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SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry & Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 30\, 6 pmAtwater Library Auditorium\n\n\n\nWitness the diversity of poetry at the NexGen MultiArts Festival: An Evening of Poetry & Reflections. Centred around the theme ‘Prejudice: Defying Expectations’ the event offers a unique multilingual\, multicultural\, multi-generational platform for poets and poetry enthusiasts to appreciate the art of poetry. \n\n\n\nWhile shining a spotlight on emerging talents scouted from across Canada\, the festival includes multilingual readings by both established and emerging poets and a panel discussion. Free event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Poets\n\n\n\nAryan Aggarwal has always been captivated by the romanticism of poetry that reflects the beautiful synergy of Hindi-Urdu literature. His roots are deeply immersed in Bollywood’s sentimentality. Initially expressing his thoughts in prose\, he eventually transitioned to writing Shayari. \n\n\n\nYoutuber Johny Hans is a Punjabi hip hop rapper\, spoken word artist\, song writer and MC. He creates spoken word videos based on his own poetry. His passion is to express his emotions through words. He believes that language is a facilitator and not a barrier. \n\n\n\nBorn in Haiti\, Claudel Jean-Mary moved to Montreal in 1986. He is a faculty member at the Children’s World Academy. In 2004\, he co-founded a cultural organization now known as Les Productions Chemins Artistiques. He is also a cultural chronicler at Radio CPAM\, and co-author of Blues à deux voies\, a collection of short stories and poems.  \n\n\n\nAbhishek Koyalkar is an IT professional who is passionate about making the world a better place. He recently started a podcast named Perceptional Imprints and aims to spread the ideology of having uncomfortable conversations comfortably. He is exploring different realms of music and finds peace in simple things.   \n\n\n\nAvleen K. Mokha\, also known as Mirabel\, was the 2019 winner of McGill’s Peterson Memorial Prize for Creative Writing. Her debut poetry chapbook\, Dream Fragments\, was published in 2020. Mirabel’s poems have appeared in carte blanche\, Yolk Literary\, Dream Pop\, Glass: A Journal of Poetry among others. Her first full-length collection\, The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After)\, was published in June 2023.  \n\n\n\nYusuf Saadi’s first poetry collection Pluviophile was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2020. Saadi won the Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award for Poetry in 2016. He is also an editor for The Ex-Puritan and was an editor for Watch Your Head\, a climate change anthology. \n\n\n\nManikya Singh has been pursuing his professional interest in cyber security. Music has been his ultimate refuge. Rooted in profound values of Sikhism\, singing\, songwriting\, and strumming melodies have been his fervent passions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-evening-of-poetry-reflection/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 30\, 10:00 am–12:30 pm Online via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-35/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Poetic Attention
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 29\, 7:30 pmThe Yellow Door3625 Aylmer St\, Montreal \n\n\n\nJoin Poetry Matters for a reading with poets Susan Elmslie\, Patrick Errington\, and Patrick O’Reilly \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Elmslie lives in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. She is author of Museum of Kindness (Brick\, 2017); I\, Nadja\, and Other Poems (Brick\, 2006)\, which won the A.M. Klein Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the McAuslan First Book Prize\, the Pat Lowther Award\, and a ReLit Award; and the prize-winning chapbook When Your Body Takes to Trembling (Cranberry Tree\, 1996). She holds a PhD in English (specialization: Canadian literature) from McGill. She was a Hawthornden Poetry Fellow in 2002. \n\n\n\nPatrick James Errington is author of two chapbooks\, Glean (ignitionpress\, 2018) and Field Studies (Clutag 2019)\, and his debut full-length collection\, the swailing (MQUP 2023). Errington is recipient of awards from the National Poetry Competition and The London Magazine Poetry Competition\, as well as many others. He holds an MFA from Columbia University (2015)\, a PhD in poetic theory and enactive hermeneutics from the University of St Andrews (2018)\, He is a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. \n\n\n\nPatrick O’Reilly is an archivist and writer from Renews\, NL\, now living in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke. His first chapbook\, A Collapsible Newfoundland\, was published by Frog Hollow Press in 2020. Recent work has appeared in\, or is forthcoming\, in Yolk\, ionosphere\, and Black Sails\, vol.1. His poem “Mint Julep in a Highball Glass” has been nominated for 2023’s Best of the Net anthology. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Please register through Contact Us on the Poetry Matters website.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetic-attention/
LOCATION:Yellow Door\, 3625 rue Aylmer\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Responding with Poetry: An Interactive Talk with Patrick James Errington
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 29\, 3:00-4:30 pmArts Building (McCall MacBain) 160McGill University\, Montreal\n\n\n\nPlease join Poetry Matters for Responding with Poetry with Dr. Patrick Errington (University of Edinburgh).Poet and researcher Patrick Errington will give an in-person talk leading from his current research on the neuroscience of the aesthetic experience of poetry. \n\n\n\nA portion of the talk will involve an interactive workshop on what Errington theorizes as the process of “responding with” a poem. \n\n\n\nPlease register at “Contact Us” at https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/ \n\n\n\nErrington will also give a poetry reading that evening\, Friday\, September 29\, 7:30\, at The Yellow Door\, 3625 rue Aylmer\, with poets Susan Elmslie and Patrick O’Reilly.  \n\n\n\nPatrick James Errington is a poet\, translator\, critic\, editor\, and academic from the prairies of Alberta\, Canada. He is author of two chapbooks\, Glean (ignitionpress\, 2018)\, and Field Studies (Clutag\, 2019)\, and his full-length collection\, the swailing\, has just appeared through McGill Queen’s University Press (2023). Errington is recipient of awards from\, among others\, the London Magazine Poetry Competition\, the Flambard International Prize\, the McLellan Poetry Prize\, the Plough Prize\, the 2020 Callan Gordon/Scottish New Writers Award\, and the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award from the Writer’s Trust of Canada. He holds an MFA from Columbia University a PhD in poetic theory and enactive hermeneutics from the University of St. Andrews. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/responding-with-poetry-an-interactive-talk-with-patrick-james-errington/
