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SUMMARY:Enchanted April: A Poetry Tea
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 21\, 2–4 pm EDT\n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to our Poetry Tea on Sunday\, April 21\, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre\, 9 Spied St.\, Lennoxville. Admission is free\, courtesy of Uplands\, and tea and treats are complimentary\, courtesy of participating poets. \n\n\n\nA series of Townships poets will read from their work (2 minutes each). \n\n\n\nIf you would like to read from your work (if time allows)\, please email townshipssunRSVP@gmail.com before April 19. You will be asked to limit your reading time to 2 minutes\, introduce the poet who reads next after you (name and town of residence)\, and bring a small plate of treats to be part of the buffet. \n\n\n\nThis event is organized in celebration of the National Poetry Month\, and co-sponsored by the Townships Sun\, Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre\, Quebec Writers’ Federation\, Lennoxville Library\, & Write Here\, Write Now! \n\n\n\nHappy Poetry Month! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on FAcebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/enchanted-april-a-poetry-tea/
LOCATION:Uplands Culture & Heritage Centre\, 9 Spied St.\, Lennoxville\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Summer in Furnished Rooms by Marc Plourde
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 24\, 2024\, 7:30 pm EDTThe Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton)\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the launch of Marc Plourde’s new poetry collection\, Summer in Furnished Rooms\, from Cormorant Books\, with special guest Robyn Sarah.  \n\n\n\nRobyn edited Marc’s previous collection from Cormorant\, and Marc helped her choose poems for her 2017 Selected Poems\, Wherever We Mean to Be\, from Biblioasis.  Robyn will open by reading a few new poems of her own from the spring issue of The New Quarterly\, and Marc will read from his new collection.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-summer-in-furnished-rooms-by-marc-plourde/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:2024 BLUE METROPOLI S INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:Each year the Festival is structured aroundone theme. In 2024\, our theme will be: ”Dreams & Utopias”. Shakespeare inspired us that theme with his famous line ”We are such stuff as dreams are made on”(The Tempest)\, adding\, as you know\, ”and our little life is rounded with a sleep”. Now that’s something to think about. If human life is fragile\, it is also rich in the imponderable\, in mystery\, in everything that escapes material things\, it is rich in dreams\, in short. So many questions arise from that theme\, including this one: Can we have confidence in human beings?\nOnce more\, public discussions\, roundtables\, debates\, readings\, master classes\, and podcasts will provide a rich display for both authors and the public to relish.\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 a couple of days. Festivalgoers are treated to live interviews\, roundtable discussions\, public readings\, debates\, master classes\, reading and writing workshops. Every year\, the Festival is structured around several strong themes that bear testimony to a keen social awareness and to a passion for literature in all its richness.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2024-blue-metropoli-s-international-literary-festival/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Remember This: Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Monique Polak launches her latest book for kids\, Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory (Orca). The event is part of the TD-Blue Metropolis 2024 Children’s Festival. Monique’s share of book sales will go to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging. For more information\, contact Livres Babar (514) 694-0380.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/remember-this-book-launch/
LOCATION:Biblio Caf´e\, 5853 Sherbrooke St. W.\, NDG\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:MacLennan Lecture | Book challenges and their impact on Canadian communities\, a round table discussion (hybrid) 
DESCRIPTION:The Friends of the McGill Library\, in partnership with Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival\, are pleased to present the 2024 Hugh MacLennan Lecture\, a roundtable discussion on book challenges\, the Canadian context\, the power of community action\, and the path forward.  \nPanelists:\n– Michelle Arbuckle\, Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association and the chair of Canada’s Book and Periodical Council\n– Brendan de Caires\, Executive Director of PEN Canada\n– Robin Stevenson\, award-winning Canadian author \nThe discussion will be moderated by librarian Joseph Hafner\, Associate Dean\, Collections at the McGill Libraries. \nThis event is hybrid. Registrants can select in-person or online attendance. A YouTube link will be sent to those who register for virtual attendance. \nThe 2024 Hugh MacLennan Lecture is generously supported by Donald Walcot.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/maclennan-lecture-book-challenges-and-their-impact-on-canadian-communities-a-round-table-discussion-hybrid/
LOCATION:McGill University\, Leacock Building\, Room 26\, 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 2T7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Writing/Righting the World
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 1:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nIn this event\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda\, Linda Morra\, about their award-winning book\, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.  \n\n\n\nA live recording of a Getting Lit with Linda podcast episode with writer/host\, Linda Morra  \n\n\n\nIn partnership between the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and the Quebec Writer’s Federation \n\n\n\nParticipants: Andrew Stobo Sniderman\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) \n\n\n\nHost: Linda Morra \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Salle Saint-Laurent \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-righting-the-world/
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SUMMARY:Eighty Thousand Steps
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 2:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise\, CBC\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nCBC presents a first-of-its-kind literary experience\, powered by you. Eighty Thousand Steps is a cinematic podcast/audiobook specially designed to listen to while you walk and starring international bestselling author Denise Chong. Writer Crystal Chan presents this work\, inviting the audience to step into the shoes of a refugee and journey into a land of fable and mystery. Participants enjoy a guided tour where they can listen to the show together. The tour features several stops\, where the author goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative process and the story behind the story. This tour offers insights into oral and intergenerational storytelling\, diaspora and migrant literature\, and writing political and personal works as embodied experiences. Bring along your smartphone\, earbuds or headphones. Throughout the festival\, participants can enjoy the full show at cbc.ca/eightythousandsteps and an author discussion between Crystal Chan and Denise Chong in our virtual programming. A family-friendly event (single admission price for an adult with two children under 12). \n\n\n\nRain date: Sunday\, April 28th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nWith the support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise.  \n\n\n\nParticipants: Crystal Chan\, Denise Chong \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Meeting point and departure in the lobby \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/eighty-thousand-steps/
CATEGORIES:Festival
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