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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T162108Z
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SUMMARY:The Essentials of Starting Your Own Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-essentials-of-starting-your-own-podcast/2020-11-14/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201115T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201115T213000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Out Loud Sunday
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday at 8PM the Words & Music Show comes to you from the Sala Rossa with a special ONLINE show featuring some of Montreal’s top poets and spoken word artists in performance.\n\n\nThe event will feature performances by:\nRoen Higgins\nFabrice Koffy\nFaith Paré\nJason (Blackbird) Selman\n\n==============================\n\nCatch it on video at\nhttps://vimeo.com/477228659\n\n\nIf you’d like to join the party\, we’ll also be simulcasting to Zoom from 7:50PM at our usual address:\nhttps://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/3772249115\n\n==============================\n\nThis show is sponsored by the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, SpokenWeb\, Throw Collective and Wired on Words Productions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/black-writers-out-loud-sunday/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201202T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201112T222510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T222510Z
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SUMMARY:Kama La Mackerel's ZOM-FAM Book Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join Kama La Mackerel\, the poet behind the debut lyric poetry collection ZOM-FAM\, for their cross-continental book tour! In virtual venues from Halifax to Vancouver\, with special guests including Jillian Christmas and jes sachse\, Kama’s My Body Is the Ocean Tour will take place on dates between November 16th and December 2nd\, 2020. Find one that works for you. \nABOUT ZOM-FAM:\nIn their debut poetry collection\, Kama La Mackerel mythologizes a queer/trans narrative of and for their home island\, Mauritius. Multiply voiced and imbued with complex storytelling\, ZOM-FAM showcases a fluid narrative that summons ancestral voices\, femme tongues\, broken colonial languages and a tender queer subjectivity\, all of which grapple with the legacy of plantation servitude. \nKAMA LA MACKEREL is a Montreal-based Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist\, educator\, writer\, community-arts facilitator and literary translator who works within and across performance\, photography\, installations\, textiles\, digital art and literature. Kama’s work is grounded in the exploration of justice\, love\, healing\, decoloniality\, hybridity\, cosmopolitanism and self- and collective-empowerment.\nlamackerel.net\n@KamaLaMackerel \nClosed captioning will be included for most events. Please support the local bookseller hosts by getting a copy of the book through them. Please contact Metonymy Press with any accessibility requests or questions about events.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/kama-la-mackerels-zom-fam-book-tour/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metonymy Press":MAILTO:publish@metonymypress.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200820T162106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161527Z
UID:10002284-1605549600-1605556800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing About Controversial Topics: Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-about-controversial-topics-nonfiction/2020-11-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T161429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161916Z
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SUMMARY:Remembering: The Art and Craft of Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/remembering-the-art-and-craft-of-memoir/2020-11-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200901T155754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T160346Z
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SUMMARY:Take a Second Look: Poetry Editing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An early draft is often a diamond in the rough. Writers polish their writing through revision. Whether you’re writing for your personal archives or publication\, taking a second look at your work will create tighter writing. \nDuring the workshop\, we will discuss three features of a poem—words\, lines\, and titles. We will look at poems by acclaimed poets for practical examples of our discussion. Participants will revise three poems. Before the start of the workshop\, participants will be asked to send Blossom three poems they plan to edit during the workshop. \nBlossom Thom is a poet and editor. She is the author of #HashtagRelief (Gaspereau Press\, 2017) and her poetry has appeared during art collaborations and in literary magazines and anthologies including Poetic Notions: A Weaving of Poetry and Visual Arts\, Kola: A Black Literary Magazine\, and Montréal Serai. A mentorship with George Elliott Clarke set the groundwork for her work-in-progress and was supported by a Professional Development for Artists Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. \nPlease see event link for further details.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/take-a-second-look-poetry-editing-workshop/2020-11-17/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sur Place Media":MAILTO:info@surplace.co
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T164714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161909Z
UID:10002304-1605636000-1605643200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing Memorable Characters for the Screen
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-memorable-characters-for-the-screen/2020-11-17/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201030T163150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T164712Z
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SUMMARY:Librairie D+Q presents Kama La Mackerel launching ZOM-FAM
