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SUMMARY:The Words and Music Show Presents: Pigs&Wolves
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 15\, 2026Doors: 6:30 pm\, Show: 7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nMontreal-based poetry-rock group Pigs&Wolves plays Casa del Popolo (4873 Boulevard Saint-Laurent). Featuring special guest Tara McGowan-Ross. \n\n\n\nTickets available at the door (cash or card). \n\n\n\nPart of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Words and Music series. \n\n\n\nListen to Pigs&Wolves EP The Unfortunate Waggle.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-presents-pigs-wolves/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Words and Music
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SUMMARY:Travel Through Metaphor
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13\, 20256:00–8:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nAmplify your poetic curiosities with fresh takes on figurative language. \n\n\n\nMany writers rely to some degree on figurative language\, which offers the pitfall of cliché or the opportunity for imaginative travel. Strong use of metaphor helps us move away from what we think we know and come closer to a new understanding of what is possible. In this generative workshop\, we will develop fresh approaches to metaphor and other figures of speech. You can expect to leave the workshop with tools for developing your own metaphorical and descriptive power. The workshop is open to writers of all levels and genres\, but some basic experience with poetry writing is recommended.  \n\n\n\nEmail sarahwolfsonwriter@gmail.com to reserve your spot in advance. Space is limited.  \n\n\n\nSarah Wolfson is an award-winning poet and teaching artist. Her collection A Common Name for Everything won the 2020 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as The Walrus\, The Fiddlehead\, Geist\, CV2\, Arc\, TriQuarterly\, and The Yale Review. She has taught poetry writing in a variety of contexts to people of all ages\, backgrounds\, and experience levels. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/travel-through-metaphor/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Mapping Your Poetic Voice
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 28\, 20255:00–7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nLearn techniques to express the unique way your mind meets the world. \n\n\n\nIn this generative workshop\, we will consider factors that contribute to poetic voice. In doing so\, we will see that our voices are not waiting to be found somewhere outside of ourselves. Rather\, they call us to listen deeply to who we are and how we experience the world. You can expect to leave the workshop with tools for thinking about what makes your poetic expression unique. The workshop is open to writers of all levels\, but some basic experience with poetry writing is recommended. \n\n\n\nEmail sarahwolfsonwriter@gmail.com to reserve your spot in advance. Space is limited.  \n\n\n\nSarah Wolfson is an award-winning poet and teaching artist. Her collection A Common Name for Everything won the 2020 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as The Walrus\, The Fiddlehead\, Geist\, CV2\, Arc\, TriQuarterly\, and The Yale Review. She has taught poetry writing in a variety of contexts to people of all ages\, backgrounds\, and experience levels. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mapping-your-poetic-voice/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: We're Somewhere Else Now by Robyn Sarah
DESCRIPTION:Join Robyn Sarah for the launch of her new poetry collection\, We’re Somewhere Else Now: Poems 2016–2024 (Biblioasis)\, at Librairie Bertrand Bookstore in Montreal. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nIn her first collection of new poems in a decade\, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous. \n\n\n\nWe’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change\, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into\, “lit room to lit room.” \n\n\n\n“[Hers] are the sort of metaphors that in their clarity of sense\, image\, and sound create spaces for meaning otherwise impossible to articulate.”—Anita Lahey\, The Walrus \n\n\n\nWe’re Somewhere Else Now is available for purchase at The Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton\, Montreal).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-were-somewhere-else-now-by-robyn-sarah/
LOCATION:Librarie Bertrand\, 430 Rue St-Pierre\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show: We Look Good in Black—Fashioning Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 1\, 20256:00–9:00 pm ETMontreal (venue address shared upon ticket confirmation)\n\n\n\n\nget tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurated by Star Bunzigiye under the mentorship of Kym Dominique Ferguson for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Fresh Pages 2025 Guest Curatorship \n\n\n\nA night of poetry\, music\, and storytelling that celebrates Black expression\, style\, and survival. Featuring powerful performances by Black Montreal-based artists\, this multidisciplinary showcase will centre fashion as resistance\, style as archive\, and performance as protest.  \n\n\n\nThemes: embodiment\, archive\,  protest  \n\n\n\nLive performances  \n\n\n\nCommunity art wall—want to hang your visual work? Reach out!  \n\n\n\nCome as you are. Come as your lineage. We’ve always looked good in Black. \n\n\n\nThe Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship\n\n\n\nA component of QWF’s Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative\, the Guest Curatorship is designed to help an aspiring literary artist who is Black\, Indigenous\, or a person of colour develop skills in creating and curating literary other arts events. The selected candidate receives a modest honorarium\, mentorship from an established arts organizer\, and a free one-year membership in QWF. Learn more.  \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Guest Curator\n\n\n\nStar Bunzigiye is a writer\, cultural worker\, and emerging curator. Their multidisciplinary practice spans literature\, media\, and public storytelling\, with a particular focus on amplifying Black voices. Star is the founder behind We Look Good in Black\, a digital fashion archive that documents and celebrates the rich\, often-overlooked contributions of Black designers\, stylists\, and cultural icons. \n\n\n\nWith a background in journalism\, digital outreach\, and community engagement\, Star has contributed to publications including This Magazine\, Sumou Magazine\, and Achipel. They’ve been featured in art exhibitions at Ada Slaight Gallery\, Sankofa Square\, and WIP Gallery. They also have curated and moderated arts events across Toronto and Montreal. Their current work is grounded in a belief that fashion\, storytelling\, and culture are interconnected tools for resistance\, liberation\, and self-definition. Star is passionate about fostering intentional\, inclusive spaces for artistic expression that honour legacy while imagining new futures. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Guest Curatorship Mentor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKym Dominique-Ferguson is an award-winning Montreal-based spoken word artist\, actor\, and mentor celebrated for his dynamic performances and commitment to amplifying diverse voices. Born in Canada but raised in the Caribbean with Jamaican and Haitian roots\, his cultural heritage deeply influences his work\, blending traditional folklore with contemporary themes. As the founder of Madpoetix Productions\, he has hosted and curated influential events like Inside Madpoetix Studios\, The Phenomenal 5IVE and Madpoetix Soirée Open Mic\, shaping Montreal’s spoken word scene. His play Dear Black Man\, supported by the Cole Foundation\, Black Theatre Workshop and the Canada Council for the Arts\, explores identity and resilience\, earning critical acclaim. A passionate mentor\, Ferguson nurtures emerging artists through workshops and initiatives\, ensuring his legacy as a transformative force in the arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-music-show-we-look-good-in-black-fashioning-resistance/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Performance,QWF Events,Words and Music
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Red Bolero by Karen Ocana
DESCRIPTION:Join Karen Ocana for the launch of her new chapbook\, Red Bolero\, at Argo Bookshop. I’ll be in conversation with Victoria Leblanc\, Gloria Macher\, and Brian Campbell. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP on TicketSource. Masks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Poets\n\n\n\nKaren Ocaña is a poet\, literary translator\, and avid book critic. She was on the jury for the Grand Prix du livre de Montreal from 2018-2020. She translates from Spanish as well as from French. Her translations have been published recently in Arc Poetry\, ellipse magazine\, the Malahat Review and the Capilano Review. Karen’s translation of Louise Dupre’s poetry collection Rooms was a finalist for the 2017 QWF Cole Translation Prize. Her translation into English of Gloria Macher’s novel The Theft of Don Fernando’s Arteries is forthcoming. Karen’s poetry has been published in Kola Magazine as well as JONAH magazine\, and she has read widely from her work in Montreal’s literary circles. Red Bolero is her first published book of poetry. \n\n\n\nVictoria LeBlanc is an artist\, writer and curator. A former Director of the Visual Arts Centre/McClure Gallery\, she has contributed to over 50 publications on contemporary Canadian artists. As a visual artist\, Victoria has participated in solo and group exhibitions across Canada. Her creative practice is inflected by an ekphrastic impulse\, a dialogue between drawing/painting and writing. Victoria’s recent poetry collections include Hold (2019) and River | Riven (2024)\, the latter accompanied by the exhibition A path walks quietly on its own. www.victorialeblancart.com \n\n\n\nGloria Macher is a poet and novelist. She is the author of seven books\, one of which was recently translated and published in French. An award-winning author\, she received the International Latino Book Award for The Theft of Don Fernando’s Arteries (USA\, 2014)\, and was a finalist for both the Verbum Ibero-American Novel Award (2017) and the IV International Narrative Award (2018) from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. Gloria’s work has appeared in Canadian literary magazines such as Kola Magazine\, Montreal Serai\, The Nashwaak Review\, ellipse magazine\, In/Words Magazine and Press\, and Helios Poetry. Her novels have been featured at international venues including Madrid\, Mexico City\, Guadalajara\, Lima\, Bogotá\, Ottawa\, Toronto\, and Montreal. Gloria’s poetry has been presented at several poetry festivals\, most recently in Madrid (2024). \n\n\n\nBrian Campbell is the author of several poetry collections including Shimmer Report (Ekstasis Editions\, 2015) and Passenger Flight (Signature Editions\, 2009). As a poet\, photographer and singer-songwriter\, Brian has produced a number of publications and recordings that combine these talents. His latest full-length album of original songs is Let’s Talk (2025)\, and his latest book of poetry and photography is Remnants of Autumn. He is the editor/publisher of Sky of Ink Press\, which publishes chapbooks of emerging poets\, and co-hosts the lawn chair soirée\, a reading series in Montreal. For more on Brian’s work\, visit briancampbell.ca.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-red-bolero-by-karen-ocana/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Poetry Launch with Terese Mason Pierre
DESCRIPTION:Join us on May 8th at 7pm in launching Terese Mason Pierre’s poetry collection\, Myth! Local poets Faith Paré and Misha Solomon will also be reading some of their work for us. Please register to let us know you’ll be attending.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-launch-with-terese-mason-pierre/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J1E9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Quietly\, Loving Everyone by Curtis John McRae
