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SUMMARY:Mile End Poets' Festival 2019
DESCRIPTION:Mile End Poets’ Festival will return in 2019! Watch this space for updates. \nMore information on MEPF can be found here.  \n* \nThe Mile End Poets’ Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival focusing on literature in performance. Its goal was to present in a single local festival a range of the exciting artistic activity regularly taking place in and around Montreal’s Mile End district. The district is home to a huge number of poets\, musicians\, writers\, dancers and performers. \nThe festival was founded in 2010 by Montreal poet\, performer and curator Ian Ferrier\, with help from writer/performers Moe Clark and Kaie Kellough. In its first year it was entirely artist-funded. It presented four nights of programming\, each curated by a different artist or poet from the Mile End. This has been the model ever since. The festival now regularly receives much needed support from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Quebec Writers’ Federation. It presents work from multiple artistic communities with links to work by First Nations\, literary and performance poetry artists\, contemporary dancers\, top artists from the city and elsewhere in Canada\, and musicians who both tour internationally and regularly work in the neighbourhood’s exciting performance venues. \nIn 2017\, Ian Ferrier was joined by Northern Irish poet & performer Rachel McCrum as Administrative Director for the Festival.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mile-end-poets-festival-2019/
LOCATION:Various
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Festival,Open Mic,Performance,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T153000
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SUMMARY:West Island book launch
DESCRIPTION:West Island launch of veteran CJAD broadcaster Tommy Schnurmacher’s new memoir Makeup Tips from Auschwitz. How Vanity Saved My Mother’s Life.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/west-island-book-launch/
LOCATION:Chapters Pointe Claire\, 6321 autoroute Transcanadienne\, Pointe Claire\, Quebec\, H9R 5A5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T230000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190731T180125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T180850Z
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show (Mile End Poets' Festival)
DESCRIPTION:Curated by the inimitable Ian Ferrier\, the Words and Music Show is the QWF’s literary cabaret. It usually takes place the third Sunday of the month at Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent. It started in 2000\, and is Montreal’s longest running spoken word\, poetry\, literature\, performance\, and music show featuring top names from this city and across the country. Doors open at 8:00 and the show starts at 9:00. $5 on the door for QWF Members ($7 for non-Members). \nFull lineup announced closer to the date! Part of the 2019 Mile End Poets’ Festival!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-music-show-mile-end-poets-festival/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Performance,QWF Events,Series,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191111T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T184620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T191205Z
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SUMMARY:Writing to Preserve Memory: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nIsabel Allende confessed\, “I write to preserve memory against the erosion of oblivion and to bring people together.” \nEvery life is a story\, and when we write that story\, we not only preserve it but share the joys and disappointments\, the heartaches and the triumphs\, and most importantly\, the lessons learnt. \nMemoir\, by its nature\, is more concerned with the emotional truth of occurrences and moments from a life\, as opposed to biography\, which is more often focused on factual or chronological events. \nIn this memoir workshop\, we will explore how to begin telling your story and review examples of the different ways that a story can be told. Will it be a travelogue or will it focus on major events that influenced your life? Or will it be about a relationship with a loved one? These are just a few possibilities. \nA portion of each session will be set aside for writing exercises based on prompts to help unlock the confidence you need to shape your story\, and to share your writing. \nAs an adjunct\, a recommended reading list of traditional and innovative memoirs will be provided\, and participants will be encouraged to review and share their favourite styles.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-to-preserve-memory-capturing-and-sharing-life-stories/2019-11-11/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191111T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191111T220000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T183354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T184332Z
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SUMMARY:Slantwise to the Truth: Navigating Narrative Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Niamh Malcolm\nAll levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \n“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant/success in Circuit lies” — let poet Emily Dickinson’s words inspire you as we navigate narrative nonfiction\, writing that takes the best elements of fiction\, applies those to facts\, and ends with compelling stories. \nIn this workshop you will take your own “big idea” and add to it week-by-week until at the end of eight sessions you’ll have a draft narrative essay of 2\,000 words or more. Each meeting will be split between discussing one of six elements necessary for good narrative nonfiction and workshopping participants’ writing. This will be supported by readings related to the discussion and to the week’s assigned writing. Below is an outline covering six weekly discussions. Two additional weeks are left open to allow for flexibility – perhaps there will be spillover from a previous week’s discussion or perhaps by consensus we’ll toss in another idea to discuss or take extra time to workshop participants’ work. \nPlease note that this workshop will not focus on memoir writing. Although memoir falls into the category of narrative nonfiction\, I encourage participants to look beyond it when considering their writing for these eight weeks. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/slantwise-to-the-truth-navigating-narrative-nonfiction/2019-11-11/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T184805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T193741Z
