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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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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:20190928T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T140000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190928T160000
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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:20190927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T210000
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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: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:20190926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190904T150246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T151414Z
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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:20190926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T210000
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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:20190925T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T230000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
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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:20190925T190000
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: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
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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: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:20190924T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190924T110000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190722T145933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190722T145933Z
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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:20190922T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T230000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190731T175814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T180613Z
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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:20190921T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190605T184805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T194122Z
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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/2019-09-21/
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:20190920T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190826T145924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T145924Z
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SUMMARY:Lancement: Portraits du Mile End!
DESCRIPTION:English will follow —> \nNous sommes heureux de vous inviter au lancement d’un livre qui célèbre la diversité du Mile End ! Mémoire du Mile End s’est associé à deux dessinateurs du quartier\, Pascal Girard et Michel Hellman\, pour publier un livre richement illustré qui lie l’histoire et les lieux contemporains du Mile End. De l’auberge de campagne du 19ème siècle à la vie culturelle vibrante d’aujourd’hui. Venez rencontrer les auteurs à la session de dédicaces et passer une soirée au coeur de notre beau quartier! \nMémoire du Mile End est à la fois une société historique et un groupe communautaire actif. Nous fournissons des clés pour comprendre le passé afin que les gens puissent devenir des acteurs plus informés et impliqués dans leur communauté. En plus de notre travail historique\, nous organisons également des discussions avec des personnes concernées par des questions d’actualité telles que l’accès au logement\, la préservation d’espace pour les ateliers d’artistes\, l’appréciation du patrimoine architectural et la célébration de la diversité culturelle. \n////////// \nJoin us for the launch of a book that celebrates Mile End diversity! Mile End Memories\, the local history group\, associated itself with two local graphic artists\, Michel Hellman and Pascal Girard\, to publish a richly illustrated book who tells the neighborhood history. From the 19th century country inn to today’s vibrant cultural life. Come meet the authors and have your book signed over a lovely evening at the heart of our neighborhood! \nMile End Memories is both a historical society and an active community group. We provide keys to understanding the past so that people may become better informed and involved actors in their community. In addition to our historical work\, we also host discussions with people involved in current issues such as access to housing\, preserving space for artists’ workshops\, appreciation of architectural heritage\, and the celebration of cultural diversity.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lancement-portraits-du-mile-end/
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:20190919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190821T153809Z
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SUMMARY:The lawn chair soirée
DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in attending the lawn chair soirée on September 19th\, it will be held at the home \nof Jan Jorgensen. (Please note that there is a cat\, and there are 18 steps to get to her front door.)  \nPlease email her at lawnchairsoiree@gmail.com for her address and directions.  \n\nThe Art Lounge\, our previous venue\, is now closed. \n  \n \nA monthly literary soirée with three or four featured readers\, music\, and open mike\, co-hosted by Jan Jorgensen and Brian Campbell. This month: \n\nJoe Bongiorno\nJim Olwell\nKirsten Shute\nMusician: Matthew Stoker\n\nGenerally\, our soirées take place on the third Thursday of the month. Next soirée: Thurs. October 17. \nLawn chair soirée’s website features photos\, videos\, poems\, stories\, and more: www.lawnchairsoiree.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lawn-chair-soiree-2/
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190816T201036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190816T201036Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Japanese Literature
DESCRIPTION:Interested in exploring Japan’s thousand-plus years of literary history\, but not sure where to begin? In conjunction with the JET Alumni Association of Quebec/Atlantic (JETAA Q/A)\, we are offering our third annual free introductory workshop on Japanese literature to get you started with a variety of authors and genres. We will discuss the origins of Japanese writing\, the evolution of its poetry\, prose\, and theater over the centuries\, and some favourites of our staff! \nAfter the session and a question and answer period\, attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme through the experiences of former participants.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/introduction-to-japanese-literature/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190807T201351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T201351Z