DESCRIPTION:Véhicule Press invites you to the launch of Curtis John McRae’s debut short story collection Quietly\, Loving EveryoneJoin us for an evening of readings and conversation with the author and Dimitri Nasrallah. The event is free and open to all. \n\n\n\nQuietly\, Loving Everyone\, Curtis McRae’s debut collection of stories\, assembles a meditative and often profound cycle of portraits pulled from everyday Canadian life. A young boy raises James Dean from the dead\, only to find out the cult icon is not the playmate he’d hoped for. A university student riddled with ulcers silently spirals after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. A young girl takes a road trip with her older sister to Cape Cod\, and years later reconstructs the tragic circumstances behind what she remembers. A couple goes on a date at an old porn theatre that is the last remaining vestige of a neighbourhood that has moved on. McRae plays witness to characters at those crucial beginnings or ends of relationships\, with lovers\, friends\, family\, and most importantly themselves. \n\n\n\nCurtis John McRae is editor-in-chief at Yolk Literary Journal. His fiction has appeared in The New Quarterly\, Prairie Fire\, Chronicling the Days anthology (Guernica Editions\, 2021)\, and others. He lives in Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-quietly-loving-everyone-by-curtis-john-mcrae/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tearoom\, 5326 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Dual Book Launch & Poetry Reading at Librairie Pulp Books & Café with Louise Marois\, Manahil Bandukwala\, D.M. Bradford\, Faith Paré\, and Misha Solomon
DESCRIPTION:Ring of Dust by Louise Marois\, translated by D.M. Bradford\, and Heliotropia by Manahil Bandukwala will have a dual book launch and reading at Librairie Pulp Books & Café. Join Louise Marois\, D.M. Bradford\, Manahil Bandukwala\, and special guests Faith Paré and Misha Solomon\, for a night of poetry reading. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:45pm.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dual-book-launch-poetry-reading-at-librairie-pulp-books-cafe-with-louise-marois-manahil-bandukwala-d-m-bradford-faith-pare-and-misha-solomon/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Poetry Matters: Scenes of Attunement
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for “Scenes of Attunement\,” a poetry reading featuring Christopher Buddle\, Joseph Kidney\, and Willow Loveday Little. \n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, April 17\, 5-7pmWhere: The Yellow Door\, 3625 rue AylmerLeading from Poetry Matters’ work on “poetic attention\,” we’ve invited poets to consider forms of attunement achieved through poetry\, and how attunement by way of poetic form might offer modes of response to the constraints of our climate\, broadly construed. As the semester comes to a close\, we hope this event might provide a study break for those in the midst of exam season! Light refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to attend\, but have any concerns about the accessibility of the venue\, please email charlotte.frank@mail.mcgill.ca .  \n\n\n\nChristopher Buddle is an artist\, writer\, and faculty member in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University. His research and teaching focus is ecology\, entomology\, and field studies\, with an emphasis on the biodiversity of insects and spiders\, in a variety of habitats. Buddle’s first creative publication A Portrait of Astonishing Nature (2024) combines poetry\, art\, and science and celebrates the biodiversity of Creek 53\, a section of land located near Hudson Quebec. The Creek 53 Conservancy Trust will be the beneficiary of profits from the sale of this book\, preserving the land for future generations. \n\n\n\nJoseph Kidney holds a PhD in early modern drama from Stanford University and now lectures at Stanford’s Civic\, Liberal\, and Global Education (COLLEGE) program. His poetry has appeared in several publications including Arc\, The Ex-Puritan\, Vallum\, and Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (in Arabic translation). Kidney has been shortlisted and nominated for several awards and prizes. He won the 2024 Arc Poetry Magazine Poem of the Year Contest\, Grain’s 2021 Short Grain Contest\, and CV2’s Young Buck Poetry Prize (now the Foster Poetry Prize). In 2024\, he served as Deer Lake Artist in Residence. His chapbook Terra Firma\, Pharma Sea is available from Anstruther Press\, and his debut book Devotional Forensics was published in March 2025.  \n\n\n\nWillow Loveday Little‘s work has appeared in such venues as The Dalhousie Review\, yolk literary\, Metatron\, HA&L\, The League of Canadian Poetschapbook series\, Vallum\, and On Spec. She published her debut poetry collection (Vice) Viscera with Cactus Press in 2022 and joined the team as an editor in 2024. Willow sits on the board of the English Language Arts Network as a representative for writing.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-matters-scenes-of-attunement/
LOCATION:Yellow Door\, 3625 rue Aylmer\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:“The Lives and Liveliness of Books”: Perspectives on Scholarly Publishing with Faith Wilson Stein 
DESCRIPTION:Friday March 21st 2025\, 11:30am-1:00pm McGill University\, 845 Sherbrooke Street West\, Ferrier 408\n\n\n\nHow do books come to life through publication? Please join Poetry Matters and Connected Academics for a professional development workshop with Faith Wilson Stein\, Senior Editor and Acquisitions Manager at Northwester University Press. What should a prospective author expect when working with an acquisitions editor? What kinds of career paths in academic publishing are possible for graduate students in the arts and humanities? This workshop is intended for graduate students\, postdoctoral fellows\, and early career researches who are interested in the worlds of publishing in and beyond academia.    \n\n\n\nFaith Wilson Stein began her career in publishing with positions at Slavic Review and Stanford University Press. As Senior Editor and Acquisitions Managing at Northwestern University Press\, she oversees projects from across the humanities\, including work in literary studies\, theater and performance studies\, and critical ethnic studies\, as well as select translations and crossover titles. Faith Wilson Stein holds a PhD in Comparative Literature with a focus in English\, Russian\, and French from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lives-and-liveliness-of-books-perspectives-on-scholarly-publishing-with-faith-wilson-stein/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Panel
