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SUMMARY:Women's All-day Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:All-day women’s writing retreat on Parc Laurier with Lise Weil. Designed to help generate new material and move you deeper into existing work. For experienced writers in all genres. \nNon-binary people welcome. \n$90 includes lunch and light supper. \nLise Weil\, Ph. D.\, teaches in Goddard College’s Graduate Institute and has over thirty years’ experience teaching writing in both academic and alternative settings. \nwww.liseweil.com \nFor more info: lweil22@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/womens-all-day-writing-retreat/
LOCATION:Parc Laurier\, 1028 Laurier E\, Montreal\, QC\, H2J 1G6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200215T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200215T120000
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SUMMARY:Valentine's Story Time | Heure du conte de la Saint-Valentin
DESCRIPTION:La Petite Librairie D&Q hosts a weekly bilingual story time every Saturday at 11:30. Story times are free and open to all but most suitable for kids ages 3-5. Join us on February 15th for a special Valentine’s Story Time! \nRejoignez-nous à La Petite Librairie D&Q chaque Samedi à 11 h 30 pour une heure du conte bilingue. Les heures du contes sont gratuits et ouvert à tous mais surtout destinées aux 3 à 5 ans. Rejoignez-nous le 15 février pour une heure du conte spéciale pour le Saint-Valentin!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/valentines-story-time-heure-du-conte-de-la-saint-valentin/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do at the Atwater Library. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n10:00 – 10:25 – Writing 1\n10:25 – 10:30 – Break\n10:30 – 10:55 – Writing 2\n10:55 – 11:00 – Break\n11:00 – 11:25 – Writing 3\n11:25 – 11:30 – Break\n11:30 – 11:55 – Writing 4\n11:55 – 12:00 – Break\n12:00 – 12:25 – Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-2/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Series,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T213000
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction Workshop: Writing and Creating Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Led by Sunburst-nominated author Su J. Sokol\, this workshop is for anyone who’s interested in writing science fiction or adding wonder to the stories they’re already writing. \nDuring the four sessions\, participants will learn about science fiction and its sub-genres and be guided through the process of world-building\, developing interesting and realistic characters\, and creating a satisfying story arc. Finally\, participants will create their own short works of fiction which will be workshopped during the class. \nThe workshop consists of four 2 1/2 hour sessions on Thursday nights beginning on January 9th\, with a two-week break in the middle to work on your stories. \nThe dates of the four workshops are:\nJanuary 9th and 16th\, followed by February 6th and 13th.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/science-fiction-workshop-writing-and-creating-alternative-worlds/
LOCATION:Sur Place Media\, 5585 Avenue du Parc\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2V 4H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T210000
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: BTTM FDRS
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 February is BTTM FDRS by Ben Passmore and Ezra Claytan Daniels. \nThis Afrofuturist graphic novel explores gentrification and cultural appropriation with a blend of humor and horror. \nWe will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Rue Bernard Ouest) on Thursday\, February 13th at 7 p.m. Join us for refreshments and collective insights! \nABOUT:\nOnce a thriving working class neighborhood on Chicago’s south side\, the “Bottomyards” is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend\, Cynthia\, descend upon the neighborhood in search of cheap rent\, they soon discover something far more seductive and sinister lurking behind the walls of their new home. Like a cross between Jordan Peele’s Get Out and John Carpenter’s The Thing\, Daniels and Passmore’s BTTM FDRS (pronounced “bottomfeeders”) offers a vision of horror that is gross and gory in all the right ways. At turns funny\, scary\, and thought provoking\, it unflinchingly confronts the monsters—both metaphoric and real—that are displacing cultures in urban neighborhoods today. \nGentrification and body horror collide in this brutal satire from the award-winning creators of Upgrade Soul and Your Black Friend and other Strangers. \n***We are offering a 20% discount on BTTM FDRS 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.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-bttm-fdrs/
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:20200213T190000
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SUMMARY:Meet the author : Rodney Saint-Éloi
DESCRIPTION:Poet\, writer and essayist Rodney Saint-Éloi will be talking about his literary career and the publishing house he founded\, Mémoire d’encrier. He will also share his thoughts on the reality facing authors from diverse backgrounds. French activity.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/meet-the-author-rodney-saint-eloi/
LOCATION:Bibliothèque de Pierrefonds\, 13 555 Boulevard de Pierrefonds\, Pierrefonds\, Qc\, Pierrefonds-Roxboro\, Olivia\, H9A 1A6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T190000