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SUMMARY:Wiebke von Carolsfeld launches Claremont
DESCRIPTION:Join us in launching Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s Claremont! \nHow to survive the unthinkable? This is the question\nnine-year-old Tom has to face after witnessing his parent’s murder-suicide. After the horrific event\, Tom refuses to speak. At first\, he moves in with his childless Aunt Sonya\, but she is ill equipped to deal with the traumatized boy. Before long\, Tom is forced to move again\, this time to Claremont Street in downtown Toronto\, where he shares a run-down house with his mercurial Aunt Rose and his reckless yet endearing Uncle Will. As the seasons change\, Tom’s silence becomes a powerful presence\, allowing this fractured family to hear one another for the first time— and for Tom to finally find a home. Claremont is a gripping story of one family’s journey through grief and toward healing. \nWiebke von Carolsfeld is a writer and filmmaker living in Montreal. She has directed three critically acclaimed feature films (Marion Bridge\, Stay\, The Saver)\, winning numerous awards. She is a renowned feature film editor and has taught classes internationally on screenwriting\, filmmaking\, and the creative process. Claremont is her first novel. \n〰️️〰️️〰️️ \nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly recognizes that our events and bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home\, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. This has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. It is important to think about how each and every one of us has arrived here. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years and we urge you to seek out a story that is different from your own. \n〰️️〰️️〰️️ \nLa Petite Drawn and Quarterly Accessibility information: \n– Our event space uses StopGap.ca ramps in an effort to encourage accessibility. Both the step at the entrance\, followed by a half step and a door have StopGap ramps. The door opens inward and is not automated. Once inside\, there are no additional steps.\n– It is not a sober space\, our events sometimes offer alcohol. \n♥️ Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any accessibility needs we can accommodate (for example\, saving you a seat if you have mobility needs) for you to be able to enjoy our events\, worry-free\, and feel free to contact us for any concerns you may have ♥️
URL:https://qwf.org/event/wiebke-von-carolsfeld-launches-claremont/
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:20190919T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T160000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190703T164248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190703T164248Z
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SUMMARY:How to Write an Autobiographical Monologue
DESCRIPTION:We all have stories only we can tell. These are precious\, and should be shared. They help us understand our history and our lives. Keir Cutler\, who has written ten original monologues\, many of them autobiographical\, will share his insights and vast knowledge. Presented by the Atwater Writers Exhibition. \nThis writing activity takes place following Keir’s performance of his most recent monologue\, Magnificence\, named Best English Text at the 2019 Montreal Fringe Festival\, for the Library’s Lunchtime Series\, 12:30 to 1:30 pm — make an afternoon of it! \nKeir Cutler has performed his solo shows across Canada\, the US\, and UK since 1999. He is best known for his award-winning Teaching Shakespeare and his adaptation of Mark Twain’s Is Shakespeare Dead? He has been called “formidably delightful\,” (Off-Off Broadway Review)\, and “an assured and mesmerizing monologist” (Maisonneuve Magazine). Keir was born in Montreal and graduated from McGill University\, the National Theatre School of Canada (playwriting)\, and Wayne State University (MA\, PhD). \nThis event is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.\nFREE. Generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/how-to-write-an-autobiographical-monologue/
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:20190918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T223000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190903T211736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190903T212138Z
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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/21092/2019-09-18/
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:20190918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T220000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
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/2019-09-18/
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:20190918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190821T175528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T175528Z
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SUMMARY:House House Press Launch ft. Alize Zorlutuna\, Jes Dolan\, and Stacey Ho
DESCRIPTION:For practitioners wildering on the outskirts of poetry\, House House Press hopes to be a sounding off\, scheming on\, and calling into what the room may look like with us and our work there together\, enjoying ourselves. Join us for a reading with House House Press’s second season of titles! \nABOUT THE BOOKS: \nHOW TO BE SOFT by Alize Zorlutuna\nA collection of poems and images that look at ways in which power unfolds through intimacies that live in the body. Enlisting gestures of concealment\, Alize Zorlutuna pairs poetry with images\, some depicting ongoing performance project\, others depicting alternative ways of working through the materiality of experience. The text and images move between withholding and inviting\, reconfiguring agency in the process of telling. \nGREEN LINES by Stacey Ho\nThe two texts in Green Lines stem from Stacey Ho’s ongoing preoccupation with math and plants. “Anti-Invasion Ecologies” troubles colonial and anti-immigrant metaphors used to describe so-called weeds\, while the lines of Cantor and Spinoza converge into a conversation about friendship in “How to Draw a Line.” Though these topics may seem incongruous and their approach peripatetic\, these texts are connected by a continuous green line\, an avenue that calls upon resistance and responsibility as a means to move together. \nCONNAISSANCE DE LA FUGUE : HALIBUX by Jes Dolan\nWhat does poetry grasp when it tries to grasp a period of fugue? That depends on what it tries to hold on to: the part of the fugue that means a state\, a time of debility\, or the part of the fugue that means fugitivity\, an untracked movement; the part that is in the world\, or the part that is the world. By adopting the haibun form to take up encounters with poverty\, death\, invisibility and survival\, Jes Dolan suggests that this is not a question of parts\, but of different intensities in the grip\, the poetry\, itself. The haibun too\, by convention\, is split—first comes the descriptive delirium of its prose\, and then the wit\, disjunction and evasiveness of its haiku. To play on the title of Bashō’s famous book of haibun\, Connaissance de la fugue allows Dolan to recount a narrow road out of the interior\, in tones hard and soft\, broken and whole.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/house-house-press-launch-ft-alize-zorlutuna-jes-dolan-and-stacey-ho/