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the virtual launch of Kama La Mackerel‘s debut poetry collection ZOM-FAM! \nWhere and How Can I purchase the books? Why our webstore of course… We ship Canada-wide!\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/webstore \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support 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. Your support is appreciated. \nZOM-FAM\nIn their debut poetry collection\, Kama La Mackerel mythologizes a queer/trans narrative of and for their home island\, Mauritius. Composed of expansive lyric poems\, ZOM-FAM (meaning “man-woman” or “transgender” in Mauritian Kreol) is a voyage into the coming of age of a gender-creative child growing up in the 80s and 90s on the plantation island\, as they seek vocabularies for loving and honouring their queer/trans self amidst the legacy of colonial silences. Multiply voiced and imbued with complex storytelling\, ZOM-FAM showcases a fluid narrative that summons ancestral voices\, femme tongues\, broken colonial languages\, and a tender queer subjectivity\, all of which grapple with the legacy of plantation servitude.\nEmerging from a creative process in spoken word and live performance\, these poems transform the page into a stage where the queer femme body is written and mapped onto the colonial space of the home/island. Interwoven with Kreol\, ZOM-FAM showcases a unique lyrical sensibility\, a musicality influenced by the both unforgiving and soothing rhythms of the ocean\, where the poet enunciates the complexity of their displaced Indo-African roots\, “the lineage of silence / that we weave in-between our intimacies.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/librairie-dq-presents-kama-la-mackerel-launching-zom-fam/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T174407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161901Z
UID:10002312-1605643200-1605650400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Review\, Refine\, Submit:  Strategies for Writing Short Prose
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/review-refine-submit-strategies-for-writing-short-prose/2020-11-17/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200825T011222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161611Z
UID:10002336-1605722400-1605729600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Silver Pins: Novel Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/silver-pins-novel-writing-workshop/2020-11-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201024T171640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171640Z
UID:10002416-1605726000-1605731400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Local Reads Book Club - The Philistine
DESCRIPTION:Discover and discuss books written and published in Quebec at our newest book club\, Local Reads. \nThe club is hosted by Malek Yalaoui.\nA Montreal-based writer\, advocate and public speaker\, Malek Yalaoui has been called many things but the most frequent of these is “force to be reckoned with.” \nFor our next meeting\, November 18th\, we’ll be reading The Philistine by Leila Marshy. Presented by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) and The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book? Our webstore is here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide! \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support 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. Your support is appreciated. \n/////////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE PHILISTINE \nNadia Eid doesn’t know it yet\, but she’s about to change her life. It’s the end of the ’80s and she hasn’t seen her Palestinian father since he left Montreal years ago to take a job in Egypt\, promising to bring her with him. But now she’s twenty-five and he’s missing in action\, so she takes matters into her own hands. Booking a short vacation from her boring job and Québecois boyfriend\, she calls her father from the Nile Hilton in downtown Cairo. But nothing goes as planned and\, stumbling around\, Nadia wanders into an art gallery where she meets Manal\, a young Egyptian artist who becomes first her guide and then her lover. Through this unexpected relationship\, Nadia rediscovers her roots\, her language\, and her ambitions\, as her father demonstrates the unavoidable destiny of becoming a Philistine – the Arabic word for Palestinian. With Manal’s career poised to take off and her father’s secret life revealed\, the First Intifada erupts across the border. Nadia needs to decide what all this has to do with her.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/local-reads-book-club-the-philistine/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161602Z
UID:10002320-1605729600-1605736800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing What We Don’t (Yet) Know: Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-what-we-dont-yet-know-fiction/2020-11-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201024T171437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171437Z
UID:10002415-1605812400-1605817800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Margaret Atwood and Lorna Crozier double launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual launch for Margaret Atwood and Lorna Crozier! \nPurchase a copy of Dearly or Through the Garden to receive access to this exclusive virtual event.\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions. \nWhere and how can I purchase the books?\nWhy our webstore of course… We’ve got signed copies & we ship Canada-wide!\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support 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. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/margaret-atwood-and-lorna-crozier-double-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T234757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161527Z
UID:10002328-1605816000-1605823200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Crafty Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/crafty-poetry/2020-11-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201109T190236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201110T033750Z
UID:10002426-1605895200-1605902400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Young Readers Book Club - Keeper of the Lost Cities
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Young Readers book club\, hosted by Caleb! This month’s pick is the novel Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. \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. \n///////////////////////////////////////\nVIRTUAL MEETING – VIA ZOOM\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89010540373\nMeeting ID: 890 1054 0373\nPassword: Please write librairie@drawnandquarterly.com to request\n/////////////////////////////////////// \nWhere/how do I order this book? Via our online store of course!\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/webstore \nWe’re shipping Canada wide and delivering in certain area codes close to the bookstore!\n*By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support 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. Your support is appreciated. \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nKEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES\nIn this riveting series opener\, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first.\nTwelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school\, but she’s not comfortable with her family\, either. The reason? Sophie’s a Telepath\, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret—at least\, that’s what she thinks…\nBut the day Sophie meets Fitz\, a mysterious (and adorable) boy\, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too\, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that\, well…she isn’t. Fitz opens Sophie’s eyes to a shocking truth\, and she is forced to leave behind her family for a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known.\nBut Sophie still has secrets\, and they’re buried deep in her memory for good reason: The answers are dangerous and in high-demand. What is her true identity\, and why was she hidden among humans? The truth could mean life or death—and time is running out.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/young-readers-book-club-keeper-of-the-lost-cities/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200825T194813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T162108Z
