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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T130000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Send More Tourists... the Last Ones Were Delicious
DESCRIPTION:Joignez-vous à nous en boutique lors de la séance de dédicaces avec l’auteure Tracey Waddleton. Elle signera des copies de son livre « Send More Tourists\, The Last Ones Were Delicious ». \nJoin us in store as we welcome author Tracey Waddleton who will be stopping by to sign copies of her book “Send More Tourists\, The Last Ones Were Delicious”.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-signing-send-more-tourists-the-last-ones-were-delicious/
LOCATION:Indigo\, Place Montreal Trust\, 1500 McGill College Ave\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H3A 3J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T160000
DTSTAMP:20190916T150153Z
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:StoryFest 2019 welcomes Giller Prize for Fiction long-list finalist and native Montrealer Alix Ohlin.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-3/
LOCATION:Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre\, 394 Main\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1H0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T200000
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SUMMARY:Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series: Triple Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Café Résonance for a triple launch of McGill-Queen’s University Press’s Hugh McClennan Poetry Series autumn releases: Rail by Miranda Pearson\, Ganymede’s Dog by John Emil Vincent\, and The Danger Model by Madelaine Caritas Longman. \nRail is Miranda Pearson’s fifth book of poetry. In this collection\, spanning the personal and the political\, Kentish pathways lead to London\, to Yorkshire\, to Faroe\, then circle back to the west coast of Canada. An appeal\, a railing against\, these poems reach for beauty and compassion amidst uneasy global upheaval. \nJohn Emil Vincent’s Ganymede’s Dog mingles tales from the classical past with contemporary sexuality and timeless dogs. Deeply infused with gay culture and mythology\, Ganymede’s Dog is a collection of smart\, knowing\, allusive\, often ironic poems that ponder the boundaries of legend and the privileges of youth and beauty. \nMadelaine Caritas Longman’s debut poetry collection\, The Danger Model\, confronts questions about art\, illness\, identity\, and the paradox of authenticity. Examining what it means to be a “self” in contexts as diverse as the medical system\, performance art\, queer adolescence\, and Talmudic debate\, The Danger Model is an investigation of how we come to recognize – or not recognize – ourselves and each other.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hugh-maclennan-poetry-series-triple-book-launch/
LOCATION:Café Résonance\, 5175A Park Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4G3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T210000
DTSTAMP:20190930T223856Z
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SUMMARY:Coach House Poetry ft. KB Thors\, Andrew Zawacki\, Vincent Pagé
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry launch featuring three authors:\nVulgar Mechanics by KB Thors\nUnsun by Andrew Zawacki\nThis is the Emergency Present by Vincent Pagé
URL:https://qwf.org/event/coach-house-poetry-ft-kb-thors-andrew-zawacki-vincent-page/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T200000
DTSTAMP:20190802T153246Z
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SUMMARY:Suspended Meaning: Filmpoems screening
DESCRIPTION:The public premiere of original filmpoems from the ‘Suspended Meaning: Making Filmpoems’ workshops\, facilitated by poet Rachel McCrum. \nAll welcome! The screening is FREE\, no registration required. \n* \nAccessibility: The screening will take place in the Atwater Library Auditorium\, which is located up three flights of stairs. Unfortunately\, the venue is not wheelchair accessible (although the Library is in the process of putting in an elevator which will make it accessible for future events. \nThis event is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. \nThe workshops and event are generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Part of the Atwater Writers’ Exhibition\, and Mile End Poets’ Festival. \n* \nYou can find out more about the workshops – and register – here.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/suspended-meaning-filmpoems-screening/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T210000
DTSTAMP:20190830T173026Z
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the most interesting books in new Non-Fiction with our True Reads book club! Happening every 4-6 weeks hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly staff. \nFor our OCTOBER meeting\, we’ll be reading Trick Mirror: Reflection on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino. The book club will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard Ouest at 7pm. This month’s meeting is hosted by Rachel. \nJia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation\, tackling the conflicts\, contradictions\, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now\, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays\, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness\, wit and fearlessness\, she delves into the forces that warp our vision\, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. \nTrick Mirror is an enlightening\, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us\, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay\, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization\, which insists that everything\, including our bodies\, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino’s sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant\, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty\, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Trick Mirror: Reflection on Self-Delusion from now until the meeting date.**
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-trick-mirror-reflections-on-self-delusion/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Launch,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T213000
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:StoryFest welcomes multiple award-winning author Frances Itani to Hudson.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-4/
LOCATION:Hudson Village Theatre\, 28 Rue Wharf\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1H0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T210000
DTSTAMP:20191007T151917Z
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SUMMARY:LLP Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Linda Leith Publishing – Linda Leith Éditions is launching its fall lineup!\nWednesday\, October 9\, 7 pm\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 rue Bernard est \nCome meet great writers and their magnificent books!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/llp-launch/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T220000
DTSTAMP:20190806T163543Z
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SUMMARY:P O E T R Y N I T E
