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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
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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:20260408T045252
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/2021-05-06/
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:20260408T045252
CREATED: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:20260408T045252
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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/2021-05-02/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210301T161531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T161554Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20201212T040630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155955Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T210000
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CREATED:20210422T145017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T145017Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20201212T035748Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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/2021-04-29/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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:20260408T045252
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:20260408T045252
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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:20260408T045252
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210419T184740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T184740Z
UID:10002620-1619465400-1619470800@qwf.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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:20260408T045252
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210407T183706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T183706Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Donna Morrissey
DESCRIPTION:The Knowlton Literary Association is pleased to announce an evening webinar with national bestselling author Donna Morrissey\, on April 23 at 7 p.m. \nPluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous\, Terrible\, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist is scheduled to be released this fall. It is a deeply personal reflection of a woman who left her isolated Newfoundland community at age 16\, eager to explore the world. Her path was difficult\, from the death of a teenaged brother who followed her to Alberta’s oilfields\, to mental illness\, marriage\, divorce and working in a fish processing plant to support her two young daughters. Ultimately Morrissey landed on her feet as one of Canada’s most prominent writers\, having penned six national bestselling novels. \nMany of Morrissey’s stories are drawn from her own varied life experiences\, combining darkness and light\, levity and sadness into her tale\, as the indomitable spirit and humour that sustains her. \nAn inspiring and insightful memoir\, Pluck illustrates that even when you find yourself unravelling\, you can find a way to spin the yarns that will save you–and delight readers everywhere. \nSponsored by the Writers’ Union of Canada\, this live webinar brings Morrissey\, who attended the 2017 Knowlton Literary festival\, back virtually to our local audience.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-evening-with-donna-morrissey/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Knowlton Literary Festival":MAILTO:KLA.knowltonliteraryfestival@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T153000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210421T134709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T134709Z
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SUMMARY:The Fine Arts Reaching Room (FARR) presents a Poetry Workshop featuring Andrea Abi-Karam
DESCRIPTION:April 23rd\, 2pm\, 2021 \n\nFacebook link: https://fb.me/e/23qikporZ \nZoom link: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/83397277408 \n\nThe FARR (“we”) are beyond excited to be able to host Andrea Abi-Karam\, trans\, arab-american punk poet-performer phenom\, author of EXTRATRANSMISSION and co-editor of We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics\, for an artist talk and performance workshop\, thusly rounding out a year’s worth of truly wild\, streamed programming. \n\nOn April 23rd\, 2pm\, come learn how to help your performance texts feel less alone at night. Through a collective workshop-like experience\, led by veteran performer and generous soul Andrea Abi-Karam\, we will be collectively working through the intricacies of the performance of poetic text. Yes\, it will probably be vulnerable. Yes\, it will probably be life-altering. No\, shirt and shoes are not required. \nFor the enhancement of your own experience\, please bring a “text” (read: not limited to capital P poetry) you’d like to workshop performance for\, and take a minute to watch a few of Andrea’s past performances: \nHOLD MY HAND – https://vimeo.com/388381222\n(source text: https://www.baestjournal.com/andrea-abi-karam)\nABSORPTION – https://vimeo.com/290588081\nIntroduction to WWIA – https://lithub.com/what-is-the-project-of-trans-poetics-now/\n– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – \nAndrea Abi-Karam is a trans\, arab-american punk poet-performer cyborg. They are the author of EXTRATRANSMISSION (Kelsey Street Press\, 2019) a critique of the U.S. military’s role in the War on Terror\, Villainy (Nightboat Books\, September 2021)\, and with Kay Gabriel\, they co-edited We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics (Nightboat Books\, 2020). They are a leo obsessed with queer terror and convertibles.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-fine-arts-reaching-room-farr-presents-a-poetry-workshop-featuring-andrea-abi-karam/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20201212T040630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155955Z
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction: Creating and Writing Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-creating-and-writing-alternative-worlds/2021-04-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20201212T035748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155946Z
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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/2021-04-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210315T172443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T172443Z
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SUMMARY:Voices in the Dark: Writing the Braided Essay
DESCRIPTION:In this free 90-minute craft workshop\, delivered on Zoom\, Kasia Van Schaik will lead participants through the process of writing a personal essay using a braided technique: a form of nonfiction wherein the writer interweaves multiple threads and through-lines of material\, each on a different subject\, connecting the personal with the political. In this way\, the braided form allows us to think about the ways in which we are linked to our larger environments and ecosystems. The workshop will include a craft talk\, writing tips\, and creative exercises\, so bring a pen and paper! A short question and answer period will follow. \n  \nThe workshop is open to all interested participants; no creative nonfiction writing experience is necessary. There is no registration fee\, but you must register to attend. \n  \nThis workshop is co-produced by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and CBC Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/voices-in-the-dark-writing-the-braided-essay/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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/2021-04-22/
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:20210421T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20201212T034715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160109Z
UID:10002472-1619035200-1619042400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Fiction: Reconstructions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiction-reconstructions-of-reality/2021-04-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
CREATED:20210301T161054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T161054Z
UID:10002566-1619035200-1619040600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Gay Reads Book Club: Detransition\, Baby
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE VIA ZOOM\nMeeting ID: 838 2579 8219\nPasscode: 493578 \nJoin the Gay Reads book club to discuss classic and contemporary literature by LGBTQ2IA+ authors. We’ll read across genres to uncover queer sensibilities\, alternative canons\, and exciting new voices. In a previous era\, the club met every two months at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly with host Kathleen Fraser. These days we’re meeting VIRTUALLY\, via Zoom! \nAt our next meeting\, Wednesday\, April 21st\, at 8 PM EST\, we’ll discuss DETRANSITION\, BABY by Torrey Peters. \nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/2NKuAAv \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/gay-reads-book-club-detransition-baby/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045252
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/2021-04-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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