a young Hutterite man is found murdered in a luxurious home in the city\, Detective Michael Shelter is pulled into a case like none other. To find the killer\, Shelter must win the trust of a rural Hutterite colony where the faithful live apart from the outside world\, following a devout way of life passed down for 500 years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-faithful-by-don-macdonald/
LOCATION:NDG Legion\, 5455 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1Z7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T170000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of Carrying War\, a memoir-in-essays
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome!\nLive Music and munchies \nGuest reading by novelist Brent Van Staalduinen\, author of Peace Thieves (Thistledown Press\, 2026).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-of-carrying-war-a-memoir-in-essays/
LOCATION:Gillygooly Gallery
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T220000
DTSTAMP:20260817T223420Z
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SUMMARY:pixie literary magazine Issue 4.2 Launch
DESCRIPTION:Coucou! pixie literary magazine is celebrating our latest issue…meaning we’ve got Friday Night planned out for you. All you need to do is show up looking pretty and/or mischievous. Here are the details: \nFriday\, 21 Aug\nAt Rockette Bar\nFrom 19-22h \nWe’ll be there from 7pm\, but feel free to tell your always-late friends and lovers that it starts at 6. Tell them we can’t wait for them to join us in our celebration of the 14 talented pixies that make up…Issue 4.2! \nWe believe poetry is for the people – prose too – so pay what you can for the new issue (we suggest $12). See you soon!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pixie-literary-magazine-issue-4-2-launch/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
DTSTAMP:20260714T133017Z
CREATED:20260714T132020Z
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SUMMARY:Violet Hour Literary Series: Peter Dubé Double Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the double launch of reprints of two of Montreal author Peter Dubé’s seminal works: Hovering World (with a new introduction by Daniel Allen Cox) and At the Bottom of the Sky (with a new forward by Trebor Healey). Published by The Library of Homosexual Congress\, an imprint of Rebel Satori Press. Hovering World is the October 2026 selection of the Violet Hour Book Club. \nThis event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP. \nMasks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \nPlease contact us at least a day in advance for elevator access to the store. \nPlease also note that the street in front of the store is under construction. The store is accessible on foot\, but not by car\, and parking in the vicinity is consequently limited. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nPeter Dubé is a multi-genre writer\, translator\, and independent scholar. He is the author\, co-author\, or editor of fourteen books and chapbooks of fiction\, non-fiction and poetry. His most recent publication is the work of literary theory and criticism\, Desire as Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism. His novella\, Subtle Bodies\, an imagined life of French surrealist René Crevel was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award\, and his novel in prose poems entitled The Headless Man\, was shortlisted for both the A. M. Klein Prize and the ReLit award. He was a member of the editorial committee of the contemporary art magazine Espace for 18 years and is currently co-editor of The Philosophical Egg\, an organ of living surrealism. He lives and works in his hometown of Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violet-hour-literary-series-peter-dube-double-launch/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T190000
DTSTAMP:20260714T131206Z
CREATED:20260714T131206Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nine Bags of Gold
DESCRIPTION:Join Argo Bookshop for the Montreal launch of Nine Bags of Gold: The Real-Life Hunt for the Lost Treasure of Acadie by Stéphane LeBlanc-Rainville! This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP. \nMasks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \nPlease contact us at least a day in advance for elevator access to the store. \nPlease also note that the street in front of the store is under construction. The store is accessible on foot\, but not by car\, and parking in the vicinity is consequently limited. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn the late 1800s\, an elderly man named Simpson travelled from Québec to Moncton\, New Brunswick\, with a French map from the mid-1700s. The chart\, he claimed\, pointed to a fortune—nine leather bags of gold—which had been buried in Acadie by mid-eighteenth-century French troops on the run. \nSimpson partnered with local excavator Sherman Blakeny. Sponsored by Moncton’s wealthy elite\, the two launched a massive search. Dozens of labourers plowed seven acres of land in Irishtown down to a depth of five feet. \nWhat did they find? It’s a question author and skeptic Stéphane LeBlanc-Rainville has spent years researching. \nNine Bags of Gold brings this never-before-told saga of eighteenth-century intrigue to light\, excavating age-old legends\, furtive protagonists\, deathbed confessions\, mind-bending plot twists\, questionable treasure maps\, large-scale digs\, and tantalizing cliffhangers. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nStéphane LeBlanc-Rainville earned his PhD from McGill in 2000. He enjoyed a second career as a consulting neuroscientist—most recently for industry—after years in academia. Lately\, he turned his focus on his Acadian and Maritimer roots. His first investigative historical non-fiction\, Nine Bags of Gold\, dives into an ambitious late-1800s treasure hunt near his native Moncton. Stéphane currently lives in the Montréal area with his wife\, Farah\, and his two children\, Gabrielle and Olivier. \nRSVP: https://www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop/t-oemydrr
