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SUMMARY:Rapid-Fire Reading\, Ricochet Writing: Holiday Book Fest Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest with an online version of this much-loved\, fast-paced literary variety show. \nFifteen writers from a range of genres will keep things hopping by reading from their new work—for only two minutes each! After each writer reads\, they will contribute to a collaborative text that will be read aloud at the end of the show—with élan!—by host Nisha Coleman. \nWith: Breezy\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, April Ford\, Nathan Caro Frechette\, Dani Jansen\, Andreas Kessaris\, Richard King\, Justin Ling\, Rachel McCrum\, Saleema Nawaz\, Hazel Jane Plante\, stephanie roberts\, Greg Santos\, Lauren Turner. \nSponsored by Penguin Random House Canada.\nLive transcription available.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/rapid-fire-reading-ricochet-writing-holiday-book-fest-edition/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events,Read Quebec Book Fair
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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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SUMMARY:The Favourite Game: Quebec Literary Trivia
DESCRIPTION:How book-savvy are you? Test your knowledge of all things Quebec lit in this virtual pub quiz (you’ll have to BYOB). Hosted by poet and quizmaster extraordinaire Larissa Andrusyshyn. You can play in teams or on your own\, and there are prizes to be won — books\, of course! \nRegister here: https://bit.ly/35akIGi \n  \nThis event is part of the Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest\, presented by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec and the Quebec Writers’ Federation. Learn more at readquebec.ca \nHow to participate: \n\nDraft a team of up to 3 people and register for the event (you can also play solo or with one other person). You’ll receive a link to join the Zoom event on Saturday the 28th.\nChoose a team name.\nBe ready with a pen and paper\, and remember NO googling! You can have smart friends not smart phones! We will work with the honour system\, honorable as we are.\nMake sure you don’t post answers in the event’s Zoom chat. You’ll need to organize a group chat on the platform of your choice (i.e. text\, Messenger\, Whatapp\, Google Hangouts\, or just pick up the phone!) for the event so you can communicate with your team\, if you don’t live in the same place.\nEach team will elect a captain who records ‘final answers’ for each round on paper.\nThe quiz will be divided into several rounds with breaks between for teams to discuss.\nAnswers will be given after each round and team captains will report scores to the quizmaster.\n\nTop scores will win prizes from our generous donors: Pow Pow Press\, Véhicule Press\, Metonymy Press\, and Drawn & Quarterly. \nGot it? Got it. See you there! \nAbout your host: \nLarissa Andrusyshyn is a writer\, teacher and local quizmaster. Her trivia nights have drawn crowds at many pubs and fundraising events in Montreal and she is the longstanding host of the weekly pub quiz at Ye Olde Orchard Pub in NDG where over the years they’ve collected upwards of $10\, 000 in support of the NDG Food Depot. She is also an avid quiz participant and hopes one day to make an appearance on Jeopardy! where she can carry on the spirit of her inspiration Alex Trebek.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-favourite-game-quebec-literary-trivia/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Read Quebec Book Fair
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