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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Navigating the Impacts of Bill 96
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 18\, 20237:00-8:30 pm ESTFree\, online and in person\n\n\n\nJoin us for Writers Out Loud: Navigating the Impacts of Bill 96. Authors Christopher Neal\, Shailee\, and Vanessa Sasson sit down with Guy Rex Rodgers to discuss Bill 96 and its impact on language issues in Quebec.  \n\n\n\nThe panel will be in person at the Atwater Library Auditorium. Attendees can attend in person or register to join online via Zoom. You do not have to register if you plan to attend in person. \n\n\n\nFeel free to share the Facebook event with friends and family. \n\n\n\nTo attend online\, register to get the link to the Zoom Webinar. You do not need to register if you plan to attend in person. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom Link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Participants\n\n\n\n\nA graduate of the National Theatre School’s playwriting program and long-time arts activist\, Guy Rex Rodgers was co-founder of the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) and the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, was a member of the founding board of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and founding Executive Director of the English-Language Arts Network (ELAN).  In 2015 he was appointed a companion in l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec. Since leaving ELAN in 2020\, Guy has written and directed eight documentary films about Anglos in Quebec in collaboration with MAtv\, the National Film Board of Canada and CBC. He also writes a monthly column about culture\, politics and history for The Montrealer magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShailee is a writer and graduate student originally from India. She recently completed her master’s thesis\, investigating the politics of queer representation in postcolonial Indian theatre\, at the department of English at McGill University. Her book\, Sita and Helen—a graphic novel for young adults published by Tulika Books—hit the shelves earlier this year. In May\, her paper on Rahul Varma’s play Counter Offence was published in the International Association of Theatre Critics’ peer-reviewed journal\, Critical Stages/ Scènes critiques. It explores the effects of the linguistic politics propagated by Bill 96 on theatre culture in Montréal by focusing on the anglophone\, diasporic work of Teesri Duniya Theatre company. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Neal is a journalist and communications professional. He has been a freelance correspondent in Latin America\, and a staff writer at the Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen. He has also held  communications leadership positions in Canada’s federal development aid agency\, and at the World Bank\, where he helped guide strategic communications for economic policy\, data and research\, operations in Latin America\, energy and climate change. Since returning to Montreal from Washington DC in 2016\, he has served on the boards of the Quebec Community Groups Network and Quebec Writers’ Federation\, for which he drafted and presented a brief on Bill 96. He is currently Vice-President of the McGill Community of Lifelong Learning and President of the Canadian International Council’s Montreal chapter. His 2022 book\, The Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America\, was short-listed for the Mavis Gallant Award for Non-Fiction. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVanessa R. Sasson is a professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal Arts Department of Marianopolis College where she has been teaching since 1999. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State and Research Member at CERIAS at UQAM. She has published a number of articles and book chapters\, is the author of The Birth of Moses and the Buddha: A Paradigm for the Comparative Study of Religions (Sheffield University Press\, 2007) and editor or co-editor of a number of academic volumes\, including Little Buddhas: Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts and Traditions (Oxford University Press\, 2013)\, Jewels\, Jewelry\, and Other Shiny Things in the Buddhist Imaginary (Hawaii University Press\, 2021)\, and most recently with Kristin Scheible\, The Buddha: A Storied Life (Oxford University Press\, 2023). Yasodhara and the Buddha (Bloomsbury\, 2021) is her first academic novel; it is followed by The Gathering (Equinox 2023)\, which focuses on the women’s request for ordination. Another is sure to follow. \n\n\n\n\nGetting to the Venue\n\n\n\nThe Adair Auditorium is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre. \n\n\n\nAddress: 4023 Tupper StreetWestmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nNote: As this event will be held outside the library’s opening hours\, please use the Tupper Street entrance if the main entrance on Atwater is closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility: The auditorium is fully accessible by wheelchair. From Tupper Street\, there is a slight slope down to a side entrance to the basement. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the auditorium is located. \n\n\n\nFor questions or requests about accessibility\, contact John Wickham\, Communications Officer\, at john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-navigating-the-impacts-of-bill-96/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Panel,Writers Out Loud
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SUMMARY:The Writer Is In: Pop-Up Writing Booth
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 19\, 12-2 pmOutside Centre St. Jax1439 Sainte-Catherine St. W.\, Montreal\n\n\n\nJoin us for The Writer Is In\, a free series of pop-up writing booths we’re organizing in and around downtown Montreal in October and November. \n\n\n\nOn October 19\, from 12 to 2 pm\, we’ll be outside Centre St. Jax on Sainte-Catherine Street 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
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-writer-is-in-oct-19/
LOCATION:St. Jax\, 1439 St. Catherine street west\, montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Writing Matters
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SUMMARY:Long Table Discussion: On the Situation in Israel/Palestine