LOCATION:Arts Building\, McGill University
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 26\, 12:00–1:15 pmOnline via ZoomTo register: RSVP below \n\n\n\nLooking to learn more about QWF\, what we do\, and how we can help you? \n\n\n\nJoin us for another Lunch & Learn with QWF on September 26. This 75-minute session will provide a deep dive into all our programs and services\, giving you a better understanding of how QWF can support you on your writing journey. \n\n\n\nRiley Palanca (Membership Services Coordinator) will be discussing QWF’s many programs and services geared toward emerging and aspiring writers\, including our mentorship program\, Shut Up & Write writing sessions\, and writing workshops. \n\n\n\nLori Schubert (Executive Director) will be explaining QWF programs and services for more established writers\, including the Writers in the Community program\, the Hire a Writer Directory\, and the QWF Awards. \n\n\n\nJohn Wickham (Communications Officer) will provide a brief walkthrough of the website\, highlighting sections and resources that are particularly useful to QWF members.As part of our efforts to welcome new members\, we plan to hold a Lunch & Learn with QWF approximately every three months. The last one was held in May 2023. \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days before the event. \n\n\n\nNote: If you attended the last Lunch & Learn with QWF in May\, you may not want to attend this one\, as we will be going over the same information.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-learn-with-qwf-sept-2023/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:As Being Is: Poetry Reading on cognitive psychology and ekphrastic poetry
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for \n\n\n\nAs Being Is \n\n\n\na poetry reading with \n\n\n\nRobert Colman \n\n\n\nGeoffrey Cook \n\n\n\nKevin Andrew Heslop \n\n\n\nJeremy Luke Hill \n\n\n\nJim Johnstone \n\n\n\nShane Neilson \n\n\n\n—— \n\n\n\nMonday October 2 at 2pm \n\n\n\nInnovation Commons \n\n\n\nMcLennan-Redpath Humanities and Social Sciences Library\, \n\n\n\nmain floor \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease join Poetry Matters for a reading with Canadian poets leading from neuroaesthetics. Alongside recent work\, they will share ekphrastic responses to bill bissett’s painting “as being is” guided by cognitive psychology.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/as-being-is-poetry-reading-on-cognitive-psychology-and-ekphrastic-poetry/
LOCATION:McLennan-Redpath Humanities and Social Sciences Library
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Writing retreat in the spectacular Bernese Oberland\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Make time and space for you and your craft in idyllic Switzerland. Enjoy writing in inspiring surroundings in the supportive company of like-minded people\, and enhance your day with a walk in nature. Your tutor will guide you through daily workshops and discussions on key elements of writing\, such as characterisation\, plot\, point of view\, sense of place and dialogue. The final session will offer a practical approach to various stages of editing. The daily schedule incorporates private writing time. You can view a sample timetable on the website.\nHosted by an author and creative-writing tutor with years of experience (teaching all age groups and levels: from secondary-school pupils to students on Creative Writing undergraduate and Masters degrees).\nAccommodation will be at a luxury apartment in a modern chalet\, in a village at approx. 1070 metres above sea-level. It’s an easy walk from the flat to the local cafes\, shop and public transport. You’ll have your own space: a double room put to single-occupancy use\, with stunning views of the mountains (including Wetterhorn\, Wellhorn\, Engelhörner and Eiger) and high in natural light.\nThe course fee is inclusive of tuition\, accommodation and meals.\nTo learn more\, see website: https://valeriavescina.com/teaching/writing-retreats/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-retreat-in-the-spectacular-bernese-oberland-switzerland/
LOCATION:Hasliberg-Reuti\, Am Tychelwaegli\, Hasliberg-Reuti\, 6086\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T130000
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SUMMARY:How to Start (A Poem)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Sep 23\, 1-4pmOpen to allLimited to 12 participantsHybrid Workshop \n\n\n\n“The first line of a poem is a gateway to emotions\,” said Pablo Neruda. “It is the poet’s invitation to the reader to embark on an emotional journey.” This workshop will focus on starting a poem\, unravelling the enigmatic question of how to even begin. I would like to extend a warm invitation to aspiring writers and poetry enthusiasts to explore the art of crafting impactful beginnings. We will delve into a myriad of first-line techniques\, such as détourned imagery\, evocative language\, and compelling narrative situations\, to help design and finesse your poetic gateway. Through interactive exercises\, group discussions\, and constructive feedback\, participants will gain new tools to capture readers’ attention from the first word\, setting the tone for the poem that follows. We will also venture into the daunting task of conceptualizing a poem before its inscription\, using a variety of collaborative prompts to embark upon the vital and challenging first step together. The first step—like the first word—is the most difficult and important step on a journey. Participants are invited to bring in examples of favourite first lines. Let us go then\, you and I. \n\n\n\nGregory Betts is an experimental poet with 11 poetry collections published in Canada\, the United States\, and Ireland. His books explore conceptual\, collaborative\, and concrete poetics. He has produced two exhaustive\, prize-winning academic studies of avant-garde writing in Canada\, Avant-Garde Canadian Literature: The Early Manifestations (2013) and Finding Nothing: The VanGardes\, 1959-1975 (2020)\, both with University of Toronto Press. His most recent books include Foundry (Redfoxpress\, Ireland\, 2021)\, a collection of visual poems inspired by a font named after a 15th century poet\, and The Fabulous Op (Beir Bua Press\, Ireland\, 2022)\, a collaborative epigenetic romp through the canon with Gary Barwin. He lives in St. Catharines\, Ontario
URL:https://qwf.org/event/how-to-start-a-poem/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF—In Person!
