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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Cora Siré\, "Not in Vain You've Sent Me Light"
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, May 13th at 7 pm\, Argo Bookshop will be hosting the virtual launch of a new poetry collection by Cora Siré with readings and a conversation with Montréal poet\, Deanna Radford. The event is free\, open to all\, and will be captioned. RSVP required.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-cora-sire-not-in-vain-youve-sent-me-light/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T201250Z
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-13/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T173000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210419T164134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T164134Z
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SUMMARY:Popular Writing for Academics with Colleen Kimmett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for scientists\, researchers\, and those who want to bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to a wider audience. Over four weeks\, you’ll learn about key differences in academic and popular writing\, tools for narrowing down and shaping ideas\, practical writing techniques\, and where and how to pitch non-academic writing. Participants have the option of joining an additional six-week intensive workshop focused on developing a specific piece from beginning to end. \nWorkshop sessions are online through Zoom videoconference. \nSchedule: Thursdays\, April 22\, 29\, May 6\, 13 from 4 pm – 5:30 pm
URL:https://qwf.org/event/popular-writing-for-academics-with-colleen-kimmett/2021-05-13/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210513T200953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T201250Z
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-12/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T213000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210415T144131Z
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club : Shadow Life
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL BOOKCLUB – VIA ZOOM\nMeeting ID: 851 9582 0739\nPasscode: 549434 \nJoin our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online every month to discuss contemporary Graphic Novels!\nAt our next meeting\, Tuesday\, May 11th\, at 8 PM ET\, we’ll discuss Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann Xu. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3g1gIhb \nMore info on our webstore 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/////////////////////////////////////////// \nSHADOW LIFE\nWhen Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home\, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try\, but it’s not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment\, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small\, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases\, eating what she wants\, and swimming in the community pool. But something has followed her from her former residence—Death’s shadow. \nKumiko’s sweet life is shattered when Death’s shadow swoops in to collect her. With her quick mind and sense of humor\, Kumiko\, with the help of friends new and old\, is prepared for the fight of her life. But how long can an old woman thwart fate?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-shadow-life/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201214T164116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155731Z
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SUMMARY:Media Relations 101 for the Arts – The Basics in a Six-Hour Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/media-relations-101-for-the-arts-the-basics-in-a-six-hour-workshop/2021-05-11/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T120000
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CREATED:20210226T205613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T211116Z
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SUMMARY:Elixir of Life: A Free Verse Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Emotions are like water\, they can be a stream or a tsunami. This workshop will examine what it means to flow around obstacles. How do we truly examine and express our emotions and their root causes in a way that brings balance to our mental health? How do we do this through a poetry-writing and editing process that is healing? Participants should be prepared to contemplate\, experiment\, question\, write fresh autobiographical work\, give and receive feedback\, co-create safe space and predict the future of humankind. Presented by the Atwater Writers Exhibition. \nWorkshop will be held on ZOOM. Space is limited. Register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. \nWorkshop leader Tawhida Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québécoise poet\, author and artist. Her poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018); her novel\, Book of Wings\, is from Véhicule Press. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she has performed abroad and released studio albums and videopoems. In 2013\, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, receiving the Golden Beret Award. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency\, sits on the QWF board of directors and produces interarts events. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/elixir-of-life-a-free-verse-poetry-workshop/2021-05-11/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210306T232059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T232059Z
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SUMMARY:Parliament of Owls
DESCRIPTION:Online research residency for writers and artists to learn about birds in a small group. We will meet ornithologists and birders from around the world.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/parliament-of-owls/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210509T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210509T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201215T025219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155315Z