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-nine-bags-of-gold/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T190000
DTSTAMP:20260703T192746Z
CREATED:20260703T192745Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: It Happened On Harvard Avenue by Cherie Hart
DESCRIPTION:Join Cherie Hart for the launch of her new novel\, It Happened On Harvard Avenue\, Canadian romp of a romance/mystery that ends in NDG. \nThe event will have food and wine and music. \nFree and open to all. Copies of the book will be available for purchase ($25 each).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-it-happened-on-harvard-avenue-by-cherie-hart/
LOCATION:Chez Nick\, 1377 Greene Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T140000
DTSTAMP:20260513T182247Z
CREATED:20260513T181949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T182247Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: No Brainer by Lea Beddia
DESCRIPTION:Join Lea Beddia for the launch of her new book\, No Brainer (Orca Book Publishers). \nAbout the Book\nLiv is happy in her joggers\, sports T-shirts and no bra. \nShe doesn’t like tight jeans and doesn’t feel comfortable in a bra. But one boy in her gym class\, Jerry\, harasses Liv with rude comments about her breasts. When she stands up to him\, Liv is the one who finds herself in trouble. Even though her clothes fit the dress code\, her principal insists that Liv wear a bra to gym class. It’s unfair and Liv refuses to give in to the demand. \nGossip flies around the school as Liv stands up to Jerry and the school administration. Then a “free the boobs” campaign is started to demean Liv\, and she and her friend Mia decide to take a stand. They create a poster to encourage girls to wear what they want without shame\, but Liv is sent to the principal’s office once again and is told that her poster will be taken down before the school’s open house. But Liv isn’t going to stand down. There are no school rules that dictate girls must wear bras. Why can’t girls wear what they want without being shamed? \nThis short novel is a high-interest\, low-reading-level book for teen readers who are building reading skills\, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-no-brainer-by-lea-beddia/
LOCATION:Livres Babar Books\, 46 Avenue Ste Anne\, Pointe-Claire\, Quebec\, H9S 4P8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T153000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195005Z
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SUMMARY:STORIES FROM CANADA’S NORTH / A LA RENCONTRE DU NORD CANADIEN
DESCRIPTION:In 2006\, author Hélèna Katz left her familiar Mile End neighbourhood for life on a small alpaca farm in the Northwest Territories. New experiences such as learning to scrape a moosehide from a group of Dene women captivated her. Dealing with bears on her lawn was more challenging. Shopping that requires a 10-hour drive to pick up both the mundane and the unusual – such as little frozen mice for a community member’s pet snake – amused her. \nHélèna’s latest book\, Dispatches from Canada’s North\, shares more than 40 stories about the joys and challenges of living in the North. Her bilingual Montreal launch at Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler in Mile End will include stories from the book and photos of some of the places to which she has travelled in the North.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/stories-from-canadas-north-a-la-rencontre-du-nord-canadien/
LOCATION:5434 avenue du Parc\, Bibliotheque Mordecai-Richler\, 5434\, avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T151837Z
CREATED:20260611T151817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T151837Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Spying on America
DESCRIPTION:Join us in store for the Montreal launch of Spying on America! We will be welcoming Bill Gaston and his son\, Vaughn Gaston\, for a reading and discussion. This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP on TicketSource. \nMasks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \nPlease contact us at least a day in advance for elevator access to the store. \nPlease also note that the street in front of the store is under construction. The store is accessible on foot\, but not by car\, and parking in the vicinity is consequently limited. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nOn a June morning in 2022\, Bill Gaston drives off the Victoria–Port Angeles ferry in a rented Dodge Charger with his two sons. Born in the USA but “Canadian through and through\,” Gaston is on a road trip to Tabor\, Iowa\, the town founded by his great\, great\, great-grandparents as the westernmost hub of the Underground Railroad. \nThe Gastons’ eleven-day trip to Tabor and back takes them up and down and across a swathe of rural red states. Motivated equally by a curiosity to find out what really makes Americans tick and the motto ya gotta stop\, the Gastons explore the American west\, navigate unmapped dirt roads\, eat too many French fries\, overnight in clapped-out motels\, visit a Buddhist mountain monastery\, marvel at spectacular landforms\, and enjoy unlikely conversations with real Americans. \nBoth a sideways glance at contemporary American culture and a mordant yet tender account of the true meaning of ancestry\, Spying on America is an unpredictably insightful exploration of family\, Canada’s neighbour\, and the “American bald ego.” \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nBill Gaston was born in Tacoma\, Washington\, and grew up in Canada\, becoming a Canadian citizen as a teenager to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War. He has lived and worked\, mostly as an itinerant scholar\, all across Canada\, in Nova Scotia\, New Brunswick\, Toronto\, Vancouver and\, finally\, Victoria. Gaston is the author of numerous books of fiction\, non-fiction\, and poetry\, including The World\, winner of the Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction; Gargoyles\, winner of the Victoria Book Prize and finalist for a Governor General’s Award; Mount Appetite\, finalist for the Giller Prize; and the memoir Just Let Me Look at You\, finalist for the RBC Taylor Prize. He lives\, grows food\, and writes\, with the writer Dede Crane\, on Gabriola Island\, in the Salish Sea.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-spying-on-america/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T140000
DTSTAMP:20260519T200600Z
CREATED:20260519T194722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T200600Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada by Dr. Dorothy Williams
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Dorothy W. Williams for the launch her of latest two-volume series\, The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada\, illustrated by Joseph Osei Bonsu. \nReadings. Books on sale. Book signings. \nBring your family\, bring your friends\, and come celebrate the stories\, history\, and culture that continue to shape Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-abcs-of-black-stories-in-canada-by-dr-dorothy-williams-june-14/
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:20260611T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T201414Z
CREATED:20260512T201131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T201414Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Words of Summer
DESCRIPTION:Words of Summer is a tanka-like conversation between two poets\, Elizabeth Paulette-Coughlin and Jennifer Boire\, who wrote to each other every day from mid-June until late August one year\, documenting the unfolding season. Tanka has been used for over a thousand years as an art form and medium of communication\, often by women\, using nature imagery and seasonal references to indirectly suggest emotion. \nA videopoem was recorded with photos and video by Virginie Nolin. Inside the book is a QR code to watch the 28-minute video of the authors reading. \nAuthor Bios\nElizabeth Paulette-Coughlin is an ecopoet and writer living in Montreal and Vale Perkins\, Quebec. Her poems and writings have been published in many chapbooks and anthologies. She co-edited In the Vale (2022)\, a collection of 88 stories\, poems and songs about life in the hamlet of Vale Perkins. Her haiku collection\, Boneset and Yarrow\, was published in 2024. \nJennifer Boire lives in the western part of Montreal and is the author of three books of poems\, Little Mother\, For the Birds\, and Collected Poems in Translation\, and one non-fiction book\, The Tao of Turning Fifty. She leads workshops with journaling and SoulCollage®.  www.jenniferboire.com \nVideographer: Virginie Nolin is Montreal‑based screenwriter\, director\, producer\, and educator working at the intersection of feminist and queer imaginaries. \nBook published by Corner Studio\, price $20. To find out about the book launch in the West Island on June 11\, or to purchase a book write to:  wordsofsummerpoems@gmail.com and or see our Facebook page.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-words-of-summer/
LOCATION:RSVP to Get Address
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T203000
DTSTAMP:20260515T185054Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Lisa Richter's Sublunary\, with Gillian Sze\, Misha Solomon and Jessica Bebenek
DESCRIPTION:Join Pulp Books in launching Lisa Richter’s newest poetry collection\, Sublunary on Thursday\, June 4th at 7:00pm! Lisa will be joined by special guests Jessica Bebenek\, Misha Solomon\, and Gillian Sze\, and host James Hawes. This event is supported by the League of Canadian Poets. Free to attend! \nIn Sublunary (University of Alberta Press)\, Lisa Richter explores what it’s like to live “under the moon” in a world that is simultaneously a heartbreak and a total wonder…From Atlantis to Mount Olympus to Christie Pits\, these poems interweave moments of absurdity and awe\, creating a nuanced portrait of what “a reckless intimacy with the world” might look like—for better or worse. Sublunary is a book of elegy\, play\, and rupture that advocates for an ethics of care\, solidarity\, and compassion for our perfectly imperfect selves and each other: a mode of survival that is full-throated and\, at times\, even joyous. \nTo reserve a spot\, please visit the Pulp Books website event page: https://pulpbooks.ca/events/5411620260604
