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SUMMARY:D+Q Cook Book Club: Flavor
DESCRIPTION:Join our D+Q Cooks Book Club as we meet every month virtually to discuss and and eat from new cookbooks! At our next meeting\, Sunday\, February 21st\, at 6 PM EST\, we’ll discuss FLAVOR by Yotam Ottolenghi.\nFood lovers take note! To attend this club we ask that you cook something from the cookbook and come ready to discuss and eat\, virtually that is! \nYou can also join our group Drawn & Quarterly Cook Book Club where we keep the discussion rolling. \nVirtual gathering via Zoom\nMeeting ID: 899 3719 3367\nPasscode: 297591 \nSuper excited to test recipes from the book beforehand?! Tag us at #DandQCooks on Instagram or post your work here on the Facebook page. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book? Find the book here: https://bit.ly/3ou2sik\nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-cook-book-club-flavor/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: Sports Is Hell
DESCRIPTION:Join our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online every month to discuss contemporary Graphic Novels!\nAt our next meeting\, Tuesday February 23rd\, at 8 PM EST\, we’ll discuss Sports Is Hell by Ben Passmore. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3ptxR4X \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-sports-is-hell/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T210000
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SUMMARY:Four Hundred Souls - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha N. Blain in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha N. Blain\, in conversation with Elamin Abdelmahmoud! \nPurchase a copy of Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America\, 1619-2019 to receive access to this exclusive virtual event\, in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada. \nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions.\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/39tbKWZ \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/four-hundred-souls-dr-ibram-x-kendi-and-dr-keisha-n-blain-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T200000
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SUMMARY:Librairie D+Q presents Edem Awumey launching Mina Among the Shadows
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the virtual launch of Mina Among the Shadows by Edem Awumey\, in conversation with translators Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott\, moderated by H. Nigel Thomas. \nRSVP here: http://bit.ly/2NpM7gV \nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/36mkdt5 \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/librairie-dq-presents-edem-awumey-launching-mina-among-the-shadows/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Voices Reading Series ft. Richard Van Camp
DESCRIPTION:EVENT Magazine and Douglas College present the annual Indigenous Voices Reading Series\, featuring Douglas College’s 2021 Indigenous Writer-in-Residence Richard Van Camp\, with guest readers Jessica Johns and Garry Gottfriedson\, hosted by Molly Cross-Blanchard. \nThis event will take place on February 25 at 6pm and is free to attend via Zoom!\nPlease reserve your free ticket to receive the webinar link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-voices-reading-series-ft-richard-van-camp-tickets-138198640855 \nRichard Van Camp is a proud Tlicho Dene from Fort Smith\, NWT. He is the author of 24 books in just about every genre. His novel\, The Lesser Blessed\, is now a feature film with First Generation Films. You can visit him on Facebook\, Twitter and Instagram and at https://richardvancamp.com/. \nJessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. She is the Managing Editor for Room Magazine and a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series. Her debut poetry chapbook\, How Not to Spill\, co-won the 2019 BP Nichol Chapbook Award\, and her short story “Bad Cree” won the 2020 Writers’ Trust Journey Prize and won silver at the 2020 National Magazine Awards. Her novel BAD CREE will be released in January 2023 with HarperCollins. \nGarry Gottfriedson is from Kamloops\, BC. He is strongly rooted in his Secwepemc (Shuswap) cultural teachings. He holds a Masters of Arts Education Degree from Simon Fraser University. In 1987\, the Naropa Institute in Boulder\, Colorado awarded a Creative Writing Scholarship to Gottfriedson. There\, he studied under Allen Ginsberg\, Marianne Faithful and others. Gottfriedson has 10 published books. He has read from his work across Canada\, United States\, South America\, New Zealand\, Europe\, and Asia. Gottfriedson’s work unapologetically unveils the truth of Canada’s treatment of First Nations. His work has been anthologized and published nationally and internationally. Currently\, he works at Thompson Rivers University. \nMolly Cross-Blanchard is a white and Métis writer and editor from Treaty 6 living on the unceded territory of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She has an English BA from the University of Winnipeg and a Creative Writing MFA from the University of British Columbia\, and is the publisher at Room. Her debut poetry collection\, Exhibitionist\, is forthcoming this spring with Coach House. \nPlease contact Molly (mollyecb09@gmail.com) with any questions or concerns about the event. Maarsii!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-voices-reading-series-ft-richard-van-camp/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T180000