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SUMMARY:The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lighter-side-of-memoir-writing/2021-05-09/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210415T144851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210415T144851Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song Thursday  \nMay 6\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free \nFeaturing: Harold Hoefle\, Ilona Martonfi\, Gloria Macher\, Zoe Shaw\, John Kerkhoven\, Susan Doherty\, Sandra Sjollema\, H. Nigel Thomas \nHosts: Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442 \nCurator: Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \n\nPlease email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link\n\nHarold Hoefle is a poet; his collection\, The Night Chorus\, was published in 2018 by McGill-Queen’s University Press.\nInternational Award Winner\, Gloria Macher has published 6 books and also in The Nashwaak Review\, In/Words Magazine and Kola Magazine.\nZoe Shaw is a writer and editor from Montreal. She is the Managing Editor of carte blanche.\nIlona Martonfi is an editor\, poet\, curator & activist\, her most recent poetry book is Salt Bride (Inanna\, 2019). Forthcoming\, The Tempest (Inanna\, 2022).\nJohn Kerkhoven is a blues and roots harmonica player and singer. Among his current projects is an exploration of fiddle tunes.\nSusan Doherty is the winner of the QWF’s Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction 2019 for The Ghost Garden (Random House Canada).\nSandra Sjollema is a widely published poet and the author of two poetry chapbooks\, including Life times two (Cactus Press\, forthcoming).\nH. Nigel Thomas is an award-winning author of dozens of essays and books. His latest book is the novel Easily Fooled.\n\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-thursday/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210330T174142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T174603Z
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SUMMARY:Librairie D+Q presents Lee Lai launching Stone Fruit
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of Lee Lai‘s debut original graphic novel\, Stone Fruit. Lee is joined in conversation by poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch.\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/39pON6B\nMore information about the event here: https://bit.ly/3dhAS3p \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/librairie-dq-presents-lee-lai-launching-stone-fruit/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T173000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210419T164134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T164134Z
UID:10002618-1620316800-1620322200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Popular Writing for Academics with Colleen Kimmett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for scientists\, researchers\, and those who want to bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to a wider audience. Over four weeks\, you’ll learn about key differences in academic and popular writing\, tools for narrowing down and shaping ideas\, practical writing techniques\, and where and how to pitch non-academic writing. Participants have the option of joining an additional six-week intensive workshop focused on developing a specific piece from beginning to end. \nWorkshop sessions are online through Zoom videoconference. \nSchedule: Thursdays\, April 22\, 29\, May 6\, 13 from 4 pm – 5:30 pm
URL:https://qwf.org/event/popular-writing-for-academics-with-colleen-kimmett/2021-05-06/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T213000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210415T143840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210415T143840Z
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club - Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
DESCRIPTION:VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 845 5830 7388\nPasscode: 024605 \nCome discuss the best new Non-Fiction books with our True Reads book club! This month\, we’ll be discussing Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3fSab8f \nMore info on our webstore 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//////////////////////////////////////////////\nGAY BAR: WHY WE WENT OUT\nStrobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses\, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression—whatever your scene\, whoever you’re seeking. But in urban centers around the world\, they are closing\, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What was the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it?\nIn Gay Bar\, the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life\, with each club\, pub\, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball\, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today’s fluid queer spaces; through glory holes\, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. He charts police raids and riots\, posing and passing out—and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever.\nThe journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity—a tale of liberation\, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. Elegiac\, randy\, and sparkling with wry wit\, Gay Bar is at once a serious critical inquiry\, a love story and an epic night out to remember.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-gay-bar-why-we-went-out/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201214T164116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155731Z
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SUMMARY:Media Relations 101 for the Arts – The Basics in a Six-Hour Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/media-relations-101-for-the-arts-the-basics-in-a-six-hour-workshop/2021-05-04/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201215T025219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155315Z
UID:10002514-1619964000-1619971200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lighter-side-of-memoir-writing/2021-05-02/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210301T161531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T161554Z
UID:10002568-1619805600-1619811000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Shadow and Bone