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-lisa-richters-sublunary-with-gillian-sze-misha-solomon-and-jessica-bebenek/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T153131Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch
DESCRIPTION:A book launch of whispers
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-5/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T170244Z
CREATED:20260407T142322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T170244Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Wanted: Your House by Monique Polak
DESCRIPTION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore and McNally Robinson present a book launch for Wanted: Your House by Monique Polak \nJoin us as author Monique Polak signs and discusses her new book Wanted: Your House \nAdmission is free. \nRefreshments will be served. \nAbout the Book\nA resourceful twelve-year-old comes up with an unusual real estate plan in this moving middle-grade novel about what it means to have\, and make\, a family. \nCyril’s mom has been dragging him to open houses for as long as he can remember. It’s been her dream that one day the two of them will have a house of their own. So\, when she decides she’ll never find one they can afford\, Cyril is relieved\, but also sad for her. Which leads him to an idea: What if they moved in with an older person living alone who needs companionship and housekeeping? And what if that person then leaves the house to his mom in their will? It’s a big “what if.” But one elderly gentleman named Mr. Hartt actually seems open to it. Could this grouchy\, stubborn old man be their dream come true? Or will he turn out to be their worst nightmare? \nAward-winning author Monique Polak has written a highly readable novel that sensitively explores the idea of found family and alternative family structures. Readers will appreciate how the novel’s lovable protagonist\, Cyril\, has caring relationships with his mom\, his best friend and his friend’s family (refugees from the war in Ukraine)\, while also feeling normal middle-grade insecurities and frustrations as he tries to navigate the changes in his and his friend’s family’s lives. The book offers excellent lessons on adaptability and tolerance. The story’s focus on older people (Cyril is originally inspired by a school assignment to interview older adults) offers an opportunity for conversations about aging\, and could inspire readers to cultivate their own intergenerational relationships and learn more about the older people in their lives. \nAbout the Author\nMonique Polak is a journalist and writing instructor. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for Children’s and YA Literature\, recently renamed the QWF Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. In 2016\, Monique was the CBC/Quebec Writers’ Federation inaugural writer-in-residence. She lives in Montreal\, Quebec.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-wanted-your-house-by-monique-polak/
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:20260526T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T000035Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: YOU x ME by Ayla Vejdani
DESCRIPTION:Join us at L’Euguélionne for an evening of conversation\, connection and community celebrating the launch of: YOU x ME. Author\, Ayla Vejdani will be in conversation with award-winning author\, francesca ekwuyasi to talk about all things queer romance. The evening will include: a reading\, conversation\, Q&A and book signing\, along with special sweet treats. You don’t want to miss it! \nDon’t forget to pre-order a copy of the book! youxmebook.com \nMay 26\, 2026\, 6 PM\, at L’Euguélionne \nAbout the Author:\nAyla Vejdani (she/her) is a storyteller\, holder of space and curator of experience. Raised and educated all over the world\, she has a master’s in human rights\, is an inclusive leadership consultant\, and the co-host of The SHIFT podcast. She speaks four languages and laughs in all. Ayla is a queer Iranian-Canadian from Tkaronto/Toronto living in Tiohtia:ke/Montréal\, raising her two young children. She is an insatiably creative\, romantic realist who believes in magic. Her forthcoming novel YOU x ME is a series of queer\, BIPOC love stories. These modern entanglements are the kind of romances that make us lose sleep\, love letters to the friendships we can’t live without\, and a celebration of our endless journeys of self-discovery. @ayla.author \nAbout the Moderator:\nfrancesca ekwuyasi is the author of Butter Honey Pig Bread and co-author of Curious Sounds: A Dialogue in Three Movements. She won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQIA2S+ writers\, and has been short and Longlisted for the Lambda Literary Award\, the Governor General Award\, the Amazon First Novel Prize\, the Giller Prize\, and the Dublin International Literary Award and others. She lives between Montreal and Halifax. @f.ekwuyasi
