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SUMMARY:The lawn chair soirée
DESCRIPTION:A monthly literary soirée with three or four featured readers\, music\, and open mike\, co-hosted by Jan Jorgensen and Brian Campbell. This month: Rana Bose\, April Ford\, Katherine Beeman\, Malek Yalaoui\nMusician: Danny Blueberry\nGenerally\, our soirées take place on the third Tuesday of the month. Next soirée: Tuesday\, Nov. 19
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lawn-chair-soiree-3/
LOCATION:La Panthère Verte\, 160 St-Viateur E.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: Grass
DESCRIPTION:Each month we host a Graphic Novel Book Club\, open to all\, during which we hang out and informally discuss a featured graphic novel. Our pick for September is GRASS by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. \nWe will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Rue Bernard Ouest) on Tuesday\, October 15th at 7 p.m. Join us for refreshments and collective insights! \nHosting the club will be Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookseller Liane Décary-Chen. \nABOUT:\nGrass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel\, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Lee Ok-sun who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War – a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. \nBeginning in Lee’s childhood\, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child’s vulnerable perspective\, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories. \nCartoonist Gendry-Kim’s interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass\, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful non-fiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee’s wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace. \nGrass is translated from Korean by Janet Hong\, an award-winning writer and translator based in Vancouver\, Canada. Her translations include Ancco’s Bad Friends (Drawn & Quarterly\, 2018)\, Han Yujoo’s The Impossible Fairy Tale (Graywolf Press\, 2017) and Ha Seong-nan’s The Woman Next Door (forthcoming from Open Letter Books in 2019). She is currently long listed for the 2018 PEN Translation Prize. \n***We are offering a 20% discount on GRASS from now until the meeting date!***
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-grass/
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:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
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SUMMARY:Louise Carson Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Broken Rules Press launches Louise Carson’s Measured: Book Two of The Chronicles of Deasil Widdy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/louise-carson-book-launch-2/
LOCATION:Twigs Cafe\, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
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/2019-10-15/
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:20191015T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T200000
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CREATED:20190904T150551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T150551Z
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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/2019-10-15/
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:20191014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191014T210000
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SUMMARY:Inanna & Guernica Authors Read & Sign at Argo
DESCRIPTION:Inanna & Guernica Authors Read & Sign at Argo\nMarianne Ackerman\, Ilona Martonfi\, Louise Dupré\,\nH. Nigel Thomas\, Milton Dawes (African Drum)\,\nCarolyne Van Der Meer\, Mike Di Sclafani\,\nMaria Caltabiano\, Jonathan Kaplansky \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West \nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nHosted with Mike Di Sclafani \nAn Evening of Verse\, Prose & Song\nThursday\, December 5\, 2019\n7 PM-9 PM at the door $6\nFACEBOOK EVENT\nDec 5\nTHU\nInanna & Guernica Authors Read & Sign at Argo
URL:https://qwf.org/event/inanna-guernica-authors-read-sign-at-argo/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Community Events,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T190000
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CREATED:20190903T211116Z
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SUMMARY:Breathing Space//Reprendre Son Souffle
DESCRIPTION:A relaxed\, lightly held space to share words\, poems\, prose\, in any language. New work and collaborations\, risk-taking and experimentation absolutely considered. Sometimes there’s a cello. \nWe have up to 12 readings spaces of 5 minutes per events. Some places are booked in advance\, some are open on the day. Email breathingspace.mtl@gmail.com if you’re interested in reading. \nOrganized and hosted by Aaron Boothby and Rachel McCrum. \n// \nUn espace détendu et léger pour partager des mots\, des poèmes\, de la prose dans n’importe quelle langue. Nouvelles écritures et collaborations\, prises de risque et expérimentations sont absolument les bienvenues. Parfois\, il y a du violoncelle. \nNous avons jusqu’à 12 places pour des lectures de 5 minutes par événement. Certaines sont réservées à l’avance\, d’autres sont ouvertes le jour même. Envoyez un courriel à breathingspace.mtl@gmail.com si vous êtes intéressé.e.s à lire. \nOrganisé et animé par Aaron Boothby et Rachel McCrum.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/breathing-space-reprendre-son-souffle-5/2019-10-13/
LOCATION:Le Depanneur Cafe\, 206 Rue Bernard O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Festival,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191013T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20191009T163239Z
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SUMMARY:Heure du conte avec Catherine Gaillard - Lancement: Moitié de poulet!