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL MEETING – VIA ZOOM\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82936206716\nMeeting ID: 829 3620 6716\nPasscode: 093093 \nJoin us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our April pick is Shadow and Boneby Leigh Bardugo. No olds\, 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. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind it here: https://bit.ly/2P7Cft0 \nMore info on our webstore 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.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-shadow-and-bone/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T040630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155955Z
UID:10002489-1619726400-1619733600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction: Creating and Writing Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-creating-and-writing-alternative-worlds/2021-04-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210422T145017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T145017Z
UID:10002623-1619722800-1619730000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Fight the Power
DESCRIPTION:English will follow. \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Hugh Hazelton\, Deanna Smith\, Rana Bose \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: Hugh Hazelton\, Deanna Smith\, Rana Bose \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-fight-the-power/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T035748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155946Z
UID:10002481-1619719200-1619726400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Three-Act Theory of Life (and Screenwriting)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Details TBA! \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-three-act-theory-of-life-and-screenwriting/2021-04-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T173000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210419T164134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T164134Z
UID:10002617-1619712000-1619717400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Popular Writing for Academics with Colleen Kimmett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for scientists\, researchers\, and those who want to bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to a wider audience. Over four weeks\, you’ll learn about key differences in academic and popular writing\, tools for narrowing down and shaping ideas\, practical writing techniques\, and where and how to pitch non-academic writing. Participants have the option of joining an additional six-week intensive workshop focused on developing a specific piece from beginning to end. \nWorkshop sessions are online through Zoom videoconference. \nSchedule: Thursdays\, April 22\, 29\, May 6\, 13 from 4 pm – 5:30 pm
URL:https://qwf.org/event/popular-writing-for-academics-with-colleen-kimmett/2021-04-29/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T034715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160109Z
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SUMMARY:Fiction: Reconstructions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiction-reconstructions-of-reality/2021-04-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210405T142125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210405T142300Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Annual General Meeting of the Quebec Writers’ Federation will be held \n            DATE/TIME:             Wednesday\, April 28\, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. \n            PLACE:                     Zoom (register to receive link) \nAt the meeting\, the President will review the year’s activities and the Executive Director will present the financial report. An election will be held for the Board of Directors for the coming year – April 2021 to April 2022.  If you wish to to nominate someone for a position on the Board\, or to put your own name forward\, please send in a completed nomination form (request a form from riley@qwf.org) by Wednesday\, April 7. \nPlease note that you must be a member in good standing to be eligible to run for the board\, nominate someone for the board\, or vote at the AGM. \nOn the agenda: \n\n       Schmoozing from 7:00 to 7:15\n       Report from the QWF President\, Christopher DiRaddo\n       Financial report\, presented by the Executive Director\n       Election or acclamation of new Board of Directors\n\nRegistration: \nTo register\, please send an email to riley@qwf.org with “AGM” in the subject line. Be sure to include your full name in the body of the message. You will receive a Zoom link to participate in the week before the meeting. \n                               \nJoin your board at the Annual Meeting and bring your ideas! \nFind out about volunteer opportunities! \nEnjoy the social interaction!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T033440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160220Z
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SUMMARY:Telling Tales: Long-form Journalism for Mainstream Media
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/telling-tales-long-form-journalism-for-mainstream-media/2021-04-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T032204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160231Z
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SUMMARY:Beginnings\, Openings\, Origins: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/beginnings-openings-origins-a-poetry-workshop/2021-04-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210401T174750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210401T174750Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Launch: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne and Exhibitionist by Molly-Cross Blanchard
