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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T160000
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:Journalist Ann Hui will appear at Greenwood’s StoryFest to discuss her book Chop Suey Nation about the Chinese-Canadian restaurateurs in far-flung locations across Canada and her own family’s culinary story.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-6/
LOCATION:St. Mary’s Church Hall\, 273 Main\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1H0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T073000
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SUMMARY:Launch SCR Spotlight: The Word Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of our Spotlight edition\, featuring The Word Bookstore. Doors open at 7:30\, readings begin at 8:30. \nReaders include: \nJeffrey Mackie\nDavid Tacium\nNoah Zacharin\n…and more to come! \nJournals will be available at the door.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-scr-spotlight-the-word-bookstore/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T190000
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SUMMARY:The Violet Hour
DESCRIPTION:An evening of short readings and performances by LGBTQ writers. Featuring Trebor Healey\, Johanne Pelletier\, Felice Picano\, Su J Sokol and David Tacium. Be warned: This event takes place during the off-hours of a strip club in Montreal’s gay village. Hosted by Christopher DiRaddo.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-violet-hour/
LOCATION:Stock Bar\, 1171 Rue Ste Catherine Est\,\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 2G8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Launch of the novel HOME GAME by Endre Farkas\, Wednesday Oct 23\, from 7-9 pm at the Atwater Library
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T210000
DTSTAMP:20191009T162253Z
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SUMMARY:Taras Grescoe launches Possess the Air
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Taras Grescoe’s thrilling new history of resistance to fascism in Mussolini’s Rome. A reading\, a book talk\, a celebration of Taras and of patriots committed to democracy and inclusion. \nPOSSESS THE AIR\nPlunging readers into Fascist Rome at the height of Mussolini’s power\, Possess the Air tells the story of three people who defied Italy’s authoritarian despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Two Canadian archeologists\, Gilbert Bagnani and his wife Mary Stewart Houston\, maddened the self-styled Caesar\, determined to dispel his claims that Rome was—and always would be—rightful master of the Mediterranean\, while poet and aviator Lauro de Bosis\, firstborn of an Italian aristocrat and a New Englander\, transformed himself into a modern Icarus\, amazing the world as he risked his life in the skies bring the dictator down. An inspiring story of resistance\, risk\, and sacrifice\, Taras Grescoe’s portrait of heroes past is an essential biography for our time. \nTARAS GRESCOE is the author of seven non-fiction books\, including Sacré Blues\, The End of Elsewhere\, The Devil’s Picnic\, Bottomfeeder\, Straphanger\, and Shanghai Grand. Bottomfeeder won the Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction\, the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction\, and was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. He has contributed to the New York Times\, The Guardian\, The New Yorker\, Gourmet\, and The Wall Street Journal. His books have been translated into half a dozen languages. He lives in Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/taras-grescoe-launches-possess-the-air/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T213000
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:StoryFest 2019 has invited journalist/historian D’Arcy Jenish to read from and discuss his book\, The Making of the October Crisis.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-7/
LOCATION:St. James Church\, 642 Main\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1J0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T210000
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SUMMARY:Johanna Skibsrud & Karen Houle Book Launch\, hosted by Erín Moure
DESCRIPTION:Join these two fab writers for readings and conversation! Johanna and Karen descend on D&Q to launch new books in Montreal for the first time since they co-launched their first books here\, way back when! Johanna Skibsrud is back with a new novel\, Island\, and a book of amazing essays\, The Nothing that Is. Karen Houle from Guelph brings her third book of poetry\, The Grand River Watershed: A Folk Ecology\, finalist for this year’s GG in Poetry! Two amazing women thinkers and word-makers\, together in a unique evening! Hosted by Erín Moure\, who loves their work! \nABOUT THE BOOKS\nTHE GRAND RIVER WATERSHED: A FOLK ECOLOGY by Karen Houle: “In her new book\, philosopher and poet Karen Houle employs the wiliest tool she knows—poetry—to contemplate the Grand River watershed in southern Ontario\, stretching our notions of what can be known about a river. Houle’s poems strain against settled rules\, agitating for a more complex\, robust portrayal of the Grand River watershed by fusing disparate narratives and methodologies—scientific and anecdotal\, personal and collective\, emotion and information\, the organic and the manufactured.” published by Gaspereau Press\, 2019 \nTHE ISLAND by Johanna Skibsrud: “On an imaginary island where socio-economic divides run deep\, an insurrection brews. Over the course of a day\, the lives of two women–one a rebel\, one a diplomat–will forever change. Part fantasy\, part parable\, Island deftly explores vital questions of history and responsibility\, demanding we consider our legacies of cultural imperialism and the veiled costs of our wireless world.” published by Penguin Random House\, 2019 \nTHE NOTHING THAT IS: ESSAYS ON ART\, LITERATURE\, AND BEING by Johanna Skibsrud\, explores the concept of “nothing” and the ways in which poetic language can activate possibilities within every moment. Traversing a broad range of topics—including false atrocity tales\, fake news\, high-wire acts\, and telepathy\, as well responding to works by John Ashbery\, Virginia Woolf\, Anne Carson\, and more—Skibsrud seeks to question how history is “given” to us. Within every encounter between a speaking “I” and what exceeds that “I” subjectivity\, she finds a listening “Other.” Published by Book*hug\, 2019 \nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nJOHANNA SKIBSRUD is the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of The Sentimentalists as well as the novel Quartet for the End of Time\, and the short story collections Tiger\, Tiger and This Will Be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories. She is also the author of three poetry collections\, including The Description of the World\, which won the 2017 Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry and the Fred Cogswell Award. Originally from Pictou County\, Nova Scotia\, she currently divides her time between Cape Breton\, Nova Scotia\, and Tucson\, Arizona. Tonight we are launching her third novel\, Island (2019) and a marvellous book of essays\, The Nothing That Is\, on literature\, art\, and being! \nKAREN HOULE is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections\, Ballast (1995) and During (2000). She teaches Philosophy at the University of Guelph and works as well with the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming\, where her interest in putting environmental ethics into practice has shifted her toward land-based approaches to learning. She lives in Guelph\, Ontario and we are thrilled to have her in Montreal for an evening to launch her Grand River: A Folk Ecology!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/johanna-skibsrud-karen-houle-book-launch-hosted-by-erin-moure/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T140000
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SUMMARY:Louise Carson Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Author signing
URL:https://qwf.org/event/louise-carson-book-launch-3/
LOCATION:Librairie Clio Bookstore\, St-Jean’s Shopping Plaza\, Pte-Claire\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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