DESCRIPTION:MOITIÉ DE POULET est un petit poulet chétif et déplumé qui parvient\, avec ses amis\, à déjouer l’abus de pouvoir. De passage à Montréal\, la conteuse franco-suisse Catherine Gaillard présente sa première parution aux Éditions Planète rebelle. \nCATHERINE GAILLARD parcourt les scènes d’ici et d’ailleurs pour raconter l’aventure humaine\, ses conquêtes éclatantes\, ses quêtes impossibles. Elle distribue aux quatre vents ses récits\, au service d’une parole vibrante et libérée. Conteuse professionnelle depuis 1998\, elle a une dizaine de spectacles à son actif\, oeuvres originales contemporaines ou contes tirés de la tradition orale.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/heure-du-conte-avec-catherine-gaillard-lancement-moitie-de-poulet/
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:20191012T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191012T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T193455Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Picture Book Biographies: Going Down the Research Rabbit Hole
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThinking of jumping on the picture book biography bandwagon? Better yet\, already have someone in mind to write about but don’t know where to start? Then\, come down the research rabbit hole with Anne Renaud\, as she shares the steps she takes to lift the veil on the lives of people—from birth to grave and everything in between. \nThis three-hour workshop will look at the different approaches in picture book biographies and provide answers to such questions as: \n\nWhat biographical information should I leave in and what can I leave out?\nHow and where do I go to track down surviving family members? Newspaper clippings? Genealogical information? Photographs? Patents?\nThe back matter is no laughing matter; what do I include?\nDo I need a research grant to write my book? If so\, where do I go for grant money?\nHow and to whom should I pitch my manuscript?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-picture-book-biographies-going-down-the-research-rabbit-hole/
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:20191011T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20190927T183905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T183905Z
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SUMMARY:Death of Futurism
DESCRIPTION:What is the place of literature in light of the current trajectory of globalized industrial “civilization”? Can writers move beyond traditional notions of the future and the oppressive systems of power that have formed them? Do literary mediums have the capacity to depict futures that may very well be unrecognizable to us? Is there a place for radical optimism within what can only be called an abysmal forecast? \nWhat forms will an anti-futurist futurism take? \nJoin us for an evening of readings & performances by: \nMelissa Bull\nPaige Cooper\nDean Garlick\nJames Goddard\nKaie Kellough \n*Suggested donation $5-$10 NOTAFLOF
URL:https://qwf.org/event/death-of-futurism/
LOCATION:#204-170 Jean Talon O.\, Atlas Building\, Little Italy Montreal\, Quebec H2R 2X4\, #204-170 Jean Talon O. Atlas Building\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 2X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191011T203000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20190916T174848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T174848Z
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SUMMARY:Constance Beresford-Howe Tribute
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for novelist and academic Constance Beresford-Howe (1922-2016). A reception with wine and cheese will follow. \nNow almost forgotten and seriously neglected by feminist scholarship\, Constance Beresford-Howe was a truly ground-breaking forerunner to contemporary feminist activism. Born in 1922 in Montreal of a middle-class Anglophone family\, she went on to earn a doctorate from Brown University in the United States and to join the English Department at McGill University in Montreal where\, among other subjects\, she pioneered in the teaching of creative writing. She scored a major coup when her first novel\, The Invisible Gate is written in her early twenties\, was published by a prestigious American publisher\, Dodd Mead in 1949. She went on to publish a total of ten significant novels developing a strong voice on women’s issues at a time when the literary world\, with a few exceptions\, was the domain of male authors.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/constance-beresford-howe-tribute/
LOCATION:St. Jax\, 1439 St. Catherine street west\, montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T220000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20190828T184426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T184426Z
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SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-10-10/
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:20191010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20191009T163215Z
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SUMMARY:FIona Duncan Launches Exquisite Mariposa
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we launch Fiona Alison Duncan’s debut novel\, Exquisite Mariposa! \nFIONA ALISON DUNCAN is a Canadian American artist\, writer\, and organizer. She’s the founding host of Hard to Read\, a lit series\, and Pillow Talk\, community organizing on sex\, love\, and communication. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. \nEXQUISITE MARIPOSA\nIn the aftermath of a reality TV deal gone wrong\, Fiona Alison Duncan asks the question\, Can you rewrite your life? The answer\, her debut novel Exquisite Mariposa\, follows a cast of housemates as they navigate questions of art making and economies\, breakups and breakdowns\, and the internet and its many obsessions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiona-duncan-launches-exquisite-mariposa/
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:20191010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20191007T143044Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-Scintillation Speculative Reading Showcase