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:20190918T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190731T181027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T181027Z
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SUMMARY:Words After Dark with Margaret Atwood
DESCRIPTION:The great novelist Margaret Atwood will be in Montreal\, at the St.James United Church\, on September 18\, at 7:30 PM.\nShe will present the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.\nAn event organized by Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore.\nFor all questions or for tickets sales\, contact Paragraphe at 514-845-5811 or by email paragraphbooks@paragraphbooks.com \nLa grande romancière Margaret Atwood sera à Montréal\, à l’église Unie St. James\, le 18 septembre prochain\, à 19h30.\nElle présentera son dernier roman\, qui fait suite à La servante écarlate.\nSoirée organisée par la Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore.\nPour tout renseignement ou pour acheter votre billet: librairie Paragraphe 514 845 5811 ou paragraphbooks@paragraphbooks.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-after-dark-with-margaret-atwood/
LOCATION:St. James United Church\, 463 Ste. Catherine Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031458
CREATED:20190830T173719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T173719Z
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: Valerie: or\, The Faculty of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:The New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn and Quarterly staff members. The book club meetings take place every 4-6 weeks\, and are open to all. For our SEPTEMBER meeting\, we will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss Valerie: or\, The Faculty of Dreams. The evening will be hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly’s own Catherine Debard. Join us for discussion and drinks! \nIn April 1988\, Valerie Solanas―the writer\, radical feminist\, author of the SCUM Manifesto and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol―was discovered dead at fifty-two in her hotel room\, in a grimy corner of San Francisco\, alone\, penniless\, and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings.\nIn Valerie\, a nameless narrator revisits the room where Solanas died\, the courtroom where she was tried and convicted of attempting to murder Andy Warhol\, the Georgia wastelands where she spent her childhood and was repeatedly raped by her father and beaten by her alcoholic grandfather\, and the mental hospitals where she was shut away. \nA leading feminist in Sweden and one of the most acclaimed writers in Scandinavia\, Sara Stridsberg here blurs the boundaries between history and fiction\, self-making and storytelling\, madness and art\, love and tragedy. Through imagined conversations and monologues\, reminiscences and rantings\, she reconstructs this most intriguing and enigmatic of women\, reaching back in time to amplify her voice and bring her powerful\, heartbreaking story into new light. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Valerie: or\, The Faculty of Dreams from now until the meeting date.**
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-valerie-or-the-faculty-of-dreams/
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:20190917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031459
CREATED:20190806T190718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190806T190718Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series\nTuesday\, September 17\, 2019 \nLouise Dupré\nIlona Martonfi\nMark Abley\nAnita Anand\nMike Di Sclafani\nRobert Winters\nMilton Dawes (African Drum)\nJohn Arthur Sweet\nAriela Friedman\nHarold Hoefle \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \n350 Victoria Avenue\, Westmount www.visualartscentre.ca \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nHosted with Mike Di Sclafani \n7 PM – 9 PM at the door $6
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-reading-series-3/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Centre\, 350 Avenue Victoria\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 2N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T070000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031459
CREATED:20190826T150337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190826T150337Z
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SUMMARY:Louise Carson Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Louise Carson is proud to launch (as part of a literary event hosted by Pincourt) her latest book – Measured: Book Two of The Chronicles of Deasil Widdy\, Broken Rules Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/louise-carson-book-launch/
LOCATION:Omnicentre\, 375 boul. Cardinal Leger\, Pincourt\, QC
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031459
CREATED:20190830T173642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T173642Z
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SUMMARY:D+Q Cooks! Cookbook Club: Fat\, Salt\, Acid\, Heat
DESCRIPTION:Food lovers take note! To attend this club we ask that you cook something from the cookbook and come ready to discuss and eat. Super excited to test recipes from the book beforehand?! Tag us at #DandQCooks on Instagram or post your work here on the Facebook page. This club meets at 6pm on Sunday.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-cooks-cookbook-club-fat-salt-acid-heat/
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:20190915T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T190000
DTSTAMP:20260519T031459
CREATED:20190903T211116Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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-5/2019-09-15/
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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