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SUMMARY:I Remember: A Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership between the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival\, Rodaisun\, and Grapeseed Books. \nHosted by Rodaisun\, a writing workshop that incorporates sound and performance\, on the theme of what it means to take stock of our personal inventory\, in order to turn that into poetry (which is the backbone of RDS). This investigation will be conducted through the lens of Joe Brainard’s book I Remember — a NY painter and poet who died prematurely of AIDS-related complications. The audience will be guided with a writing prompt during two 30-40min sets of live improvised jazz. The sound charges the space and serves as the anchor for the stream of conscious writing. There will be a 15-minute break between sets. At the end\, people will be invited to read what they’ve written. \nWriting prompts by RODAISUN\, music by Aaron Dolman\, Kevin LaFleur\, and Zach Bachand. Second hand books for sale by Pome’s Books. \nGet tickets: https://www.grapeseedbooks.com/product-page/i-remember-w-rodaisun-x-blue-metropolis
URL:https://qwf.org/event/i-remember-a-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Parquette\, 1345 Rue de Bellechasse\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Festival,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival 2026 Press Conference
DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED TO: Wednesday\, March 18\, 20264:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nMark your calendars! The Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival\, a landmark annual literary event in Montreal\, is returning for its 28th edition this coming spring\, from April 23–26\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, as in past years\, the festival will be structured around a central socially engaged theme\, to be announced with our programming at our press conference at 4:30pm on March 11\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Festival\n\n\n\nThe Blue Metropolis Festival is one of the largest multilingual literary events in North America. Each year\, writers from Quebec\, Canada and around the world converge on Montreal for an action-packed weekend. Festivalgoers are treated to live interviews\, roundtable discussions\, public readings\, debates\, master classes\, and performances. Every year\, the Festival is structured around several strong themes that testify to a deep social engagement and a passion for literature in all its richness. \n\n\n\nAbout the 2026 Edition\n\n\n\nAt the upcoming 28th edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival\, expect readings\,roundtables\, debates\, workshops\, performances and interviews with prestigious authors fromCanada and abroad. Over 100 guests\, including authors\, musicians\, artists\, researchers and more! \n\n\n\nMultilingual Programming in Up to Nine Languages.\n\n\n\nThe Blue Metropolis Festival is one of the largest multilingual literary events in North America. Each year\,writers from Quebec\, Canada and around the world converge on Montreal for an action-packed weekend.Festivalgoers are treated to live interviews\, roundtable discussions\, public readings\, debates\, masterclasses\, and performances. Every year\, the Festival is structured around several strong themes that testifyto a deep social engagement and a passion for literature in all its richness. \n\n\n\nActivities for Children and Parents All Year Long\n\n\n\nThe TD-Blue Metropolis Children’s Festival now runs year-round\, with events in schools\, libraries andbookstores near you or online. \n\n\n\nDiscover our 2026 programming\, as well as our wide range of online content at: bluemetropolis.org/youth
URL:https://qwf.org/event/blue-metropolis-international-literary-festival-2026-press-conference/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Art and Life in Graphic Novels
DESCRIPTION:December 7\, 2025\, 3 – 4 pmMain Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\nD. BoydJuli DelportePascal Girard  \n\n\n\nModerated by François Vigneault \n\n\n\nThree of Quebec’s most distinctive voices in contemporary comics come together to explore the intimate connections between art and autobiography. Juli Delporte (Portrait of a Body)\, D. Boyd (Denniveniquity)\, and Pascal Girard (Pastimes) draw from personal experience to craft stories that are tender\, funny\, and deeply human. Join them for a conversation about turning life into art\, the creative risks of vulnerability\, and the evolving landscape of autobiographical graphic novels. Moderated by François Vigneault. \n\n\n\nMontreal-based cartoonist D. Boyd hails from Saint John\, New Brunswick – the setting for Denniveniquity and her first graphic memoir\, Chicken Rising. Her work has appeared in the New Brunswick Chapbook Series (Frog Hollow Press)\, the Montreal Review of Books\, and in unique collaborations with some exciting Canadian writers. \n\n\n\nJuli Delporte is an author and multidisciplinary artist born in France in 1983. She now lives in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal. She is the author of several graphic novels published by Drawn & Quarterly\, including This Woman’s Work and Portrait of a Body. She has also published children’s albums\, including the recent Grands oreilles (Éditions de la Pastèque)\, and a book of poems illustrated with etchings\, Décroissance sexuelle (L’Oie de Cravan). She occasionally writes literary essays\, produces illustrations for various magazines and publishing houses\, and collaborates on collective publications. Alongside all this\, Juli explores different printing techniques (serigraphy\, risography\, and etching)\, creates zines\, gives creative workshops\, and makes ceramic pieces. \n\n\n\nPascal Girard was born in Jonquière\, QC\, in 1981. He is a part-time cartoonist and part-time social worker. He is the award-winning author of several graphic novels\, including Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor\, Nicolas\, Petty Theft\, and most recently the collection Pastimes. He lives in Montreal with his family. \n\n\n\nFrançois Vigneault is an American-born cartoonist living in Québec. He is the creator of the sci-fi graphic novel TITAN (Oni Press\, 2020 / Éditions Pow Pow\, 2017)\, the illustrator of books including Le gâteau empoisonée (Éditions de la Pastèque\, 2025)\, Extraordinary Eyeglasses (Helvetiq\, 2024)\, and Orcs in Space (Oni Press 2021-22)\, and also works as a translator and designer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/art-and-life-in-graphic-novels/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Speed Dating for Writers and Publishers!