DESCRIPTION:For our fall speculative fiction showcase\, a number of authors who are visiting our fair city for the Scintillation convention will be joining us to share their work in the store! Copies of their books will be available for sale and signing. \nOur lineup:\nJo Walton has published fourteen novels\, most recently Lent. She has also published three poetry collections\, two essay collections and a short story collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002\, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004\, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012\, and in 2014 both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Non Fiction award for What Makes This Book So Great. \nAda Palmer’s Terra Ignota series (Tor Books) explores a future of borderless nations and globally commixing populations. The first volume Too Like the Lightning was a Best Novel Hugo finalist\, and won the Compton Crook Award\, while Ada received the Campbell Award. \nMarissa Lingen has written short science fiction and fantasy stories for magazines and anthologies across the Anglophone world. Her work has been translated into seven languages. She has recently branched out into essays and poetry. Her short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons\, Uncanny\, Analog\, Beneath Ceaseless Skies\, and many more. \nGreer Gilman is the author of Cloud & Ashes and Moonrise\, which won the Crawford Award and was shortlisted for the Tiptree and Mythopoeic Awards. \nKarl Schroeder is a professional futurist as well as one of Canada’s most popular science fiction and fantasy authors. He divides his time between writing and conducting workshops and speaking on the potential impacts of science and technology on society. He is the author of Stealing Worlds and The Million\, as well as a half-dozen previous SF novels. \nAlison Sinclair is the author of Legacies\, Blueheart and Cavalcade (nominated for the Arthur C Clarke award)\, as well as the Darkborn trilogy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pre-scintillation-speculative-reading-showcase/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20190828T183351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T185022Z
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SUMMARY:The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThe very short story comes in many guises. Tale\, fable\, cronica\, feuilleton\, anecdote\, aphorism\, vignette\, sketch\, flash\, prose poem\, yarn\, joke—each of these may fall into its fold\, as may extra-literary forms such as lists or memos. Its main characteristic is brevity. Since it can be written relatively quickly\, it offers a wonderful place for experimentation. Since each word\, punctuation mark\, and line of white space speaks\, it demands precision and invites us to hone our writing skills. \nIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories\, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration\, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission? \nDrawing on class discussion\, students will write their own stories as homework and bring them to class to share. We will read them together\, but we will not focus on critique; our class will be about generating work\, permission to try new things\, and celebrating creativity. It will welcome new writers and those with experience. Participants should end the course with a portfolio of at least eight very short stories. \nFor our first class\, please bring in a published work of fiction of about 300 to 500 words. Be prepared to read it aloud and say what you love about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-very-short-story-reading-and-writing-fiction-of-300-to-1000-words/2019-10-10/
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:20191009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121013
CREATED:20190806T163543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190806T163543Z
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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/2019-10-09/
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:20191009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20191007T151917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T151917Z
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SUMMARY:LLP Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Linda Leith Publishing – Linda Leith Éditions is launching its fall lineup!\nWednesday\, October 9\, 7 pm\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 rue Bernard est \nCome meet great writers and their magnificent books!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/llp-launch/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
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/2019-10-09/
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:20191008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T213000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190916T150502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T150502Z
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SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:StoryFest welcomes multiple award-winning author Frances Itani to Hudson.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-4/
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:20191008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190830T173026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T173026Z
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the most interesting books in new Non-Fiction with our True Reads book club! Happening every 4-6 weeks hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly staff. \nFor our OCTOBER meeting\, we’ll be reading Trick Mirror: Reflection on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino. The book club will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard Ouest at 7pm. This month’s meeting is hosted by Rachel. \nJia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation\, tackling the conflicts\, contradictions\, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now\, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays\, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness\, wit and fearlessness\, she delves into the forces that warp our vision\, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. \nTrick Mirror is an enlightening\, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us\, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay\, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization\, which insists that everything\, including our bodies\, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino’s sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant\, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty\, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Trick Mirror: Reflection on Self-Delusion from now until the meeting date.**
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-trick-mirror-reflections-on-self-delusion/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Launch,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
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/2019-10-08/
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:20191008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190802T153246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T153246Z
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SUMMARY:Suspended Meaning: Filmpoems screening
DESCRIPTION:The public premiere of original filmpoems from the ‘Suspended Meaning: Making Filmpoems’ workshops\, facilitated by poet Rachel McCrum. \nAll welcome! The screening is FREE\, no registration required. \n* \nAccessibility: The screening will take place in the Atwater Library Auditorium\, which is located up three flights of stairs. Unfortunately\, the venue is not wheelchair accessible (although the Library is in the process of putting in an elevator which will make it accessible for future events. \nThis event is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. \nThe workshops and event are generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Part of the Atwater Writers’ Exhibition\, and Mile End Poets’ Festival. \n* \nYou can find out more about the workshops – and register – here.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/suspended-meaning-filmpoems-screening/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190930T223856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T223856Z