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SUMMARY:ground\, field\, figure: poets and critics in relation 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday March 20th 2025\, 5pm-7pmRocket Science Room\, 170 Rue Jean-Talon O #204\n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to draw the work of living poets into the realm of critical commentary and conversation\, and what does it mean to be the poet whose work is thus drawn?  \n\n\n\nPlease join Poetry Matters for a conversation with Liz Howard (Concordia) and Sarah Dowling (University of Toronto) on being poets and critics in relation. Moderated by Carmen Faye Mathes (McGill)\, this event is at once a celebration of Dowling’s new book\, Here is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form and an opportunity to reflect on the grounds of poetic making with an award-winning poet. \n\n\n\nLiz Howard is an award-winning poet\, editor\, and teacher\, whose work explores Anishinaabe ways of knowing\, cosmology\, ecology\, and the liberatory potentials of language as art. Born and raised on Treaty 9 territory in Northern Ontario (Chapleau)\, she is of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage. She is the author of Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent\, which won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize\, and Letters in a Bruised Cosmos\, which was shortlisted for the Griffin in 2022. Howard’s work has been performed and published internationally as well as in translation. She is an assistant professor in English and Creative Writing at Concordia University. \n\n\n\nSarah Dowling is an assistant professor of Comparative Literature\, Women\, Gender\, and Sexual Studies at the University of Toronto whose research and teaching focus on language politics\, settler colonialism\, and contemporary writing. With a special interest in poems written between and across languages\, Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood under Settler Colonialism (2018) as well as several books of poetry. Dowling’s new book\, Here is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form (2024)\, works across genres to explore figures of recumbency in contemporary writing.  
URL:https://qwf.org/event/ground-field-figure-poets-and-critics-in-relation/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Panel
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SUMMARY:Poets for the Montreal Tenants' Union (SLAM-MATU)
DESCRIPTION:A benefit night of poetry & music for the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union / Syndicat des locataries Mtl (SLAM-MATU). \n\n\n\nWith:Ahmad Al-khatatAlex SadeumBryan SentesDarby Minott BradfordDeanna RadfordGeorge SlobodzianKelly Norah DrukkerMarilou CraftNorman NawrockiIanna Book (musique ambiante) \n\n\n\nPWYC suggested donation: $5-$20
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poets-for-the-montreal-tenants-union-matu/
LOCATION:Bar Milton-Parc Co-op\, 3714 avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T183000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20241121T190821Z
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SUMMARY:Cory Lavender\, Jesse Eckerlin\, and Nyla Matuk
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, December 3\, 2024\, 6:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nCory Lavender launches Come One Thing Another (Gaspereau Press) and Jesse Eckerlin launches Almost Nothing (Anstruther Press)\, with readings from both and special guest Nyla Matuk\, author of Stranger (Véhicule Press). \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP (Free) below: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-evening-of-poetry-with-cory-lavender-and-guests-tickets-1081026211499?aff=oddtdtcreator \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cory-lavender-jesse-eckerlin-and-nyla-matuk/
LOCATION:Librairie Saint-Henri Bookstore\, 4622 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241201T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20241125T160400Z
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SUMMARY:Cactus Press Triple Launch
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, December 1\, 20248:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us December 1st at the Accent Reading Series for a momentous triple launch of Cactus Press chapbooks with April L. Ford\, Lou Vani and Patrick O’Reilly. Theme: Frills. Sign up for the open mic at door.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cactus-press-triple-launch/
LOCATION:Bar La Marche à Côté\, 5043 Saint Denis St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2J 2L8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Open Mic,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241201T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241201T133000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20241118T183114Z
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SUMMARY:Kabir Centre Poetry Meet
DESCRIPTION:December 1\, 20241:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nYou’re invited to the next Kabir Centre Poetry Meet! \n\n\n\nAs always\, we welcome a mix of different languages and age groups.  As a policy\, we recommend avoiding religious and political extremism. If you would like to attend as an audience\, please RSVP by emailing kabirpoetryclub@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nPoets are welcome to recite an original poem in any language. To do so\, please email kabirpoetryclub@gmail.com stating your interest by 27th November.  \n\n\n\nChai and samosa will be served during the meet. \n\n\n\nIf you know someone who would like to recite or attend the meet\, please feel free to share the information.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/kabir-centre-poetry-meet/
LOCATION:Maison Chaïshaï\, 2005 Bishop Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2E9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241128T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
