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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T200000
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show
DESCRIPTION:Curated by the inimitable Ian Ferrier\, the Words and Music Show is the QWF’s literary cabaret. It usually takes place the third Sunday of the month at Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent. It started in 2000\, and is Montreal’s longest running spoken word\, poetry\, literature\, performance\, and music show featuring top names from this city and across the country. Doors open at 8:00 and the show starts at 9:00. $5 on the door for QWF Members ($7 for non-Members). \nFull lineup announced closer to the date!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-music-show-2/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T110000
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SUMMARY:Beaconsfield Bookworms: Rita Pomade author visit
DESCRIPTION:The Beaconsfield Library’s monthly book club will be discussing Seeker: A Sea Odyssey by Rita Pomade. \nThe author will be present at this special book club meeting to discuss her book and answer questions. \nNewcomers welcome.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/beaconsfield-bookworms-rita-pomade-author-visit/
LOCATION:Beaconsfield Library\, 303 Beaconsfield Boulevard\, Beaconsfield\, Quebec\, H9W 4A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T190000
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SUMMARY:"Wonder and Kindness": Poetry Matters
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for a reading with Montreal poets Stephanie Bolster and Susan Elmslie\, featuring recent work. \nSusan Elmslie’s second collection is Museum of Kindness (2017)\, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Her first trade collection\, I\, Nadja\, and Other Poems (2006) won the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the McAuslan First Book Prize\, the League of Canadian Poets’ Pat Lowther Memorial Award and a ReLit Award. Her poems have also appeared in several Canadian journals\, anthologies\, and in a prize-winning chapbook\, When Your Body Takes to Trembling (Cranberry Tree\, 1996). Elmslie teaches at Dawson College in Montreal. \nStephanie Bolster’s White Stone: The Alice Poems won the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in 1998\, and Two Bowls of Milk (1999) received the Archibald Lampman Award. A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth (2012)\, was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Work from Long Exposure\, her manuscript-in-progress\, was a finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012. Bolster teaches creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal. \nFor further information on Poetry Matters\, please see https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/wonder-and-kindness-poetry-matters/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Gay Reads Book Club: Little Fish by Casey Plett
DESCRIPTION:Join the Gay Reads book club to discuss classic and contemporary literature by LGBTQ2IA+ authors. We’ll read across genres to uncover queer sensibilities\, alternative canons\, and exciting new voices. The club meets every two months at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly with host Kathleen Fraser\, and it is open to all. \nAt our inaugural meeting on September 24\, at 7 PM\, we’ll discuss Casey Plett’s Lambda-winning debut novel\, Little Fish. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Little Fish by Casey Plett from now until the meeting date.** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated. \nLITTLE FISH:\nIt’s the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer\, a thirty-year-old trans woman\, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy’s Opa (grandfather) — a devout Mennonite farmer — might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation\, but as Wendy’s life grows increasingly volatile\, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa’s truth. Can Wendy unravel the mystery of her grandfather’s world and reckon with the culture that both shaped and rejected her? She’s determined to try. \nAlternately warm-hearted and dark-spirited\, desperate and mirthful\, Little Fish explores the winter of discontent in the life of one transgender woman as her past and future become irrevocably entwined.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/gay-reads-book-club-little-fish-by-casey-plett/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T190000
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SUMMARY:Mind the Gap book launch
DESCRIPTION:George Tombs is launching Mind the Gap at Brutopia\, 1219 Crescent Street\, 5 pm to 7 pm on Wednesday\, September 25th. \nThis is a crazy\, funny coming-of-age novel set in and around Montreal in the 1960s and 1970s – a dramatic comedy\, mock epic and work of magical realism. It is about Richard Grey\, a Montreal Canadiens fan who grows up watching television with a gas-mask on.Richard (don’t call him “Dick”!) deals with a very eccentric although family\, then learns about the wider world\, takes up journalism\, yearning all the while for true love. The book is available in print\, ebook and audiobook versions. George will buy the first round of drinks for guests\, do a few readings\, show a book video trailer\, and play a few excerpts from the 8.3-hour-long audiobook (he did the narration and all 45 character voices). This is George’s first novel\, and is self-published under the Evidentia Originals imprint. \nThe first of many things to come\, the book will soon be available in select Montreal bookstores. \nFor now\, it is on Amazon:\nhttps://discovermindthegap.com/ \nHomepage