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 22\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pm Free\, In Person QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount) \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for the first in-person Shut Up & Write session since the pandemic! \n\n\n\nBased on feedback from our membership survey last spring\, we’ve decided to hold a Shut Up & Write event at the QWF office to gauge demand for in-person sessions. Depending on the turnout\, we may hold more! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below.Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility: \n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is.  \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:AI & The Future of Writing
DESCRIPTION:Thurs\, September 21\, 7 pm ESTAtwater Library Auditoriam & Online via ZoomFree\, open to all\n\n\n\nJoin us for AI & The Future of Writing\, a free panel discussion on the threats\, challenges\, and benefits artificial intelligence poses for writers.Featuring moderator Julian Sher and panelists Crystal Chan\, Sean Michaels\, and Andrew Piper\, the event will kick off QWF’s 25th-anniversary fall campaign called “Writing Matters\,” which aims to raise awareness about the importance of professional writing both in enriching our culture and in supporting the success of companies\, non-profits\, governments\, and other organizations.  \n\n\n\nThe panel discussion will take place in person\, with attendees able to join online via Zoom. Following the discussion\, there will be a hybrid Q&A session and an in-person wine and cheese reception. \n\n\n\nTo attend online\, register below to get the link to the Zoom Webinar. You will receive the link shortly thereafter. \n\n\n\n\nregister to get the zoom link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou do not need to register if you plan to attend in person. You can\, however\, RSVP below so that we have a rough idea of how many people to expect. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Participants\n\n\n\nCrystal Chan is the vice-president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. As both a writer and a digital designer\, her specialty is merging storytelling and technology. Chan is a professor in the Creative Writing Department of the University of British Columbia and an editor at UBC Press for RavenSpace Publishing\, an innovative program for Indigenous authors. In 2022-23\, she was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre in Computational Writing\, exhibited algorithmically-generated literature at BBAM! Gallery\, and taught AI writing to undergraduate students. Her latest new media production is CBC/Stitch Media’s Eighty Thousand Steps\, coming this September. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSean Michaels is the author of Do You Remember Being Born?\, a novel of AI and poetry\, as well as the books Us Conductors and The Wagers. His non-fiction has appeared in The Guardian\, McSweeney’s\, Pitchfork and The New Yorker. Sean is a recipient of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize\, the Grand Prix Numix\, and the Prix Nouvelles Écritures\, and he has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award\, the Kirkus Prize and a 2023 Peabody Award. He lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Piper is Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures at McGill University. He uses the tools of data science and AI to study human storytelling. He is the director of .txtlab and author of Enumerations: Data and Literary Study (2018). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulian Sher is an award-winning investigative journalist—a veteran TV documentary writer and director as well as an accomplished newsroom trainer and the author of seven books. He has been an investigative  the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. His film Ghosts of Afghanistan won the top Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary. He was also the Senior Producer of CBC’s The Fifth Estate\, Canada’s premier investigative TV program\, for five years. Julian’s latest book tells the little-known story of Canada’s role in the American Civil War. The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots against Lincoln\, was published by Penguin Random House in April and became an Amazon bestseller. Julian is also active in media and human rights issues. He is a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto’s Metropolitan University and works with Journalists for Human Rights. \n\n\n\n\nregister to get the zoom link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote about the venue: As this event will be taking place after the Atwater Library’s opening hours\, please use the side entrance on Tupper Street (4023 Tupper Street) if the main entrance on Atwater Avenue is closed.