DESCRIPTION:December 7\, 2025\, 2 – 3 pmArchives room\, basement levelCasa d’Italia\n\n\n\nWriters\, bring your pitch and get ready to present it to a range of local publishers. Introduce yourselves\, and then you’ll have three minutes to tell your publisher “date” what your book is all about. Don’t forget to leave time for questions or a little discussion. When the bell dings\, move to the next available seat and do it again. Whether you find a home for your manuscript or not\, you’ll make contacts and gather information that may serve you now and in the future. \n\n\n\nHow to Participate\n\n\n\nThis event has limited capacity. Registration will be accepted on a first-come\, first-served basis at the book fair on the day of the event. Doors to the book fair open at 11 am\, so arrive early to ensure your spot. See details and tips for participating.  \n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\n\n\nYashaswi Kesanakurthy\, Simon & Schuster Canada\n\n\n\nFiroze Manji\, Daraja Press\n\n\n\nLeila Marshy\, Baraka Books\n\n\n\nCurtis McRae\, Véhicule Press\n\n\n\nShannae Nitti\, Crackboom! Books\n\n\n\nDave Dufour\, Flame Arrow Publishing (new addition!)\n\n\n\nModerated by Lori Schubert\, Quebec Writers’ Federation\n\n\n\n\nYashaswi Kesanakurthy [yush-us-we kay-sah-nah-koor-thi] is the Children’s Editor at Simon & Schuster Canada. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s MA program in Children’s Literature and Toronto Metropolitan University’s publishing program. Her publishing career began as Publishing Assistant at Tundra Books\, PRHC. She then joined HarperCollins Canada as Associate Editor where she developed a vibrant list including The Garden of Lost Socks by Esi Edugyan and Amélie Dubois\, The Hockey Skates by Karl Subban and Maggie Zeng\, and Mortified by Kristy Jackson and Rhael McGregor. At Simon & Schuster Canada\, she remains focused on publishing marginalized\, Canadian voices that tell entertaining and transformative stories. Yash lives in Toronto with a magical\, if unruly\, library that just keeps growing. \n\n\n\nFiroze Manji\, PhD\, is a Kenyan / Canadian\, resident in Québec. He has spent more than 50 years in international development\, health\, human rights and political activism. He is the publisher of Daraja Press and is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of African Studies\, Carleton University\, Ottawa. He is the recipient of the 2021 Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association. \n\n\n\nLeila Marshy is the author of The Philistine (LLP\, 2018) and My Thievery of the People (Baraka Books\, 2025)\, and is editor of the anthology Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada (Baraka Books\, 2025). Daughter of a Palestinian refugee\, Marshy lived in Cairo during the First Intifada and worked for the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Palestinian Mental Health Association. She has been a community and political organizer\, including founding a dialogue group with the Hasidic community in her local neighbourhood\, helping elect the first Hasidic woman to public office in the world. Marshy is editor at Baraka Books and lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nCurtis John McRae is the fiction editor at Véhicule Press and the Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief of yolk literary journal. He is the author of Quietly\, Loving Everyone (Vehicule Press\, 2025). His fiction has appeared in The New Quarterly\, Prairie Fire\, and others. He won the 2021/22 David McKeen Award\, was longlisted for the 2025 DISQUIET Literary Fiction Contest\, received an honourable mention in the 2024 Peter Hinchcliffe award\, and was a finalist in the 2019 Quebec Writers’ Federation contest for emerging young writers. Curtis teaches English literature at John Abbott College and formerly served as a board member for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. \n\n\n\nShannae Nitti is a marketing and sales professional with a background in communications\, business development\, and brand strategy. Drawn to the publishing industry for its blend of creativity and purpose\, she’s passionate about the business of books—from shaping ideas to understanding readers and trends. Shannae values the craft\, collaboration\, and evolution that make publishing such a dynamic and inspiring field. \n\n\n\nDave Dufour is the founder and publisher of Flame Arrow Publishing\, a bilingual speculative-fiction press based in British Columbia and Quebec. He leads a growing catalogue of hopepunk\, fantasy\, and science fiction in both English and French\, and is dedicated to championing bold\, imaginative voices across Canada. With a professional background as an educator and linguist\, Dave brings a deep understanding of language\, culture\, and storytelling to his editorial vision. He also oversees Brins d’éternité\, one of Québec’s longest-running speculative-fiction magazines. \n\n\n\nLori Schubert is the executive director of the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, where she has worked since 2003. From 1998 to 2017 she was also a member and general manager of VivaVoce\, a professional chamber choir. Prior to her work in arts management\, Lori was a singer and corporate communications trainer in the New York metropolitan area. She has taught written and oral communication at Columbia\, McGill and Concordia Universities. She was instrumental in the founding of Quebec’s English-language Arts Network (ELAN) and has served two terms on its board of directors. Through QWF\, Lori co-founded the National Juries and Awards Working Group in 2021. She has also served in an advisory capacity for YES Montreal\, the Blue Metropolis Foundation and the Atwater Writers’ Exhibition\, and currently chairs the Education and Skills Development Table for the Working Group on Arts and Culture.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speed-dating-for-writers-and-publishers/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Networking,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Acquiring Editors at Work
