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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Thurs\, Oct 19\, 5:30-7:00 pmMaxwell Cohen Moot Court\, New Chancellor Day Hall3644 Peel Street\, Montreal\n\n\n\nThe Department of English at McGill University invites you to a joint reading with the Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated authors Kasia Van Schaik & Padma Viswanathan. The readings will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Professor Ara Osterweil. This event does not require registration. \n\n\n\nKasia Juno Van Schaik is the author of the linked story collection We Have Never Lived on Earth\, which was nominated for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2022 Concordia University First Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books\, CBC Books\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, Best Canadian Poetry\, Electric Literature\, The Rumpus and more. Kasia holds a PhD in Literature from McGill University\, where she teaches creative writing. She is currently working on a book of cultural criticism and memoir entitled Women Among Monuments. In 2021\, Kasia served as a CBC QWF writer-in-residence. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan is a Canadian-American novelist\, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the PEN USA Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Recent publications include Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime and São Bernardo\, a translation of a novel by Brazilian novelist Graciliano Ramos. Forthcoming works include a novel\, The Charterhouse of Padma\, and a translation of Djamila Ribeiro’s Where We Stand: Notes on Speech\, Place and Justice. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas\, she divides her time between Fayetteville and Montréal.
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court\, 3644 Peel Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 1W9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:The Writer Is In: Pop-Up Writing Booth
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 14\, 1-4 pmWestmount Park Gazebo4574 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Westmount\n\n\n\nJoin us for The Writer Is In\, a series of pop-up writing booths we’re organizing in and around downtown Montreal in October and November. \n\n\n\nOn October 14\, from 1 to 4 pm\, we’ll be we’ll be at the Westmount Park Gazebo (directions below) with writers from QWF’s Hire a Writer Directory\, who will be offering free writing services to passers-by. They’ll be there to take on any writing request you may have\, from business letters to love letters and everything in between. Stop by\, say hi\, and treat yourself to some poetic pampering. \n\n\n\nPart of our Writing Matters campaign to raise awareness about writers’ value to our culture\, society\, and economy. \n\n\n\n\nView All Writer Is In Events\n\n\n\n\nWhere to Find Us in Westmount Park\n\n\n\nThe gazebo is near the southeast corner of the park\, just west of Melville Avenue. For the exact location\, see the red star on the map below:
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