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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: Creating Common Ground: How the Blue Metropolis Festival Began
DESCRIPTION:How to create a cultural event to promote English-language authors living in Quebec? \nIn this Lunch & Learn\, Russell Fralich will describe the founding of the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival\, created to support these “écrivains sans pays” amidst the perennial tension between the English and French cultural communities in Montreal. \nThe presentation will explore his co-produced business case study\, Le lancement du festival littéraire Metropolis bleu\, which draws on interviews with Festival co-founder Linda Leith and archival documents\, and is now used as a teaching case at HEC Montréal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-learn-creating-common-ground-how-the-blue-metropolis-festival-began/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Series
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SUMMARY:Accent Open Mic Vol. 126 "Glossolalia" with Emmanuel Deraps\, Robin Durnford\, and Josh Quirion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another amazing evening of poetry and prose with featured readers Emmanuel Deraps\, Robin Durnford\, and Josh Quirion.\nWhere: Bar Le Record\n(7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, QC H2R 2N6)\nWhen: 8pm\nCost: Free\nOpen Mic: 5 mins\nTheme: Glossalia\nSign up for the open mic at the door!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/accent-open-mic-vol-126-glossolalia-with-emmanuel-deraps-robin-durnford-and-josh-quirion/2025-11-16/2/
LOCATION:Bar Le Record\, 7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2R 2N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Performance,Reading,Series
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SUMMARY:Accent Open Mic Vol. 126 "Glossolalia" with Emmanuel Deraps\, Robin Durnford\, and Josh Quirion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another amazing evening of poetry and prose with featured readers Emmanuel Deraps\, Robin Durnford\, and Josh Quirion.\nWhere: Bar Le Record\n(7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, QC H2R 2N6)\nWhen: 8pm\nCost: Free\nOpen Mic: 5 mins\nTheme: Glossalia\nSign up for the open mic at the door!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/accent-open-mic-vol-126-glossolalia-with-emmanuel-deraps-robin-durnford-and-josh-quirion/2025-11-16/1/
LOCATION:Bar Le Record\, 7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2R 2N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Performance,Reading,Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T210000
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SUMMARY:Lecture Logos Readings 10-Year Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:The Lectures Logos Readings team invites you to celebrate with us our tenth anniversary on Monday May 12\, 2025 at 2741 Notre-Dame West\, Montréal\, QC H3J 1N9\, 7-9 pm. The guest readers are: Deanna Smith\, Alice Zorn\, Fabrice Vil\, and Magalie Lefebvre Jean.  \n\n\n\nExceptionally\, there’ll be 16 open-mic spaces.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lecture-logos-readings-10-year-anniversary/
LOCATION:UNIA Liberty Hall\, 2741 Notre Dame Street West\, 2741 Notre Dame Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3J 1N9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Reading,Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T230000
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SUMMARY:2025 Queer Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Produced by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal in partnership with Centaur theatre\, the Queer Reading Series continues for its 6th year showcasing the works of emerging Queer playwrights. Taking place on April 25 and 26th at 7:30PM at Centaur Theatre\, and curated by Jesse Stong\, this two-day event will feature public readings of two works in-progress by Gabrielle Banville and Anton May. Following the Saturday performance\, join us for a night of music and celebration\, featuring cool beats from QRS-Alumni Blxck Cxsper. \nBoth readings will be presented with live captioning\, and the talkbacks will be presented with auto-generated captioning\, for accessibility purposes. \nThe Queer Reading Series is a FREE event. Donations help us keep our programming free to artists\, and will be gratefully accepted at the door. \nJoin us to celebrate the power of queer storytelling in the theatre and support emerging Queer artists.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2025-queer-reading-series/
LOCATION:Centaur Theatre\, 453 St. Francois-Xavier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, HZY 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading,Series
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SUMMARY:Why We Write