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LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 16\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below.Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-34/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:5 voix
DESCRIPTION:Montreal writer Carolyn Marie Souaid will be presenting her latest poems in the form of abstract landscapes\, September 14th to 19th (1 to 8 pm) at Galerie Espace\, 4844\, Boul. Saint-Laurent. Opening night is Thursday\, September 14th at 5 pm. Souaid will be joined by visual artists Sylvie Lauzon\, Jocelyne Aubry\, Claire Bolduc and Lucie Arsenault.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/5-voix/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Mona Awad launches Rouge with Heather O'Neill and a special No Joy solo set
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, Sept 13\, 6:30 pm\n\n\n\nOn September 13th\, Librairie Drawn and Quarterly will be hosting a captivating event for the launch of Mona Awad’s upcoming novel\, Rouge\, featuring Montreal’s coup de coeur Heather O’Neill as well as an experimental solo performance by a local shoegaze artist\, No Joy.  \n\n\n\nThe evening will take place at La Sotteranea at 4848 St Laurent Blvd H2T 1R5 on Wednesday\, September 13th\, and will feature a special No Joy solo set\, a reading\, a conversation\, an audience Q&A\, and a signing. \n\n\n\nDoors: 6:30pmShow: 7:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nTicket deal! Free entry to the event with a purchase of Rouge! \n\n\n\nBuy tickets here: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/81344/orders/new \n\n\n\nBook + ticket purchasers can pick up their copy of Rouge at the launch. Tickets also available in store at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. \n\n\n\nBooks will be on sale at the event and the author will be signing. \n\n\n\nTicket Giveaway\n\n\n\nQWF is delighted to partner with Librairie Drawn & Quarterly to offer two free tickets to our members (one ticket each)! \n\n\n\nTo enter the giveaway\, email John Wickham at john@qwf.org with your full name and with “Giveaway” in the subject line. \n\n\n\nThe deadline to enter is Sunday\, September 10. The names of the winners will be drawn on Monday\, September 11. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Rouge\n\n\n\nFrom the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted\, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep? \n\n\n\nFor as long as she can remember\, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies\, Belle finds herself back in Southern California\, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral\, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise\, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes\, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse\, the same lavish\, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There\, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. \n\n\n\nSnow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty\, envy\, grief\, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror\, Rouge explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals\, Rouge holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality\, our collective fixation with the surface\, and the wondrous\, deep longing that might lie beneath. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMona Awad is the author of Bunny\, named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME\, Vogue\, and the New York Public Library. It was a finalist for the New England Book Award and a Goodreads Choice Award. It is currently optioned for film with Bad Robot Productions. Awad’s debut\, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl\, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, winner of the Colorado Book Award and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Her most recent novel\, All’s Well\, was longlisted for the International Dublin Award and a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror. Rouge\, her fourth novel\, is forthcoming September 2023 with Simon & Schuster. She teaches fiction in the Creative Writing program at Syracuse University and is based in Boston. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeather O’Neill is a novelist\, short-story writer and essayist. Her bestselling novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and CBC’s Canada Reads. Her previous work\, which includes Lullabies for Little Criminals\, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night and Daydreams of Angels\, has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction\, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. She has won CBC’s Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal\, O’Neill lives there with her daughter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince first arriving on the scene in 2009 with blistering inversions of shoegaze\, Montreal’s No Joy has always found formidable ways to reinvent itself. Now solely composed of musician Jasamine White-Gluz\, No Joy has evolved over the course of four studio albums and five EPs\, defying expectation and genre\, and cementing itself as something rare: a band without a category. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly would like to acknowledge that their events and bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home\, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. It has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years. \n\n\n\nLa Sotteranea is located in the basement down a flight of stairs (approximately 38 steps). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. Anyone needing assistance accessing our space can contact the venue as they are more than happy to try and accommodate people to the best of their ability.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-rouge-by-mona-awad/
LOCATION:La Sotteranea\, 4848 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance
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SUMMARY:Double Book Launch: Sean Michaels & Catherine Leroux
