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SUMMARY:2021 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival: The challenges of our times?
DESCRIPTION:April 24 to May 2\, 2021\, the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will open its virtual doors for its spring program. \nOver a hundred national and international invitees to tackle a thought-provoking theme: the challenges of our times. \nOver fifty panels\, debates\, interviews—complete with fresh points of view on subject that interest you:\n– Writers of a wounded Lebanon\n– Souleymane Bachir Diagne: Africa and the West: Pacified Memories?\n– David Grossman: “Trenchant Witness”\n– Who are we? Where are we coming from? Indigenous voices of the moment\n– Life in SLOW motion: the world around the corner\n– Do writers ever really perish? Mathieu Lindon on Hervé Guibert\n– Javier Cercas: The novel in search of the past/Palabras que profundizan el pasado\n– All People Share the Same Rights\n– A Teen Author’s Take on Loving and Supporting a Sibling With Autism
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2021-blue-metropolis-international-literary-festival-the-challenges-of-our-times/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blue Metropolis":MAILTO:info@bluemetropolis.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T160000
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SUMMARY:The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lighter-side-of-memoir-writing/2021-04-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T210000
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SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online
DESCRIPTION:Where do you carry a poem? In your mind? In your heart? In your backpack? In your memory\, your past\, your belly\, your spine\, your relations\, your future? \nJoin us on Monday\, April 26 for a celebration of Poem In Your Pocket Day//la Journée du poème à porter with poets Moni Brar\, Greg Santos\, and Eleonore Schönmaier\, at 730pm (EDT). We are delighted to mark the opening of the 2021 Atwater Poetry Project Online with this collaborative event with the League of Canadian Poets\, and La poésie partout\, exploring how the heft – or the lightness – of poetry is borne. \nRegister now for the event on the APP Crowdcast. We hope to see you there.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T220000
DTSTAMP:20260418T024420
CREATED:20201212T030629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160308Z
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SUMMARY:Crafting Kick-Arse Tales for Kids and Teens
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/crafting-kick-arse-tales-for-kids-and-teens/2021-04-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T024420
CREATED:20210401T174750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210401T174750Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Launch: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne and Exhibitionist by Molly-Cross Blanchard
DESCRIPTION:Join Coach House Books on April 27th at 8PM EST for the launch of two amazing collections of poetry: Exhibitionist by Molly Cross-Blanchard and Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne. There will be readings from both poets followed by a discussion and your chance to ask a question.\n\n\n \nAbout the books:\n \n\nCamus’s Meursault and Thelma and Louise meet up under the blazing sun. Vexed by the ‘unremarkable star’ that ‘presses’ Camus’s Meursault to commit murder\, Because the Sun considers the blazing sun as a material symbol of ambient violence – violence absorbed like heat and fired at the nearest victim. Likewise\, as a friendship between women confronts gendered aggression in Thelma and Louise\, the sun becomes the repository of pain\, the high noon that pushes us through desert after desert. Because the Sun’s pastiche of voices embodies both stylistic and formal relentlessness by teasing out tonalities that blend and merge into each other\, generating a blinding effect\, like looking into the sun.\n \n \nSmart\, raunchy poems that are sorry-not-sorry. “Sticky\, sad\, and sultry\, Exhibitionist is a merry-go-round circling back to the tender\, awkward parts of ourselves. Molly Cross-Blanchard allows her poems to ask the reader out for ice cream\, to fart at a dinner party\, to sprawl out on a chaise lounge\, stare through a dusty skylight and whisper that they think they may love you. And that love will be unmistakably mutual. ” —Mallory Tater\, author of The Birth Yard and This Will Be Good\n\n \n \nThe event will be hosted in Zoom Webinars. The event link will be sent over email one hour before the start of the event. Please register here. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-book-launch-because-the-sun-by-sarah-burgoyne-and-exhibitionist-by-molly-cross-blanchard/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Coach House Books":MAILTO:mail@chbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T220000
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CREATED:20201212T032204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160231Z
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SUMMARY:Beginnings\, Openings\, Origins: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/beginnings-openings-origins-a-poetry-workshop/2021-04-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T180000
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SUMMARY:Telling Tales: Long-form Journalism for Mainstream Media
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/telling-tales-long-form-journalism-for-mainstream-media/2021-04-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:QWF Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Annual General Meeting of the Quebec Writers’ Federation will be held \n            DATE/TIME:             Wednesday\, April 28\, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. \n            PLACE:                     Zoom (register to receive link) \nAt the meeting\, the President will review the year’s activities and the Executive Director will present the financial report. An election will be held for the Board of Directors for the coming year – April 2021 to April 2022.  If you wish to to nominate someone for a position on the Board\, or to put your own name forward\, please send in a completed nomination form (request a form from riley@qwf.org) by Wednesday\, April 7. \nPlease note that you must be a member in good standing to be eligible to run for the board\, nominate someone for the board\, or vote at the AGM. \nOn the agenda: \n\n       Schmoozing from 7:00 to 7:15\n       Report from the QWF President\, Christopher DiRaddo\n       Financial report\, presented by the Executive Director\n       Election or acclamation of new Board of Directors\n\nRegistration: \nTo register\, please send an email to riley@qwf.org with “AGM” in the subject line. Be sure to include your full name in the body of the message. You will receive a Zoom link to participate in the week before the meeting. \n                               \nJoin your board at the Annual Meeting and bring your ideas! \nFind out about volunteer opportunities! \nEnjoy the social interaction!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T220000
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CREATED:20201212T034715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T160109Z
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SUMMARY:Fiction: Reconstructions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiction-reconstructions-of-reality/2021-04-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T173000
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SUMMARY:Popular Writing for Academics with Colleen Kimmett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for scientists\, researchers\, and those who want to bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to a wider audience. Over four weeks\, you’ll learn about key differences in academic and popular writing\, tools for narrowing down and shaping ideas\, practical writing techniques\, and where and how to pitch non-academic writing. Participants have the option of joining an additional six-week intensive workshop focused on developing a specific piece from beginning to end. \nWorkshop sessions are online through Zoom videoconference. \nSchedule: Thursdays\, April 22\, 29\, May 6\, 13 from 4 pm – 5:30 pm
URL:https://qwf.org/event/popular-writing-for-academics-with-colleen-kimmett/2021-04-29/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sur Place Media":MAILTO:info@surplace.co
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
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CREATED:20201212T035748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155946Z
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SUMMARY:The Three-Act Theory of Life (and Screenwriting)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Details TBA! \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-three-act-theory-of-life-and-screenwriting/2021-04-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T210000
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Fight the Power
DESCRIPTION:English will follow. \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Hugh Hazelton\, Deanna Smith\, Rana Bose \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\nToutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\nLa poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\nLe poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails.\nContactez-nous pour vous inscrire et recevoir le lien Zoom: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com \n—– \nFREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Hugh Hazelton\, Deanna Smith\, Rana Bose \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems\nPoet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\nPoet reads poem a final time \nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-fight-the-power/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T220000
DTSTAMP:20260418T024420
CREATED:20201212T040630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T155955Z
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction: Creating and Writing Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-creating-and-writing-alternative-worlds/2021-04-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T024420
CREATED:20210301T161531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T161554Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Shadow and Bone
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL MEETING – VIA ZOOM\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82936206716\nMeeting ID: 829 3620 6716\nPasscode: 093093 \nJoin us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our April pick is Shadow and Boneby Leigh Bardugo. No olds\, please. \nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5 — all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind it here: https://bit.ly/2P7Cft0 \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-shadow-and-bone/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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