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mind-the-gap-book-launch/
LOCATION:Brutopia\, 1219 Crescent Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T220000
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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/2019-09-25/
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:20190925T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T230000
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SUMMARY:Sean Michaels Launches The Wagers
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE:\nThe evening will begin with Sean Michaels reading at Supermarché PA du Parc at 8pm. Book signing will happen immediately after across the street at The Emerald (aka the bar with no name). \n////////// \nJoin us in celebrating the launch of Sean Michaels’ latest novel! \nScotiabank Giller-winner Sean Michaels is back with his widely anticipated second novel\, The Wagers\, a deeply satisfying story of long odds\, magical heists and the dizzying gamble of life. Where does luck come from? What is it worth? And how much of it do you need to be happy? \nTheo Potiris is a grocer and a comedian who never repeats his jokes. After 15 years of open mikes\, he’s still waiting for his break–bicycling to the comedy club at night\, stacking plums at his family’s grand and ramshackle supermarket by day. His girlfriend is halfway around the world\, searching for enlightenment with a patron who happens to be the richest man on Earth\, and when two other loved-ones get struck by bolts from the blue\, Theo decides he can’t keep chasing his old dreams any longer. He resolves to trade his wishes in\, pursuing a bigger score.\nHere Sean Michaels’ novel takes a surprise left turn\, away from the price of milk and into a shabby\, beautiful\, imaginary Montreal where peacocks strut on street corners and gamblers bet on sunny days. Theo uncovers a mysterious association of sports-obsessed mathematicians\, The Rabbit’s Foot\, which is turning probability into riches\, and the vigilante No Name Gang\, who steal luck from those who have taken more than their fair share. Bursting with sheer story-telling pleasure and stylish prose\, The Wagers carries you along on wave after wave of invention–a literary motorcycle chase that soon has you wondering about the randomness of good fortune and all the ways we choose to wage our lives.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/sean-michaels-launches-the-wagers/
LOCATION:PA du Parc\, 5242 avenue du parc\, Montreal\, QC\, H2V 4G7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Club - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our latest Queer Book Club! In this session\, we’ll be reading a store favourite\, the multi-award-winning Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. \nAristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool\, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together\, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be. \nWe’re looking forward to a lively discussion of the book\, and we hope you’ll join us!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/queer-book-club-aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190904T150246Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSpeakUp: Interactive Poetry Exchange of Montreal\nPoets: Emily Tristan Jones\, Jeffrey Mackie\, Maguy Métellus \nPOETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poem\nPoet reads poem\, followed by 15-20 minute discussion on the poem\nPoet reads poem a final time \nBring a friend and get a book!\nVisit our Facebook page for details and other events. \n* \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes: Emily Tristan Jones\, Jeffrey Mackie\, Maguy Métellus \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\nToutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\nLa poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15-20 minutes de discussion\nLe poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nAmenez un ami et obtenez un livre!\nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails et d’autres événements. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-3/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T190000
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SUMMARY:Spoken Code
DESCRIPTION:Join SpokenWeb for an evening of improvised audiovisual live coding with Rodrigo Velasco at the Concordia’s Visualization Studio\, Webster Library\, LB-314.00. Free to attend.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/spoken-code/
LOCATION:Concordia’s Visualization Studio\, Webster Library\, LB-314.00\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Mona Eltahawy launches Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:Mona Eltahawy reads from and discusses her new book\, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls\, a timely manifesto that Booklist recently called “brilliant and electrifying.” In the book\, Eltahawy shows the potency of anger\, attention\, profanity\, ambition\, power\, violence\, and lust and describes how they can be utilized in a much-needed international feminist revolution. \nSEVEN NECESSARY SINS for WOMEN and GIRLS\nA bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy\, disrupt\, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they’ve been trained to avoid. \nSeizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement\, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular\, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the “seven necessary sins” that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry\, ambitious\, profane\, violent\, attention-seeking\, lustful\, and powerful. All the necessary “sins” that women and girls require to erupt. \nEltahawy knows that the patriarchy is alive and well\, and she is fed the hell up: Sexually assaulted during hajj at the age of fifteen. Groped on the dance floor of a night club in Montreal at fifty. Countless other injustices in the years between. Illuminating her call to action are stories of activists and ordinary women around the world–from South Africa to China\, Nigeria to India\, Bosnia to Egypt–who are tapping into their inner fury and crossing the lines of race\, class\, faith\, and gender that make it so hard for marginalized women to be heard. Rather than teaching women and girls to survive the poisonous system they have found themselves in\, Eltahawy arms them to dismantle it. \nBrilliant\, bold\, and energetic\, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is a manifesto for all feminists in the fight against patriarchy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mona-eltahawy-launches-seven-necessary-sins-for-women-and-girls/
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:20190928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Suspended Meaning: Making Filmpoems
DESCRIPTION:Three SATURDAYS: September 14\, 21\, and 28\, 2019 – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm \nScreening of completed filmpoems\, TUESDAY\, October 8\, 2019 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm \nLearn how to create and produce your own filmpoems. What happens when poetry and film collide? Come spend three Saturdays with poet Rachel McCrum as she takes you through the complete process from writing to filming to editing. Suitable for beginners in both poetry and film – just bring your enthusiasm and commitment to the process! \nThere will a premiere screening of the completed filmpoems on Tuesday\, October 8\, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to enjoy this FREE event\, co-sponsored by the Mile End Poets’ Festival \nThis workshop is FREE. Participants will need to have access to a laptop and basic digital camera (a camera phone will suffice) for the three Saturdays\, and for some work at home (2-3 hours) in between the sessions. Laptops can be borrowed for use at the Library but not brought home. \nSpace is limited and advance registration is required. Participants are strongly urged to attend all three sessions to learn everything they need to know to complete their fabulous filmpoem! \nTo register: elise.m@videotron.ca \nRachel McCrum is a poet\, performer and workshop facilitator. From Northern Ireland\, she lived in Edinburgh\, Scotland where she was the first BBC Scotland Poet-in-Residence\, co-founder of Stewed Rhubarb Press\, and Broad of cult spoken word cabaret Rally & Broad. She has taught and performed internationally. Her first book is The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate (2017). She has worked on numerous filmpoetry projects\, including the international collaboration project “Moving Borders & Pictures” between Quebec\, UK\, South Africa\, Croatia\, Bangladesh\, and Trinidad & Tobago (Mile End Poets’ Festival\, 2017/18). \n \nWhere: Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4 \nThis event is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. \nGenerously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/suspended-meaning-making-filmpoems/2019-09-28/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T140000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Kids Pop Crawl: Book Reading and Activities for Kids!
DESCRIPTION:Join Melanie Proulx\, Ashley Lanni\, and Amelia Hart\, the authors and illustrator of “The Bum Drum Conundrum”\, for a book reading and afternoon of educational activities for kids! \nThe Bum Drum Conundrum explains consent in a fun and straightforward way by telling the story of Malina\, a young girl who is pressured into playing a game that she does not want to play. \nBring your little ones to teach them about the importance of not being afraid to say no and always respecting other people’s boundaries! \n////////// \nKids POP Crawl promises an afternoon of excitement and adventure in Montreal’s Mile End district. Pick up your map at Clubhouse POP and follow it to a bunch of exciting stations around the neighborhood\, each organized and designed by local artists. Each Kids POP Crawl location is within easy walking distance\, and activities can be completed quickly enough to ensure that you can sample everything. Some stations are limited and will continue while supplies last. Snuggle up for storytime at La Petite Librairie Drawn + Quarterly\, make buttons at Monastiraki\, craft your dream sticker with Lovestruck Prints\, visit the Bubble Wizards\, and let loose with Angie Cheng at her costume extravaganza! Once you’ve completed the last station\, come claim your prize at our Clubhouse table!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/kids-pop-crawl-book-reading-and-activities-for-kids/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T183000
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SUMMARY:Le XXe Festival International des écrivains et artistes - Val David