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SUMMARY:Write Now: A Playwriting Intensive to Jumpstart Your Play
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Sabrina Reeves\nThis workshop will give budding and experienced playwrights a forum in which to hear their work read aloud and have it commented on\, supported\, and developed. Limited to 12 participants. \nThis 8-week workshop is designed to get your play out of your head and onto the page. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises and reading scripts aloud\, it will allow playwrights to take their scripts to the next level. \nTopics covered will include: \n\nCharacter development\nStructure\nDialogue\nStakes\nRe-writes.\n\nEach week\, selected participants will bring in sections of their work for feedback. \nThe workshop will be more fun and useful to participants who have a play that they are already working on\, a few scenes\, or at the very least\, an outline of the idea they wish to pursue. It may be of particular interest (and complementary) to those who have taken an Introduction to Playwriting workshop. Participants can expect to come out of the workshop with a more developed script as well as tools for carrying on with their work and some ideas/suggestions of where to go and what to do with a finished draft.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-now-a-playwriting-intensive-to-jumpstart-your-play/2019-11-12/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190830T172335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T172335Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series \nLinda Morra\nIlona Martonfi\nIan Ferrier\nBlossom Thom\nWiebke von Carolsfeld\nPaul Serralheiro (Music)\nCarole Giangrande\nHugh Hazelton\nMadelaine Caritas Longman\nMike Di Sclafani \n350 Victoria Avenue\, Westmount www.visualartscentre.ca \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nHosted with Mike Di Sclafani\nTuesday November 12\, 2019\n7 PM – 9 PM At the door $6 \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \n“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\,\nand the League of Canadian Poets.” \nFACEBOOK EVENT \nNov 12\nTUE\nVisual Arts Centre Reading Series
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Centre\, 350 Avenue Victoria\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 2N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190918T163803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T163803Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Literatures BookClub: A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Literatures Book Club focuses on work by indigenous writers from around the world. Hosted by Tara McGowan-Ross\, a Mi’kmaq multidisciplinary artist and writer\, the meetings will take place every 4-6 weeks and are open to all. \nFor our September meeting\, we will gather at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott. \nA MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND\nIn an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma\, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight into the ongoing legacy of colonialism. She engages with such wide-ranging topics as race\, parenthood\, love\, mental illness\, poverty\, sexual assault\, gentrifcation\, writing and representation\, and in the process makes connections both large and small between the past and present\, the personal and political—from overcoming a years-long battle with head lice to the way Native writers are treated within the Canadian literary industry; her unplanned teenage pregnancy to the history of dark matter and how it relates to racism in the court system; her childhood diet of Kraft Dinner to how systemic oppression is directly linked to health problems in Native communities. \nWith deep consideration and searing prose\, Elliott provides a candid look at our past\, an illuminating portrait of our present and a powerful tool for a better future. \n**We offer a 20% discount on A Mind Spread Out on the Ground from now until the meeting date.**
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-literatures-bookclub-a-mind-spread-out-on-the-ground/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191021T160238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191021T160238Z
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SUMMARY:Book signing
DESCRIPTION:Vteran CJAD broadcaster Tommy Schnurmacher will be signing copies of his new memoir Makeup Tips from Auschwitz. How Vanity Saved My Mother’s Life which tells the story of his Jewish mom got two world-famous Nazis to save her life and the powerful impact that had on their relationship.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-signing/
LOCATION:Indigo\, Place Montreal Trust\, 1500 McGill College Ave\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H3A 3J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191031T193050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T193050Z
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SUMMARY:The Worlds of Joseph Conrad - a lecture by Maya Jasanoff