DESCRIPTION:October 19\, 7:00 pm ESTIn Person & Online (register for Zoom link)Adair Auditorium\, Atwater Library (4023 Tupper Street\, Westmount\, QC)\n\n\n\n\nRevised Topic for Tonight’s Long Table Discussion:   \n\n\n\n“How are you feeling about the situation in Israel/Palestine?“ \n\n\n\nAs we planned tonight’s event on what is a painful and complicated issue\, we at QWF chose a specific question as a way into the topic. \n\n\n\nWe had a lot of feedback about the event. We want to say that all feedback was positively received and very beneficial to us. \n\n\n\nWe admit that we always knew that there is no ideal angle from which to approach this subject\, but we also knew one other thing: the issue has to be discussed amongst us as writers. So let us consider tonight’s event a chance for those who want to\, to express themselves in a public forum. \n\n\n\nPlease come with your feelings\, your questions\, and your point of view\, or just come to listen. It is a safe space and there will be no “expert” who owns the truth. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll over the world\, people of conscience are mourning the death and suffering of Israeli and Palestinian civilians.  Many are hoping for a long-term\, sustainable solution to the conflict. Our different backgrounds—familial\, cultural\, and educational—can lead to starkly contrasting and often passionate points of view that make it challenging to engage in productive conversation. \n\n\n\nThe Quebec Writers’ Federation invites our community to a discussion around a question we believe to be important\, one that some of us may not yet have considered in depth: \n\n\n\n“Is the media portrayal of Israel/Palestine skewed?” (Note: This question has been revised; see explanatory note at the top of the page.) \n\n\n\nThe format will be that of the Long Table (see explanation below).  Our host—QWF President Tawhida Tanya Evanson—will explain the rules and then the conversation will follow its own course. \n\n\n\nQWF’s organizational values include intellectually honest and respectful discourse\, which we believe is even more critical when topics are difficult (like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict).  It is our hope that this format will allow those who wish to speak an opportunity to do so in an environment free from fear and hate. We ask that all who attend listen deeply in a spirit of openness and mutual respect and try to understand and learn from one another. \n\n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, October 19\, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30)\n\n\n\nWhere: The Adair Auditorium at the Atwater Library and Computer Center (4023 Tupper Street\, Westmount\, QC)The venue is wheelchair accessible via a ramp from the Tupper Street side. See our accessibility policy for details.\n\n\n\n\nThe discussion will last from 7:00 to 8:15\, after which light refreshments will be served until 8:45. \n\n\n\nThe discussion will be live-streamed\, but to participate\, you must attend in person.  \n\n\n\nTo attend online: Fill out the “RSVP” form at the bottom of this page. You will receive the link to the Zoom meeting the day before the event. RSVPs will close at 5:00 pm EST on October 19. \n\n\n\nYou do not need to RSVP if you plan to attend in person.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Long Table Format\n\n\n\nConceived in 2003 by Lois Weaver in response to the divided nature of conventional panel discussions\, the Long Table allows voices to be heard equally\, disrupting hierarchical notions of  expertise. A long table with 12 chairs is set up for those who wish to share their thoughts on the central question\, one at a time. Interruptions are not permitted.   \n\n\n\nThose who prefer to simply listen are invited to sit in the auditorium chairs and do so; if they have a thought they want to share\, they may at any time get up and tap someone at the table and take their seat. \n\n\n\nLong Table Etiquette:\n\n\n\n\nThe long table is a performance of a dinner party conversation\n\n\n\nAnyone seated at the table is a guest performer\n\n\n\nAnything is on the menu\n\n\n\nTalk is the only course\n\n\n\nNo hostess will assist you\n\n\n\nIt is a democracy\n\n\n\nTo participate simply take an empty seat at the table\n\n\n\nIf the table is full you can request a seat\n\n\n\nIf you leave the table you can come back again and again\n\n\n\nFeel free to write your comments on the tablecloth\n\n\n\nThere can be silence\n\n\n\nThere might be awkwardness\n\n\n\nThere is an end but no conclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs close at 5:00 pm EST on October 19. To get the Zoom link after 5:00 pm\, contact John Wickham at john@qwf.org.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/long-table-discussion-on-the-situation-in-israel-palestine/
LOCATION:Adair Auditorium\, Atwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, top floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3Z 1T4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:StoryFest 2023: Anita Anand
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 19\, 7:30–9:00 pmHudson Creative Hub273 rue Main\, Hudson\, QC\n\n\n\nAnita Anand is a Montreal author and translator. Her collection of short stories entitled Swing in the House won the 2015 Concordia University First Book Award and was nominated for a couple of others. Her novel\, A Convergence of Solitudes was a finalist in 2022 for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was nominated for a 2022 Foreward Indies Award; it has won the 2023 IPPY gold medal in the category of Multicultural Fiction and is also shortlisted for this year’s Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award. Her translation of Nirliit\, a novel by Juliana Léveillé-Trudel won her a nomination for the John Glassco prize for a first translation. As the Andes Disappeared\, Anita’s translation of Là où je me terre by Caroline Dawson\, will be in bookstores in November. The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) is a co-sponsor for this event through their Writers’ Out Loud series. \n\n\n\nTickets are available here or as a cash-only purchase at Que de Bonnes Choses (484-D rue Main\, Hudson).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/storyfest-2023-anita-anand/
LOCATION:Hudson Creative Hub\, 273 rue Main\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1H0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Writers Out Loud
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