DESCRIPTION:December 7\, 2025\, 1 – 2 pmMain Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\nLeila Marshy\, Baraka BooksCurtis John McRae\, Véhicule PressYashaswi Kesanakurthy\, Simon & Schuster Canada \n\n\n\nModerated by Tawhida Tanya Evanson \n\n\n\nWho gets to choose which books will be published – and how do they do it? Editors from three publishers will discuss how they decide what to publish\, and how writers can improve their chances. Simon & Schuster children’s book editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy\, Baraka Books’ fiction and nonfiction editor Leila Marshy\, and Curtis McRae\, fiction editor at Véhicule Press\, will give us the inside scoop on what acquisitions editors really do. \n\n\n\nYashaswi Kesanakurthy [yush-us-we kay-sah-nah-koor-thi] is the Children’s Editor at Simon & Schuster Canada. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s MA program in Children’s Literature and Toronto Metropolitan University’s publishing program. Her publishing career began as Publishing Assistant at Tundra Books\, PRHC. She then joined HarperCollins Canada as Associate Editor where she developed a vibrant list including The Garden of Lost Socks by Esi Edugyan and Amélie Dubois\, The Hockey Skates by Karl Subban and Maggie Zeng\, and Mortified by Kristy Jackson and Rhael McGregor. At Simon & Schuster Canada\, she remains focused on publishing marginalized\, Canadian voices that tell entertaining and transformative stories. Yash lives in Toronto with a magical\, if unruly\, library that just keeps growing. \n\n\n\nLeila Marshy is the author of The Philistine (LLP\, 2018) and My Thievery of the People (Baraka Books\, 2025)\, and is editor of the anthology Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada (Baraka Books\, 2025). Daughter of a Palestinian refugee\, Marshy lived in Cairo during the First Intifada and worked for the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Palestinian Mental Health Association. She has been a community and political organizer\, including founding a dialogue group with the Hasidic community in her local neighbourhood\, helping elect the first Hasidic woman to public office in the world. Marshy is Editor at Baraka Books and lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nCurtis John McRae is the fiction editor at Véhicule Press and the Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief of yolk literary journal. He is the author of Quietly\, Loving Everyone (Vehicule Press\, 2025). His fiction has appeared in The New Quarterly\, Prairie Fire\, and others. He won the 2021/22 David McKeen Award\, was longlisted for the 2025 DISQUIET Literary Fiction Contest\, received an honourable mention in the 2024 Peter Hinchcliffe award\, and was a finalist in the 2019 Quebec Writers’ Federation contest for emerging young writers. Curtis teaches English literature at John Abbott College and formerly served as a board member for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, novelist\, artist and Ashiq. Her work blends poetry\, orality\, music\, movement and film around themes of African diasporic identity\, Sufi spirituality and resistance to Western values. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she has roots in Antigua\, West Indies. Evanson’s novels include the French Livre des ailes (Marchand de feuilles 2023)\, and the award-winning Book of Wings (Véhicule 2021); her two poetry collections are Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018) and Bothism (Ekstasis 2017). She has an extensive history of spoken word performance\, audio recordings and films including the multi-award-winning Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE (2024). Evanson’s work has travelled to festivals across Africa\, Asia\, Australia\, Europe\, and North America. She is past director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word Program; past president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation; and 2025 Poet Ambassador in Residence at the League of Canadian Poets. She moonlights as a whirling dervish. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/acquiring-editors-at-work/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Archives Out Loud: Italian-Canadian Literature
DESCRIPTION:December 7\, 2025\, 11:30 – 12:30 pmMain Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\nLicia CantonLianne MoyesCarmine Starnino \n\n\n\nModerated by Nancy Marrelli \n\n\n\nThere is a significant body of excellent Italian-Canadian literature available from a variety of sources in English\, French\, and Italian. The panel will discuss some established works as well as new voices emerging from the next generation. This session is part of the Archives Out Loud series organized by the Italian-Canadian Archives of Quebec. The panel will be followed by a reception in the office of the Italian-Canadian Community Archives of Quebec\, in the basement level of Casa d’Italia. \n\n\n\nLicia Canton has published short stories\, nonfiction and poetry in English\, French\, Italian and a Venetian dialect. She has been translator-in-residence at the University of Hull\, UK\, and Writer-in-Residence at Università della Calabria\, Italy. She is co-founder of Accenti Magazine and co-director of the Queer Italian-Canadian Artists Research Project (U of Toronto). She is the director of the documentary film Creative Spaces: Queer and Italian Canadian (2021). She mentors emerging writers through the Quebec Writers’ Federation Hire-a-Writer directory. For her work in culture\, she was awarded the Italy in the World Prize (2018). She holds a Ph.D. from Université de Montréal and an M.A. from McGill University. \n\n\n\nNancy Marrelli is Director of the Italian-Canadian Archives of Quebec at the Casa d’Italia\, and Archivist Emerita\, Concordia University. She is also co-publisher of Véhicule Press. Her family left Italy and settled in Montreal in 1909. \n\n\n\nProfessor of English Studies at the Université de Montréal\, Lianne Moyes specializes in Canadian and Anglo-Quebec literatures. She is interested in the porous and contested borders between the literatures that emerge in Montreal and has worked on writers such as Antonio D’Alfonso\, Fanie Demeule\, Mary di Michele\, Mavis Gallant\, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine\, A. M. Klein\, Robert Majzels\, Erín Moure\, and Gail Scott. She has an ongoing commitment to women’s writing and to fostering spaces for reading across languages\, and was co-editor at the feminist magazine Tessera from 1993 to 2003. Since the late 1990s\, she has been a member of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers. \n\n\n\nCarmine Starnino is the Editor in Chief of The Walrus. He is the author of eight books\, including Dirty Words: Selected Poems 1997–2016.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/archives-out-loud-italian-canadian-literature/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Opening Cocktail
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2025\, 5 – 7 pmSalle des mémoires\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special 10th anniversary edition of the Read Quebec Book Fair’s 5 à 7 featuring a DJ set by journalist and author of Habs Nation Brendan Kelly\, known for his popular High Fidelity in the Park events. New wave\, old-school disco and you. Open to all!   \n\n\n\nBorn in Glasgow\, raised in Montreal and a fan of the Canadiens for longer than he can remember\, Brendan Kelly was one of the founders of the late great alternative weekly the Montreal Mirror. He worked at the Montreal Daily News in the late ‘80s and had a weekly music column on CBC Radio for over 30 years. His Montreal Gazette column What the Puck is a controversial contrarian hot take on the Canadiens that elicits much hate and even more love. He has written for the Gazette since 1996. He also frequently contributes to various Radio-Canada cultural shows. He has published two books on the Montreal Canadiens – Le CH et son people (2024)\, and Habs Nation: A People’s History of the Montreal Canadiens (2025). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/opening-cocktail-2025/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Read Quebec Book Fair
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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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SUMMARY:NaMOOste Yoga for Kids 
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2025\, 3:30 – 4:30 pmMain Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\nAuthor Marlee Kostiner never fails to get kids giggling as she reads all the ways animals say “Namaste” with their animal sounds (the cow says naMOOste\, the chick says namaSQUEEK). After an engaging reading\, Marlee guides the kids through yoga poses they learned in the book\, ending with a relaxing moment of silence (yes\, the kids are quiet!). NaMOOste features 13 beautiful watercolour animals practising authentic yoga poses\, and shows young readers ways to care for their bodies and minds. For kids ages 3–9. \n\n\n\nMarlee Kostiner is an award-winning journalist\, writer\, editor\, and the author of NaMOOste\, a playful yoga book that helps kids build social-emotional skills. A passionate advocate for neurodiversity and mental health\, Marlee brings these values into all her creative work. In 2021\, she founded Garden Wolf Publishing House to help fellow purpose-driven experts\, organizations and non-profits turn their ideas into meaningful children’s books. She lives in Montreal with her two sons\, her husband\, and their grumpy cat. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/namooste-yoga-for-kids/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Read Quebec Book Fair
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T150000
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SUMMARY:Valentine in December! with Heather O'Neill and Arizona O'Neill
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2025\, 2–3 pmMain Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\nThe duo will take to the stage to discuss their collaboration Valentine in Montreal. The novel\, written by Heather with illustrations by Arizona\, is a sweet Montreal adventure in which our famous metro plays a starring role. The O’Neills will sign copies after their onstage appearance. \n\n\n\nHeather O’Neill is a novelist\, short-story writer and essayist. Her most recent novel is Valentine in Montreal. Her previous works include Capital of Dreams and When We Lost Our Heads\, a #1 national bestseller and finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. The Lonely Hearts Hotel\, won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and CBC’s Canada Reads. Lullabies for Little Criminals\, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night\, and Daydreams of Angels were shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction\, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. O’Neill has also won CBC’s Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal\, she lives there today. \n\n\n\nArizona O’Neill is a Montreal-based author and illustrator. Her illustrations appear in Valentine in Montreal. She is the author of Est-ce qu’un artiste peut être heureux ?\, a collection of graphic interviews\, and illustrated Nelly Arcan’s L’enfant dans le miroir. Her comics have appeared in Hazlitt\, Exclaim!\, the Montreal Gazette and mRb. She has created animated videos for many outlets\, including CBC. She is a regular contributor to Radio-Canada’s Il restera toujours la culture\, and is one half of the bookstagram page @ONeillReads. She is currently working on a graphic memoir.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/valentine-in-december-with-heather-oneill-and-arizona-oneill/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T130000