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SUMMARY:Get the Word Out: Book Coverage in the Media
DESCRIPTION:The public often turns to trusted media sources to help them choose their next read; having a book covered by a national or international outlet can give a huge boost to publishers and writers. In this panel discussion\, three media professionals will speak to their visions for their outlets\, as well as what gets books noticed\, and what publishers and writers can do to give their books an edge. Join us for a lively panel discussion and Q&A. \nWith Erin Balser (CBC Books)\, Jade Colbert (The Globe & Mail)\, and Cevin Bryerman (Publishers Weekly). Moderated by Christopher DiRaddo.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/get-the-word-out-book-coverage-in-the-media/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T173000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Matters - Shane Neilson
DESCRIPTION:Shane Neilson is a poet\, physician\, and critic from New Brunswick. He is author of several books of poetry\, including Complete Physical (2010)\, On Shaving Off His Face (2015)\, Dysphoria (2017)\, and New Brunswick (2019). As a Vanier postdoctoral scholar at McMaster University\, he researches the representations of pain in CanLit. Dysphoria\, the final entry in his affect trilogy\, was published in 2017 with the Porcupine’s Quill. He has just launched a collection of essays\, Constructive Negativity\, compiling commentary from different periods of his work. Recipient of the Walrus Poetry Prize and the Hamilton Literary Award for poetry\, Neilson currently holds a SSHRC Talent Award. \nNeilson focuses on the articulation of pain and disordered affect through poetic form. As poet and editor\, he comments on the emergent area of “disability poetics”; as a physician\, he considers the value of poetry in medical practice. \nFor this reading\, Poetry Matters is delighted to partner with McGill University’s Osler Library of the History of Medicine (part of ROAAr\, Rare & Special Collections\, Osler\, Art and Archives). Materials from the Osler Collections will be featured at the event. Special thanks to Mary Hague-Yearl\, Osler Head Librarian.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-matters-shane-neilson/
LOCATION:Colgate Room\, 3459 McTavish Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 0C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Desmond Cole - The Skin We're In
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with writer and activist DESMOND COLE as he discusses his new book THE SKIN WE’RE IN: A YEAR OF BLACK RESISTANCE AND POWER! \n///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \nIn the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates\, a bracing\, provocative and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada’s most celebrated and uncompromising writers\, Desmond Cole. The Skin We’re In will spark a national conversation\, influence policy and inspire activists. \nIn May 2015\, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada’s largest city to its core. Desmond Cole’s “The Skin I’m In” exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force\, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence\, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent\, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. \nBoth Cole’s activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book\, The Skin We’re In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation\, Cole chronicles just one year–2017–in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when Black refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States\, Indigenous land and water protectors resisting the celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday\, police across the country rallying around an officer accused of murder\, and more. \nThe year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole’s unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April\, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest\, Cole\, a columnist with the Toronto Star\, was summoned to a meeting with the paper’s opinions editor and informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives\, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July\, at another TPS meeting\, Cole challenged the board publicly\, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed\, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking\, handcuffed and flanked by officers\, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city’s Black community and its police force. \nIn a month-by-month chronicle\, Cole locates the deep cultural\, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal\, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched\, systemic inequality. Urgent\, controversial and unsparingly honest\, The Skin We’re In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada\, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians. \n////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \nDESMOND COLE is an award-winning journalist\, radio host\, and activist in Toronto. His writing has appeared in the Toronto Star\, Toronto Life\, The Walrus\, NOW Magazine\, Ethnic Aisle\, Torontoist\, BuzzFeed\, and the Ottawa Citizen. He hosts a weekly radio program every Sunday on Newstalk 1010.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-desmond-cole-the-skin-were-in/