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, Sept 10\, 7 pmShakti Rock Gym (175 rue Saint-Viateur E.\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nJoin Sean Michaels and Catherine Leroux at Shakti Rock Gym at 175 St Viateur St. E H2T 1B4 at 7 pm on Sunday\, September 10th for the double launch of Do You Remember Being Born? and The Future! The evening will feature readings\, Q&A\, and signings. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Books will be available for purchase at the event and the authors will sign copies of their books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScotiabank Giller Prize-winner Sean Michaels‘ luminous new novel takes readers on a lyrical joy ride—seven\, epic days in Silicon Valley with a tall\, formidable poet (inspired by the real-life Marianne Moore) and her unusual new collaborator\, a digital mind just one month old. It’s both a love letter to and an aching examination of art-making\, AI\, family\, identity and belonging. \n\n\n\nSean Michaels is the author of the novels Us Conductors\, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, and The Wagers; his non-fiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail\, The Guardian\, Pitchfork and The New Yorker. He lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn an alternate history of Detroit\, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution\, poverty\, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters\, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance. When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge\, where the city’s orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society\, she can’t imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future\, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—together. \n\n\n\nCatherine Leroux is a Québec novelist\, translator and editor born in 1979. Her novel Le mur mitoyen won the France-Quebec Prize and its English version\, The Party Wall\, was nominated for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Future received the Jacques-Brossard award for speculative fiction and was nominated for the Quebec Booksellers Prize. Catherine also won the 2019 Governor general award for her translation of Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien. She lives in Montreal with her two children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/double-book-launch-sean-michaels-catherine-leroux/
LOCATION:Shakti Rock Gym\, 175 rue Saint-Viateur Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1B4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading and Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Join Us On Friday\, September 8th at 5Pm for a Live Poetry reading and Open Mike Night.    \n\n\n\nFeaturing    \n\n\n\nHOST Steve Luxton has published six volumes of poetry\, including Luna Moth and Other Poems\, In the Vision of Birds\, The Dying Meteorologist\, all by DC Books\, and more recently Lift Off the Roof\, Harmonica Blues Poems by Shoreline Press.  This latest book divulges his second love: listening to and playing the blues harmonica!  For his energetic support of English-language literature in Quebec\, he was awarded the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Judy Mappin Community Prize. He lives with his wife the poet Angela Leuck in the Eastern Townships town of Coaticook.      \n\n\n\nINVITED GUESTS    \n\n\n\nBrian Campbell is the author of several poetry collections including Shimmer Report (Ekstasis\, 2015) and Passenger Flight (Signature Editions\, 2009). He co-hosts and co-organizes the Montréal reading series\, the Lawn Chair Soirée. Also a singer-songwriter\, he performs music regularly. His latest album of original songs is By the River’s Blue. For more on his work\, visit www.briancampbell.ca    \n\n\n\nJocelyne Dubois’ poetry has appeared in Canadian Woman Studies (York University)\, Truck\, and in translation in Brèves Littéraires. Her first full-length collection\, Memorial Suite (Shoreline\, 2020)\, was voted best poetry book at Lennoxville Reads… Poetry.  In 2013\, her novel\, World of Glass\, was a finalist for the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction.  For details and links related to both her writing and visual art\, visit her blog www.duboispaintings.blogspot.com    \n\n\n\nEthel Meilleur was born in 1950 in Truro\, N.S and moved to Montreal in her teens. She has worked in factories\, sales\, domestic and customer service\, and late in life returned to high school and continued on as a mature student in creative writing at Concordia University. Her work in Timeless Voices anthology by the International Library of Poets earned Meilleur their nomination as Poet of the Year in 2006. Her chapbook Funny Girl was published in 2019 by Sky of Ink Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/live-poetry-reading-and-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Café Bar Sans Frontier\, 240 Rue Dufferin\, Stanstead\, Quebec\, J0B 3E2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Our Lady of Mile End
DESCRIPTION:Book launch! Come celebrate Our Lady of Mile End in all her guises in this neighbourhood of stories by Sarah Gilbert. Hosted by Kate Sterns at la Petite Librairie Drawn and Quarterly at 176 Bernard. There will be cake.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/our-lady-of-mile-end/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 2\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-32/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T190000
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SUMMARY:Double Book Launch: Social Fiction and Like Every Form of Love
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 22\, 7 pmLa Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard Ouest\, Montreal)Free Admission\n\n\n\nJoin Padma Viswanathan and Geoffrey Brock at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly at 176 rue Bernard O at 7 pm on Tuesday\, August 22nd for the launch of Social Fiction and Like Every Form of Love! The evening will feature a reading\, a conversation\, a Q&A and a signing. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Books will be available for purchase at the event and the authors will sign copies of their books. \n\n\n\nPlease note that all guests are encouraged to wear masks at this event. Masks will be available free of charge upon entry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Like Every Form of Love\n\n\n\nFrom the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist\, a gripping exploration of class\, race\, friendship\, sexuality\, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person—all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a warm-hearted\, working-class queer man named Phillip\, who told her a story that kept them connected for more than twenty years. Phillip was the son of a severe\, abusive man named Harvey\, a miner\, farmer and communist; his stepmother\, Del\, was a convicted bank robber who had violated her parole and was suspected in her ex-husband’s murder. Phillip had long since lost track of Del\, but when Padma said she’d like to write about her and about his own young life\, he eagerly agreed. Quickly\, though\, Padma’s research uncovered hidden truths about these larger-than-real-life characters. Watching the effects on Phillip as these secrets\, evasions and traumas came to light\, she increasingly feared that when it came to the book or the friendship\, only one of them would get out of this process alive. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan is the author of two novels: The Toss of a Lemon (2008)\, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize\, the Amazon.ca First Novel Prize\, and others\, traced sixty years in the lives of a young Indian widow and her gay manservant. In her second novel\, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao (2014)\, a cranky Indian psychologist comes to Canada to do what he calls a ‘study of comparative grief\,’ tracing the effects of a real-life 1985 jet bombing. It was also published internationally and a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her stories\, essays and short translations have appeared in Granta\, The Boston Review\, BRICK\, and elsewhere. Her translation of the novel São Bernardo\, by the Brazilian novelist Graciliano Ramos\, was published in 2020 by New York Review Books on their Classics series. Born in BC and raised in Edmonton\, she now divides her time between Montreal\, Quebec\, and Fayetteville\, Arkansas\, where she is Professor of Fiction at the University of Arkansas and founder of the Arkansas International Writer-at-Risk Residency Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Social Fiction\n\n\n\nAppearing together in English for the first time\, three politically charged sci-fi graphic novellas by a pioneering comics artist\, translated from the French by Geoffrey Brock. \n\n\n\nAn anonymous official chides a man under surveillance for stepping out of view of a security camera; visitors to an underground mall are forced to form a new society after an apparent nuclear strike; newlyweds living in an authoritarian city attempt to navigate the insidious hurdles of being permitted to have a child; and a Puerto Rican boxer discovers that segregation continues in America long after death. \n\n\n\nThese are the visions of Chantal Montellier\, a contributor to the legendary Métal Hurlant and the creator of some of the most striking and stirring science fiction comics of the 1970s and 1980s. \n\n\n\nGeoffrey Brock is an American poet and translator. He is the author of three books of poems\, the editor of The FSG Book of 20th-Century Italian Poetry\, and the translator of various books of poetry\, prose\, and comics\, mostly from Italian. His poems have appeared in journals including Poetry magazine\, Paris Review\, Copper Nickel\, Yale Review\, and Best American Poetry. His awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Academy of American Poets. His translations have received ALTA’s National Translation Award for Poetry\, the Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize\, the MLA’s Lois Roth Award\, the PEN Center USA Translation Prize\, the ATA’s Lewis Galantière Translation Award\, and Poetry magazine’s John Frederick Nims Prize. Since 2006 he has taught in the University of Arkansas’s Program in Creative Writing & Translation\, where he is the founding editor of The Arkansas International magazine. \n\n\n\nChantal Montellier is a French novelist\, painter\, and comics creator. Montellier began working as an editorial cartoonist in 1972\, with work appearing in newspapers and magazines such as Politis\, L’Humanité\, and Marianne. A contributor to the renowned comics magazine Métal Hurlant and one of the most active female comics creators in France\, Montellier is known for her realist drawing style and her engagement with political and feminist themes in her work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLa Petite Drawn and Quarterly Accessibility information: \n\n\n\n\nAttendees are encouraged to wear masks \n\n\n\nEvent space uses StopGap.ca ramps in an effort to encourage accessibility. Both the step at the entrance\, followed by a half step and a door have StopGap ramps. The door opens inward and is not automated. Once inside\, there are no additional steps.\n\n\n\nIt is not a sober space; events sometimes offer alcohol.\n\n\n\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/double-book-launch-social-fiction-and-like-every-form-of-love/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Key to the Highway by Richard Andrews
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, August 20\, 11amStudio Georgeville\, 20 carré Copp\, Georgevilla\, QCFree Admission\n\n\n\nAn erotic motorbike fantasy and a magical blues harp take Chris Hunter on a wild\, Orphic odyssey through the Australian Outback to Indonesia\, India\, Bangkok\, Borneo and Rio. His reality morphs into a mythological world of gods and demons\, manifested as bikers\, prophets\, gun runners\, drug smugglers\, shady businessmen and neo-Nazis. Empowered by an ancient esoteric secret\, his journey to self-discovery climaxes in a battle with Alt-Right forces. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nThe son of a Polish cavalry officer\, Richard Andrews grew up in Australia before migrating to Quebec with his Canadian muse. In between\, he chalked up more than 30 years as a journalist\, foreign correspondent\, diplomat and freelancer. An award-winning editor\, he writes for newspapers\, travel magazines\, foundations\, industry journals and IT companies. Richard also teaches part time at McGill University after working in China and Malaysia\, with writing stays in India\, Brazil\, Lesbos and Malta. He now lives on a former vineyard in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.  \n\n\n\nKey to the Highway is available on Amazon.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-key-to-the-highway-by-richard-andrews/
LOCATION:Studio Georgeville\, 20 carré Copp\, Georgeville (Canton de Stanstead)\, Quebec\, J0B 1T0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T130000
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SUMMARY:QWF Annual Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 19\, 1-3 pmLa Grande Galerie\, La Cité-des-Hospitalières\, (Teesri Duniya Theatre\, 251 avenue des Pins Ouest\, Montreal)Open to all\, RSVPs encouraged\n\n\n\nThe Quebec Writers’ Federation is inviting members and friends for a picnic at the Grande Galerie of La Cité-des-Hospitalières on August 19\, Saturday\, at 1pm. \n\n\n\nOn the year of our 25th anniversary\, the QWF is excited to host our annual picnic at the historic La Cité-des-Hospitalières (251 Pine Ave W). We’re celebrating our continuous organizational success\, while also welcoming new faces to the QWF Family. \n\n\n\nThe picnic will be from 1-3pm on Saturday August 19. As the terrace is covered\, the picnic will go on even if summer starts showering. However\, in case of extreme weather\, the picnic will be moved to another date.  \n\n\n\nAs part of the picnic\, we’ll be holding a sixty-second spotlight where members can pitch their recent work (book\, play\, short story\, etc.). We’ll also be introducing a buddy system for new members (more info below). If you’d like to present for the sixty-second spotlight\, email Riley at riley@qwf.org. Signing up is free\, but please bring a door prize (a copy of your book\, for example). \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be provided\, but please bring your own drinks. This event is free for both QWF members and non-members. Catch up with old friends\, make new ones\, and learn more about QWF! \n\n\n\nWe do ask that you RSVP below so that our team has a good estimate of the number of attendees at the picnic. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sixty-Second Spotlight\n\n\n\nInspired by ELAN’s Minute Market\, the Sixty-Second Spotlight gives QWF members exactly sixty seconds to promote their recent work (book\, play\, etc.) and pitch it to the entire group! Signing up to present is free\, but you have to donate a door prize (a copy of your book\, for example) to the event. Email Riley (riley@qwf.org) if you would like to present. \n\n\n\nNote: Registration for the Sixty-Second Spotlight is now full. \n\n\n\nBuddy System\n\n\n\nInterested in attending\, but don’t know anyone? QWF is excited to debut our new Buddy System! New members can request to be paired up with one of our more experienced and friendly members during the event so they have someone dedicated with whom to interact. Email Riley (riley@qwf.org) if you’re a new or prospective member looking for a buddy for this event. \n\n\n\nAccessibility Information\n\n\n\nThe venue is wheelchair-accessible\, however if you need to use a ramp\, we ask that you let us know beforehand as the venue’s security team that manages the ramp leading into the building needs some advance notice. Email Riley (riley@qwf.org) if you need ramp access. \n\n\n\nSNACKS! DOOR PRIZES! NEW FRIENDS! SURPRISES! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to Teesri Duniya Theatre for letting us use their space for this event!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-annual-picnic/
LOCATION:La Cité-des-Hospitalières\, 251 Avenue des Pins Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Member Meetup,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T100000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 19\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-33/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Chrysalis by Anuja Varghese
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 10\, 6:00 pm\n\n\n\nToronto author Anuja Varghesewill launch her debut book of short stories Chrysalis (House of Anansi\, 2023) at Librairie L’Euguélionne (1426 Rue Beaudry) on Thursday\, August 10 beginning at 6 PM. The event will be hosted by Brooke Lee and will also include a reading from Montreal writer H. Felix Chau Bradley.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Writers\n\n\n\nAnuja Varghese is a QWOC Pushcart-nominated writer whose work appears in Hobart\, The Malahat Review\, The Fiddlehead\, Plenitude Magazine\, Southern Humanities Review\, So to Speak Journal\, Flock Literary Journal\, and Corvid Queen: A Journal of Feminist Fairy Tales\, among others. Her work has been recognized in the PRISM International Short Fiction Contest\, the Pigeon Pages Fiction Contest\, and the Alice Munro Festival Short Story Competition. She writes literary fiction\, speculative fiction\, and erotica/romance—and combinations of all three—where women of colour get leading roles. In 2022\, Anuja has work included in When Other People Saw Us\, They Saw the Dead\, an anthology of BIPOC gothic horror from Haunt Press\, and Queer Little Nightmares\, an anthology of queer monster stories from Arsenal Pulp Press. Her debut short story collection titled Chrysalis\, exploring South Asian diaspora experience through a feminist\, speculative lens\, will be released in spring 2023 with House of Anansi. \n\n\n\nAnuja is also a professional grant writer\, book reviewer\, and editor and in 2021\, took on the role of Fiction Editor with The Ex-Puritan Magazine. She holds a degree in English Literature from McGill University and is currently pursuing a Creative Writing Certificate from the University of Toronto while working on an adult fantasy novel based on medieval India. \n\n\n\nAnuja lives in Hamilton\, Ontario with her partner\, two cats\, and two kids. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nH. Felix Chau Bradley is the author of Personal Attention Roleplay\, a story collection that was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Kobo Rakuten Emerging Writer Prize in 2022. Their writing has appeared in carte blanche\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, the Humber Literary Review\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, the Montreal Review of Books\, PRISM International\, Weird Era\, Xtra and elsewhere. They live in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)\, and work as an editor for Metonymy Press\, This Magazine\, and Le Sigh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrooke Lee is an emerging writer from Windsor-Essex\, Ontario. She holds an MA in Education from McGill University\, and writes fiction under the pen name River Lee. Her work will appear in On The Run Fiction (Aug 2023)\, and she is currently completing her debut novel—a queer coming-of-age story about a musician who is chasing dreams and facing realities. When not writing\, you can find her playing guitar\, hiking\, or reading the latest book for the Violet Hour Book Club. Keep an eye out for her upcoming work on Instagram @riverlee_writer
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-chrysalis-by-anuja-varghese/
LOCATION:L’Euguélionne Bookstore\, 1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 3E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T190000
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SUMMARY:Christopher Castellani: Leading Men
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 9th 2023\, 7 pmFree admission – RSVP Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montréal1200 Av. du Dr Penfield \n\n\n\nRescheduled from last month\, Christopher Castellani: Leading Men is an onstage interview with award-winning Italian-American author Christopher Castellani. Castellani is the author of five books\, most of which centre on the Italian and/or queer experience. His most recent novel\, Leading Men\, tells the story of Frank Merlo\, the somewhat forgotten working-class Italian-American who was transformational in the life and work of Tennessee Williams. Currently being adapted into a film by Matthew López (The Inheritance) and Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name)\, the book is a breathtaking work of historical fiction\, blending together the real and imagined lives of the two men as they navigate the literary and film circles of 1950s Italy. \n\n\n\nFor the interview\, Castellani will be joined onstage by author Christopher DiRaddo. The two will discuss Castellani’s work\, as well as the generational tension that exists between immigrant and first-generation Italians and where it intersects with queer identity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Castellani has published five books\, most of which center on the Italian\, Italian-American\, and/or queer experience. His first novel\, A Kiss from Maddalena (Algonquin\, 2003) won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2004; its follow-up\, The Saint of Lost Things (Algonquin\, 2005)\, was a BookSense (IndieBound) Notable Book; the final novel in the trilogy\, All This Talk of Love (Algonquin\, 2013)\, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award. His most recent novel is Leading Men\, for which he received Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, MacDowell\, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \n\n\n\nA co-presentation between the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Montreal\, the Queer Studies in Quebec Research Group (ÉRÉQQ)\, Blue Metropolis and Violet Hour. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free. Click here to reserve your ticket.Books will be for sale onsite\, provided by Librairie Paragraphe Books.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/queer-and-italian-montreal/