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SUMMARY:Montreal Reading with Dutch poet Erik Lindner
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 28\, 2024\, 7pmLibrarie Bertrand (430 Rue Saint-Pierre\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nVéhicule Press\, Librarie Bertrand\, and the Dutch Foundation for Literature invite you to a poetry reading by Erik Lindner\, with special guests Derek Webster and Sarah Wolfson. \n\n\n\nErik Lindner is a Dutch poet who published seven books of poetry and two novels. He will be reading from Words Are the Worst\, his selected poems\, translated by Francis R. Jones\, and nominated for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2022. Born in The Hague\, The Netherlands\, in 1968\, Lindner lives in Amsterdam and works as a freelance writer\, teacher and critic. Apart from English and German\, several books of his translated poetry appeared in France and Italy. \n\n\n\nSpecial readers include: \n\n\n\nDerek Webster\, whose second book of poetry National Animal\, was recently awarded The QWF A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. His debut\, Mockingbird\, was a finalist for the 2015 Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poems in Canada. He received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis\, where he studied with Carl Phillips\, and was the founding editor of Maisonneuve magazine. He lives in Montreal and Toronto. \n\n\n\nSarah Wolfson\, the author of A Common Name for Everything\, which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry in 2020. Her work has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received a notable mention in Best Canadian Poetry. Originally from Vermont\, she now lives in Montreal\, where she teaches writing at McGill University. \n\n\n\nWith special thanks to the Dutch Foundation for Literature for their support.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-reading-with-dutch-poet-erik-lindner/
LOCATION:Librairie Bertrand\, 430 Rue Saint-Pierre\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
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SUMMARY:Triple Poetry Launch
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 26\, 20247:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of three new poetry collections; Manahil Bandukwala’s Heliotropia\, A-E Best’s Bad Weather Mammals\, and Jake Byrne’s DADDY! There will be readings and time to discuss the poets’ work and ask question\, as well as get copies signed. This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP on TicketSource. \n\n\n\nAbout the Poets\n\n\n\nManahil Bandukwala is a writer and visual artist based in Ottawa and Mississauga\, Ontario. She is the author of Heliotropia (Brick Books\, 2024) and MONUMENT (Brick Books\, 2022)\, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Gerald Lampert Award\, and was selected as a Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Star in 2023. See her work at www.manahilbandukwala.com \n\n\n\nA-E Best is a disabled poet and essayist from Kingston. Her work can be found in the Capilano Review\, New Welsh Review\, CV2\, Ambit Magazine\, Mslexia\, and Chatelaine. Her work was longlisted for the 2021 CBC Poetry Prize. Her second collection\, Bad Weather Mammals\, is now available from ECW Press. Find A-E on Instagram as @capitatelikeahead or her website https://ashleyelizabethbest.com/ \n\n\n\nJake Byrne is the author of Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin (Wolsak & Wynn\, 2023) and DADDY (Brick Books\, 2024). In 2019\, they won CV2‘s Foster Prize for poetry. They live in Toronto/tka:ronto. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP
URL:https://qwf.org/event/triple-poetry-launch/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T170000
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SUMMARY:Event Chambers: A Listening Session and Performance
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 21\, 2024Listening Session: 12:00-4:30 pm ETPerformance: 6:30 pm ET (doors 6:00 pm)\n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to invite you to a special and unique event around Oana Avasilichioaei and Klara du Plessis’s expansive projects\, Chambersonic and Post-Mortem of the Event. From noon to 4:30 pm\, stop by to listen and experience the sound installations. In the evening at 6:30 pm\, attend a live performance. Books will be available for purchase. Celebratory drinks will be served after the performance. \n\n\n\nVenue: OBORO4001 Rue BerriStudio 01 (porte 200\, 2nd floor)
URL:https://qwf.org/event/event-chambers-a-listening-session-and-performance/
LOCATION:OBORO\, 4001 Rue Berri\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
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SUMMARY:Triple Book Launch: Jim Johnstone\, Klara Du Plessis\, & Katherine Alexandra Harvey
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 10\, 2024\, 2:00-4:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nLibrairie Paragraphe Books and Paimpsest Press present and afternoon of poetry featuring Jim Johnstone\, Klara Du Plessis\, and Katherine Alexandra Harvey. \n\n\n\nJoin poets Jim Johnstone\, Klara Du Plessis\, and Katherine Alexandra Harvey as they read from and sign from their latest respective works: The Anstruther Reader (editor)\, Post-Mortem of the Event\, and Let Me Evaporate. \n\n\n\nAlso scheduled to appear: Darren Bifford\, Sarah Burgoyne. \n\n\n\nAdmission is Free.Refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\nAbout the Books\n\n\n\nThe Anstruth Reader\n\n\n\nCompiled to celebrate ten years worth of limited edition chapbooks and broadsides\, The Anstruther Reader tracks the evolution of Anstruther Press\, one of Canada’s most prominent micropresses. Featuring notable authors such as Klara du Plessis\, Tolu Oloruntoba\, David Ly\, Rebecca Salazar\, David Barrick\, Fawn Parker\, and T. Liem\, The Anstruther Reader makes a case for the press’s reputation as a launching pad for emerging and established poets alike\, and spotlights its mandate to publish poetry that both pushes against and expands the boundaries of Canadian literature. \n\n\n\nPost-Mortem of the Event\n\n\n\nThe event represents the lyrical\, but an attempt at defining the event endlessly defers meaning—poetry readings\, death\, belonging\, the digital and— Post-Mortem of the Event is a cyclical archive that twists back to recorded readings of Klara du Plessis’s earlier Hell Light Flesh and leans forward to invoke a still unwritten manuscript. Here poetic composition encompasses audiovisual media\, transcription\, wave form visualization\, and digital humanities and interdisciplinary methods. With the maturity of three previous collections\, Du Plessis presents a brilliant expansion of her musical yet essayistic poetics. \n\n\n\nLet Me Evaporate\n\n\n\nInfo TBA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on FAcebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/triple-book-launch-jim-johnstone-klara-du-plessis-katherine-alexandra-harvey/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20240910T154624Z
