Argo Zoom Reading: Verse, Prose, & Song
2020-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1M3, Montreal, Canada
Argo Zoom Reading : Verse, Prose, & Song – ONLINE

Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Ian Ferrier, Michael Foy, Gloria Macher, Rana Bose, Matt Risk, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Zoe Shaw, Greg Santos, Matthew Rettino, Blossom Thom
Argo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West 514.931.3442
https://www.argobookshop.ca/
Hosted by Moti Lieberman
Curator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca

Please email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link

Infinithéâtre's The Infinite Playwrights' Chat Room
2020-06-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-06-11 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-06-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-05-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-05-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-05-14 17:00 - 18:00
Infinithéâtre invites members of the public across Canada to participate in the development of a series of exciting new plays. Once a week, a work-in-progress will be released on-line in read-only digital format. Our playwrights are looking for your help to write the next draft of their play. You’ll have ten days to read, prepare comments, questions, suggestions and e-mail them back to Infinithéâtre.
This is a genuine dramaturgical process. A live Zoom on-line chat session with the playwright and moderator will take up your suggestions, address questions and provide the writer with fresh inspiration for the new draft.
Paul Van Dyck will kick off with King of Canada on May 14. After that, The Infinite Playwrights’ Chat Room will happen every Thursday at 5PM. Oren Safdie is due up May 21st with Imminent Domain. Other writers to follow: Marianne Ackerman; Alexandria Haber and Ned Cox; David Sherman; and Alice Abracen.
All Chat Rooms will be streamed live on Zoom and Facebook. Visit www.infinitheatre.com for direct links.
For more details, or if you would like to read this week’s play and audit the chat room, please e-mail: ATD@indinitheatre.com

Making a Scene: a Screenwriting Workshop (Live & Online)
2020-06-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
The devil is in the details, and never is that more true than in the movies. The single most important building block to a successful screenplay is a scene, so in this workshop we will explore how to write a great one.
We will discuss how to give each scene a strong arc, making sure that it pushes the overall story forward, while revealing character through action and dialogues. We will discuss how to deal with exposition, character descriptions, action, formatting and finally how to write believable and entertaining dialogues. Participants will workshop scenes from their projects, learning what makes a scene great and what to do to make it even better. The workshop runs for 4 weeks, two hours per session.
Schedule
Thursday, June 18, 2 pm – 4 pm
Thursday, June 25, 2 pm – 4 pm
Thursday, July 2, 2 pm – 4 pm
Thursday, July 9, 2 pm – 4 pm
Wiebke von Carolsfeld is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, who has directed three critically acclaimed theatrical feature films (Marion Bridge, STAY, The Saver), Her films have played at festivals around the world (TIFF, Rotterdam (competition), Karlovy Vary, Sydney, Pusan etc), winning many awards including Best First Feature at TIFF. Claremont, her first novel, was published to much acclaim in the fall of 2019. The German edition, by Kiepenheuer&Witsch, is forthcoming.

QWF Workshop - The Art of Literary Translation
2020-06-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-06-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-06-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1X4, Canada
For those with a solid mastery of French and English, writing ability in English, and an interest in literature.

In this workshop we, will explore literary translation from French to English: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and songs.

We will look at contemporary literature from Quebec and France, as well as some older (nineteenth and twentieth century) texts. Sources may include Gabrielle Roy, Anne Hébert, Annie Ernaux, and Samuel Archibald. We will start by looking at an excerpt of a literary text in French and reading a published English translation of it. What difficulties (such as euphony, voice, word play, and verb tense) did the translator face, and how successful was she or he? At each meeting, there will be time to produce your own translations, often in groups. We will read our work aloud and comment on difficulties and strokes of inspiration. Participants will have the opportunity to translate a further passage from the same work (or from another) as a homework assignment for the next meeting. The corrected assignments provide individual feedback and lead to discussion of the issues encountered.

During the course of the workshop, you’ll be asked to present a passage you have translated,
commenting on the issues it presents, and describing ways of solving these issues. This is an ideal opportunity to begin or pursue a project you intend to submit to a publisher.

