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SUMMARY:Eight Voices: Finalists for the QWF Spoken Word Prize
DESCRIPTION:Part of the 2022 Holiday Book FairFree\, no registration requiredIn person and live-streamed (see details below) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn an exciting world premiere\, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance\, from storytelling to sound poetry\, hip hop\, and dub. Presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia’s SpokenWeb project\, the event will be hosted by poet and SpokenWeb director Jason Camlot. For more information on the performers\, see the finalist list below.  \n\n\n\nIn-person event details\n\n\n\nIn accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing is optional\, though strongly encouraged. The 4th Space is fully accessible from the Maisonneuve entrance\, with an elevator located at metro level for those travelling underground.  \n\n\n\nLive streaming details\n\n\n\nThe event will be live-streamed to our YouTube account\, no prior registration is required. Tune in at 1 pm on November 4\, 2022\, to view and participate in the Q&A via the chat function.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nExplore other 2022 Holiday Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaitlin Murphy is a writer\, director\, and dramaturg.  She has performed in one-woman shows\, stand-up and sketch comedy\, and a web-series she created called Mothers Try.  Caitlin has also written and directed plays and short films and recently launched a digital collection of her pandemic-related art\, Candy for Covid. \n\n\n\nDebbie Braide is an energy and development specialist\, spoken word poet\, World Economic Forum Global Shaper\, and British Chevening alumna. An Abuja Literary Society Poetry Slam Champion\, she has performed for such organizations as the United States Embassy and VSO International. She is committed to sustainable development and gender equity. \n\n\n\nErín Moure is a poet and poetry translator. Her most recent work includes Chus Pato’s The Face of the Quartzes (Veliz\, 2021) and her own chapbooks Retooling for a Figurative Life (Vallum\, 2021) and Arborescence (Columba\, 2022). Her translation of Chantal Neveu’s This Radiant Life (Book*hug\, 2020) won the 2021 Governor General’s Award for translation.  \n\n\n\nJohanne Pelletier is a storyteller with work featured in Canada and the US. She is the winner of the GRIT 99-Second Story Grand Slam\, the producer of Good Gyn-Bad Gyn: Women’s Health Stories\, and an amateur boxing judge. She teaches storytelling to scientists and start-ups. \n\n\n\nLiana Cusmano (Luca/BiCurious George) is a writer\, poet\, spoken word artist\, and filmmaker. They were the 2018 and 2019 Montreal Slam Champion and runner up in the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship. Their first novel\, Catch and Release (2022)\, was published by Guernica Editions. \n\n\n\nLucia De Luca is an English teacher and spoken word poet. She was a finalist at the 2021 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam and recently participated in Brickyard Spoken Word’s mentorship program. As an organizer\, she brought McGill University its first slam and\, in the summer of 2022\, oversaw the Grove Campus Poetry Show. \n\n\n\nRaïssa Simone is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). She has competed at numerous national poetry slams and been invited to perform at multiple spoken word shows\, including the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, Toronto International Poetry Slam\, Hillside Festival\, and When Sisters Speak.  \n\n\n\nRoen “Blu’Rva” Higgins is an award-winning spoken word poet\, educator\, speaker\, and creative evangelist. As the founder of The Elevated Creative\, her mission is to elevate others through creative literacy and help them find their flow and tap into their genius zone. \n\n\n\nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/eight-voices-finalists-for-the-qwf-spoken-word-prize/
LOCATION:4TH SPACE\, McConnell Building\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Read Quebec Book Fair
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