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, November 20\, 2024\, 5:30-7:00 pm ETLe Petit Dep – Le Loft (290 Rue de la Montagne\, 3rd Floor\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nJoin Writers Collective of Canada as we explore the social impact of making art. Why We Write brings together established and emerging writers in a celebration of writing and storytelling to transform lives. \n\n\n\nThis event will feature a panel discussion and audience engagement through a Q&A period and interactive writing workshop experience. \n\n\n\nPanelists include Susan Doherty\, Josh Freed\, Kook Fuqin Hu\, and Ann Lambert. \n\n\n\nQWF is proud to partner with Writers Collective of Canada to organize this event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on FAcebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-why-we-write/
LOCATION:Le Petit Dep – Le Loft\, 290 rue de la Montagne\, 3rd Floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Panel,Reading,Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T203000
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SUMMARY:Violet Hour: 10 Years of Metonymy Press
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 24\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special Violet Hour at Pulp Bookstore in Verdun\, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Metonymy Press. \n\n\n\nCreated in 2014 by Ashley Fortier and Oliver Fugler\, Metonymy Press aims to reduce barriers to publishing for authors whose perspectives are underrepresented in order to produce quality materials relevant to queer\, feminist\, and social justice communities. \n\n\n\nViolet Hour’s Christopher DiRaddo will be speaking with publishers Ashley and Oliver about Metonymy’s beginnings and the past decade. We’ll also be hearing from press authors H Felix Chau Bradley and Kama La Mackerel\, and there will be readings from Ralph Haddad and Leila Marshy\, both of whom appear in Metonymy’s recent release\, El Ghourabaa: A Queer and Trans Collection of Oddities. \n\n\n\nHosted by Christopher DiRaddo \n\n\n\nA partnership between Metonymy Press\, Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, The Équipe de recherche en études Queer au Québec and Violet Hour. \n\n\n\nAbout the Press\n\n\n\nMetonymy Press is based in Tio’tià:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. For ten years\, Metonymy has been publishing literary works by emerging queer and trans writers — what one author described as “books that reframe power and affirm life.” They really want to keep gay book lovers satisfied. \n\n\n\nMetonymy is the project of Ashley Fortier and Oliver Fugler. They met on their first day of high school and have been writing together and editing for each other ever since. Their work is supported by a fantastic roster of collaborators\, including acquisitions editors H Felix Chau Bradley\, Kama La Mackerel\, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. \n\n\n\nAbout the Writers\n\n\n\nH Felix Chau Bradley is a writer and editor living in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). They are the author of Personal Attention Roleplay\, a story collection. You can find their recent work in carte blanche\, ESPACE art actuel\, the Ex-Puritan\, GLYPHÖRIA\, the Humber Literary Review\, PRISM International\, Words Without Borders and Xtra. \n\n\n\nRalph Haddad specialized in Islamic Studies with a Concentration on emerging Gender and Sexuality studies coming out of and around Southwest Asia. He currently serves as the Head of Advocacy for Basmeh and Zeitooneh\, a Syrian refugee-led organization based in Lebanon\, where he aims to advance the cause of refugee protection at such a critical juncture in Lebanese history. Ralph is Lebanese-born and currently resides in Montreal\, but is perpetually in search of home. \n\n\n\nKama La Mackerel is an educator\, visual artist\, performer\, writer and translator who works between and across English\, French and Mauritian Kreol. They are the author of the award-winning poetry collection ZOM-FAM (Metonymy Press) and have translated works by Canadian writers Vivek Shraya and Kai Cheng Thom. They have lectured\, performed and exhibited their work internationally. Find them on social media @kamalamackerel \n\n\n\nLeila Marshy is a Palestinian-Montrealer. During the First Intifada\, she worked for the Palestinian Red Crescent\, the Palestinian Mental Health Association\, and Medical Aid for Palestine. In 2011\, she founded Friends of Hutchison\, a groundbreaking community group bringing Hasidic and non-Hasidic neighbours together in dialogue. Her first novel\, The Philistine\, was published in 2018 and in French in 2021. Her collection of stories\, My Thievery of the People\, will be out in March 2025. She is Fiction Editor at Baraka Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violet-hour-10-years-of-metonymy-press/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Networking,Panel,Reading,Series
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SUMMARY:Bishop's Forum: 8th Edition
DESCRIPTION:Now in its 8th edition\, the Bishop’s Forum offers a 5-day experience as an introduction to civic engagement along with leadership and networking opportunities for English-speakers aged 18-26.  Participants from across the province will meet speakers from various domains and will engage in workshops which address topics such as mental health\, public administration\, and financial literacy.\nThe Bishop’s Forum is funded by the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise covering costs for participants including travel to and from the forum as well as room and board. \nRegistration is online and ends on June 30th\, 2024.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bishops-forum-8th-edition/