DESCRIPTION:On November 13\, leading historian and author Maya Jasanoff will deliver a lecture based on her award-winning book\, The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World. \nJasanoff will present Joseph Conrad\, the influential Modern writer\, as a prophet of globalization — an author who explored the tensions of global capitalism\, encroaching imperialism and unprecedented migration which still characterize our global world. She’ll delve into her process of writing this book\, which brought her sailing across the Indian Ocean and down the Congo River. \nJoin us at the Faculty Club of Montreal\, and mingle with an audience of authors\, historians and history-lovers during a cocktail before the lecture begins. \nRegister at cundillprize.com/lecture \nOn the speaker —\nMaya Jasanoff is Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University and resident faculty at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. She is the author of several prize-winning books\, including The Dawn Watch\, which won the US$75\,000 Cundill History Prize in 2018. \nOn the prize —\nAdministered by McGill University\, the Cundill History Prize is the richest international award for non-fiction. The prize celebrates the work of historians that turn outstanding scholarship into beautifully told narratives that stimulate\, excite and challenge us.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-worlds-of-joseph-conrad-a-lecture-by-maya-jasanoff/
LOCATION:Faculty Club of Montreal\, 3450 McTavish St.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 1X9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191009T161958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T161958Z
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SUMMARY:Adèle Barclay + Klara du Plessis Double Launch w/guest Tess Liem
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the publication of Adèle Barclay’s second book of poetry Renaissance Normcore and Klara Du Plessis’ chapbook of essays unfurl with special guest Tess Liem. \nRENAISSANCE NORMCORE belts like a classically trained riot grrrl\, composing catchy tunes in the key of fear and desire. Building on the dreamy emotional landscapes she plumbed in If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You\, Barclay navigates even sharper peaks and valleys in her second collection to examine the links between intimacy and power. Tracking the paradoxical impulses of anguish and joy that underpin daily life in our hostile neoliberal climate\, these poems are both abject and sweet as they repurpose loss into life and test the bounds of how much a poem can hold. \nUNFURL: four essays. \n//////////////////////////////// \nADÈLE BARCLAY is the author of If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You\, which won the 2017 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Renaissance Normcore is her second collection and was named a book to look out for by CBC and 49th Shelf. She is the recipient of the 2016 Lit POP Award for Poetry and The Walrus’ 2016 Readers’ Choice Award for Poetry and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her poems have appeared in Vallum\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Room Magazine\, The Puritan\, Heavy Feather Review\, glitterMOB\, The Fiddlehead and elsewhere. She is Arc Magazine’s 2018-19 Poet in Residence and an editor at Rahila’s Ghost Press. \nKLARA DU PLESSIS is a South African Canadian poet residing in Montreal. Her debut collection Ekke—winner of the 2019 Pat Lowther Memorial Award and shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award—was released from Palimpsest Press; and her Anstruther chapbook\, Wax Lyrical\,was shortlisted for the 2016 bpNichol Chapbook Award. Klara is a PhD English Literature student at Concordia University\, and currently expanding her curatorial practice to include experimental Deep Curation poetry reading events. \nTESS LIEM is a queer writer living in Montreal\, Tiotia:ke—unceded Haudenosaunee and Mohawk territories. Her writing has appeared in Plenitude\, Room Magazine\, PRISM\, and elsewhere. Her debut collection Obits. was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and recently won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for 2019.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/adele-barclay-klara-du-plessis-double-launch-w-guest-tess-liem/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190806T163543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190806T163543Z
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SUMMARY:P O E T R Y N I T E
DESCRIPTION:Our first show back was … WOW! Seriously\, this community – our talent – our love – our capacity to show up fully for ourselves and each other?!?! There is nothing like us\, together. Come be part of it. \n► DOORS @ 7 – READINGS @ 8 \n► READERS: we reserve up to eight spots before the show and after that it goes to open mic which is mostly first-come\, first-served with priority to BIPOC folks. All artists/musicians welcome!! \n► Show is $5 (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► We want to foster a supportive\, positive environment for everyone. That means no racism / sexism / ableism / homophobia / transphobia and a request that poets please give trigger warnings before your poems. If you have a concern please speak to the poet directly or to one of the hosts! \n——- \n► PORTES @ 7 – LECTURES @ 8 \n► LECTEURS: Nous acceptons jusqu’à huit inscriptions à l’avance\, celles-ci vous garantissent un moment sur la scène. S’ensuit ensuite un micro ouvert sous la formule premier.ère arrivé.e\, premier.ère servi.e avec une priorité pour les gens du BIPOC. Tous les artistes / musiciens sont les bienvenus !! \n► Le spectacle coûte 5 $ (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► Dans l’optique d’assurer un climat accueillant pour toustes\, nous ne tolérerons auncun comportement et propos raciste\, sexiste\, homophobe\, transphobe\, ou s’inscrivant dans toute autre logique d’oppression systémique. Nous demandons aussi aux lecteur.trices de donner des avertissements de contenus (trigger warnings) avant leurs poèmes. Si un problème se fait sentir de ce côté\, prière d’en faire part à l’artiste ou aux organisateur.trices.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/p-o-e-t-r-y-n-i-t-e/2019-11-13/