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:20200209T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T233000
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SUMMARY:The Words and Music Show
DESCRIPTION:This coming Sunday February 9th the Words & Music Show opens up the stage to guest curator Prakash Kris\, who has been brewing a seriously entertaining show. Prakash is guest curating this month’s edition of the Words & Music Show as a part of QWF’s Fresh Pages Initiative! \nFor more information on what he’s presenting\, check out: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/118607082820176/ \nAdmission is $7 or PWYC ($5 for QWF members)
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-and-music-show/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T200000
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CREATED:20191212T202419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T202419Z
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SUMMARY:D+Q Cooks! Cookbook Club: Jubilee
DESCRIPTION:Food lovers take note! \nTo attend this club we ask that you cook something from the cookbook and come ready to discuss and eat.\nSuper excited to test recipes from the book beforehand?! Tag us at #DandQCooks on Instagram or post your work here on the Facebook page.\nYou can also join our group Drawn & Quarterly Cook Book Club where we keep the discussion rolling.\nThis club meets at 6pm on Sunday. \n***We are offering a 20% discount on JUBILEE 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. \nTHE BOOK\nThroughout her career\, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history\, breadth\, and depth of African American cuisine. She’s introduced us to black cooks\, some long forgotten\, who established much of what’s considered to be our national cuisine. After all\, if Thomas Jefferson introduced French haute cuisine to this country\, who do you think actually cooked it? \nIn Jubilee\, Tipton-Martin brings these masters into our kitchens. Through recipes and stories\, we cook along with these pioneering figures\, from enslaved chefs to middle- and upper-class writers and entrepreneurs. With more than 100 recipes\, from classics such as Sweet Potato Biscuits\, Seafood Gumbo\, Buttermilk Fried Chicken\, and Pecan Pie with Bourbon to lesser-known but even more decadent dishes like Bourbon & Apple Hot Toddies\, Spoon Bread\, and Baked Ham Glazed with Champagne\, Jubilee presents techniques\, ingredients\, and dishes that show the roots of African American cooking—deeply beautiful\, culturally diverse\, fit for celebration. \nTHE AUTHOR\nToni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist and community activist and the author of the James Beard Award–winning The Jemima Code. Her collection of more than three hundred African American cookbooks has been exhibited at the James Beard House\, and she has twice been invited to the White House to participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s programs to raise a healthier generation of kids. Tipton-Martin is a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and Foodways Texas.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-cooks-cookbook-club-jubilee/
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:20200208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T200000
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SUMMARY:Sharing and Feedback Session
DESCRIPTION:Texting;Texto : Salon littéraire — beta reading + feedback – Hosted by Andrew Gordon Middleton \nTexting;Texto : Salon littéraire — beta reading + feedback — is an inclusive group\, welcoming writers of all literary forms to partake of a quiet evening of sharing (our new) literature\, food and opinions. \nIn our standard format\, what we call “15 minutes of Fame\,” the fame we offer is humble. Or perhaps preparatory. As Andy Warhol wrote in 1968\, “In the future\, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” \nWe offer you a moment in the limelight to present a literary work and get some feedback on it. Most often\, you are given 15 minutes to both read and receive feedback on your work. Each meeting will also allow one regular member a more figurative 15 minutes\, where they can go long. In all cases\, we ask that\, whenever possible\, participants post their work on our Google Drive ahead of time and make an effort before the meeting to read and think about the work others are presenting. \nThis is not an open mic. Although there is a place for reading in public\, we want to take it a step further and let the reader know how the public understood the work. \nAnd\, yes\, participation is welcome without presenting. Regular members are given priority over new ones so a good way to get going is to come and participate. You’ll get a chance to read before long. \nIt is a quiet space so no mic is needed. Because it is quiet\, we offer you the option to record your work and perhaps upload it to our site or our Soundcloud page. \nAt the moment\, the salons are open to all literary genres including poetry\, prose fiction and nonfiction\, play and screenplay scripts\, literary essays. In the future\, we may make specific salons for individual forms or genres. ◊ \n\nFor full event listings\, please join the Meetup group here. If you prefer\, you can also contact me directly here or sign up for our occasional newsletter