Sensational Songwriting: The Art and Craft of Song (Live & Online)
2020-06-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Have you always wanted to write songs but were too intimated? Or, are you a professional songwriter longing for accountability and feedback?
How do we know if an idea is solid enough to inspire a song? What’s the difference between a ballad and a 3 minute pop song? What are our choices when it comes to rhyming schemes and how do we maintain a flow when scanning lyrics to melody? How do we write a thrilling pre-chorus and what makes a song have an impact?
Art is usually not created in a void. We need others for inspiration, tool ideas and feedback. In each session we will learn a new skill, share what we are working on, and gain valuable feedback. Think of this class as part tool building and part market research. See how others respond to your songs to see if you are getting your message across effectively and powerfully.
I teach from a place of positivity, generosity and inspiration. Expect passion, connection and fun!
Schedule
Tuesday, June 16, 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, June 23, 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, June 30, 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, July 7, 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Athena’s music is often compared to Annie Lennox, Adele and Lady Gaga. Her music videos charted #1 on MTV LOGO and her song “Love is Love” won Best Pop Song at the Outmusic Awards. Nominations include Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Humanitarian Songwriter of the Year. She has toured across North America and Europe and shared the stage with Sarah McLachlan, Jim Carrey and Janeane Garofalo. She has released 5 albums and 3 dance EP’s. Her lyrics are on display at the International Museum for Peace and Solidarity in Uzbekistan and she was commissioned to write poetry for the New York Aquarium by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Her music has also been accepted into the New York Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Centre. She holds a BFA in Music from Concordia University, and deepened her craft through master classes at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York.

Authors and Artists Festival (online) June 2020
2020-06-13 11:00 - 14:00, 2020-06-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Online
Each Saturday in June 2020 online from 11:00am-2:00pm; speakers, readers, with art posted on the website: authorsandartistsfestival.wordpress.com
June 6: Lise Weil (lesbian activist and memoirist); Paul Richmond (National Beat Poet Laureate, USA); Deanna Cook (children’s cookbook author); poetry readings
June 13: Archer Mayor (Vermont mystery writer), Cheryl Savageau (Abenaki memoirist), Paul Richmond; poetry readings
June 20: Gretchen Holbrook-Gerzina (writer of African American history), Paul Richmond, Christina Uss (children’s author: bikes, books, persistence); poetry readings
June 27: Ju-Pong Lin (poet, peace activist, folding cranes for peace workshop), Paul Richmond, nature poetry readings
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DUj_BdkcTmGZld6mBHWfOQ
or visit website to register: authorsandartistsfestival.wordpress.com

Shut Up & Write! with QWF
2020-06-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?
Register below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to– via Zoom! Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5 minutes break in between. Once you RSVP, we will send you a Zoom link and instructions.
This event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.
Please note that these sessions are designed for silent writing, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work.

10:00 – 10:25 – Writing 1
10:25 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – 10:55 – Writing 2
10:55 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 11:25 – Writing 3
11:25 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 11:55 – Writing 4
11:55 – 12:00 – Break
12:00 – 12:25 – Writing 5

In order to receive the Zoom link via email, please RSVP using the form below.

QWF Members, you must be logged in to your Member Account in order to check event availability and to access the RSVP form on this page. If you are having any issues with the RSVP form, please email Marian at workshops [AT] qwf [DOT] org and she will be happy to help you.
You must specify that you are reserving 1 (one) spot (by clicking the “0” and using the arrows or typing in the number 1). Don’t forget to enter your name and email address as well.
Please note: the automated ticket you receive via email is just a confirmation that you have successfully RSVP’d; you will receive the actual Zoom link via email the day before the event.