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SUMMARY:New Knowledge: Nonfiction Lightning Round
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2025 at 12 pm – 1 p.m.Main Stage\, Salle des célébrations\n\n\n\n\nNathalie Cooke\n\n\n\nMartha Langford\n\n\n\nValérie Lefebvre-Faucher\n\n\n\nStephen Monteiro\n\n\n\nFrancine Pelletier\n\n\n\nCatherine Richardson\n\n\n\nAlex R. Tipei\n\n\n\nThomas Waugh\n\n\n\nAndrei Zanescu\n\n\n\n\nModerated by Ryan Van Huijstee \n\n\n\nOften\, fiction gets the limelight\, poetry gets the prestige. But nonfiction books are published every day that help illuminate\, preserve and create the world around us. Join local authors as they share the passions that led them to investigate a single subject in depth and then write an entire book about it. \n\n\n\nNathalie Cooke is an English professor at McGill University and a specialist in literary food studies and material culture. Her research uncovers the hidden stories told by menus\, textiles\, and other everyday artefacts\, revealing how their forms\, codes\, and designs shape what we remember\, and how we read. \n\n\n\nCatherine Richardson Kineweskwêw is a Métis therapist\, family therapist\, researcher and academic working at Concordia University. Her maternal relatives come from Fort Chipewyan and have ties to Red River. She holds a research Chair in Indigenous Healing Knowledges and teaches in First Peoples Studies and Creative Arts Therapies. She is a co-founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice where she and her colleagues advance dignity-centered approaches to violence. Cathy is also interested in the broader and multi-dimensional aspects of healing\, such as the person as whole being\, a spirit in a body with emotions\, intelligence\, physicality and in relation to all beings in the natural world.  \n\n\n\nShe has taught in various counselling and social work programs and is the former director of the First Peoples Studies program at Concordia University. She explores various approaches to well- being on her substack podcast\, where she speaks with healers\, activists and response-based therapists. She is a student of shamanic practice and the mother of three amazing adult children. \n\n\n\nMartha Langford\, FRSC\, is the author of A History of Photography in Canada. The first of three volumes\, Anticipation to Participation\, 1839 1918 has just appeared. Beautifully produced\, the book is both lively and comprehensive\, with over 400 illustrations. Langford is a distinguished professor emeriti of Concordia University in Montreal. She is the former research chair and director of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. In prior lives\, she was the founding director of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography\, an affiliate of the National Gallery of Canada\, and before that\, Executive Producer of the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada. She has organized photographic exhibitions for museums and festivals in Canada\, the UK\, and Europe. \n\n\n\nValérie Lefebvre-Faucher is editor-in-chief of Liberté. She has worked as an editor at both Remue-ménage and Écosociété\, with a focus on environmental\, anti-capitalist\, and feminist work. In addition to having collaborated with numerous collectives\, blogs\, and magazines\, she published Procès Verbal and Promenade sur Marx\, published in English under the title Jenny\, Eleanor\, and Laura\, et al.\, translated by Mélissa Bull. \n\n\n\nStephen Monteiro teaches and researches media and culture at Concordia University. He has written or edited several books\, including Needy Media\, The Fabric of Interface\, and The Screen Media Reader. He has contributed as an expert on contemporary technology to CBC Radio and the Toronto Star\, among other media outlets.  \n\n\n\nWell-known journalist\, documentary filmmaker\, teacher and broadcaster\, Francine Pelletier\, formerly of CBC’s the fifth estate\, is the author of three books: Second début: Cendres et renaissance du féminisme\, Atelier 10\, (2015)\, a short personal history of feminism in Quebec; : L’Art de se mouiller : Chroniques pour nourrir le débat\,  Écosociété (2022)\, a selection of her columns in Le Devoir from 2013-22; and Dream Interrupted : the Rise and Fall of Quebec Nationalism\, Sutherland House (2025). \n\n\n\nA transnational historian\, primarily focused on Southeast Europe and France\, Alex R. Tipei is professor of history and international studies at the Université de Montréal. MQUP published her book\, Unintended Nations: France’s Empire of Civilization\, Southeast Europe\, and the Post-Napoleonic World. Alex’s research has received funding from SSHRC\, the Fulbright Program\, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has taught and researched at McGill and Princeton Universities as well as the Universities of Bucharest and Illinois. Alex is also a team leader on the European Research Council funded project Transnational Histories of Corruption in South-East-Central Europe based at New Europe College/Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest. \n\n\n\nRyan Van Huijstee is the director of Concordia University Press. He previously held a range of roles at University of Toronto Press and McGill-Queen’s University Press. \n\n\n\nThomas Waugh is a writer\, programmer\, and activist who taught film studies and sexuality at Concordia University from 1976 to 2017. He is the author of The Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities\, Nations\, Cinema; and fourteen other books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-knowledge-nonfiction-lightning-round/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Panel,Read Quebec Book Fair