here. \n\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \nTexting;Texto : Salon littéraire — beta reading + feedback — organisé par Andrew Gordon Middleton \nTexting;Texto : Salon littéraire — beta reading + feedback est un groupe inclusif\, accueillant des écrivains de toutes les formes littéraires pour participer à une soirée tranquille de partage de (notre nouvelle) littérature\, de nourriture et d’opinions. \nDans notre format standard\, ce que nous appelons “15 minutes of Fame”\, la renommée “fame” que nous offrons est humble. Ou\, peut-être\, préparatoire. Comme l’écrivait Andy Warhol en 1968\, “à l’avenir\, tout le monde sera célèbre pendant 15 minutes.” \nNous vous offrons un moment pour tenir la vedette pour présenter une œuvre littéraire et obtenir des commentaires. Le plus souvent\, on vous accorde 15 minutes pour lire et recevoir des commentaires sur votre travail. Chaque réunion permettra également à un membre régulier de disposer d’un temps de 15 minutes\, plus figuratif\, où il pourra s’exprimer longuement. Dans tous les cas\, nous demandons aux participants\, dans la mesure du possible\, d’afficher leur travail sur notre Google Drive à l’avance et de faire un effort avant la réunion pour lire et réfléchir au travail que les autres présentent. \nCe n’est pas un micro ouvert. Bien qu’il y ait un besoin pour la lecture devant un public\, nous voulons aller un peu plus loin et vous faire savoir comment le public a compris l’œuvre. \nEt\, oui\, la participation est la bienvenue sans présenter. Les membres réguliers ont la priorité sur les nouveaux membres ; il est donc préférable de venir et participer. Tu auras bientôt l’occasion de lire. \nC’est un endroit tranquille\, donc aucun micro n’est nécessaire. Mais parce que c’est tranquille\, nous vous offrons la possibilité d’enregistrer votre travail et peut-être de le télécharger sur notre site ou sur notre page Soundcloud. \nActuellement\, les salons sont ouverts à tous les genres littéraires\, y compris la poésie\, la fiction et la non-fiction\, les scénarios de théâtre et de cinéma\, les essais littéraires. À l’avenir\, il se peut que nous fassions des salons spécifiques pour des formes ou des genres individuels. ◊ \n\nPour obtenir la liste complète des événements\, veuillez vous joindre au groupe Meetup ici. Si vous préférez\, vous pouvez aussi me contacter directement ici ou vous inscrire à notre infolettre occasionnelle ici.  \n\n  \nOr\, on the Texting;Texto Meetup group:\nhttps://www.meetup.com/LitSalon/events/xwbpmrybcdblb/ \nOr on the Shut-up & Write Montreal — Tais-toi et écris Montréal Meetup group:\nhttps://www.meetup.com/Shut-up-Write-Montreal-Tais-toi-et-ecris-Montreal/events/kmsjnrybcdblb/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/sharing-and-feedback-session/
LOCATION:QC
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T210000
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction Workshop: Writing and Creating Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Led by Sunburst-nominated author Su J. Sokol\, this workshop is for anyone who’s interested in writing science fiction or adding wonder to the stories they’re already writing. \nDuring the four sessions\, participants will learn about science fiction and its sub-genres and be guided through the process of world-building\, developing interesting and realistic characters\, and creating a satisfying story arc. Finally\, participants will create their own short works of fiction which will be workshopped during the class. \nThe workshop consists of four 2 1/2 hour sessions on Thursday nights beginning on January 9th\, with a two-week break in the middle to work on your stories. \nThe dates of the four workshops are:\nJanuary 9th and 16th\, followed by February 6th and 13th. \n  \nCost: $200
URL:https://qwf.org/event/science-fiction-workshop-writing-and-creating-alternative-worlds-2/
LOCATION:Sur Place Media\, 5585 Avenue du Parc\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2V 4H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191204T212635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T212635Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Reading Series : Love Fest
DESCRIPTION:Argo Reading Series : Love Fest\nEmily Tristan Jones\, Ilona Martonfi\, Kate Lavut\, Mark Foss\,\nRobert Winters\, Shaheen Munir (music)\, Jeremy Klughaupt\,\nStephanie Roy\, Robert Martin Evans\, Mike Di Sclafani\, Viorika Aresteanu \nArgo Bookshop\n1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ Hosted with Moti Lieberman \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nThursday\, February 6\, 2020 7 PM-9 PM\nAt the door $6 \nAn Evening of Verse\, Prose & Song \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-reading-series-love-fest/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T160000
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SUMMARY:Listening for Labour: Feminist Close Listening in the Literary Audio Archive - a talk by Karis Shearer and Deanna Fong
DESCRIPTION:What kinds of labour are visible in historical accounts of literary communities? What kinds of labour are audible? Drawing on collaborative research with Deanna Fong on archival recordings from the SoundBox Collection held at the the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus)\, this talk interrogates how attending to the medium of sound recording can remap history by citing gendered affective labour as an important foundation to collectivity and community. In its account of that labour\, the talk outlines and reflects on a practice Fong and Shearer have termed “feminist close listening.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/listening-for-labour-feminist-close-listening-in-the-literary-audio-archive-a-talk-by-karis-shearer-and-deanna-fong/