DESCRIPTION:Septembre 28 and 29\, 2019 \n « La moisson lyrique des baies sauvages » \nOrganisé par la Résidence Internationale des Ecrivains et Artistes \n1045\, rue du Renard et du Corbeau\, Val-David\, Québec\, Canada\, J0T 2N0 \n * \nProgramme du Festival \nLe samedi 28 septembre 2019 \nDe 14h30 à 20h00 \nPrésentation—Flavia Cosma et MarieAnnie Soleil \n\nAnalia Daporta\, poete (Buenos Aires\, Argentina)\nThorvaldur Sigurbjorn Helgason\, poete (Reykjavik\, Iceland)\nTito Alvarado poète (Morin-Heights\, QC/ Chile)\nKori Bolivia poète (Brasil-Brasilia/Bolivia-La Paz)\nFlavia Cosma\, poète (Roumanie/ Val-David\, QC) lancement du livre\nMarieAnnie Soleil (Laurentides\, QC)\nIvan-Denis Dupuis\, poète\, auteur-compositeur (Sainte-Adèle\, QC)\n\nLancement du CD  : NE T’ARRÊTE PAS… \nPause \n\nRomeo Ioan Rosiianu poète (Baia-Mare\, Roumanie)\nRamiro Feria\, artiste visuel\, (Holguín\, Cuba)\n\n\nJohn Mallette écrivain (Laurentides\, QC\nMaria Caltabiano (Italie/Montreal\, QC)\nNicole Davidson poète (Val-David\, QC)\nAnna-Louise Fontaine poète et artiste (Laurentides\, QC)\nJanine Pioger écrivaine (Normandie/Laurentides\, QC)\nLuis Raúl Calvo\, poète\, auteur compositeur\, interprète (Buenos Aires\, Argentine) présentation virtuel En première el libro Acto secreto/Intérprete: Luis Raúl Calvo. Coro: Paula Fryd. Arreglos\, teclados\, piano\, producción general en estudio: Oscar Laiguera. Fragmento poético inicial.\n\nLe dimanche 29 septembre2019 \n11h00 à 13h30 Conférences: \n\nAnalia Daporta\, poete (Buenos Aires\, Argentina)\nThorvaldur Sigurbjorn Helgason\, poete (Reykjavik\, Iceland)\nLouise Carson ( Lazare\, QC)—\nFelicia Mihali (Montréal\, QC)—Une nouvelle maison d’Edition H#E\nKori Bolivia (Brasil/Bolivia)—\n\n  \n13h30 à 14h00 Déjeuner
URL:https://qwf.org/event/le-xxe-festival-international-des-ecrivains-et-artistes-val-david/
LOCATION:1045\, rue du Renard et du Corbeau\, Val-David\, Québec\, Canada\, J0T 2N0\, 1045\, rue du Renard et du Corbeau\,\, Val-David\, Quebec\, J0T 2N0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Festival,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T210000
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SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project 15th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSaturday\, September 28\, 2019 at 7:00 pm we’re having a 15th Anniversary celebration with poets who have contributed to the success of our reading series. \n* \nSince its creation in 2004\, the Atwater Poetry Project has hosted 278 readings from poets from across Quebec\, Canada\, and further afield. Come help us celebrate 15 years of the APP! \nSaturday\, September 28 will feature readings from past curators and poets who have contributed to the success of the series: Oana Avasilichioaei\, founder of the Atwater Poetry Project and first curator 2004 – 2009)\, Nicole Brossard\, Faizal Deen\, Ian Ferrier\, and Katia Grubisic\, series curator (2009 – 2013). The event will be hosted by Deanna Radford (series curator 2015 – 2018)\, and will feature a panel discussion led by H. Nigel Thomas. We’ll also be announcing the new curator\, and plans for the 2019/2020 season. \nThe event will start at 7:00 pm\, is free\, and everyone is welcome. Books by the poets will be for sale and there will be refreshments. \nThe reading will take place in the Atwater Library auditorium\, which is located on the second floor\, up two flights of stairs. Unfortunately\, the library doesn’t have an elevator (but it’s coming!). There is a single-stall gender-neutral washroom and a multi-stall women’s washroom both next to the auditorium. \n* \nAtwater Poetry Project is committed to being a safer space and anti-oppression space. We ask all guests to be respectful and non-discriminatory toward others within the reading space and in the Library where the series is located. Violent\, discriminatory or harmful behaviour will not be tolerated. \nWe acknowledge that this reading series takes place on unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka people in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \nAtwater Poetry Project is made possible by the ongoing support of the Atwater Library and from the Canada Council for the Arts \n* \nAtwater Poetry Project Coordinators and Curators \n\n\n\nOana Avasilichioaei – 2004 – May 2008\nKatia Grubisic – May 2008 – 2013\nDarren Bifford – 2013 – 2014\nSymon Jory Stevens-Guille – 2014 – 2015\nDeanna Radford – 2015 – 2018
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-15th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190916T145720Z
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:Greenwood’s StoryFest annual literary festival launches in Hudson with award-winning\, Irish-Canadian author Anakana Schofield as its guest.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019/
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:20190930T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190905T152310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T172410Z
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SUMMARY:Morris House Reading Series (MHRS) - Anakana Schofield
DESCRIPTION:Anakana Schofield reads for MHRS at Bishop’s University on October 1st\, 2019\, at 4.30 pm in Cleghorn (McGreer). She is the author of the acclaimed\, Giller Prize-shortlisted novel Martin John (2015)\, which was also a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\, and the Goldsmiths Prize in the UK. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and named a best book of the year by the Wall Street Journal\, The Globe and Mail\, National Post\, Sunday Business Post\, Toronto Star\, and The Irish Times\, among others. Her debut novel Malarky (2012) won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the 2013 Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction in the US; it was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. It was also named on many Best Book of the Year lists for 2012 and 2013. \nEvent is open to the public and followed by a free reception.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/morris-house-reading-series-mhrs-anakana-schofield/