The 2020 QWF Mentorship Reading - ONLINE
2020-06-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
The QWF Mentorship program is designed to help promising emerging writers make the transition to the next stage of their careers. Both mentors and mentees are selected by an independent jury.
Come and celebrate the 2020 QWF Mentorship pairs!
We’re hosting an online event via Zoom, with live readings from our Mentees, and reflections from the Mentors on their experience.
Fiction
April Ford mentoring Lukas Rowland
Robert Sandiford mentoring Michael Foy
Non-fiction
Ian McGillis mentoring Carolyn McPherson
Poetry
Mark Abley mentoring Andrew Middleton
Young Adult Fiction
Sue MacLeod mentoring Maureen Marovitch
Lori Weber mentoring Lea Beddia
As part of the 2020 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship Program:
Gillian Sze mentoring Faith Paré (Poetry)
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Free, and open to all!
Join us on Sunday, June 7 @ 1-4 p.m.
In order to receive the Zoom link via email, please RSVP using the form below.

Don’t forget to enter your name, email address, and specify the number of spots you are reserving (by clicking the “0” and using the arrows or typing in a new number value).
Please note: the automated ticket you receive via email is just a confirmation; you will receive the actual Zoom link via email the day before the event.

Meet the author : Simon Boulerice
2020-05-30 13:30 - 15:00 | Bibliothèque de Pierrefonds, 13 555 Boulevard de Pierrefonds, Pierrefonds, Qc, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Olivia, H9A 1A6, Canada
Passionnée de littérature, de théâtre et de poésie, Simon Boulerice vous raconte son parcours créatif semé d’embûches.
Passionate about literature, theatre and poetry, Simon Boulerice describes his creative journey and the pitfalls he encountere along the way.

Shut Up & Write! with QWF
2020-05-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?
Register below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to– via Zoom! Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5 minutes break in between. Once you RSVP, we will send you a Zoom link and instructions.
This event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.
Please note that these sessions are designed for silent writing, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work.

10:00 – 10:25 – Writing 1
10:25 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – 10:55 – Writing 2
10:55 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 11:25 – Writing 3
11:25 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 11:55 – Writing 4
11:55 – 12:00 – Break
12:00 – 12:25 – Writing 5

Note: QWF Members, you must be logged in to your Member Account in order to check event availability and to access the RSVP form on this page. If you are having any issues with the RSVP form, please email Marian at workshops [AT] qwf [DOT] org and she will be happy to help you.

Atwater Poetry Project Online presents Ben Ladouceur & K.B. Thors
2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Crowdcast here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/app-online
For our final Atwater Poetry Project Online in Spring 2020, APP is delighted to present Ben Ladouceur (Otter/Mad Long Emotion ) and K.B. Thors (Vulgar Mechanics).
Join us on Crowdcast 7 – 8pm (EDT) on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, for reading and discussion with the poets.
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The Atwater Poetry Project has run as a live poetry reading series at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre since 2004, hosting over 280 readings. It takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.
The Atwater Poetry Project is made possible with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.

QWF Workshop - Writing Long: The Novel
2020-05-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-05-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1X4, Canada
Registration for this workshop is TBA!

Shut Up & Write! with QWF
2020-05-16 10:00 - 12:30, 2020-05-09 10:00 - 12:30 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?
Register 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. Once you RSVP, we will send you a Zoom link and instructions.
This event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.
Please note that these sessions are designed for silent writing, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work.

10:00 – 10:25 – Writing 1
10:25 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – 10:55 – Writing 2
10:55 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 11:25 – Writing 3
11:25 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 11:55 – Writing 4
11:55 – 12:00 – Break
12:00 – 12:25 – Writing 5

Note: QWF Members, you must be logged in to your Member Account in order to check event availability and to access the RSVP form on this page. If you are having any issues with the RSVP form, please email Marian at workshops [AT] qwf [DOT] org and she will be happy to help you.