UID:10002340-1605963600-1605974400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Essentials of Starting Your Own Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-essentials-of-starting-your-own-podcast/2020-11-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200820T162106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161527Z
UID:10002285-1606154400-1606161600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing About Controversial Topics: Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-about-controversial-topics-nonfiction/2020-11-23/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Rosen-headshot-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T161429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161916Z
UID:10002296-1606161600-1606168800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Remembering: The Art and Craft of Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/remembering-the-art-and-craft-of-memoir/2020-11-23/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200901T155754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T160346Z
UID:10002350-1606226400-1606233600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Take a Second Look: Poetry Editing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An early draft is often a diamond in the rough. Writers polish their writing through revision. Whether you’re writing for your personal archives or publication\, taking a second look at your work will create tighter writing. \nDuring the workshop\, we will discuss three features of a poem—words\, lines\, and titles. We will look at poems by acclaimed poets for practical examples of our discussion. Participants will revise three poems. Before the start of the workshop\, participants will be asked to send Blossom three poems they plan to edit during the workshop. \nBlossom Thom is a poet and editor. She is the author of #HashtagRelief (Gaspereau Press\, 2017) and her poetry has appeared during art collaborations and in literary magazines and anthologies including Poetic Notions: A Weaving of Poetry and Visual Arts\, Kola: A Black Literary Magazine\, and Montréal Serai. A mentorship with George Elliott Clarke set the groundwork for her work-in-progress and was supported by a Professional Development for Artists Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. \nPlease see event link for further details.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/take-a-second-look-poetry-editing-workshop/2020-11-24/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/banner_faces_sept2020-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Sur Place Media":MAILTO:info@surplace.co
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T164714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161909Z
UID:10002305-1606240800-1606248000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing Memorable Characters for the Screen
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-memorable-characters-for-the-screen/2020-11-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201024T170331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171243Z
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: Talking Animals
DESCRIPTION:The New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly staff members. The book club meetings take place every few weeks on ZOOM\, and are open to all. \nFor our November 24th meeting\, we will meet virtually at 7 pm to discuss Talking Animals by Joni Murphy. \n‘Where can I purchase the book?’ – From our online store of course!\nmtl.drawnandquarterly.com \nBy purchasing your book from 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. Your support is appreciated. \n///////////////////////////////////////////////// \nTALKING ANIMALS\nA fable for our times\, Joni Murphy’s Talking Animals takes place in an all-animal world where creatures rather like us are forced to deal with an all-too-familiar landscape of soul-crushing jobs\, polluted oceans\, and a creeping sense of doom. It’s New York City\, nowish. Lemurs brew espresso. Birds tend bar. There are bears on Wall Street\, and a billionaire racehorse is mayor. Sea creatures are viewed with fear and disgust and there’s chatter about building a wall to keep them out. Alfonzo is a moody alpaca. His friend Mitchell is a sociable llama. They both work at City Hall\, but their true passions are noise music and underground politics. Partly to meet girls\, partly because the world might be ending\, these lowly bureaucrats embark on an unlikely mission to expose the corrupt system that’s destroying the city from within. Their project takes them from the city’s bowels to its extremities\, where they encounter the Sea Equality Revolutionary Front\, who are either a group of dangerous radicals or an inspiring liberation movement. In this novel\, at last\, nature kvetches and grieves\, while talking animals offer us a kind of solace in the guise of dumb jokes. This is mass extinction as told by BoJack Horseman. This is The Fantastic Mr. Fox journeying through Kafka’s Amerika. This is dogs and cats\, living together. Talking Animals is an urgent allegory about friendship\, art\, and the elemental struggle to change one’s life under the low ceiling of capitalism.”Joni Murphy’s inventive and beautiful allegory depicts a city enmeshed in climate collapse\, blinded to the signs of its imminent destruction by petty hatreds and monstrous greed: that is\, the world we are living in now. Talking Animals is an Orwellian tale of totalitarianism in action\, but the animals on this farm are much cuter\, and they make better puns.” —Chris Kraus\, author of I Love Dick and After Kathy Acke
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-talking-animals/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161901Z
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SUMMARY:Review\, Refine\, Submit:  Strategies for Writing Short Prose