LOCATION:Peel 3487\, 2nd floor\, IGSF seminar room\, IGSF Seminar Room\, 3487 Peel\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 1W7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute for Gender%2C Sexuality%2C and Feminist Studies":MAILTO:info.igsf@mcgill.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191213T192209Z
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SUMMARY:Gay Reads Book Club: In the Dream House
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 is open to all. \nAt our next meeting February 4th\, at 7 PM\, we’ll discuss Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House. \n**We offer a 20% discount on In the Dream House 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. \n/////////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE BOOK\nIn the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad\, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman\, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. \nAnd it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope–haunted houses\, erotica\, bildungsroman–in which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence\, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian\, and widens the view with essayistic explorations about the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. \nMachado’s dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit\, playfulness\, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings\, Star Trek and Disney villains\, fairy tales\, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching\, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/gay-reads-book-club-in-the-dream-house/
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:20200201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T215256Z
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SUMMARY:The Page with Ears Open – A Spoken Word Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the creation of literature and orature using mystical\, poetic and neo-futurist tools. Write fresh autobiographical work and perform it using the voice and body as instruments of stardom in space. Ideal for extroverted introverts and writers who can’t sit still\, all experience levels welcome. Skills sharpened here can be applied to any professional setting—in the arts or beyond. Requirements: pen and paper or laptop\, relaxed clothing. \nParticipants are encouraged to attend the critical talk and performance\, “Bodies in Lyric” on Friday\, January 31 as part of the workshop experience. It will provide ideas and examples for Saturday’s work. \nWorkshop leader Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Canadian writer and performer from Tiotià:ke/Montreal. She has presented spoken word in over a dozen countries\, released four studio albums and two videopoems\, and is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word residency. In addition to work in journals and anthologies\, her two published poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018). She moonlights as a whirling dervish. mothertonguemedia.com \nAdvance registration required: elise.m@videotron.ca. \nThis event takes place on traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.\nGenerously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund\, Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-page-with-ears-open-a-spoken-word-workshop/
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:20200201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191219T001856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T204430Z
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SUMMARY:Shut Up and Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do at the Atwater Library. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-and-write-with-qwf/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Series,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20200107T214731Z
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SUMMARY:Genji Book Club - Intro
DESCRIPTION:The Tale of Genji\, written by Murasaki Shikibu around the year 1000\, is often considered the world’s first novel. Her story of the Shining Prince of the Imperial Court and his life\, culture\, and relationships with women\, has stood the test of time and form an important piece of the foundation of Japanese literature. \nFor 2020\, the Japan Book Club\, presented in collaboration with the Argo and JETAA Q/A\, is meeting monthly to discuss this important and still lively work. You can read the complete Tale of Genji in any of its English translations\, by Arthur Waley\, Edward Seidensticker\, Royall Tyler\, or Dennis Washburn; we have all of them available for sale in the store. \nIn our first edition\, before we dive into the text\, our group leader will discuss the aesthetics\, mores\, and context of the Heian period\, to provide context for the story ahead. Please join us for this trip through a historic yet timeless tale!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/genji-book-club-intro/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191218T222947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T220616Z