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SUMMARY:NexGen MultiArts Festival Presents: An Evening of Poetry & Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 28\, 6:00-9:00 pm ET\n\n\n\n“An Evening of Poetry & Reflections” will feature six young upcoming poets who will be reciting in Urdu\, French\, Punjabi\, Hindi\, Arabic\, and English. The session will also include an engaging discussion “Humming Between Homes – A Poetic Conversation.” Some members of the Kabir Centre Poetry Club will also be reciting poetry. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the NexGen MultiArts Festival of Kabir Cultural Centre.  As in the previous years\, the festival is designed to encourage young poets and will witness diversity of poetry. The festival offers a unique multilingual\, multicultural\, multi-generational platform for poets and poetry enthusiasts to appreciate the art of poetry. While shining a spotlight on young talent\, the festival includes multilingual readings by both established and emerging poets and a poetic conversation. \n\n\n\nSamosas will be arranged for those who RSVP early at info@centrekabir.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nexgen-multiarts-festival-presents-an-evening-of-poetry-reflection/
LOCATION:Espace Custeau\, Le Gesù\, 1200 Bleury Street\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240916T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240916T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20240722T143847Z
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SUMMARY:A Caribbean Celebration: Rhymes & Riddim!
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 16\, 2024\, 8:00 pmLa Sotterenea (4848 St. Laurent Blvd\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nIntroducing the next edition of the Words & Music Show! \n\n\n\nA Caribbean Celebration: Rhymes and Riddim! will be a vibrant night brought to life by artists who embody the sound\, rhythm\, and spirit of the Caribbean. Join us in a celebration of Caribbean heritage and the history\, resilience\, and pride that come with it. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nKym Dominique-Ferguson\n\n\n\nFaith Paré\n\n\n\nInGroove\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman\n\n\n\n\nHosted and curated by the winner of the 2024 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship\, Jayda Smith. \n\n\n\nTickets available at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\nKym Dominique-Ferguson is a hard-working Montreal-based writer and spoken word artist whose work bridges literature and performance. As one of the four primary writers of BLACKOUT: The Concordia Computer Riots\, Ferguson significantly contributed to capturing the essence of the students’ point of view of the 1969 Sir George Williams affair\, offering a vital historical perspective. His debut solo play\, Dear Black Man\, supported by a Canada Council for the Arts grant\, explores themes of identity\, Black family and resilience\, with a successful stage reading showcasing his emerging prowess as a playwright. \n\n\n\nIn addition to his literary achievements\, Ferguson is the founder and Artistic Director of Madpoetix Productions\, a significant contributor to Montreal’s spoken word scene. Under his leadership\, the organization produced and hosted influential events like The Phenomenal 5IVE\, the Madpoetix Soirée Open Mic and their latest offering Inside Madpoetix Studios. His innovative spirit is also reflected in his recent works-in-progress such as the Caribo-Futuristic novel Echoes of Anancy and the theatre play Uncle Jimmy: A Discussion between James Baldwin and Trayvon Martin. Ferguson’s diverse contributions continue to enrich the spoken word community and the literary landscape. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFaith Paré is a poet of Afro-Guyanese ancestry. She has performed at national arts centres including the Art Gallery of York University\, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse\, and the Winter Garden Theatre\, and served as curator of the Atwater Poetry Project from 2021 to 2023. Faith is the winner of the 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in Poetry from the Writers’ Trust of Canada\, and was the inaugural awardee of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship under the guidance of Gillian Sze. She is currently at work on her first collection of poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInGroove is a musical formation firmly rooted in reggae\, dub & dancehall while branching off into different afro-Caribbean sounds. Joey Shanahan on keyboards\, Neil ”Bass-One” Benskin on bass\, and Jahsun on the drums round out this trio of experienced reggae ambassadors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman is a Montreal-born spoken word artist\, poet\, and trumpet player. He is the author of The Freedom I Stole (2007\, Cumulus Press) & Africa as a Dream That Travels Through My Heart (2016\, Howl). He creates and facilitates poetry workshops in schools across the Montréal area and beyond. His work is inspired by music from the African diaspora\, surrealist expression\, love\, and intersectional masculinity. \n\n\n\n\nYour Host\n\n\n\n\nJayda Smith\, a Belizean international student in Montreal\, integrates her Afro-Caribbean heritage into her poetry and creative non-fiction\, reflecting her Belizean Creole roots. Jayda regularly attends open mic events hosted by McSway Poetry Collective\, a poetry club at McGill University of which she is an active member\, dedicated to fostering poetry spaces both on and off campus. Her love for poetry and performance has sparked an interest in event curation\, focusing on showcasing poetry\, spoken word\, and sound\, reflecting her cultural tapestry and commitment to artistic expression. She enjoys writing haikus to summarize each day.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-rhymes-riddim/