LOCATION:Bishop’s University\, 2600 College Street\, Sherbrooke\, Quebec\, J1M 1Z7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T210000
DTSTAMP:20240221T153737Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Presents Canisia Lubrin and Christina Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 27th\, Writers Read will be joined for a reading by Griffin Prize-winning poet and novelist Canisia Lubrin and writer\, Professor\, and Canadian Research Chair member in Black Studies in the Humanities at York University Christina Sharpe. The event will take place in Concordia University’s John Molson Building (1600 Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest)\, Room 9D from 7pm-9pm. This event is free and open to all.  \nCanisia Lubrin is an acclaimed poet\, editor\, and writer. Her books of poetry include Voodoo Hypothesis (2017)\, which was named a CBC Best Poetry Book and was shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award\, and The Dyzgraph*st (2020)\, which won the Griffin Poetry Prize. Lubrin’s fiction debut\, Code Noir (2024)\, has been described by Dionne Brand as “storytelling at its deepest and most intimate.” Lubrin’s writings explore ideas of social justice and the relationship between limitation and possibility in regards to art\, form\, and language. \nChristina Sharpe is a writer\, professor\, and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities at York University in Toronto. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Race\, Gender & Class (RGC) at the University of Johannesburg\, and a Matakyev Research Fellow at the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands at Arizona State University. She is the author of In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (Duke University Press\, 2016)—named by the Guardian and the Walrus as one of the best books of 2016 and a nonfiction finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award—Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects (Duke University Press\, 2010)\, and Ordinary Notes (Knopf Canada\, 2023)\, which won the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for The National Book Award. \nWriters Read is part of Concordia University’s Creative Writing program and is supported by the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Writers Read\, directed by Professor Sina Queyras since 2011\, invites renowned and emerging authors\, both Canadian and international\, to read from and discuss their work with students and local audiences. In addition to readings\, the series includes Master Classes and professional developmental activities spanning the school year. For updates\, follow our Instagram @writersreadconcordia \n*Credit for the photograph of Canisia Lubrin goes to Rachel Eliza Griffiths
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-read-presents-canisia-lubrin-and-christina-sharpe/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, John Molson Building\, Room 9D\, 1600 Rue de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3H 1J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T210000
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SUMMARY:Writers Read and The Canadian School for Irish Studies Present Lisa McInerney
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read\, a Concordia-based reading series\, in collaboration with the Canadian School of Irish Studies\, is eager to host Lisa McInerney. Lisa McInerney is the author of three novels: The Glorious Heresies (2015)\, The Blood Miracles (2017)\, and The Rules of Revelation (2021). She has won the Baileys Prize for Women’s Fiction\, the Desmond Elliott Prize\, the RSL Encore Award\, and the Premio Edoardo Kihlgren for European Literature. The Boston Globe describes McInerney’s writing as “vibrantly-drawn\, richly-rendered\, and wonderfully full of surprises.” \nWriters Read is part of Concordia University’s Creative Writing program and is supported by the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Writers Read\, directed by Professor Sina Queyras since 2011\, invites renowned and emerging authors\, both Canadian and international\, to read from and discuss their work with students and local audiences. In addition to readings\, the series includes Master Classes and professional developmental activities spanning the school year. \nFor more information and updates\, follow @writersreadconcordia on Instagram
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-read-presents-lisa-mcinerney/
LOCATION:York Ampitheatre\, 1515\, Sainte-Catherine Street West\, Montreal\, Qc\, H3H 1L8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T203000
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SUMMARY:Violet Hour: Suzette Mayr\, Daniel Allen Cox\, Katia Grubisic