LOCATION:Chez Morrigan\, 1221 Crescent St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T185044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T155012Z
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SUMMARY:Everything Happens at Once: Your Page One
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Marina Vulicevic\nThis workshop is intended for people interested in short- and long-form fiction who have begun puzzling out the beginnings of their stories. Limited to 12 participants. \nIn this fiction-writing workshop\, we will get our stories to hit the ground running by working on our Page One. Short story or long-form fiction\, all the elements of narration are thrown into play right away on the first page (okay\, maybe a little on the second). The themes and problems of the piece are all present\, stated or suggested\, sometimes hidden. We will learn to do that: get out of the starting blocks fast\, leaving our anxieties behind. \nThe “everything at once” approach means putting all the narrative elements into play simultaneously. Setting speaks for character\, dialogue speaks for plot\, the description of place speaks for the theme. All intertwined\, not consecutive. Everything at once\, like when you meet someone in real life\, even if it takes time to understand what you first thought you knew. \nWe’ll look at the beginning page of works of fiction to see how others have handled their beginnings. That revolver on the dining room table – does it really have to go off\, and who or what will be the target? When Dante admits in Sentence One\, “Halfway through the journey of my life\, I found myself lost in a forest dark\,” what sort of darkness is this\, and why is he telling us about it? The issue of who is talking to us\, and why\, will be essential to our Page Ones. \nThe object is to become more self-aware from the beginning\, without turning into hyper-planners intent on deleting all spontaneity. The Page One approach is one of the antidotes to the anxieties of the beginning writer\, since it stresses action: moving quickly\, getting the elements in play\, foreseeing eventual themes\, helping answer the question\, “Why does this story exist\, and where is it going?” \nOften the beginnings of stories wonder about their own existence. Tom O’Brien’s The Things They Carried meditates on the difficulty of telling a true war story. How can you tell if a war story is true? What is a war story anyway? Whom can we trust? This Page-One questioning launches the book.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/everything-happens-at-once-your-page-one/2019-11-13/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T183351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T185022Z
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SUMMARY:The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThe very short story comes in many guises. Tale\, fable\, cronica\, feuilleton\, anecdote\, aphorism\, vignette\, sketch\, flash\, prose poem\, yarn\, joke—each of these may fall into its fold\, as may extra-literary forms such as lists or memos. Its main characteristic is brevity. Since it can be written relatively quickly\, it offers a wonderful place for experimentation. Since each word\, punctuation mark\, and line of white space speaks\, it demands precision and invites us to hone our writing skills. \nIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories\, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration\, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission? \nDrawing on class discussion\, students will write their own stories as homework and bring them to class to share. We will read them together\, but we will not focus on critique; our class will be about generating work\, permission to try new things\, and celebrating creativity. It will welcome new writers and those with experience. Participants should end the course with a portfolio of at least eight very short stories. \nFor our first class\, please bring in a published work of fiction of about 300 to 500 words. Be prepared to read it aloud and say what you love about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-very-short-story-reading-and-writing-fiction-of-300-to-1000-words/2019-11-14/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190830T173823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T173823Z
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SUMMARY:NaNoWriMo Workshop 2: Let's Talk About Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:Great dialogues reveal a lot about your characters and help push your story forward. Explore techniques to make your prose come alive with seasoned screenwriter and novelist Wiebke von Carolsfeld. \nSpace is limited; registration required.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nanowrimo-workshop-2-lets-talk-about-dialogues/
LOCATION:Beaconsfield Library\, 303 Beaconsfield Boulevard\, Beaconsfield\, Quebec\, H9W 4A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191030T151338Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair by Mark Paterson\, hosted by Mike Paterson