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SUMMARY:Young Readers Book Club: Artemis Fowl
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Young Readers book club\, hosted by Caleb Turner. January’s pick is Artemis Fowl. Pizza will be served. All attendees must have the assigned book\, or one book in the assigned series. \nThis is a book club for young readers\, with a median age of 10-12 or fifth\, sixth and sec 1 grades. Younger kids are welcome if the book is appropriate\, but not younger than 8-9\, please. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide tweens a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. Please note we do not have the space to have parents and kids! \n***We are offering a 20% discount on Artemis Fowl 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.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/young-readers-book-club-artemis-fowl/
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:20200131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20200113T164119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200113T171303Z
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SUMMARY:Bodies in Lyric with Tanya Evanson
DESCRIPTION:Oral poetry\, storytelling\, monologue\, slam and experimental sound performance remain at the fringes of the literary world–largely because they lack a critical framework. This talk will examine some current states in spoken word and look at the work of three Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based artists: Kaie Kellough\, Moe Clark and Cat Kidd. \nWe round it all out with a live performance featuring Tanya Evanson on vocals\, Jahsun on percussion and Jean-Michel Frédéric on keys. A co-presentation of Spoken Web\, the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, and the Atwater Poetry Project. \n  \nJanuary 31st\, 4-6 p.m. @ 4TH SPACE\, Concordia University
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bodies-in-lyric-with-tanya-evanson/
LOCATION:4th SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20200107T220554Z
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SUMMARY:Bodies in Lyric – Tanya Evanson on Spoken Word @ 4th SPACE
DESCRIPTION:Oral poetry\, storytelling\, monologue\, slam and experimental sound performance remain at the fringes of the literary world–largely because they lack a critical framework. \nThis talk by Tanya Evanson will examine some current states in spoken word and look at the work of three Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based artists: Kaie Kellough\, Moe Clark and Cat Kidd. We round it all out with a live performance featuring Tanya Evanson on vocals\, Jahsun on percussion and Jean-Michel Frédéric on keys. A co-presentation of the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, SpokenWeb\, and the Atwater Poetry Project. \nThis event is a sister to The Page with Ears Open — a Spoken Word Workshop on Saturday\, Feb. 1.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bodies-in-lyric-tanya-evanson-on-spoken-word-4th-space/
LOCATION:4th SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Club with Author Su J. Sokol
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the latest iteration of our Book Club with the Author\, where a local Montreal author joins us to discuss their book! This time\, we’ll be discussing Run J Run by author Su J Sokol. As with all our book clubs\, we recommend reading the book in advance\, but you are welcome to attend as long as you are all right with spoilers. \nAbout the book:\nJeremy\, a high school English teacher coming to grips with a shattered marriage and haunted by the brother he lost\, unexpectedly falls in love with his best friend\, Zak. Attractive\, wildly unconventional\, and happy in an open relationship with his partner Annie\, Zak seems to embody everything missing from Jeremy’s life\, but when the arrest and death of a marginalized student at the Brooklyn high school where they both teach trigger Zak’s mental breakdown and slow descent\, Jeremy and Annie are compelled to cross boundaries\, both external and internal\, in a desperate attempt to save him. \nAbout the author:\nSu J. Sokol is a social rights activist and a writer of speculative\, liminal and interstitial fiction. Originally from Brooklyn\, she now makes Montréal her home. Her short fiction has appeared in The Future Fire\, Spark: A Creative Anthology\, TFFX 10th Anniversary Anthology\, Glittership: an LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Podcast\, Glittership: Year One anthology\, and After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery. \nHer debut novel\, Cycling to Asylum\, was longlisted for the Sunburst for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic\, and has been optioned for a feature-length film.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-club-with-author-su-j-sokol/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191204T210324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T211026Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:  \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Jeramy Dodds\, Carmelita McGrath\, Derek Webster\nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\n• Toutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\n• La poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\n• Le poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nFREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Jeramy Dodds\, Carmelita McGrath\, Derek Webster\nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\n• Each audience member receives a copy of the poems\n• Poet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\n• Poet reads poem a final time \nBring a friend and get a book! Visit our Facebook page for details and other events.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-4/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T210000