DESCRIPTION:Join Coach House Books on April 27th at 8PM EST for the launch of two amazing collections of poetry: Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard and Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne. There will be readings from both poets followed by a discussion and your chance to ask a question.\n\n\n \nAbout the books:\n \n\nCamus’s Meursault and Thelma and Louise meet up under the blazing sun. Vexed by the ‘unremarkable star’ that ‘presses’ Camus’s Meursault to commit murder\, Because the Sun considers the blazing sun as a material symbol of ambient violence – violence absorbed like heat and fired at the nearest victim. Likewise\, as a friendship between women confronts gendered aggression in Thelma and Louise\, the sun becomes the repository of pain\, the high noon that pushes us through desert after desert. Because the Sun’s pastiche of voices embodies both stylistic and formal relentlessness by teasing out tonalities that blend and merge into each other\, generating a blinding effect\, like looking into the sun.\n \n \nSmart\, raunchy poems that are sorry-not-sorry. “Sticky\, sad\, and sultry\, Exhibitionist is a merry-go-round circling back to the tender\, awkward parts of ourselves. Molly Cross-Blanchard allows her poems to ask the reader out for ice cream\, to fart at a dinner party\, to sprawl out on a chaise lounge\, stare through a dusty skylight and whisper that they think they may love you. And that love will be unmistakably mutual. ” —Mallory Tater\, author of The Birth Yard and This Will Be Good\n\n \n \nThe event will be hosted in Zoom Webinars. The event link will be sent over email one hour before the start of the event. Please register here. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-book-launch-because-the-sun-by-sarah-burgoyne-and-exhibitionist-by-molly-cross-blanchard/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Coach House Books":MAILTO:mail@chbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201212T030629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160308Z
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SUMMARY:Crafting Kick-Arse Tales for Kids and Teens
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/crafting-kick-arse-tales-for-kids-and-teens/2021-04-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210419T184740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T184740Z
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SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online
DESCRIPTION:Where do you carry a poem? In your mind? In your heart? In your backpack? In your memory\, your past\, your belly\, your spine\, your relations\, your future? \nJoin us on Monday\, April 26 for a celebration of Poem In Your Pocket Day//la Journée du poème à porter with poets Moni Brar\, Greg Santos\, and Eleonore Schönmaier\, at 730pm (EDT). We are delighted to mark the opening of the 2021 Atwater Poetry Project Online with this collaborative event with the League of Canadian Poets\, and La poésie partout\, exploring how the heft – or the lightness – of poetry is borne. \nRegister now for the event on the APP Crowdcast. We hope to see you there.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20201215T025219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155315Z
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SUMMARY:The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lighter-side-of-memoir-writing/2021-04-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210423T165802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210423T165922Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry reading with Kaie Kellough and Oana Avasilichioaei
DESCRIPTION:The Centre des arts de Stanstead welcomes poets Oana Avilisichioaei and Kaie Kellough on April 24th at 4pm for the start of spring.\n\nAPRIL 24th POETRY READING WITH\nOANA AVASILICHIOAEI AND KAIE KELLOUGH\n\nPoets Oana Avasilichioaei and Kaie Kellough will read from their work during an hour-long event on Zoom\, with host Shelley Pomerance\, presented by the Centre des arts de Stanstead on Saturday\, April 24 at 4pm.\n\nOana Avasilichioaei interweaves poetry\, translation\, photography\, sound\, and performance to explore an expanded idea of language\, polyphonic structures\, and borders. Her six collections of poetry and poetry hybrids include Eight Track (Talonbooks\, 2019\, finalist for the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry) and Limbinal (Talonbooks\, 2015). She has created many performance/sound works\, written a libretto for a one-act opera\, and translated ten books of poetry and prose from French and Romanian\, including Catherine Lalonde’s The Faerie Devouring (Book*hug 2018)\, which was awarded the QWF’s Cole Foundation Prize for Translation) and Bertrand Laverdure’s Readopolis (Book*hug\, 2017)\, fpr which she received a Governor General Literary Award for Translation). She is physically based in Montreal and virtually at oanalab.com.\n\nKaie Kellough is a poet\, fiction writer\, and sound performer. He has written for small and large musical ensembles and has performed internationally. His most recent book of poetry\, Magnetic Equator (McClelland and Stewart\, 2019) won the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is currently working on sound and text.\n\n\nAll are invited to join us by visiting the Facebook page of the Centre des arts de Stanstead at www.facebook.com/CentreArtsStanstead where the link for the event can be found. For more information\, please contact Sharda Guptar at shardaguptar@outlook.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-reading-with-kaie-kellough-and-oana-avasilichioaei/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Centre des arts de Stanstead":MAILTO:centredesartsdestanstead@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150742
CREATED:20210319T144437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210319T144437Z
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SUMMARY:2021 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival: The challenges of our times?
DESCRIPTION:April 24 to May 2\, 2021\, the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will open its virtual doors for its spring program. \nOver a hundred national and international invitees to tackle a thought-provoking theme: the challenges of our times. \nOver fifty panels\, debates\, interviews—complete with fresh points of view on subject that interest you:\n– Writers of a wounded Lebanon\n– Souleymane Bachir Diagne: Africa and the West: Pacified Memories?\n– David Grossman: “Trenchant Witness”\n– Who are we? Where are we coming from? Indigenous voices of the moment\n– Life in SLOW motion: the world around the corner\n– Do writers ever really perish? Mathieu Lindon on Hervé Guibert\n– Javier Cercas: The novel in search of the past/Palabras que profundizan el pasado\n– All People Share the Same Rights\n– A Teen Author’s Take on Loving and Supporting a Sibling With Autism
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2021-blue-metropolis-international-literary-festival-the-challenges-of-our-times/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blue Metropolis":MAILTO:info@bluemetropolis.org
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