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SUMMARY:2025 Read Quebec Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:December 6–7\, 2025Casa d’Italia (505 Jean-Talon St. E.\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nThe Read Quebec Book Fair turns 10! Celebrate this milestone year on December 6–7 at Casa d’Italia\, with special events\, author signings\, and the latest releases from Canadian writers and publishers.  \n\n\n\nProduced by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)\, the Fair celebrates the vibrancy of English-language writing\, publishing\, and translation in Quebec. In honour of the tenth anniversary\, this year’s Fair will\, for the first time\, welcome publishers from across Canada.  \n\n\n\nTaking place in the historic Casa d’Italia\, the Fair will present a full weekend of programming\, including a discussion between Heather and Arizona O’Neill about their new collaborative book Valentine in Montreal. Comic fans and those looking to discover the city’s beloved bédéistes will enjoy Art and Life in Graphic Novels with Juli Delporte\, Pascal Girard and D. Boyd. Meanwhile\, find your next dinner table discussion topic at our non-fiction lightning round\, where authors such as Francine Pelletier will demystify their research and share the passion inspiring their work. For writers looking to pitch a book idea\, we’re hosting the fair’s first ever speed-dating event for writers and editors\, where up-and-coming and seasoned wordsmiths will have the opportunity to deliver their pitches directly to publishers. \n\n\n\nThe Fair will offer plenty of fun for young booklovers in a cozy\, book-filled Kids’ Nook both days\, and a special reading and guided yoga practice for children with author Marlee Kostiner on Saturday afternoon. Other programming highlights include a panel discussion hosted by Italian community archivist Nancy Marrelli\, and a showcase of publisher Guernica Editions’ latest Quebec authors and releases.  \n\n\n\nStick around for our 5 à 7 opening cocktail on Saturday for delicious hors d’oeuvres and a chance to connect with Montreal’s vibrant literary community\, with a special 10th Anniversary High Fidelity DJ set with local journalist and author Brendan Kelly. \n\n\n\nCasa d’Italia is located at 505 Jean-Talon East\, and is fully accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. The fair takes place on the second floor\, accessible via stairs or elevator. Take the entrance on Berri Street\, across the street from Jean-Talon metro (exit Jean-Talon Nord). \n\n\n\n\nSee events\n\n\n\n\n\nSee Author Signing Schedule
URL:https://qwf.org/event/read-quebec-books-fair/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T210000
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SUMMARY:Fun Halloween Social Event in Montreal | 20s–30s Meet & Mingle Night
DESCRIPTION:Looking for things to do in Montreal on Halloween? Meet other fun\, open-minded people at this 20s–30s social mixer. Costumes\, cocktails\, and icebreakers make this the perfect night to laugh\, connect\, and celebrate Halloween in style… \n☑️ No pressure\, high-energy social format\n🧟 Curated 20s–30s crowd\n🗣️ Conversation prompts & group activities\n🎶 Music + great atmosphere
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fun-halloween-social-event-in-montreal-20s-30s-meet-mingle-night/
LOCATION:Deer Garden\, 2087 Saint-Catherine St West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3H 1M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Networking
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DTSTART;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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T230000
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SUMMARY:Poet & composer Tanner Menard + sound artist Martín Rodríguez @ FLUX Festival
DESCRIPTION:Tanner Menard: A vessel for consciousness\, carrying sound\, vision\, and breath as living currents of presence. Here in relation\, a transparent ray of lineage\, flowing beyond self. THIS open pathway for imaginal becoming—beyond name\, beyond nation—with what is shared\, resonant\, alive. The living path. \nhttps://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-poet \nAs a transmission and sound artist\, Martín Rodríguez’s work emerges from his Xicanx upbringing along the Arizona-Mexico border. He employs performance\, intervention\, and installation as a process for deciphering aural histories and entangled identities. After recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor\, a chance encounter with a radio transmission caught in the pickup coils of his guitar reoriented Rodríguez. Developing his practice from crisis\, he examines radio as a transformative medium.  \nFacebook Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1473808313924906
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poet-composer-tanner-menard-sound-artist-martin-rodriguez-flux-festival/
LOCATION:Daphne Art Centre\, 5425 Casgrain Avenue\, Unit 103\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1X6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Performance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T130000
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SUMMARY:Poetry\, Place and Politics: Readings and Moderated Discussion at FLUX Festival