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-you-x-me-by-ayla-vejdani/
LOCATION:1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montréal\, QC H2L 3E5\, 1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montréal\, QC\, H2L 3E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T163000
DTSTAMP:20260519T200555Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada by Dr. Dorothy Williams
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Dorothy W. Williams for the launch her of latest two-volume series\, The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada\, illustrated by Joseph Osei Bonsu. \nReadings. Books on sale. Book signings. \nBring your family\, bring your friends\, and come celebrate the stories\, history\, and culture that continue to shape Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-abcs-of-black-stories-in-canada-by-dr-dorothy-williams-may-26/
LOCATION:Black Healing Centre\, 449-2100 Marlowe Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 3L5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T140000
DTSTAMP:20260519T200630Z
CREATED:20260519T194232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T200630Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada by Dr. Dorothy Williams
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Dorothy W. Williams for the launch her of latest two-volume series\, The ABCs of Black Stories in Canada\, illustrated by Joseph Osei Bonsu. \nReadings. Books on sale. Book signings. \nBring your family\, bring your friends\, and come celebrate the stories\, history\, and culture that continue to shape Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-abcs-of-black-stories-in-canada-by-dr-dorothy-williams/
LOCATION:Union United Church\, 3007 Rue Delisle\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4C 1M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260522T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T203557Z
CREATED:20260506T203557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T203557Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Affair with China by Gabriel Safdie
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special book launch and conversation with Gabriel Safdie. \nA powerful journey through four decades of transformation\, Affair with China blends striking photography and personal narrative to capture the beauty\, complexity\, and contradictions of a nation in motion.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-affair-with-china-by-gabriel-safdie/
LOCATION:Haskell Free Library\, 1 Church Street\, Stanstead\, Quebec\, J0B 3E2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Smaller Animals Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of discussion on Smaller Animals\, the debut novel by Canadian author Carter Vance\, in conversation with Doug Vidal-Hernandez. \nAdam Brinkert was raised a world apart from the lights of Ottawa and the din of politics\, in a small city in Northern Ontario. Pursuing justice and a way to make things better for the people he grew up with\, he became an assistant to a Member of Parliament\, living his youth in the offices and hallways of power. But\, as he grows towards his 30s\, he begins to doubt what it was all for; were his experiences all merely for self-aggrandizement and not the greater good? Twists of fate and slights of political hand will test Adam’s belief in himself\, and what he believes is right\, while he navigates the landscape of a country\, and a world\, that is changing rapidly. All the while\, he struggles to define his relationships with the people around him\, including his erstwhile friend-cum-political rival Truss and his ex-girlfriend and co-worker Kathleen. Adam’s journey will take him across the county and back to his home\, searching for a spark to guide him where he truly belongs. Smaller Animals is a story of living\, loving and growing up on Parliament Hill that introduces a powerful new voice in Canadian literature. \nCarter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg\, Ontario\, currently a resident in Gatineau\, Quebec. His work has appeared in such publications as The Smart Set\, Contemporary Verse 2 and A Midwestern Review\, amongst others. Smaller Animals is his first novel\, following two poetry collections. Carter has worked as a researcher and policy analyst with government and non-profit organizations in Canada\, the United Kingdom\, Dominica and Indonesia. He was a staffer for several members of Parliament\, including the Opposition House Leader in 2014 and also worked in the Senate of Canada. \nDoug Vidal-Hernández was a political staffer at the National Office of the Liberal Party of Canada and worked through the 2015 national campaign as part of a rapid response team providing local candidates with policy support. He then became part of the caucus services team at the Liberal Research Bureau\, supporting parliamentarians and their political staff. Now\, as a recovered staffer he works at Code for Canada\, a national non profit focused on creating strong digital public services\, accessible and inclusive design and responsible AI use.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/smaller-animals-book-launch/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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