LOCATION:La Sotteranea\, 4848 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T133000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Turret House Press
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 7\, 202412:00–1:30 pm ETOnline via Zoom (register for Zoom link)\n\n\n\nIntroducing Montreal-based micro-press Turret House Press! \n\n\n\nIn this 90-minute Lunch and Learn\, Turret House founder James Hawes will give an overview of the press’s operations\, including their submission and selection process for publishing poetry chapbooks. Join us as James explains how to submit your work\, discusses what Turret House and other micro-presses are looking for in submissions\, and sheds light on the burgeoning\, exciting world of indie publishing. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to all. A Q&A with the audience will follow the presentation. The session will be recorded and published on YouTube. \n\n\n\nAbout Turret House\n\n\n\n“The hippest micro-press dedicated to new and experimental poetry\,” Turret House Press was founded in March 2022 and is the publisher of over 20 poetry chapbooks and The Frog Pond Review\, which has featured such writers as Sarah Burgoyne\, Nelson Ball\, George Bowering\, Gillian Sze\, Misha Solomon\, and more. Turret House was started by Montreal poet James Hawes in tribute to his late uncle Christopher Hawes\, a playwright and novelist who shared his love of jazz\, art\, and literature. For more information\, visit https://turrethousepress.ca/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-turret-house-press/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
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SUMMARY:Poetry Evening: A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails by Halyna Kruk
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 8\, 20247:00 pm ETLe Port de tête (269 Mont-Royal Ave E\, Montreal)In English and French\n\n\n\nThe renowned Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk\, shortlisted for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize\, is coming to Montreal. Join us for an exclusive evening of poetry and conversation with Halyna on June 8\, 2024\, at Le Port de tête bookstore. \n\n\n\nHalyna Kruk will present her latest poetry collection\, A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails. Much of it was written after the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24\, 2022. \n\n\n\nYulia Ilchuk (Stanford University) and Amelia M. Glaser (University of California\, San Diego) have beautifully translated the collection. The book is bilingual and contains both originally written Ukrainian poetry and English translations. \n\n\n\nJoin the poetry evening with Halyna Kruk\, hear her powerful poetry\, and participate in an autograph session where you can have the book or a souvenir poster signed by the poet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Facebook
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-evening-a-crash-course-in-molotov-cocktails-by-halyna-kruk/
LOCATION:Librairie Le Port de tête\, 262 avenue du Mont-Royal Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Phil Hall and Mark Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 22\, 20247:30 pm ETThe Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nThe Word Bookstore is hosting an in-person event with Phil Hall and Mark Goldstein. Please join them as read from their new books with Beautiful Outlaw Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-reading-with-phil-hall-and-mark-goldstein/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
CREATED:20240517T203350Z
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SUMMARY:Music & Poetry with Melanie Power\, Ranee Lee\, and Svens Telemaque
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 21\, 2024\, 7:30 pmPresbyterian College Chapel (3495 University St.\, McGill University\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nAn evening of music and poetry with Melanie Power\, Ranee Lee\, and Svens Telemaque. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRANEE LEE is now celebrating over 40 years in Montreal\, Quebec\, where she enjoys a successful\, multi-faceted career as one of Canada’s most popular jazz vocalists\, an award-winning actress\, a songwriter\, and a proud author of children’s books. Ranee has recorded thirteen albums for Justin Time\, a proud discography of acclaimed recordings that feature some of the finest jazz musicians of our time among its sidemen. \n\n\n\nMELANIE POWER is the author of Full Moon of Afraid and Craving (McGill-Queen’s University Press\, 2022). Her work has appeared broadly in literary journals such as The Malahat Review\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, Poetry Ireland Review\, Prairie Fire\, Grain Magazine\, Southword Journal\, and elsewhere. Her poems have been shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize\, Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest\, as well as longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. She is currently pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in oral history and literature at Concordia University. Born and raised in Newfoundland\, she now lives in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke). \n\n\n\nSVENS TELEMAQUE is an activist\, a spoken word artist\, a prisoners’ right’s advocate and so much more. A man who had walked the side of life which could have endangered his well being\, turned over a new leaf through poetry. Svens travels the world speaking at different engagements worldwide with his program Broken Crayons Still Colour. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, email reception@pcmtl.ca