DESCRIPTION:How do poets and their poetry intervene into discussions and activism related to the politics of place? How might poetry enrich our understanding of place\, politics and the ways in which they might intertwine? This free event will feature several poets whose poetry addresses these questions. It will involve a brief reading by each poet\, followed by a guided discussion. Come and experience a variety of ways in which poets and poetry can activate our minds and urge us to think and act in new ways when navigating our present most perilous times. \nParticipants include: Kaie Kellough\, Deanna Smith and Marilou Craft with moderation by Prof. Amber Rose Johnson \nFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1441377396924951
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-place-and-politics-readings-and-moderated-discussion-at-flux-festival/
LOCATION:Daphne Art Centre\, 5425 Casgrain Avenue\, Unit 103\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1X6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-09/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-08/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-07/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-06/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-03/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-02/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-08-01/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell
DESCRIPTION:Lesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell \n\n\n\nFollow us on instagram for delicious reveals: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell is an immersive and interactive queer horror-comedy stage-play. \n\n\n\nWhen five social media influencers realize their invitation to a fabulous queer retreat is a cover-up for a nightmarish revenge plot\, they have no choice but to come to terms with their dark pasts – all broadcast live to their social media fans. \n\n\n\n** The audience takes on the role of a character in the show\, deciding the fate of the influencers! At three key turning points\, viewers will be prompted to scan a QR code and vote between two options: to FORGIVE or to CANCEL a character after a shocking revelation. The stakes are high\, and the impact is immediate! ** \n\n\n\nDirected by Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nStarring Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang\, and Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the show at https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nProduced by Misfit Productions and In association with Fierté Montreal & Cabaret Lion d’Or \n\n\n\nEnglish with French closed captioning \n\n\n\nA percentage of ticket sales will go to supporting humanitarian efforts for a free Palestine. \n\n\n\n*** \n\n\n\n(FR) \n\n\n\nSuivez-nous sur instagram pour de délicieuses révélations: @lwrfhell \n\n\n\nLesbian Wilderness Retreat from Hell est une comédie d’horreur queer immersive et interactive. \n\n\n\nLorsque cinq influenceurs des médias sociaux réalisent que leur invitation à une fabuleuse retraite queer n’est qu’une couverture pour un complot de vengeance cauchemardesque\, ils n’ont d’autre choix que de faire face à leurs sombres passés – le tout diffusé en direct à leurs fans sur les médias sociaux. \n\n\n\n**Le public joue le rôle d’un personnage dans le spectacle\, décidant du sort des influenceurs! À trois moments clés\, les téléspectateurs seront invités à scanner un code QR et à voter pour ou contre un personnage après une révélation choquante. \n\n\n\nL’enjeu est de taille et l’impact immédiat! ** \n\n\n\nPour en savoir plus sur le spectacle: https://www.misfitfilms.ca/theatre \n\n\n\nRéalisé par Mariah Inger \n\n\n\nAvec Alyssa Angelucci-Wall\, Veronica Baron\, Anton May\, Elly Pond\, Joan Edouard Williams\, Emma Elizabeth\, Chrystal Zhang et Hannah Morrow. \n\n\n\nProduit par Misfit Productions et en association avec Fierté Montréal \n\n\n\nAnglais avec sous-titrage en français \n\n\n\nUn pourcentage de la vente des billets sera consacré au soutien des efforts humanitaires pour une Palestine libre. \n\n\n\n***** \n\n\n\nPlease note : \n\n\n\n• Seats are not assigned\, general admission only \n\n\n\n• Tickets are only available online \n\n\n\n• Cabaret Lion d’Or has a bar\, please arrive early\, we will be happy to see you! \n\n\n\nBon spectacle! 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lesbian-wilderness-retreat-from-hell/2025-07-31/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T223000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T220000
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SUMMARY:Aborted at Montreal Fringe 2025
DESCRIPTION:Aborted is a metaphorical\, poetic play exploring a young woman’s/daughter’s life as she revisits a particular day in her life and the years that led to it. Through nonlinear storytelling\, she steps beyond self-protection to uncover buried memories\, revealing her own pain and suffering in the process. \nAuteur.trice.s / Playwright.s: Espérance Love\nMetteur.euse.s en scène / Director.s: Anne-Marie St-Louis\, Espérance Love\nInterprètes / Performer.s: Rose Doresca\, Amanda Benn
URL:https://qwf.org/event/aborted-at-montreal-fringe-2025/
LOCATION:O Patro Vys\, 356 Mont-Royal Av E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T140333
CREATED:20250421T183242Z
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SUMMARY:Imagination – Leanna Brodie