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CREATED:20191213T194343Z
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
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. \nFor our JANUARY meeting\, we will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss THE TOPEKA SCHOOL\, by Ben Lerner. The evening will be hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly’s own Saelan Twerdy. \nJoin us for discussion and drinks! \n**We offer a 20% discount on THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner 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. \n//////////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE BOOK\nFrom the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station\, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century\, hailed by Maggie Nelson as Ben Lerner’s “most discerning\, ambitious\, innovative\, and timely novel to date.” \nAdam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School\, class of ’97. His mother\, Jane\, is a famous feminist author; his father\, Jonathan\, is an expert at getting “lost boys” to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater\, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids\, ready to fight or\, better\, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak. Adam is also one of the seniors who bring the loner Darren Eberheart–who is\, unbeknownst to Adam\, his father’s patient–into the social scene\, to disastrous effect. \nDeftly shifting perspectives and time periods\, The Topeka School is the story of a family\, its struggles and its strengths: Jane’s reckoning with the legacy of an abusive father\, Jonathan’s marital transgressions\, the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a riveting prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech\, the trolls and tyrants of the New Right\, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-the-topeka-school-by-ben-lerner/
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:20200128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191204T211828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T211828Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series Tuesday\, January 28\, 2020\nRhonda Mullins\, Ilona Martonfi\, Rana Bose\,\nTommy Schnurmacher\, Andrea Lake (music)\,\nDevon Gallant\, Jason Santerre\, Willow Loveday Little\,\nMike Di Sclafani\, Alejandro Saravia \n350 Victoria Avenue\, Westmount\nwww.visualartscentre.ca \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi\nilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nco-hosted with Mike Di Sclafani \nDoors 7 PM Readings 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM\nAt the door $6 \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-reading-series-5/
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:20200128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20191213T193509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191213T193509Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Literatures Book Club: ʔbédayine
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Literatures Book Club focuses on work by indigenous writers from around the world. Hosted by Tara McGowan-Ross\, a Mi’kmaq multidisciplinary artist and writer\, the meetings will take place every 4-6 weeks and are open to all. \nFor our January meeting\, we will gather at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss ʔBédayine by Kaitlyn Purcell. \nʔBÉDAYINE\nIn Edmonton\, Ronnie learns what it is to be a young Indigenous woman\, almost-alone in the city; unable to hear herself over its noise\, see through the glare of its lights to find the ground beneath her feet. Stories of addiction\, self-discovery\, and the love of a good friend come together to form ʔbédayine\, Kaitlyn Purcell’s breathtaking debut. \n**We offer a 20% discount on ʔBédayine 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.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-literatures-book-club-%ca%94bedayine/
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:20200123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T003216
CREATED:20200116T155238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T155638Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Matters with christian favreau\, M.W. Jaeggle\, & Rebecca Salazar