DESCRIPTION:Our first show back was … WOW! Seriously\, this community – our talent – our love – our capacity to show up fully for ourselves and each other?!?! There is nothing like us\, together. Come be part of it. \n► DOORS @ 7 – READINGS @ 8 \n► READERS: we reserve up to eight spots before the show and after that it goes to open mic which is mostly first-come\, first-served with priority to BIPOC folks. All artists/musicians welcome!! \n► Show is $5 (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► We want to foster a supportive\, positive environment for everyone. That means no racism / sexism / ableism / homophobia / transphobia and a request that poets please give trigger warnings before your poems. If you have a concern please speak to the poet directly or to one of the hosts! \n——- \n► PORTES @ 7 – LECTURES @ 8 \n► LECTEURS: Nous acceptons jusqu’à huit inscriptions à l’avance\, celles-ci vous garantissent un moment sur la scène. S’ensuit ensuite un micro ouvert sous la formule premier.ère arrivé.e\, premier.ère servi.e avec une priorité pour les gens du BIPOC. Tous les artistes / musiciens sont les bienvenus !! \n► Le spectacle coûte 5 $ (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► Dans l’optique d’assurer un climat accueillant pour toustes\, nous ne tolérerons auncun comportement et propos raciste\, sexiste\, homophobe\, transphobe\, ou s’inscrivant dans toute autre logique d’oppression systémique. Nous demandons aussi aux lecteur.trices de donner des avertissements de contenus (trigger warnings) avant leurs poèmes. Si un problème se fait sentir de ce côté\, prière d’en faire part à l’artiste ou aux organisateur.trices.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/p-o-e-t-r-y-n-i-t-e/2019-10-09/
LOCATION:Chez Morrigan\, 1221 Crescent St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T210000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Scintillation Speculative Reading Showcase
DESCRIPTION:For our fall speculative fiction showcase\, a number of authors who are visiting our fair city for the Scintillation convention will be joining us to share their work in the store! Copies of their books will be available for sale and signing. \nOur lineup:\nJo Walton has published fourteen novels\, most recently Lent. She has also published three poetry collections\, two essay collections and a short story collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002\, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004\, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012\, and in 2014 both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Non Fiction award for What Makes This Book So Great. \nAda Palmer’s Terra Ignota series (Tor Books) explores a future of borderless nations and globally commixing populations. The first volume Too Like the Lightning was a Best Novel Hugo finalist\, and won the Compton Crook Award\, while Ada received the Campbell Award. \nMarissa Lingen has written short science fiction and fantasy stories for magazines and anthologies across the Anglophone world. Her work has been translated into seven languages. She has recently branched out into essays and poetry. Her short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons\, Uncanny\, Analog\, Beneath Ceaseless Skies\, and many more. \nGreer Gilman is the author of Cloud & Ashes and Moonrise\, which won the Crawford Award and was shortlisted for the Tiptree and Mythopoeic Awards. \nKarl Schroeder is a professional futurist as well as one of Canada’s most popular science fiction and fantasy authors. He divides his time between writing and conducting workshops and speaking on the potential impacts of science and technology on society. He is the author of Stealing Worlds and The Million\, as well as a half-dozen previous SF novels. \nAlison Sinclair is the author of Legacies\, Blueheart and Cavalcade (nominated for the Arthur C Clarke award)\, as well as the Darkborn trilogy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pre-scintillation-speculative-reading-showcase/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T210000
DTSTAMP:20191009T163215Z
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SUMMARY:FIona Duncan Launches Exquisite Mariposa
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we launch Fiona Alison Duncan’s debut novel\, Exquisite Mariposa! \nFIONA ALISON DUNCAN is a Canadian American artist\, writer\, and organizer. She’s the founding host of Hard to Read\, a lit series\, and Pillow Talk\, community organizing on sex\, love\, and communication. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. \nEXQUISITE MARIPOSA\nIn the aftermath of a reality TV deal gone wrong\, Fiona Alison Duncan asks the question\, Can you rewrite your life? The answer\, her debut novel Exquisite Mariposa\, follows a cast of housemates as they navigate questions of art making and economies\, breakups and breakdowns\, and the internet and its many obsessions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiona-duncan-launches-exquisite-mariposa/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T203000
DTSTAMP:20190916T174848Z
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SUMMARY:Constance Beresford-Howe Tribute
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for novelist and academic Constance Beresford-Howe (1922-2016). A reception with wine and cheese will follow. \nNow almost forgotten and seriously neglected by feminist scholarship\, Constance Beresford-Howe was a truly ground-breaking forerunner to contemporary feminist activism. Born in 1922 in Montreal of a middle-class Anglophone family\, she went on to earn a doctorate from Brown University in the United States and to join the English Department at McGill University in Montreal where\, among other subjects\, she pioneered in the teaching of creative writing. She scored a major coup when her first novel\, The Invisible Gate is written in her early twenties\, was published by a prestigious American publisher\, Dodd Mead in 1949. She went on to publish a total of ten significant novels developing a strong voice on women’s issues at a time when the literary world\, with a few exceptions\, was the domain of male authors.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/constance-beresford-howe-tribute/
LOCATION:St. Jax\, 1439 St. Catherine street west\, montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T230000
DTSTAMP:20190927T183905Z
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SUMMARY:Death of Futurism
DESCRIPTION:What is the place of literature in light of the current trajectory of globalized industrial “civilization”? Can writers move beyond traditional notions of the future and the oppressive systems of power that have formed them? Do literary mediums have the capacity to depict futures that may very well be unrecognizable to us? Is there a place for radical optimism within what can only be called an abysmal forecast? \nWhat forms will an anti-futurist futurism take? \nJoin us for an evening of readings & performances by: \nMelissa Bull\nPaige Cooper\nDean Garlick\nJames Goddard\nKaie Kellough \n*Suggested donation $5-$10 NOTAFLOF
URL:https://qwf.org/event/death-of-futurism/
LOCATION:#204-170 Jean Talon O.\, Atlas Building\, Little Italy Montreal\, Quebec H2R 2X4\, #204-170 Jean Talon O. Atlas Building\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 2X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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