DESCRIPTION:Violet Hour is back this fall with a new format and venue! Three writers\, three readings\, three interviews. Join us at the Casa D’Italia (505 Rue Jean-Talon E.) for an evening celebrating queer literature with writers Suzette Mayr\, Daniel Allen Cox\, and Katia Grubisic. This event is co-presented with The Équipe de recherche en études queer au Québec (ÉRÉQQ)\, VersUs Centre de recherche – Université de Sherbrooke\, and Fierté Montréal. Suzette Mayr will be joining us to discuss The Sleeping Car Porter\, her 2022 novel about the life of Baxter\, a queer black man working as sleeping car porter on a Canadian train crisscrossing the country in 1929. The book won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Daniel Allen Cox will be speaking about his recent book\, I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness\, a collection of riveting essays about growing up in\, and leaving\, the religion. And Katia Grubisic will be joining us to discuss her translation of the legendary Marie-Claire Blais’s work\, including\, most recently\, Nights Too Short To Dance\, which is being published posthumously this fall\, as Blais passed away in November 2021.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violet-hour-suzette-mayr-daniel-allen-cox-katia-grubisic/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T210000
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange
DESCRIPTION:The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange \nPoets : Sarah Wolfson\, Mary Dean Lee  \n​Join us at Phoenix Books in NDG (5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec H4A 1X7)\non Thursday\, November 30 @ 7 PM\n​for a poetry reading with a difference\, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT \nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems.\nEach poet reads their poem\, followed by a 15 to 20-minute discussion.\nThe poet reads their poem a final time. \n​For more info or details contact us by\nemail MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com or on Facebook @MtlSpeakUp
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-the-montreal-inter-active-poetry-exchange/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke Street West\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, QC\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T213000
DTSTAMP:20230523T113959Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Recto-Verso
DESCRIPTION:L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal \nPoets: Louise Dupré\, Emmanuel Deraps\, et Jean-Guy Forget \n​Join us at Phoenix Books in NDG (5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec H4A 1X7)\non Wednesday\, May 24th @ 7:30 PM \n​for a poetry reading with a difference\, avec SpeakUp le public est engagé: \nChaque membre de l’auditoire recevra une copie du poème.\nChaque poète lira d’abord leur poème dans la version originale\, puis dans sa version traduite\, suivi d’une discussion de 15-20 minutes.\nLe poète lira leur poème une dernière fois.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-recto-verso-3/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T133000
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SUMMARY:Atwater Library Lunchtime Series: Amal Elsana-Alh'jooj
DESCRIPTION:In person and by Zoom \n\n\n\n For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series\, author Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj discusses her inspiring memoir Hope is a Woman’s Name.  \n\n\n\n“The book covers a journey that has taken her from a childhood herding sheep in her own Bedouin village in the Negev desert to a life of international activism for peacemaking and minority rights.” — review in Policy Magazine. \n\n\n\nTo REGISTER and get the Zoom link\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person attendance. \n\n\n\nFree admission and everyone is welcome.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-library-lunchtime-series-amal-elsana-alhjooj/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T133000
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SUMMARY:Atwater Library Lunchtime with: Mark Abley
DESCRIPTION:In person and by Zoom \n\n\n\nFor the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series\, author Mark Abley gives a presentation on his new book\, Strange Bewildering Time: Istanbul to Kathmandu in the Last Year of the Hippie Trail. \n\n\n\nTo register and get the Zoom link\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person attendance. \n\n\n\nFree admission and everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\nWith financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers’ Union of Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-library-lunchtime-with-mark-abley/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T220000
DTSTAMP:20230110T151902Z
CREATED:20230110T151900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T151902Z
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SUMMARY:Confabulation presents: The Shortest Story XIII
DESCRIPTION:Our annual 2-minute story tradition continues. True stories\, as quick as we can tell them.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/confabulation-presents-the-shortest-story-xiii/