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the launch of Mark Paterson’s new short story collection about the suburbs\, Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair. \nThe evening will be hosted by Montreal comic Mike Paterson.\nSpecial guest appearance by hockey broadcasting expert “Nick Irvin.” \nAdmission is free and refreshments will be served. Enter by the library’s side entrance at 4023 Tupper Street (corner Atwater). Please note that the auditorium is located on the library’s second floor and is\, for the time being\, only accessible by stairs. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nTim walks down the main street of town dressed in a gorilla costume. Merry finds diversion and solace in Adam and the Ants lyrics\, television show novelizations\, and an obsession with her blind neighbour. Alex and John\, teenage brothers living under the control of overprotective parents\, discover a window onto the outside world in a radio show hosted by a psychic. \nWelcome to Montclair\, a fictional yet familiar suburb of Montreal. At the heart of this collection is the restless struggle for individuality on the outskirts of the big city. With a warm\, funny\, and nuanced voice\, and flitting in time between the 1980s\, 1990s\, and today\, Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair explores suburbia’s little wild spaces\, hidden away in overgrown fields behind strip malls\, in dark crawlspaces beneath concrete schoolyard staircases\, and in the hearts and minds of its inhabitants. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nMark Paterson is the author of the short story collections Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair\, A Finely Tuned Apathy Machine\, and Other People’s Showers\, all from Exile Editions. His work has won the 3Macs carte blanche Prize\, Geist magazine’s Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest\, and the Atwater Library’s 150 Words for 150 Years contest. Most recently\, his story “My Uncle\, My Barbecue Chicken Deliveryman” was a finalist for the 2018 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Competition. \nMark was born in northern California in 1971 and spent his childhood in Rosemere\, a North Shore suburb of Montreal. His teenage years were days of wandering\, living between 1983 and 1987 in Noblesville\, Indiana; suburban Boston; and Santa Cruz\, California. Just prior to his final year of high school\, he returned to the Montreal area where he has lived ever since\, currently in the town of Lorraine.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-dreamers-and-misfits-of-montclair-by-mark-paterson-hosted-by-mike-paterson/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191111T182554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T182554Z
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SUMMARY:Expozine Discussion - La BD et la collaboration
DESCRIPTION:(English follows)\nExpozine présente : La BD et la collaboration: une discussion. \nAvec Marc Tessier (Éditions Trip)\, Luc Bossé (PowPow) et les auteurs Iris Boudreau\, Michel Hellman\, Jimmy Beaulieu. \nPour cette édition 2019 d’Expozine \, nous rassemblons des vétérans de longue date de cette foire ainsi que du milieu de la BD pour explorer la tradition de la collaboration dans le 9e art au Québec. Chacun des artistes racontera des histoires particulières de succès et de défis lors de projets collaboratifs\, et les éditeurs présents parleront également de la production de titres collectifs et des collaborations entre éditeurs et artistes œuvrant dans les deux langues officielles. \nUn co-production Expozine + Drawn & Quarterly\,\nexpozine.ca\ndrawnandquarterly.com \n— \nAs part of Expozine 2019\, we’re bringing together long-time veterans of the fair and of the local comics scene to explore the tradition of collaboration in this milieu in Quebec. Each artist will talk about specific collaborations and the challenges and successes they involved\, and publishers will also discuss the production and editing of collaborations between artists or publishers working in both official languages. \nAn Expozine + Drawn & Quarterly co-presentation\nexpozine.ca\ndrawnandquarterly.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/expozine-discussion-la-bd-et-la-collaboration/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T220000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20190828T184426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T184426Z
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SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-11-14/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260519T112004
CREATED:20191115T200132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T200132Z
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SUMMARY:Conundrum Press Launch Spectacular!
DESCRIPTION:Join artists Cole Pauls\, Kris Bertin\, Alexander Forbes\, Sherwin Tjia\, and Howard Chackowicz as we celebrate the launch of their newest graphic novels. This Conundrum Press extravaganza will include presentations and a chance to meet and mingle with the artists. \nPLUMMET by Sherwin Tjia\nTake the plunge into a high-flying and hypnotic blend of heaven\, hell\, and high water\nWhen Amelia “Mel” Eichenwald wakes up one morning\, she finds herself in endless freefall towards an Earth that is no longer there\, surrounded by the junk of human existence. From high heels to houses\, billions of random items drop alongside her like fallout from an exploded mall.\nShe soon discovers she’s not alone. Others have been similarly plucked out of their lives and dropped off in mid-air. But why? For what purpose? And more importantly—and urgently—what is she going to eat? Where can she safely sleep?\nPlummet follows Mel as she attempts to survive\, find allies\, and negotiating the balance between becoming prey or predator. What makes us human — and what keeps us human —when gravity is all there is? How do you take a stand when there is literally no place to sit? Plummet will propel readers into a new dimension that’s part fable\, part post-apocalyptic nightmare.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/conundrum-press-launch-spectacular/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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