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SUMMARY:Coach House Poetry ft. KB Thors\, Andrew Zawacki\, Vincent Pagé
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry launch featuring three authors:\nVulgar Mechanics by KB Thors\nUnsun by Andrew Zawacki\nThis is the Emergency Present by Vincent Pagé
URL:https://qwf.org/event/coach-house-poetry-ft-kb-thors-andrew-zawacki-vincent-page/
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:20191007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190920T213158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T213158Z
UID:10001983-1570471200-1570478400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series: Triple Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Café Résonance for a triple launch of McGill-Queen’s University Press’s Hugh McClennan Poetry Series autumn releases: Rail by Miranda Pearson\, Ganymede’s Dog by John Emil Vincent\, and The Danger Model by Madelaine Caritas Longman. \nRail is Miranda Pearson’s fifth book of poetry. In this collection\, spanning the personal and the political\, Kentish pathways lead to London\, to Yorkshire\, to Faroe\, then circle back to the west coast of Canada. An appeal\, a railing against\, these poems reach for beauty and compassion amidst uneasy global upheaval. \nJohn Emil Vincent’s Ganymede’s Dog mingles tales from the classical past with contemporary sexuality and timeless dogs. Deeply infused with gay culture and mythology\, Ganymede’s Dog is a collection of smart\, knowing\, allusive\, often ironic poems that ponder the boundaries of legend and the privileges of youth and beauty. \nMadelaine Caritas Longman’s debut poetry collection\, The Danger Model\, confronts questions about art\, illness\, identity\, and the paradox of authenticity. Examining what it means to be a “self” in contexts as diverse as the medical system\, performance art\, queer adolescence\, and Talmudic debate\, The Danger Model is an investigation of how we come to recognize – or not recognize – ourselves and each other.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hugh-maclennan-poetry-series-triple-book-launch/
LOCATION:Café Résonance\, 5175A Park Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4G3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190924T194815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190924T194815Z
UID:10001984-1570467600-1570474800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Intro to Audiobooks with David Caron
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will cover all aspects of licensing and producing books as audiobooks\, including audiobook publishers\, basic contract terms\, narrators\, studios\, distribution\, and marketing. While primarily aimed at publishers\, writers\, producers\, and other members of the public are welcome to attend.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/intro-to-audiobooks-with-david-caron/
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:20191006T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T160000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190916T150153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T150153Z
UID:10001963-1570370400-1570377600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Greenwood's StoryFest 2019
DESCRIPTION:StoryFest 2019 welcomes Giller Prize for Fiction long-list finalist and native Montrealer Alix Ohlin.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/greenwoods-storyfest-2019-3/
LOCATION:Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre\, 394 Main\, Hudson\, Quebec\, J0P 1H0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T160000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20191007T151812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T151812Z
UID:10001993-1570366800-1570377600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Book Signing: Send More Tourists... the Last Ones Were Delicious
DESCRIPTION:Joignez-vous à nous en boutique lors de la séance de dédicaces avec l’auteure Tracey Waddleton. Elle signera des copies de son livre « Send More Tourists\, The Last Ones Were Delicious ». \nJoin us in store as we welcome author Tracey Waddleton who will be stopping by to sign copies of her book “Send More Tourists\, The Last Ones Were Delicious”.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-signing-send-more-tourists-the-last-ones-were-delicious/
LOCATION:Indigo\, Place Montreal Trust\, 1500 McGill College Ave\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H3A 3J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190827T205339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190827T205339Z
UID:10001860-1570302000-1570309200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Vallum Issue 16:2 "Fear" Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of Vallum 16:2 “Fear” at Rocket Science Room! \nDoors: 6:30\nReadings: 7:00 \nThe evening will feature readings by:\nJan Conn\nJan Jorgensen\nCarolyn Marie Souaid\nAlex Manley\nLou Vani\nemilie kneifel\nFrances Boyle\nBrian Campbell\nRod Kessler\, on behalf of Malcolm Miller\nChristian Favreau\nand more. \nThis event is free with $5 suggested donation (no one turned away). Pay $10 for entry and get a copy of issue 16:2! All proceeds go towards Vallum’s community outreach program. \n__________________________________________ \nThe venue is on the second floor. There is a single flight of stairs off the main entrance with no wheelchair access\, however there is a functioning elevator on the main floor. If you require assistance of any kind\, please let us know! We’d be happy to accommodate any of your needs to the best of our ability.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/vallum-issue-162-fear-launch/
LOCATION:Rocket Science Room\, #204-170 Jean Talon O.\, Atlas Building Little Italy\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 2X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190930T223922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T223922Z
UID:10001989-1570215600-1570222800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Alix Ohlin\, Audrée Wilhelmy & Megan Gail Cole Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Women Do It Write: Alix Ohlin\, Megan Gail Coles\, and Audrée Wilhelmy in conversation about their beautiful\, dark\, and complex stories about women\, their struggles\, and their desires. \nJoin us as we celebrate the launch of Alix Ohlin’s Dual Citizens\, Audrée Wilhelmy’s The Body of the Beasts & Megan Gail Coles’ Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/alix-ohlin-audree-wilhelmy-megan-gail-cole-launch/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T220000
DTSTAMP:20260505T121014
CREATED:20190828T184426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T184426Z
UID:10001886-1570132800-1570140000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-10-03/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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