LOCATION:Centaur Theatre\, 453 St. Francois-Xavier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, HZY 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T210000
DTSTAMP:20220926T170945Z
CREATED:20220926T170943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T170945Z
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SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online: Alexei Perry Cox & Hoa Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:The Atwater Poetry Project returns for our Fall season with poets ALEXEI PERRY COX\, author of the new collection PLACE (Noemi Press 2022)\, and 2017 Griffin Award nominee HOA NGUYEN\, who will read from recent work and dialogue on lineages of women’s experimental writing\, moderated by APP Curator Faith Paré. REGISTER with your email for the event via Crowdcast! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/app-online-cox-nguyen
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online-alexei-perry-cox-hoa-nguyen/
LOCATION:Online via Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T210000
DTSTAMP:20220216T161330Z
CREATED:20220216T161330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T161330Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Night & Day) Dreams
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Tamara Nazywalskj\, Bryan Sentes\, Derek Godin. \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems by email. The poems are also displayed on screen.\nPoet reads their poem\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion.\nPoet reads their poem a final time.\nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-night-day-dreams/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T210000
DTSTAMP:20210928T160140Z
CREATED:20210928T160140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T160140Z
UID:10002784-1633633200-1633640400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song\nIan Ferrier\, Cora Siré\, Ilona Martonfi\, Matthew Rettino\, Barbara Lewis\, Matt Risk\, Sandra Sjollema\, Rana Bose\nThursday October 7\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free\nArgo Bookshop 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nemail events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook Event\nfb.me/e/1faqXRnVH
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-10/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T210000
DTSTAMP:20210818T145641Z
CREATED:20210818T145641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210818T145641Z
UID:10002766-1631214000-1631221200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song\nKelly Norah Drukker\, Ilona Martonfi\, Harry Rajchgot\, Kasia Van Schaik\, Lp Camozzi\, Michael Foy\, Sarah Burgoyne\, Jerome Ramcharitar\nThursday September 9\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free\nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nemail events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook event: Fb.me/e/4pCc4Nfhu
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-9/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T210000
DTSTAMP:20210517T185051Z
CREATED:20210517T185051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T185051Z
UID:10002654-1625770800-1625778000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song\nThursday July 8\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free\nJames Dunnigan\, Susan Elmslie\, Ariela Freedman\, Ilona Martonfi\, Drea Lake\, Barry Webster\, Tamara Nazywalskyj\, Sivan Slapak \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nemail events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook link: fb.me/e/4pzbOo3g9
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-7/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T213000
DTSTAMP:20210525T193647Z
CREATED:20210525T193647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T193647Z
UID:10002658-1622577600-1622583000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online - Jessica Moore & Johanna Skibsrud
DESCRIPTION:Join us for APP Online\, celebrating Jessica Moore’s ‘The Whole Singing Ocean’ and showcasing new work from Johanna Skibsrud.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online-jessica-moore-johanna-skibsrud/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T150000
DTSTAMP:20201217T162706Z
CREATED:20201215T182923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T162706Z
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SUMMARY:Reflective Writing: A Workshop on Cross-Cultural Writing