LOCATION:Bishop’s University\, 2600 College Street\, Sherbrooke\, Quebec\, J1M 1Z7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190917T193258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T193258Z
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SUMMARY:Dialogic Encounter with Rawi Hage
DESCRIPTION:The “Dialogic Encounter” is a two-evening discussion of the recent novel\, “Beirut Hellfire Society”\, by Rawi Hage. On September 30\, Prof. Cornett engages the audience directly both as a group and as individuals in a wide-ranging discussion of the novel\, its techniques and themes\, particularly as it engages with current social\, philosophical and ethical issues. The audience also responds to the discussion and excerpts from the novel with their own brief written texts. These responses form the basis for the dialogue with Rawi Hage in the second session of the “Dialogic Workshop”\, on October 7. The audience’s texts are read out and Hage is asked to reflect on the questions and issues and his own work.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dialogic-encounter-with-rawi-hage/
LOCATION:John Abbott College\, 21275 Lakeshore Road\, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue\, Quebec\, H9X 3L9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190828T184620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T191205Z
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SUMMARY:Writing to Preserve Memory: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nIsabel Allende confessed\, “I write to preserve memory against the erosion of oblivion and to bring people together.” \nEvery life is a story\, and when we write that story\, we not only preserve it but share the joys and disappointments\, the heartaches and the triumphs\, and most importantly\, the lessons learnt. \nMemoir\, by its nature\, is more concerned with the emotional truth of occurrences and moments from a life\, as opposed to biography\, which is more often focused on factual or chronological events. \nIn this memoir workshop\, we will explore how to begin telling your story and review examples of the different ways that a story can be told. Will it be a travelogue or will it focus on major events that influenced your life? Or will it be about a relationship with a loved one? These are just a few possibilities. \nA portion of each session will be set aside for writing exercises based on prompts to help unlock the confidence you need to shape your story\, and to share your writing. \nAs an adjunct\, a recommended reading list of traditional and innovative memoirs will be provided\, and participants will be encouraged to review and share their favourite styles.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-to-preserve-memory-capturing-and-sharing-life-stories/2019-09-30/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190918T164041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T164041Z
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SUMMARY:Elee Kraljii Gardiner Double Launch w/ Melissa Bull and Guests!
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of bilingual readings (French- and English-language) to celebrate the launch of Vancouver-based writer’s Elee Kraljii Gardiner’s poetry book Trauma Head and the anthology Against Death: 35 Essays on Living. Invited readers are Anita Anand\, Françoise Major\, and Chloé Savoie-Bernard. The event will be hosted by Melissa Bull.\n+\nVous êtes convié.e.s à une soirée de lectures bilingues (en français et en anglais) à l’occasion du lancement du recueil de poèmes Trauma Head de l’écrivaine vancouvéroise Elee Kraljii Gardiner\, et du collectif Against Death: 35 Essays on Living\, qu’elle a dirigé. Anita Anand\, Françoise Major et Chloé Savoie-Bernard se joindront à elle au micro lors de cette soirée animée par Melissa Bull. \n///////////////////////////////////// \nELEE KRALJII GARDINER is a creative mentor\, poet\, and editor living in Vancouver. Her books include the poetry collections Trauma Head (2018)\, a chapbook of the same name (Otter Press\, 2017)\, serpentine loop (Anvil Press\, 2016)\, and the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press\, 2019) and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Arsenal Pulp Press\, 2012). She founded Thursdays Writing Collective\, a beloved non-profit organization\, and through its ten years\, she edited and published nine of its anthologies. She is an associate director of Vancouver Manuscript Intensive and is the non-fiction editor at Chapter House\, the online journal of the Institute of American Indian Arts where she is an MFA candidate in poetry.\n+\nElee Kraljii Gardiner est une mentore en création\, poète et éditrice établie à Vancouver. Elle a publié le recueil de poèmes Trauma Head (2018)\, une brochure sous le même titre (Otter Press\, 2017)\, le recueil serpentine loop (Anvil Press\, 2016)\, et dirigé les collectifs Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press\, 2019) et V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Arsenal Pulp Press\, 2012). Elle a fondé l’organisation à but non lucratif réputée Thursdays Writing Collective\, où elle a dirigé neuf collectifs depuis dix ans. Elle est directrice associée de Vancouver Manuscript Intensive et éditrice de la non-fiction au Chapter House Journal\, le périodique en ligne du Institute of American Indian Arts où elle est candidate à la maîtrise ès arts en poésie \nMELISSA BULL is a writer and editor\, as well as a French-to-English translator of fiction\, essays\, and plays. Melissa is the editor of Maisonneuve magazine’s “Writing from Quebec” column. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, interviews\, translations\, and poetry have also appeared in such publications as Event\, Nouveau Projet\, Joyland\, NewPoetry\, SubTerrain\, Lemon Hound\, Urbania\, The Puritan\, and Prism International. She is the author of a collection of poetry\, Rue (2015)\, and a collection of fiction\, The Knockoff Eclipse (2018)\, which will be published in French by Boréal in 2020. Melissa is the translator of Pascale Rafie’s play\, The Baklawa Recipe (2018)\, Nelly Arcan’s collection Burqa of Skin (2014)\, and her translation of Marie-Sissi Labrèche’s novel\, Borderline\, is forthcoming (2019). Melissa lives in Montreal.\n+\nMELISSA BULL est écrivaine\, éditrice\, et traductrice de fiction et de théâtre du français vers l’anglais. Elle est l’éditrice de la chronique « Writing from Quebec » du magazine Maisonneuve. Ses textes de fiction\, ses essais\, entrevues\, traductions et poèmes ont été publiés dans diverses revues telles Event\, Nouveau Projet\, Joyland\, NewPoetry\, SubTerrain\, Lemon Hound\, Urbania\, The Puritan\, et Prism International. Elle est l’autrice du recueil de poésie Rue (2015) et du recueil de fictions The Knockoff Eclipse (2018)\, lequel sera publié en traduction française chez Boréal en 2020. Melissa est la traductrice de la pièce de Pascale Rafie La recette de baklawas (The Baklawa Recipe\, 2018) et du recueil d’essais de Nelly Arcan Burqa de chair (Burqa of Skin (2014). Sa traduction du roman Borderline de Marie-Sissi Labrèche paraîtra en 2019. Melissa vit à Montréal. \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nTRAUMA HEAD\nIn 2012\, poet Elee Kraljii Gardiner precipitously lost feeling in\, and use of\, her left side. The mini-stroke passed quickly but was symptomatic of something larger: a tear in the lining of an artery that opened an examination of mortality and crisis. This long-poem memoir tracks the author’s experiences with un/wellness and un/re-familiarity with herself. Shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry\, Trauma Head disturbs and disorders language and syntax to reconcile appearance with experience. \nAGAINST DEATH\nThe nimble\, serious play of the title\, Against Death: 35 Essays on Living\, is an accurate reflection of the range of tones\, approaches\, and experiences with death (which is to say\, living) inside this vibrant\, tender collection. While one need not be grieving to find resonance here\, those who grief has touched will not feel silenced or pushed outside. In eloquent\, luminous prose\, these essays will be a companion to many and will be a collection to return to (againlives inside against). As editor Elee Kraljii Gardiner reminds us\, “To be against something can be to reject or refute it. But to be against death can also mean to be in contact with\, pressed up next to\, to be intimately proximate with mortality.” This is all of us. I am grateful for this gathering and for this expansive (re)framing. —TC Tolbert\, author of Gephyromaniaand co-editor of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/elee-kraljii-gardiner-double-launch-w-melissa-bull-and-guests/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:WORDPLAY  A writing workshop in celebration of creativity and wonder
DESCRIPTION:In a time of busy schedules\, and places to be and people to see\, it can be hard to find the time to simply play. WORDPLAY is a writing play group\, a time in your week reserved for you — a time to connect with the wonder that lies at the heart of words and where they can take us. \nFor a period of six weeks we will meet for two hours of writing projects and prompts designed to welcome the unexpected\, the spontaneous\, and the serendipitous\, culminating in an evening of readings on the last night. \nWhether you are a poet\, a fiction or non-fiction writer\, an aspiring writer\, a musician or a visual or performance artist\, or simply someone who loves the joy of words\, or even scrabble\, boggle or crossword puzzles\, this is an opportunity to entertain what it means to revel\, gambol and cut loose with language. \nWorkshop leader: Carolyn Boll\nA trained dancer\, and recipient of several Canada Council and Quebec multi-media and choreography grants\, author Carolyn Boll is a graduate of The Humber School for Writers. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Lavender Review\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, and Mayday Magazine\, and her non-fiction writing has appeared in The Dance Current and The Montreal Gazette. Her first book\, a playful partnering between poetry\, image and dance\, is called Social Dance A Book of Ballroom Poetry and was published by Sally Jane Books\, the specialty imprint of indie publisher Headmistress Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/wordplay-a-writing-workshop-in-celebration-of-creativity-and-wonder/2019-10-01/
LOCATION:Atelier d’Art Meteque\, 5442 Cote Saint Luc Road\, NDG\, QC\, H3X2C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190828T184805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T193741Z
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SUMMARY:Write Now: A Playwriting Intensive to Jumpstart Your Play