LOCATION:Istituto Italiano di Cultura Montreal\, 1200 ave du Docteur-Penfield\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
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SUMMARY:Unveiling the Queer Italian-Canadian Experience (Vernissage)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Aug 8\, 5-7 pm\n\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of Unveiling the Queer Italian-Canadian Experience\, a creative\, intergenerational\, and cross-gender exploration of queer space from the perspective of a young queer writer (Montreal author/poet Liana Cusmano) and an older ally to the community (Toronto photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo). The launch of the exhibit will take place in the Galleria d’arte Rotonda of the Casa d’Italia (505 Rue Jean-Talon East) from 5 PM to 7 PM on Tuesday\, August 8.  \n\n\n\nTo attend\, please RSVP by writing to admin@italfestmtl.ca.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unveiling-the-queer-italian-canadian-experience-vernissage/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T123000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 5\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-31/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
CREATED:20230731T171811Z
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SUMMARY:Violet Hour: En traduction / In Translation
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug 3\, 6-8 pm\n\n\n\nA special edition of the Violet Hour LGBTQ reading series featuring readings in English and French from books available in both languages. \n\n\n\nUne édition spéciale de la série de lecture Violet Hour LGBTQ incluant des lectures en anglais et en français de livres disponibles dans les deux langues. \n\n\n\nParticipating writers include Jonathan Bécotte\, Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay\, D.M. Bradford\, Nicholas Dawson\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, Jonathan Kaplansky\, Leila Marshy and Sophie Voillot. The event takes place at Stock Bar (1171 St Catherine St E)\, beginning at 6 PM sharp. Entrance is free but limited to 18 plus. Librairie Paragraphe Books will be on hand to sell copies of books in both languages. An initiative supported by Fierté Montréal. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violet-hour-en-traduction-in-translation/
LOCATION:Stock Bar\, 1171 Rue Ste Catherine Est\,\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 2G8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Club,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T133000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with the Community Digital Arts Hub
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, July 2512:30-1:30 PMIn person and virtual. Registration required.\n\n\n\nIntroducing the Community Digital Arts Hub! \n\n\n\nAs a literary artist\, you may occasionally need access to digital equipment\, studio space\, or media training. Fortunately\, the Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH) is here to offer a range of resources to artists\, collectives\, and organizations. \n\n\n\nThis Lunch & Learn session will include a brief presentation and tour of CDAH’s space\, where you will discover the various benefits the Hub provides for writers\, including services to help you produce: \n\n\n\n\nPodcasts\n\n\n\nAudio Books\n\n\n\nBook Trailers\n\n\n\nFilmpoems\n\n\n\nVideo Promos\n\n\n\n…and more!\n\n\n\n\nThe presentation is expected to last approximately 30 minutes\, followed by a 30-minute Q&A session. \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION IS FREE FOR QWF MEMBERS\, BUT IN-PERSON SPACE IS LIMITED. We can accommodate up to 15 people for in-person attendance\, though online participation is virtually unlimited. To register\, kindly send an email to Riley at riley@qwf.org with the subject line “Lunch and Learn with CDAH.” Ensure that your email includes your name and specifies your preference for in-person or virtual registration.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Community Digital Arts Hub: \n\n\n\nThe Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH) is a digital media space based in Montreal\, Quebec\, which offers affordable studio and equipment rentals to local artists\, community groups\, and arts & heritage organizations. The CDAH serves artists/arts & heritage organizations as a resource to increase the value of Quebec-produced digital productions and support for digital archiving. Our production team is committed to content development of Quebec artists and the international release of Quebec-produced digital media offerings. The project is Funded by the Government of Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-the-community-digital-arts-hub/
LOCATION:Community Digital Arts Hub\, 460 Saint-Catherine St W\, Suite 511\, Montreal\, H3B 1A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T123000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 22\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-30/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230717T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230717T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
CREATED:20230706T170615Z
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SUMMARY:English-language drama and theatre - Story-mapping hackathon: BBIA-focussed
DESCRIPTION:Tell us your stories of English-language drama and theatre in Quebec! Those who identify as Black Brown Indigenous and Asian (BBIA) are cordially invited to gather with actress Mariah Inger and research associate Hwaan Han on July 17th between 3 and 6pm at McGill or on Zoom to populate the map of anglo Quebec theatre with your stories. \nParticipants’ stories will populate a publicly available online map\, which shows us the layers of history of English-language theatre production in the province from the 1930s to today and is part of Professor Erin Hurley’s research into the history of English language drama and theatre in Quebec. More information about the project and the map itself\, which already contains a few stories that LGBTQ2IA+ folks and women founders of theatres/companies/schools have posted so far\, can be found here: https://englishlanguagetheatreqc.ca/. \nThe third and final story-mapping event of the summer will take place in mid-August (likely August 17th) and is open to all.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/english-language-drama-and-theatre-story-mapping-hackathon-bbia-focussed/
LOCATION:McGill University\, Mclennan Library\, room M1-76\, McLennan Library\, room M1-76 (main floor)\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T123000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053645
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 8\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-29/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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