DESCRIPTION:Please note this workshop will take place over two sessions: \n\nSession 1: Wednesday\, March 10\, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.\nSession 2: Tuesday\, March 16\, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nThis online workshop is being produced in partnership with the Atwater Writers Exhibition. \n\n\n\nAll are welcome. \n\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants. \n===================== \n\n\n\nHow do you create characters and situations that have a ring of truth to them when the stories you want to tell are not from your own background or culture? \n\n\n\nThis workshop will give participants a deeper knowledge about the pros and cons of cross-cultural writing and a chance to hear established writers talk about their own experiences with and advice about writing about peoples of other cultures and realities. Participants will be able to access a blog with workshop materials including videotaped interviews and writing examples. The blog will also provide a platform for participants to discuss issues both during and between the workshop sessions and to post writings of their own for feedback. \n\n\n\nAll you need to bring is curiosity and a sense of exploration. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis is a FREE workshop. To register\, please click here to email Elise Moser. \n====================== \nPhoto: Watsenniostha Valerie David\nDan David says he’s won several awards for feature writing and essays but the one he cherishes the most is for “best storyteller.” He’s a former construction worker\, broadcast journalist\, magazine writer\, and world traveller based (for now) at Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory\, near Oka.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/reflective-writing-a-workshop-on-cross-cultural-writing-2/2021-03-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Series,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T150000
DTSTAMP:20201217T162706Z
CREATED:20201215T182923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T162706Z
UID:10002516-1615383000-1615388400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Reflective Writing: A Workshop on Cross-Cultural Writing
DESCRIPTION:Please note this workshop will take place over two sessions: \n\nSession 1: Wednesday\, March 10\, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.\nSession 2: Tuesday\, March 16\, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nThis online workshop is being produced in partnership with the Atwater Writers Exhibition. \n\n\n\nAll are welcome. \n\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants. \n===================== \n\n\n\nHow do you create characters and situations that have a ring of truth to them when the stories you want to tell are not from your own background or culture? \n\n\n\nThis workshop will give participants a deeper knowledge about the pros and cons of cross-cultural writing and a chance to hear established writers talk about their own experiences with and advice about writing about peoples of other cultures and realities. Participants will be able to access a blog with workshop materials including videotaped interviews and writing examples. The blog will also provide a platform for participants to discuss issues both during and between the workshop sessions and to post writings of their own for feedback. \n\n\n\nAll you need to bring is curiosity and a sense of exploration. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis is a FREE workshop. To register\, please click here to email Elise Moser. \n====================== \nPhoto: Watsenniostha Valerie David\nDan David says he’s won several awards for feature writing and essays but the one he cherishes the most is for “best storyteller.” He’s a former construction worker\, broadcast journalist\, magazine writer\, and world traveller based (for now) at Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory\, near Oka.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/reflective-writing-a-workshop-on-cross-cultural-writing-2/2021-03-10/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Series,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T210000
DTSTAMP:20200915T171308Z
CREATED:20200915T171308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200915T171308Z
UID:10002380-1608231600-1608238800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song\nIlona Martonfi\, Ian Ferrier\, Matt Risk\, Greg Santos\, Carolyne Van Der Meer\, Maria Caltabiano\, Michael Mirolla\, Mark Foss\nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nThursday\, December 17\, 2020 7 PM-9 PM \nPlease email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-3/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T203000
DTSTAMP:20230516T134224Z
CREATED:20201109T170237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T134224Z
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Out Loud at the Read Quebec Holiday Book Fest
DESCRIPTION:Black Writers Out Loud is a series of QWF events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec.  \nThis fourth event in the series is co-produced with the AELAQ\, and features Kaie Kellough in conversation with Canisia Lubrin. These two award-winning authors from the worlds of poetry and prose come together to speak on their craft and all matters human. \nThe conversation will take place on November 27\, 2020 at 7 p.m. EST via Zoom. \n  \nPlease CLICK HERE to RSVP and receive the Zoom link via email.\n========================================================== \nFEATURED ARTIST  \nKaie Kellough is a novelist\, poet\, and sound performer. His work emerges at a crossroads of social engagement and formal experiment. From western Canada\, he lives in Montréal and has  roots in Guyana\, South America.  \nHis books include Dominoes at the Crossroads (short fiction\, Véhicule 2020)\, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and recent winner of the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize\, and Magnetic Equator (poetry\, McClelland and Stewart 2019) winner of  the Griffin Poetry Prize. His novel Accordéon (ARP\, 2016) was a finalist for the Amazon/Walrus  Foundation First Novel Award.   \nKaie’s vocal performance\, recorded audio\, and electronic narrative explore migration and the  suspension of arrival. Since 2011 he has created mixed media compositions with saxophonist  and synthesist Jason Sharp.   \nKaie’s work has traveled internationally\, notably to festivals in the UK\, Australia\, Asia\, the Caribbean\, and continental Europe. He continues to craft new passages.  \nPhoto credit: Kevin Calixte  \n  \nHOST  \nCanisia Lubrin is a writer\, critic\, editor\, and teacher whose most recent book is The Dyzgrapxst (McClelland & Stewart\, 2020) as seen in The New York Times\, Quill & Quire\, Jewish Currents\,  Humber Literary Review\, and elsewhere. Lubrin’s international publications include translations of her work into Spanish\, Italian\, French\, and German. Her writing has been recognized by\,  among others\, the Toronto Book Award\, Journey Prize\, Gerald Lampert\, Pat Lowther\, and the  Writers Trust. Her debut\, Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn\, 2017)\, was named a CBC Best Book and her writing has appeared and is forthcoming in Room\, Brick\, Joyland\, Poetry London\, Poets.org\, blackiris.co\, and elsewhere. Lubrin’s debut collection of short fiction is forthcoming.  She has an MFA from the University of Guelph.  \nPhoto credit: Samuel Engelking
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bwol-4/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Read Quebec Book Fair,Series,Writers Out Loud
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T210000
DTSTAMP:20200915T195211Z
CREATED:20200915T180542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200915T195211Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song\nBrian Campbell\, Ilona Martonfi\, Barry Webster\, Cora Siré\, Kelly Norah Drukker\, Tom Abray\, Flavia Cosma\, Su J. Sokol \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nThursday\, November 5\, 2020 7 PM-9 PM \nPlease email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-4/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T200000
DTSTAMP:20200924T145950Z
CREATED:20200924T145904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200924T145950Z
UID:10002398-1603825200-1603828800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:APP Online: John Barton & Molly Peacock
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, October 27\, the Atwater Poetry Project is delighted to present John Barton reading and in conversation with Molly Peacock. Barton’s twelfth collection of poetry is Lost Family: A Memoir (Signal Editions\, Sept 2020). A collection of sonnets that has been ‘aided\, abetted and enabled’ by Molly Peacock’s own explorations of the form\, this event will see two of Canada’s finest poets explore mutual influence on form and technique (among other things). Join us for the last APP Online of 2020! \nThe Atwater Poetry Project is made possible with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre. \nLink to join: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/app-online-john-barton-molly-peacock
URL:https://qwf.org/event/app-online-john-barton-molly-peacock/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T200000
DTSTAMP:20200918T175058Z
CREATED:20200918T174550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T175058Z
UID:10002396-1602615600-1602619200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:APP Online: Klara du Plessis & Erín Moure
DESCRIPTION:Atwater Poetry Project Online is delighted to be returning for two more events in October 2020! \nOn Tuesday\, October 13\, we are proud to present a two-tongued reading and discussion with Montreal-based poets Klara du Plessis & Erín Moure. Sharing concerns of language\, translingualism\, and writing across borders\, this event celebrates du Plessis’s eagerly awaited second collection Hell Light Flesh (Palimpsest Press\, 2020) and – among other things – Moure’s translation of Galician poet Uxío Novoneyra\, The Uplands\, Book of the Courel and other poems (Veliz Books\, 2020). \nThe Atwater Poetry Project is made possible with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/app-online-klara-du-plessis-erin-moure/
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T210000
DTSTAMP:20200821T165257Z
CREATED:20200821T165257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T165257Z
UID:10002289-1602183600-1602190800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song Thursday\, October 8\, 2020\nJohn Kerkhoven\, Susan Elmslie\, Larissa Andrusyshyn\, Kate Lavut\, Harold Hoefle\, Matthew Murphy\, Nadine Ltaif\, Karen Isabel Ocaña\, Matthew Rettino \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\n7 PM-9 PM \nPlease email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-2/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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