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for an evening with poets christian favreau\, M.W. Jaeggle\, and Rebecca Salazar\, exploring questions of trauma\, grief\, healing\, and gratitude.\n\n\n—\n\nWhen: Thursday\, January 23\, 7pm-9pm\nWhere: Anticafé Vieux-Port\, 406 Notre-Dame St. East\, Montreal\, Quebec H2Y 1C8\n\n\n\n\nHow can wellness be imagined for and by survivors of ongoing\, intersectional trauma? Addressing trauma as experienced by individual\, chronically ill bodies and on an ecological scale\, these poems turn to secular ritual and magic as ethical structures that may permit healing to coexist and engage politically with complex harms.\n\n\n\nRebecca Salazar (she/they) is the author of the knife that justifies the wound (Rahila’s Ghost) and Guzzle (Anstruther Press)\, a poetry editor for The Fiddlehead and Plenitude magazines\, and a PhD candidate living on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq peoples.\n\n\n\nYou think that because you understand “one” that you must therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand “and.”—Sufi parable\n\nFor far too long we have othered nature; the distinction between humans and the land has only bolstered illusions of authority and hierarchy. If\, as Phyllis Webb suggested\, poetry cannot change the world\, it can change individual consciousness—starting with the poet’s—in efforts to understand the “and” between “one” and “one.” This reading explores ecological grief\, the responsibility of connection\, and gratitude.\n\n\nchristian favreau is a poet and activist living in Montréal (Tiohtiá:ke). His work has appeared in The McGill Daily Literary Supplement and Vallum. His forthcoming book of poetry with JackPine Press will be available in late 2020.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn “Talking to Grief\,” poet Denise Levertov depicts grief as a stray dog desiring the companionship of the speaker—suggesting that taking ownership of grief transforms both the emotion and those experiencing it. In dialogue with Levertov\, Jaeggle’s Night of the Crash\, a sequence of poems on the death of the narrator’s son\, proposes that wellness is only antithetical to grief when grief is denied its history.\n\n\n\nM.W. Jaeggle’s poetry has appeared in The Antigonish Review\, Contemporary Verse 2\, The Dalhousie Review\, Vallum\, The Veg\, and elsewhere. He is author of two chapbooks\, Janus on the Pacific and The Night of the Crash. While pursuing an MA at McGill\, Mike served as Poetry Editor at Scrivener Creative Review and was awarded the Mona Adilman Prize in poetry. Currently Poetry Editor at Montreal Writes\, he lives in Vancouver.\n\n\n\n—\nFor further information on Poetry Matters\, please see https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/\n\nSuggestions for upcoming sessions very welcome – and please spread the word to any others who might be interested.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-matters-with-christian-favreau-m-w-jaeggle-rebecca-salazar/
LOCATION:Anticafé Vieux-Port\, 406 rue Notre-Dame E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Y 1C8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Tommy Schnurmacher - Atwater Library Lunchtime Series
DESCRIPTION:For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series\, veteran CJAD broadcaster Tommy Schnurmacher discusses his memoir Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother’s Life.  The book tells the story of how his Jewish mother got two top Nazis to save her life and the powerful impact that had on their relationship. \nWith Q&A and discussion.  Coffee and biscuits served.\nCopies of the book will be on sale.\nFREE.  Donations welcome. \nAtwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Ave. at Ste-Catherine (métro Atwater).  514-935-7344.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-library-lunchtime-series/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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SUMMARY:Lisa Robertson Launches The Baudelaire Fractal
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Montreal launch of The Baudelaire Fractal\, the debut novel from acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson! \nTHE BAUDELAIRE FRACTAL\nA debut novel by acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson\, in which a poet realizes she has written the works of Baudelaire. One morning\, the poet Hazel Brown wakes up in a strange hotel room to find that she’s written the complete works of Charles Baudelaire. Surprising as this may be\, it’s no more surprising to Brown than the impossible journey she’s taken to become the writer that she is. Animated by the spirit of the poète maudit\, she shuttles between London\, Vancouver\, Paris\, and the French countryside\, moving fluidly between the early 1980s and the present\, from rented room to rented room\, all the while considering such Baudelairian obsessions as modernity\, poverty\, and the perfect jacket. .. Part memoir\, part magical realism\, part hilarious trash-talking take on contemporary art and the poet’s life\, The Baudelaire Fractal is the long-awaited debut novel by the inimitable Lisa Robertson. \nLISA ROBERTSON\nPoet and essayist Lisa Robertson has held residencies at the California College of the Arts\, Cambridge University; University of California\, Berkeley; UC San Diego; and American University of Paris. Her books include Cinema of the Present\, Debbie: An Epic (nominated for the Governor General’s Award in Canada)\, The Men\, The Weather\, R’s Boat (poetry) and Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture (essays). Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip (Coach House) was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010\, and was longlisted for the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing. She currently lives in France.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lisa-robertson-launches-the-baudelaire-fractal/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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