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 27\, 2025\, 2:30-3:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nEnjoy an interview with Leanna Brodie\, author of Salesman in China\, at this Imagination event!  \n\n\n\nPhoto by Kristine Cofsky\n\n\n\nLeanna Brodie is an award-winning performer and writer whose plays include The Vic\, For Home and Country\, The Book of Esther\, and Schoolhouse\, which have been performed across Canada. Most recently\, Salesman in China\, written in collaboration with Jovanni Sy\, premiered at the Stratford Festival and National Arts Centre to great acclaim\, winning the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for best new play. Brodie is also a leading translator of Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost: Michael Bourguignon \n\n\n\nOrganized by the Imagination Writers’ Festival in partnership with QWF’s Writers Out Loud series.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/imagination-leanna-brodie/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T140333
CREATED:20250318T172641Z
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SUMMARY:The Gabriel Safdie Event: Jerusalem of the Mind—The Groundwork for the Day After
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 27th\, 2025\, 2:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nPart of the 2025 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival \n\n\n\nHow do we continue living through endless conflict in the Middle East? How do we lay the groundwork for the day after? What role do we have as writers\, poets\, storytellers and journalists in the arduous and grassroots task of dialogue toward peace building? We must first explore ways toward building empathy among enemies. \n\n\n\nA discussion on the current Middle East among a scholar\, a poet\, a writer\, and a filmmaker. \n\n\n\nParticipants: Danae Elon\, Yacov Rabkin\, Moustafa Bayoumi\, Ehab Lotayef \n\n\n\nModerator: Kareem Shaheen
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-gabriel-safdie-event-jerusalem-of-the-mind-the-groundwork-for-the-day-after/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T140333
CREATED:20250421T181632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T182623Z
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SUMMARY:Imagination Writers' Festival: Sabrina Reeves
DESCRIPTION:April 26\, 2025\, 2:30-3:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nEnjoy an interview with Sabrina Reeves\, author of Little Crosses\, at this Imagination event! \n\n\n\nPhoto by Tony Chong\n\n\n\nSabrina Reeves grew up in Boston and New York and currently lives in Montreal. Her artistic practice has primarily been in writing performance texts and plays. She founded the performance company Bluemouth Inc.\, with whom she has written and staged over a dozen original works and performed at festivals and theatres all over the world. In 2018\, she completed an MFA in creative writing at Concordia University\, where she was awarded the Dean of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Creative Writing. Her first novel\, Little Crosses\, was published in March of 2024 by House of Anansi Press and was awarded the Concordia University First Book Prize and the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction. \n\n\n\nHost : Leila Paddack-Trudel \n\n\n\nOrganized by the Imagination Writers’ Festival in partnership with QWF’s Writers Out Loud series.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/imagination-writers-festival-sabrina-reeves/
CATEGORIES:Festival,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T143000
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: To Care for the Earth—In Conversation with Alice Irene Whittaker
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 26\, 2025\, 2:30 pm ETHôtel 10 – Salle Jardin\n\n\n\nNovelist Ian Thomas Shaw interviews author Alice Irene Whittaker to explore the profound act of finding home in nature at a time of heartbreaking change. In her book\, Homing: A Quest for Care for Myself and the Earth\, Alice Irene weaves the wisdom of leading environmentalists with her journey of embracing nature’s cycles in a cabin in the woods\, where she strives to shed perfectionism and cultivate a life rooted in regeneration and care. \n\n\n\nPart of QWF’s Writers Out Loud series. Presented in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-to-care-for-the-earth-in-conversation-with-alice-irene-whittaker/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel,Reading,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T140333
CREATED:20250421T182842Z
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SUMMARY:Imagination –Writing Dialogue for the Stage Workshop
DESCRIPTION:April 22-27\, 2025\, 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for this Imagination festival workshop! \n\n\n\nHow does dialogue work in the theatre\, and how does it relate to character and action? Join playwright Leanna Brodie for this workshop to find out! With a mix of theory and hands-on exercises\, explore various approaches to writing for multiple voices and generating text for the stage. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Kristine Cofsky\n\n\n\nLeanna Brodie is an award-winning performer and writer whose plays include The Vic\, For Home and Country\, The Book of Esther\, and Schoolhouse\, which have been performed across Canada. Most recently\, Salesman in China\, written in collaboration with Jovanni Sy\, premiered at the Stratford Festival and National Arts Centre to great acclaim\, winning the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for best new play. Brodie is also a leading translator of Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOrganized by the Imagination Writers’ Festival in partnership with QWF’s Writers Out Loud series.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/imagination-writing-dialogue-for-the-stage-workshop/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Workshops,Writers Out Loud
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