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL MEETING – VIA ZOOM\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85695825493\nMeeting ID: 856 9582 5493\nPasscode: 534369 \nJoin us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our February pick is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. No olds\, please.\nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5 — all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind it here: https://bit.ly/3sIuUzm \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to— via Zoom! Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. Once you RSVP\, we will send you a Zoom link and instructions a day or two before the event. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n10:00 – 10:25 – Writing 1\n10:25 – 10:30 – Break\n10:30 – 10:55 – Writing 2\n10:55 – 11:00 – Break\n11:00 – 11:25 – Writing 3\n11:25 – 11:30 – Break\n11:30 – 11:55 – Writing 4\n11:55 – 12:00 – Break\n12:00 – 12:25 – Writing 5\n\nIn order to receive the Zoom link via email\, please RSVP using the form below. \n\nQWF Members\, you must be logged in to your Member Account in order to check event availability and to access the RSVP form on this page. If you are having any issues with the RSVP form\, please email Marian and she will be happy to help you.\nYou must specify that you are reserving 1 (one) spot (by clicking the “0” and using the arrows or typing in the number 1). Don’t forget to enter your name and email address as well.\nPlease note: the automated ticket you receive via email is just a confirmation that you have successfully RSVP’d; you will receive the actual Zoom link via email the day before the event.\n\nDue to the popularity of our SUAW! events\, we ask that you only RSVP if you are quite sure you will attend. Thank you for your understanding 🙂
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210227T190000
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SUMMARY:Joel & Me: An Appreciation of a Kind
DESCRIPTION:An African proverb has it that when an old man dies\, a library burns to the ground. Joel Yanofsky left us at just sixty-five\, not very old\, but he left a library of his books: Homo Erectus\, a collection of comic essays; Jacob’s Ladder\, a novel; Mordecai & Me: An Appreciation of a Kind\, which won the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s 2003 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction and The Canadian Jewish Book Award; and Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism.\n\n\nA book reviewer for the Montreal Gazette and contributor to the Toronto Star\, Canadian Geographic\, National Post\, The Walrus\, and The Village Voice\, he won two National Magazine Awards\, The Malahat Review’s Creative Non-fiction prize for his personal essay Bad Day\, and co-authored with Peter Curtis\, the musical Love U: The Grad School Musical. This work is important and distinguished\, but it is not his only legacy. Joel left a community of readers\, editors\, publishers\, friends\, writers\, and aspiring writers who benefited from his work\, friendship\, guidance and fellowship. This event\, organized by the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, of which Joel was a member\, offers an opportunity to pay tribute to him and his literary legacy.  \n7-8:30 p.m.\, Saturday\, February 27\, 2021 on Zoom\n(Click below to RSVP) \nHosted by Scott Lawrence \nSpeakers: Joel’s friends\, associates and students who shared his passion for writing and the literary arts\, will offer reminiscences\, stories\, tributes\, and short readings. Host Scott Lawrence is a writer who lives in Hudson\, Quebec. His collection of short stories\, Missing Fred Astaire\, won the QSPELL award for fiction in 1993. \n\nMark Abley – literary friend and poker rival\nElaine Kalman Naves – friend and collaborator \nBryan Demchinsky – friend\, writer and editor \nCharles Foran – writer\, biographer of Mordecai Richler\nPeter Curtis – musical/literary collaborator  \nGina Roitman – writer\, will remember Joel as a teacher and mentor via Quebec Writers’ Federation programs\, and introduce writers influenced by his mentorship and guidance \nNeil Smith – author and literary translator \nClaire Holden Rothman – writer\nRoma Bross – writer & journalist\nSean Michaels – writer \nJulie Bruck – poet \nMike Shenker – friend\, writer\, & editor \nJoe Fiorito – literary friend and poker rival \nDavid Homel – writer and basketball rival \nCynthia Davis and Jonah Davis Yanofsky – on life with Joel\, the writer\, and on that life being a subject in Joel’s writing\, particularly in reference to Bad Animals + thanks and wrap-up.\n\n\n  \nTo register to attend the event\, click here. \nThe event will be recorded and shared on this page in the days after the event.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/joel-me-an-appreciation/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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