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Sabrina Reeves\nThis workshop will give budding and experienced playwrights a forum in which to hear their work read aloud and have it commented on\, supported\, and developed. Limited to 12 participants. \nThis 8-week workshop is designed to get your play out of your head and onto the page. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises and reading scripts aloud\, it will allow playwrights to take their scripts to the next level. \nTopics covered will include: \n\nCharacter development\nStructure\nDialogue\nStakes\nRe-writes.\n\nEach week\, selected participants will bring in sections of their work for feedback. \nThe workshop will be more fun and useful to participants who have a play that they are already working on\, a few scenes\, or at the very least\, an outline of the idea they wish to pursue. It may be of particular interest (and complementary) to those who have taken an Introduction to Playwriting workshop. Participants can expect to come out of the workshop with a more developed script as well as tools for carrying on with their work and some ideas/suggestions of where to go and what to do with a finished draft.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-now-a-playwriting-intensive-to-jumpstart-your-play/2019-10-01/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190918T201142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T201142Z
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SUMMARY:Montreal West Reads
DESCRIPTION:Alan Hustak discussing his latest work\, “Magnetic North\nThe Unauthorised Biography of Justin Trudeau\, Canada’s Selfie PM”.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-west-reads/
LOCATION:Montreal West Public Library\, 45 Westminster Avenue South\, Montreal West\, Quebec\, H4X 1Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T213000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190916T145747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T145747Z
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:2019 Giller Prize for Fiction long-list finalist Steven Price will be StoryFest’s guest author.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-2/
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:20191001T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191001T223000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190909T162959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T165022Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED* Book launch: Malcolm Gladwell - Talking to Strangers
DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED* Ticket holders – Your ticket will be honoured for the revised date of this event. \nWords After Dark/Paragraph Bookstore present MALCOLM GLADWELL launching ‘Talking to Strangers’ in Montreal! \nTuesday\, October 1 \n7.30pm \nTickets: $40 (ticket plus book) or $25 (ticket only). \nContact: paragraphbooks@paragraphbooks.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-malcolm-gladwell-talking-to-strangers/
LOCATION:St James United Church\, 463 St Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3B 1B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190828T183623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T204132Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding Our Poetic Range through Memory\, Place\, and the Senses
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Cristina Plamadeala\nThis workshop is for poets of any level of experience who are seeking to expand the range of their subject matter. Limited to 12 participants. \nHow\, as writers\, can we break the surface of the everyday and go deep? Over the eight sessions of the workshop\, we will take some time to dwell in the places our writers’ sensibility can travel to when we tune in to our senses and journey into memory and place. The aim of this workshop will be to generate a rich pool of new material\, from which our best work can emerge. \nWorkshops will consist of in-class writing exercises\, weekly writing assignments\, and time for participating poets to receive constructive feedback from their peers and the workshop leader. As a group\, we will also perform close readings of works by a range of published writers that constellate around a series of themes selected to help us mine our own memories and sensory experiences of the world around us. Proposed themes include \n\na child’s-eye view: writing through the lens of childhood;\nlost and found: orienting through poetry;\n(re)mapping our world: a sense of place;\nentering the myth: poetic exchanges with mythology; and\nmapping the landscape of the body.\n\nParticipants will be encouraged\, for the duration of the workshop\, to “apprentice” themselves to the work of a published poet of their choice\, whose voice will be a steady and nourishing guide as they work on their own material. They will also have the opportunity (though it is by no means obligatory) to read their own work aloud\, both as a practice tool for giving future poetry readings and to “lend an ear” to the editing process. The workshop will be a safe and friendly space\, with an emphasis on diving into the messiness of creation and getting excited about new ideas.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/expanding-our-poetic-range-through-memory-place-and-the-senses/2019-10-02/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190904T211623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T211623Z
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SUMMARY:Jay Stephens Launches Dejects