URL:https://qwf.org/event/music-poetry-with-melanie-power-ranee-lee-and-svens-telemaque/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Performance,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T015229
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Summer in Furnished Rooms by Marc Plourde
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 24\, 2024\, 7:30 pm EDTThe Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton)\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the launch of Marc Plourde’s new poetry collection\, Summer in Furnished Rooms\, from Cormorant Books\, with special guest Robyn Sarah.  \n\n\n\nRobyn edited Marc’s previous collection from Cormorant\, and Marc helped her choose poems for her 2017 Selected Poems\, Wherever We Mean to Be\, from Biblioasis.  Robyn will open by reading a few new poems of her own from the spring issue of The New Quarterly\, and Marc will read from his new collection.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-summer-in-furnished-rooms-by-marc-plourde/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Poets for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:April 4 & April 18\, 7:00 pm\n\n\n\nTwo evenings of poetry on Thursday April 4th and 18th at 7 pm. Each evening\, four Quebec poets will not only read their own poems but those of Palestinian poets as well. The Palestinian Poets are Abu Toha\, Remi Kanazi\, Hala Alyan\, Ahlam Bsharat\, Dalia Taha  and Refaat Alareer.  \n\n\n\nThe aim of the event is to raise consciousness about the role of the poet in the ongoing struggle for peace and justice and to show that the creative act is also an act of giving voice to those who can’t. \n\n\n\nCurated by Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas. \n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\n\n\nApril 4 \n\n\n\n\nFortner Anderson\n\n\n\nMisha Solomon\n\n\n\nCarolyn Marie Souaid\n\n\n\nMeryem Yildiz\n\n\n\n\nApril 18 \n\n\n\n\nEndre Farkas\n\n\n\nLiz Howard\n\n\n\nZeina Jhais\n\n\n\nSteve Luxton\n\n\n\n\nThere will also be a raffle and a passing of a hat for donations. All proceeds will go to the PCRF (Palestinian Children Relief Fund).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poets-for-palestine/2024-04-18/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetic Voices: In Bud and In Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 11\, 2024\, 7:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nJoin us in person at the Atwater Library Adair Auditorium for the Atwater Poetry Project’s upcoming event: Poetic Voices\, In Bud and In Bloom. Featuring 2023 RBC/PEN New Voices Award winner Christine Wu\, who is based in Halifax\, along with Montreal poet Darby Minott Bradford. Hosted by Emily Tristan Jones. A National Poetry Month event in collaboration with the Atwater Writers Exhibition (AWE) and PEN Canada. Argo Bookshop will be supplying the books for this event\, and admission is free to all\, so we hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nAbout the Poets\n\n\n\nChristine Wu is a poet whose work has appeared in Arc\, Contemporary Verse 2\, The Malahat Review\, and Room\, among other places. She was a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 2022 and the winner of the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices award in 2023. Her debut poetry collection\, Familial Hungers\, is forthcoming with Brick Books in Spring 2025. \n\n\n\nDarby Minott Bradford is a poet and translator based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). They are the author of Dream of No One but Myself (Brick Books\, 2021)\, which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and Governor General’s Literary Awards. House Within a House by Nicholas Dawson (Brick Books\, 2023)\, Bradford’s first translation\, won the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award\, the John Glassco Translation Prize\, and was a GG finalist. Bottom Rail on Top is their second book. \n\n\n\nEmily Tristan Jones was raised in the subarctic and prairies. She is an alumna of the University of Chicago\, Banff Centre\, and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her first full-length book is Buttercup\, forthcoming from Chicago-based poetry press Verge. Pieces have been in The Puritan\, Harvard Review\, Denver Quarterly\, Vallum\, and many other journals. The first pages of her next book\, A Mess Christ\, are underway. She started Hermes Gallery in Nova Scotia and has curated exhibitions for Dalhousie University and other venues. She lives in Montreal where she edits Columba Poetry (www.columbapoetry.com) and facilitates workshops for Writers in the Community.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetic-voices-in-bud-and-in-bloom/
LOCATION:Adair Auditorium\, Atwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, top floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3Z 1T4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Poets for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:April 4 & April 18\, 7:00 pm\n\n\n\nTwo evenings of poetry on Thursday April 4th and 18th at 7 pm. Each evening\, four Quebec poets will not only read their own poems but those of Palestinian poets as well. The Palestinian Poets are Abu Toha\, Remi Kanazi\, Hala Alyan\, Ahlam Bsharat\, Dalia Taha  and Refaat Alareer.  \n\n\n\nThe aim of the event is to raise consciousness about the role of the poet in the ongoing struggle for peace and justice and to show that the creative act is also an act of giving voice to those who can’t. \n\n\n\nCurated by Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas. \n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\n\n\nApril 4 \n\n\n\n\nFortner Anderson\n\n\n\nMisha Solomon\n\n\n\nCarolyn Marie Souaid\n\n\n\nMeryem Yildiz\n\n\n\n\nApril 18 \n\n\n\n\nEndre Farkas\n\n\n\nLiz Howard\n\n\n\nZeina Jhais\n\n\n\nSteve Luxton\n\n\n\n\nThere will also be a raffle and a passing of a hat for donations. All proceeds will go to the PCRF (Palestinian Children Relief Fund).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poets-for-palestine/2024-04-04/2/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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