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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/2020-11-30/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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SUMMARY:Writing About Controversial Topics: Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-about-controversial-topics-nonfiction/2020-11-30/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Storytime /L'heure du conte
DESCRIPTION:Story hour comes to your house — c’est l’heure du conte chez vous! Sit your young ones down to hear the story of Little Girl Gazelle\, who learned to run before she could walk\, as told by author Stéphane Martelly and translator Katia Grubisic. \nFor kids aged 4-8\, in French and English. \nSponsored by Livres Babar Books. \nRegister here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/storytime_heureconte \nSponsored by Livres Babar Books. \n  \nWriter\, painter and scholar\, Stéphane Martelly was born in Port-au-Prince and now lives in Montreal. Through a profoundly transdisciplinary approach\, she confronts theory\, critical reflection and art in her work. She is a professor of creative writing and Research-Creation at Université de Sherbrooke. She is writing a series of fables to think and imagine. Her latest book is L’enfant-gazelle (Remue-Ménage\, 2018)\, Little Girl Gazelle\, translation by Katia Grubisic (LLP\, 2020). \nKatia Grubisic writes poems\, made-up stories\, and a bunch of boring stuff for grownups. She also translates books\, like L’enfant gazelle\, from French to English. // Katia Grubisic écrit des poèmes\, des histoires qu’elle invente dans sa tête\, et plein de choses plates pour les grandes personnes\, et elle traduit aussi des livres\, comme L’enfant gazelle\, du français vers l’anglais.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/storytime-lheure-du-conte/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T210000
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SUMMARY:The Favourite Game: Quebec Literary Trivia
DESCRIPTION:How book-savvy are you? Test your knowledge of all things Quebec lit in this virtual pub quiz (you’ll have to BYOB). Hosted by poet and quizmaster extraordinaire Larissa Andrusyshyn. You can play in teams or on your own\, and there are prizes to be won — books\, of course! \nRegister here: https://bit.ly/35akIGi \n  \nThis event is part of the Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest\, presented by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec and the Quebec Writers’ Federation. Learn more at readquebec.ca \nHow to participate: \n\nDraft a team of up to 3 people and register for the event (you can also play solo or with one other person). You’ll receive a link to join the Zoom event on Saturday the 28th.\nChoose a team name.\nBe ready with a pen and paper\, and remember NO googling! You can have smart friends not smart phones! We will work with the honour system\, honorable as we are.\nMake sure you don’t post answers in the event’s Zoom chat. You’ll need to organize a group chat on the platform of your choice (i.e. text\, Messenger\, Whatapp\, Google Hangouts\, or just pick up the phone!) for the event so you can communicate with your team\, if you don’t live in the same place.\nEach team will elect a captain who records ‘final answers’ for each round on paper.\nThe quiz will be divided into several rounds with breaks between for teams to discuss.\nAnswers will be given after each round and team captains will report scores to the quizmaster.\n\nTop scores will win prizes from our generous donors: Pow Pow Press\, Véhicule Press\, Metonymy Press\, and Drawn & Quarterly. \nGot it? Got it. See you there! \nAbout your host: \nLarissa Andrusyshyn is a writer\, teacher and local quizmaster. Her trivia nights have drawn crowds at many pubs and fundraising events in Montreal and she is the longstanding host of the weekly pub quiz at Ye Olde Orchard Pub in NDG where over the years they’ve collected upwards of $10\, 000 in support of the NDG Food Depot. She is also an avid quiz participant and hopes one day to make an appearance on Jeopardy! where she can carry on the spirit of her inspiration Alex Trebek.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-favourite-game-quebec-literary-trivia/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Read Quebec Book Fair
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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SUMMARY:rushes from the river disappointment Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, November 28 @ 7:30 p.m. (EST)\, via Zoom\, for a virtual book launch and readings with stephanie roberts\, Annick MacAskill\, David O’Meara\, and Zoe Imani Sharpe. \n  \nRegistration is required.\nhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcuGtrjgpH9OYwWEJGqoxbgBMPYJcMdFW?fbclid=IwAR1PNETT8Dp0-96fEerIOEIFhBYlZRegYNoRyvoid_TWf_9-BE-l6d4xDh8 \nSponsored by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/rushes-from-the-river-disappointment-book-launch/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201128T130000
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SUMMARY:A Vehicule Poetry Workshop with Endre Farkas & Carmine Starnino
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by:\nYolk in collaboration with the Quebec Writers’ Federation \nFacilitated by:\nEndre Farkas\, founding member of the Vehicule Poets\nCarmine Starnino\, Poetry Editor at Véhicule Press\n\nCost:$29.95 CAD (scroll down to sign up) \nLimited to thirty participants.‍\n\nIn this one-time\, three-hour workshop\, poets will be divided into two smaller groups (with a maximum of 15). Each group will have a 75-minute workshop with either Endre or Carmine\, then swap and have another 75-minute workshop with the other facilitator. We will then conclude with a brief open mic. All participants will additionally be offered the student-discount rate of $15 to become a member of the QWF.\n\nENDRE FARKAS: Endre Farkas was born in Hungary and is a child of Holocaust survivors. He and his parents escaped during the 1956 uprising and settled in Montreal. His work has always had a political consciousness and has always pushed the boundaries of poetry. Since the 1970s\, he has collaborated with dancers\, musicians and actors to move the poem from page to stage. Still at the forefront of the Quebec English language literary scene – writing\, editing\, publishing and performing – Farkas is the author of eleven books\, including Quotidian Fever: New and Selected Poems (1974-2007). He is the two-time regional winner of the CBC Poetry “Face Off” Competition. His play\, Haunted House\, based on the life and work of the poet A.M. Klein\, was produced in Montreal in 2009. Farkas has given readings throughout Canada\, USA\, Europe and Latin America. His poems have been translated into French and Spanish\, Hungarian\, Italian\, Slovenian and Turkish.\n\nEndre’s “Playshop”: A creative bent poetry playshop with Vehicule poet Endre Farkas. A playshop for those with a creative bent who want to get more bent. The playshop will focus on the creative process\, content and form. It will consist of exercises – individual and collaborative – and the “playshopping” (critiquing) of participants’ poems. A week prior to the playshop participants are asked to: \n\nSubmit two poems (no more than one page each) to themail@yolkliterary.ca\nSelect a favourite line from five to ten of their favourite poems (not their own).