DESCRIPTION:Join Jay for the launch of DEJECTS\, featuring work from 1991–present day\, collected here for the first time since their original appearances in print\, and some for the very first time anywhere! \nJAY STEPHENS is a Canadian cartoonist currently living in Guelph\, Ontario. He is best known as the creator of Discovery Kids’s animated television series Tutenstein \, Cartoon Network’s The Secret Saturdays\, and the JetCat animated shorts for Nickelodeon’s anthology series\, KaBlam!’. Aside from his work in animation\, Jay is known for several comic book projects\, including SIN\, The Land of Nod\, Atomic City Tales\, and Jetcat Clubhouse. \nDEJECTS\nBest known for his animated television series Jetcat\, Tutenstein\, and The Secret Saturdays\, Jay Stephens has spent the last quarter-century telling stories-with-pictures in his own comic books (SIN\, The Land of Nod\, Atomic City Tales\, Jetcat Clubhouse)\, alternative weekly strips (Oddville!)\, monthly kids magazines (Chick & Dee\, Arrowhead)\, daily newspaper comics (Oh\, Brother!)\, and picture books (Monsters!\, Heroes!\, Robots!\, Freaky Fun Activities). \nOver the years\, many of those comics have been collected in several volumes: The Land of Nod Treasury\, The Land of Nod Rockabye Book\, Go Power!\, Oddville\, Jetcat Clubhouse… but what of those characters and pages and strips that didn’t fit in any collection? What became of the Dejects? \nLovingly coloured for this collection\, Dejects is the resource for those odds and ends\, and bits and bobs\, from 1991–2019. That’s 136 pages\, spanning 28 years worth of Jay’s unique and diverse comics\, available here for the first time since their original appearances in print\, and some for the very first time anywhere!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/jay-stephens-launches-dejects/
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:20191002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T220000
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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/2019-10-02/
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:20191002T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T223000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
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SUMMARY:Accent Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \nAccent Open Mic \nLa Marche à Côté\, 5043 St. Denis\n7:30pm\, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.\naccentseriesmontreal.wordpress.com\n\nAccent Open Mic is a bilingual reading series that takes place at La Marche à Côté\, (5043 St. Denis) on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Hosted by Devon Gallant and Luc-Antoine Chiasson\, each night we feature 1 anglophone reader and 1 francophone reader along with an open mic. Sign up for the open mic starts at 7:30\, show starts at 8pm. For more information visit: accentseriesmontreal.wordpress.com or on Facebook: @accentopenmic.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/21092/2019-10-02/
LOCATION:La Marche à côté\, 5043 St-Denis\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2J 2L8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T220000
DTSTAMP:20260518T141722
CREATED:20190828T185044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T155012Z
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SUMMARY:Everything Happens at Once: Your Page One
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Marina Vulicevic\nThis workshop is intended for people interested in short- and long-form fiction who have begun puzzling out the beginnings of their stories. Limited to 12 participants. \nIn this fiction-writing workshop\, we will get our stories to hit the ground running by working on our Page One. Short story or long-form fiction\, all the elements of narration are thrown into play right away on the first page (okay\, maybe a little on the second). The themes and problems of the piece are all present\, stated or suggested\, sometimes hidden. We will learn to do that: get out of the starting blocks fast\, leaving our anxieties behind. \nThe “everything at once” approach means putting all the narrative elements into play simultaneously. Setting speaks for character\, dialogue speaks for plot\, the description of place speaks for the theme. All intertwined\, not consecutive. Everything at once\, like when you meet someone in real life\, even if it takes time to understand what you first thought you knew. \nWe’ll look at the beginning page of works of fiction to see how others have handled their beginnings. That revolver on the dining room table – does it really have to go off\, and who or what will be the target? When Dante admits in Sentence One\, “Halfway through the journey of my life\, I found myself lost in a forest dark\,” what sort of darkness is this\, and why is he telling us about it? The issue of who is talking to us\, and why\, will be essential to our Page Ones. \nThe object is to become more self-aware from the beginning\, without turning into hyper-planners intent on deleting all spontaneity. The Page One approach is one of the antidotes to the anxieties of the beginning writer\, since it stresses action: moving quickly\, getting the elements in play\, foreseeing eventual themes\, helping answer the question\, “Why does this story exist\, and where is it going?” \nOften the beginnings of stories wonder about their own existence. Tom O’Brien’s The Things They Carried meditates on the difficulty of telling a true war story. How can you tell if a war story is true? What is a war story anyway? Whom can we trust? This Page-One questioning launches the book.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/everything-happens-at-once-your-page-one/2019-10-02/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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