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SUMMARY:Book Launch: "The Best of the Worst News: Tales of Inspiration from Around the World and My Life with ALS"
DESCRIPTION:Norman MacIsaac was alone on a cold December day when he received his worst news. At first\, he didn’t know what to do with a prognosis of just a few years to live\, of growing more and more disabled until he could no longer move\, swallow\, or\, in the end\, breathe. \nTravel the world with the author in search of wisdom and inspiration\, from the Himalayas to the slums of Mumbai\, from his home in Montreal to the African savannah. Written over nearly five years\, this is an authentic “live” look at the multiple and evolving challenges\, the frustrations\, and the unparalleled joy that mark living with a degenerative terminal illness. \nThis book is about the emotional and psychological aspects rather than the medical side of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)\, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s about focusing on what’s really important and overcoming obstacles to experience the best of what remains to be lived. It’s an ode to a life well lived and an audacious approach to defiantly embracing the best of the worst news. \n* Everyone is welcome!\n* Presentation by author at 6:30 pm\n* Wheelchair accessible\n* Coffee\, alcoholic beverages & snacks available for purchase
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-best-of-the-worst-news-tales-of-inspiration-from-around-the-world-and-my-life-with-als/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Addie Tsai Launches Dear Twin
DESCRIPTION:Houston-based Addie Tsai launches her first novel\, Dear Twin. A crossover YA that dives into queer teen love\, mixed race identity\, and being an identical twin\, Addie will be twinned with Montreal authors *Shanice Nicole* and *Kama La Mackerel* and drinks and snacks will pair well! Reading with Q&A to follow. \nDEAR TWIN\nPoppy wants to go to college like everyone else\, but her father has other ideas. Ever since her mirror twin sister\, Lola\, mysteriously vanished\, Poppy’s father has been depressed and forces her to stick around. She hopes she can convince Lola to come home\, and perhaps also procure her freedom\, by sending her twin a series of eighteen letters\, one for each year of their lives.\nWhen not excavating childhood memories\, Poppy is sneaking away with her girlfriend Juniper\, the only person who understands her. But negotiating the complexities of queer love and childhood trauma are anything but simple. And as a twin? That’s a whole different story. \nADDIE TSAI teaches courses in literature\, creative writing\, dance\, and humanities at Houston Community College. She collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankensteinand Camille Claudel\, among others. Addie holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. Her writing has been published in Banango Street\, The Offing\, The Collagist\, The Feminist Wire\, Nat. Brut.\, and elsewhere. She is the Nonfiction Editor at The Grief Diaries and Senior Associate Editor in Poetry at The Flexible Persona.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/addie-tsai-launches-dear-twin/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:YA book launch: Dear Twin by Addie Tsai
DESCRIPTION:Houston-based Addie Tsai launches her first novel\, Dear Twin\, a crossover YA that dives into queer teen love\, mixed race identity\, and being an identical twin. Addie will be twinned with Montreal authors *Shanice Nicole* and *Kama La Mackerel* and drinks and snacks will pair well! Reading with Q&A to follow. \nSynopsis: Poppy wants to go to college like everyone else\, but her father has other ideas. Ever since her mirror twin sister\, Lola\, mysteriously vanished\, Poppy’s father has been depressed and forces her to stick around. She hopes she can convince Lola to come home\, and perhaps also procure her freedom\, by sending her twin a series of eighteen letters\, one for each year of their lives. \nWhen not excavating childhood memories\, Poppy is sneaking away with her girlfriend Juniper\, the only person who understands her. But negotiating the complexities of queer love and childhood trauma are anything but simple. And as a twin? That’s a whole different story. \n// This event is hosted by la Petite Drawn and Quarterly and Montreal-based publisher Metonymy Press //
URL:https://qwf.org/event/ya-book-launch-dear-twin-by-addie-tsai/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Alexei Perry Cox and Sina Queyras • Vallum Chapbook Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Rocket Science Room for the launch of 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 by Alexei Perry Cox (Winner of the 2019 Vallum Chapbook Award) and 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒔 by Sina Queyras. \nAlexei Perry Cox is the author of the poetry collection Under Her and short fiction collection To Utter a Life’s Sentence. Her work has appeared in various iterations in The Puritan\, carte-blanche\, CV2\, Hart House Review\, Vallum\, Makhzin / مخزن\, Matrix\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Rusted Radishes\, Journal Safar (جورنال سفر) The Beijinger\, Lemonhound and elsewhere. She has two wondrous young ones named Isla and Ilham. \nSina Queyras grew up on the road in western Canada and has since lived in Vancouver\, Toronto\, Montreal\, New York\, Philadelphia\, and Montreal. They are the author most recently of My Ariel (2017)\, MxT (2014) and Autobiography of Childhood (2011). Their previous collection of poetry\, Expressway (2009)\, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award and a selection from that book won Gold in the National Magazine Awards. Lemon Hound (2006) won a Lambda Award and the Pat Lowther Award. Queyras lives in Montreal where they curate Writers Read and teach creative writing at Concordia. \nDoors at 6:30\nReadings at 7:00 \nThe venue is on the second floor. There is a single flight of stairs off the main entrance with no wheelchair access\, however\, there is a functioning elevator on the main floor. If you require assistance of any kind\, please let us know! We’d be happy to accommodate any of your needs to the best of our ability.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/alexei-perry-cox-and-sina-queyras-%e2%80%a2-vallum-chapbook-launch/
LOCATION:#204-170 Jean Talon O.\, Atlas Building\, Little Italy Montreal\, Quebec H2R 2X4\, #204-170 Jean Talon O. Atlas Building\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 2X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Performance
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