\n\n***** \nCARMINE STARNINO: Carmine Starnino has published six collections of poetry\, including This Way Out\, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award in 2009 and recently translated into French by Éditions Hashtag under the title Par Ici La Sortie. His most recent collection is Dirty Words: Selected Poems 1997-2016. His other books include The New Canon: An Anthology of Canadian Poetry and Lazy Bastardism: Essays & Reviews on Contemporary Poetry. He has received numerous awards\, including the Canadian Author’s Association Prize for Poetry\, the F.G. Bressani Prize\, and the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry\, in addition to being shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Prize for the best first book of poetry. \n\nCarmine’s Workshop: Poems can’t exist without some gratuitous delight in words. And when it comes to generating surprising turns of phrase\, good poets are high-stakes gamblers. Poetry is rehabilitative. It’s an art where words\, muffled by monotony of use\, are given a noisier life. If you want your poems to sound like nothing else people have read\, you need to want to uninhibit your language\, to write against the grain of its everyday usage—the ready-made phrases and the serviceable expressions that threaten to flatline your voice. In this workshop\, we’ll be talking about an aspect of poetry that gets too little consideration: its showmanship\, its capacity to grab the reader’s attention. Participants are asked to come to the workshop with a poem that you believe handles language in a distinctive way. The poem should have a voice of its own\, one can’t be confused with anyone else’s. It should have an authority of style that\, even in a few lines\, would allow us to identify it immediately. \nWorkshop facilitators: Endre Farkas (left)\, Carmine Starnino (right)\n\nRegistered participants may cancel their registration and receive a 100% refund\, provided that they do so within 72 hours of the workshop (before November 25th\, 10:00am). \n  \nSIGN UP>>
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-vehicule-poetry-workshop-with-endre-farkas-carmine-starnino/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T203000
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Out Loud at the Read Quebec Holiday Book Fest
DESCRIPTION:Black Writers Out Loud is a series of QWF events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec.  \nThis fourth event in the series is co-produced with the AELAQ\, and features Kaie Kellough in conversation with Canisia Lubrin. These two award-winning authors from the worlds of poetry and prose come together to speak on their craft and all matters human. \nThe conversation will take place on November 27\, 2020 at 7 p.m. EST via Zoom. \n  \nPlease CLICK HERE to RSVP and receive the Zoom link via email.\n========================================================== \nFEATURED ARTIST  \nKaie Kellough is a novelist\, poet\, and sound performer. His work emerges at a crossroads of social engagement and formal experiment. From western Canada\, he lives in Montréal and has  roots in Guyana\, South America.  \nHis books include Dominoes at the Crossroads (short fiction\, Véhicule 2020)\, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and recent winner of the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize\, and Magnetic Equator (poetry\, McClelland and Stewart 2019) winner of  the Griffin Poetry Prize. His novel Accordéon (ARP\, 2016) was a finalist for the Amazon/Walrus  Foundation First Novel Award.   \nKaie’s vocal performance\, recorded audio\, and electronic narrative explore migration and the  suspension of arrival. Since 2011 he has created mixed media compositions with saxophonist  and synthesist Jason Sharp.   \nKaie’s work has traveled internationally\, notably to festivals in the UK\, Australia\, Asia\, the Caribbean\, and continental Europe. He continues to craft new passages.  \nPhoto credit: Kevin Calixte  \n  \nHOST  \nCanisia Lubrin is a writer\, critic\, editor\, and teacher whose most recent book is The Dyzgrapxst (McClelland & Stewart\, 2020) as seen in The New York Times\, Quill & Quire\, Jewish Currents\,  Humber Literary Review\, and elsewhere. Lubrin’s international publications include translations of her work into Spanish\, Italian\, French\, and German. Her writing has been recognized by\,  among others\, the Toronto Book Award\, Journey Prize\, Gerald Lampert\, Pat Lowther\, and the  Writers Trust. Her debut\, Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn\, 2017)\, was named a CBC Best Book and her writing has appeared and is forthcoming in Room\, Brick\, Joyland\, Poetry London\, Poets.org\, blackiris.co\, and elsewhere. Lubrin’s debut collection of short fiction is forthcoming.  She has an MFA from the University of Guelph.  \nPhoto credit: Samuel Engelking
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bwol-4/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Read Quebec Book Fair,Series,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T200000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T220000
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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:20201126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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:20201126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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:20201125T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20200824T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161602Z
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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:20201125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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:20201125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20201117T235350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T134249Z
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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:20201125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20200825T011222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161611Z
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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:20201124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20200824T174407Z
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:20201124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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:20201124T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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/2020-11-24/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20201109T190236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201110T033750Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20201024T171437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171437Z
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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:20201118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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:20201118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
CREATED:20200825T011222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T161611Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T050749
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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