Anna Sommer and Catherine Ocelot Conundrum double launch
2020-05-14 18:00 - 21:00 | La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 176 Bernard West, Montréal, Québec, H2T2K2, Canada
Join Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and Conundrum Press as we celebrate the release of The Unknown by Anna Sommer, and Art Life by Catherine Ocelot. Featuring presentations by Sommer and Ocelot, alongside translators Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen.
THE UNKNOWN
A story of deceit, self-deception, and the search for happiness
When Helen finds a newborn abandoned in a changing room in her boutique, she decides to keep the baby nestled in a cardboard box and hidden from her husband.
After Vicky is talked into sex work by her boarding school roommate, Wanda, all of Vicky’s secrets–including her affair with their history teacher and her pregnancy–are quickly uncovered.
As the two narratives converge, coincidences and secrets are revealed. Incisive, wicked and breezily unconcerned by taboos, Anna Sommer lets readers put together the pieces of her morally ambiguous fable.
The Unknown is the English language translation of Sommer’s L’Inconnu, a French language edition published by Les Cahiers Dessinés. In 2018, L’Inconnu was nominated for a prize at the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival.
ART LIFE
Winner of the Prix Bédélys (Best comic in Quebec)
Shortlisted for the Quebec booksellers award 2018 in the graphic novel category (Prix des libraires)
Catherine Ocelot wonders about her place as an artist, digging into the layers of what it means to live this Art Life. In her search for answers, she talks with seven artists from different disciplines who express their doubts, their struggles, their ambitions and their sometimes-wise and sometimes-funny observations. The author stages these encounters with finesse and wit, and echoes them with scenes from her own life. Art Life is a tragicomic tale tinged with fantasy that explores the impact of others on oneself, led by an artist who slowly comes to understand herself.

Atwater Poetry Project Online presents...Chantal Gibson
2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:00
The Atwater Poetry Project Online is delighted to present Chantal Gibson!
CROWDCAST LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/app-online-chantal
Join us on Crowdcast on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, from 7 – 8pm (EDT). Chantal will be reading from her debut collection ‘How She Read’ (Caitlin Press, shortlisted for the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize and winner of the 2020 Pat Lowther Memorial Award) and in conversation with APP curator Rachel McCrum.
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The Atwater Poetry Project has run as a live poetry reading series at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre since 2004, hosting over 280 readings. It takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.
The Atwater Poetry Project is made possible with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.

Making a Scene: A Screenwriting Workshop [Live & Online]
2020-05-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
The devil is in the details, and never is that more true than in the movies. The single most important building block to a successful screenplay is a scene, so in this workshop we will explore how to write a great one.
We will discuss how to give each scene a strong arc, making sure that it pushes the overall story forward, while revealing character through action and dialogues. We will discuss how to deal with exposition, character descriptions, action, formatting and finally how to write believable and entertaining dialogues. Participants will workshop scenes from their projects, learning what makes a scene great and what to do to make it even better The workshop runs for 4 weeks, two hours per session.
Who Should Take This Workshop?
This workshop is open to any experience level. Small groups ensure that each student has their voice heard and their needs met. Whether you’re looking to connect over shared interests, develop your craft, or looking for feedback on a project, this is the workshop for you.
Wiebke von Carolsfeld is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, who has directed three critically acclaimed theatrical feature films (Marion Bridge, STAY, The Saver), Her films have played at festivals around the world (TIFF, Rotterdam (competition), Karlovy Vary, Sydney, Pusan etc), winning many awards including Best First Feature at TIFF. Claremont, her first novel, was published to much acclaim in the fall of 2019. The German edition, by Kiepenheuer&Witsch, is forthcoming.
Please Note
Live and participatory, these video conference workshops are limited to 4-8 participants, to ensure everyone gets the most out of each session. Participants are expected to attend all four weekly sessions.
Flexible Scheduling and Registration
Three possible schedules, to be confirmed:
Schedule A: Tuesday, April 21, May 5, 12, 19, from 10 am – 12 pm
Schedule B: TBD
Schedule C: Wednesday, May 13, 20, June 3,10, from 3 pm – 5 pm
Use the ticket link to pick your preferred schedule(s). Based on the sign-ups we receive we’ll coordinate the workshop schedule and send you an invite (within 7 days). If you agree to join, then it’s booked and we’ll send an invoice for $100.
Software
Since this workshop takes place online, participants will need to download Zoom for video conferencing and have access to a laptop.
Click here to download Zoom: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting

QWF Workshop - Poetry Workshop: Tentacular Thinking & Writing
2020-05-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1X4, Canada