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/review-refine-submit-strategies-for-writing-short-prose/2020-11-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200825T011222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161611Z
UID:10002337-1606327200-1606334400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Silver Pins: Novel Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/silver-pins-novel-writing-workshop/2020-11-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201117T235350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T134249Z
UID:10002433-1606330800-1606334400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Rapid-Fire Reading\, Ricochet Writing: Holiday Book Fest Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest with an online version of this much-loved\, fast-paced literary variety show. \nFifteen writers from a range of genres will keep things hopping by reading from their new work—for only two minutes each! After each writer reads\, they will contribute to a collaborative text that will be read aloud at the end of the show—with élan!—by host Nisha Coleman. \nWith: Breezy\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, April Ford\, Nathan Caro Frechette\, Dani Jansen\, Andreas Kessaris\, Richard King\, Justin Ling\, Rachel McCrum\, Saleema Nawaz\, Hazel Jane Plante\, stephanie roberts\, Greg Santos\, Lauren Turner. \nSponsored by Penguin Random House Canada.\nLive transcription available.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/rapid-fire-reading-ricochet-writing-holiday-book-fest-edition/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events,Read Quebec Book Fair
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201024T170125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T170125Z
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: Paying the Land
DESCRIPTION:Join our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online every month to discuss contemporary Graphic Novels!\nAt our next meeting\, Wednesday November 25th\, at 7 PM EST\, we’ll discuss PAYING THE LAND by Joe Sacco. \nBy purchasing your book from our online store — mtl.drawnandquarterly.com — you help support community 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. Your support is appreciated. \n/////////////////////////////////////////// \nPAYING THE LAND \nThe Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial\, by their account. To the Dene\, the land owns them\, not the other way around\, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources\, including oil\, gas\, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment\, but also road-building\, pipelines\, and toxic waste\, which scarred the landscape\, and alcohol\, drugs\, and debt\, which deformed a way of life.\nIn Paying the Land\, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture.\nAgainst a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale\, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs\, activists and priests\, to tell a sweeping story about money\, dependency\, loss\, and culture—recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-paying-the-land/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161602Z
UID:10002321-1606334400-1606341600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing What We Don’t (Yet) Know: Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-what-we-dont-yet-know-fiction/2020-11-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201117T235526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T000006Z
UID:10002434-1606417200-1606420800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:mRb Fall Issue Launch
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Kama La Mackerel\, Carmine Starnino\, and Eva Crocker.\nLive transcription available.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mrb-fall-issue-launch/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201111T175759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T175759Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:GRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Sue Sinclair\, Peter Richardson\, Mirabel \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\nToutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\nLa poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\nLe poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails.\nContactez-nous pour vous inscrire et recevoir le lien Zoom: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com \n============================================================ \nFREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Sue Sinclair\, Peter Richardson\, Mirabel \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems\nPoet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\nPoet reads poem a final time \nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-7/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20200824T234757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161527Z
UID:10002329-1606420800-1606428000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Crafty Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/crafty-poetry/2020-11-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T031930
CREATED:20201109T201607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201109T201607Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Felix Ever After
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our pick of October is FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender. No older participants\, please. \nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5 — all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nVIRTUAL MEETING – VIA ZOOM\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86315097836\nMeeting ID: 863 1509 7836\nPasscode to be posted at a later date. \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nWhere/how do I order this book? Via our online store of course!\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nWe’re shipping Canada wide and delivering in certain area codes close to the bookstore!\n*By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support 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. Your support is appreciated. \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nFELIX EVER AFTER\nFelix Love has never been in love—and\, yes\, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that\, even though he is proud of his identity\, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black\, queer\, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.\nWhen an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle….\nBut as he navigates his complicated feelings\, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.\nFelix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity\, falling in love\, and recognizing the love you deserve.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-felix-ever-after/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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