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SUMMARY:D+Q Cooks Book Club: In Bibi's Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Virtual gathering via Zoom\nMeeting ID: 886 9982 7193\nPasscode: 002276 \nJoin our D+Q Cooks Book Club as we meet every month virtually to discuss and and eat from new cookbooks!\nFood lovers take note!\nTo attend this club we ask that you cook something from the cookbook and come ready to discuss and eat\, virtually that is!\nSuper excited to test recipes from the book beforehand?! Tag us at #DandQCooks on Instagram or post your work on the Facebook page. You can also join our group Drawn & Quarterly Cook Book Club where we keep the discussion rolling. At our next meeting\, Sunday\, June 6th\, at 6 PM ET\, we’ll discuss IN BIBI’S KITCHEN\, The Recipes And Stories Of Grandmothers From The Eight African Countries That Touch The Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan\, with Julia Turshen. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3va3uUA \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. \n  \n\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-cooks-book-club-in-bibis-kitchen/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Getting Published in Lit Mags
DESCRIPTION:Canada has a great selection of literary magazines and journals. How can you increase your chances of getting published in their pages?\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCanada has a great selection of literary magazines and journals. What can you do to increase your chances of getting published in their pages? Join Jessica Johns (Managing Editor\, Room) and Greg Santos (Editor in Chief\, carte blanche) for insider tips on lit mag submissions\, selection processes\, publication steps\, and more. Plus\, this session will include a quickfire First Page Challenge — a behind-the-scenes look at submission selection as Jessica and Greg offer on-the-spot feedback based on the first pages of anonymous submissions. Hosted by writer and translator Sally Ito\, this webinar runs 60 minutes and includes a Q&A period. \nClick here to submit the first page of your fiction\, nonfiction\, or poetry submission. (deadline: June 3\, 2021). \nTWUC members who are unable to attend will have access to a recording of the webinar for a limited time. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Once you have registered with an Eventbrite ticket\, you will receive a confirmation email from The Writers’ Union of Canada with instructions and your link to join the Zoom webinar on June 8. \nThe Spring/Summer 2021 webinar series is presented with support from the Access Copyright Foundation. \nJessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and is 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. Her novel BAD CREE will be released in January 2023 with HarperCollins. \nGreg Santos is a poet\, editor\, and educator. He is the author of Blackbirds (2018)\, Rabbit Punch! (2014)\, and The Emperor’s Sofa (2019). His newest poetry book is Ghost Face (2020). He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School. He regularly works with at-risk communities and teaches at the Thomas More Institute. He is the Editor in Chief of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s online magazine\, carte blanche. Greg lives in Montreal with his family. Visit the author’s website: gregsantos.me. (Photo credit: Mollye Miller) \nSally Ito is a Japanese Canadian writer\, translator\, and teacher of creative writing who lives in Winnipeg. She has published three books of poetry\, a collection of short stories\, and was a co-translator for a book of Japanese children’s poetry about Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko. Her latest book is her memoir\, The Emperor’s Orphans\, published by Turnstone in 2018.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/getting-published-in-lit-mags/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: Klara and the Sun
DESCRIPTION:VIA ZOOM\nMeeting ID: 831 8693 6429\nPasscode: 740726 \nThe New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly staff members.\nJune 8th\, we will meet virtually at 8pm to discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/30zCW0S \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. \nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-klara-and-the-sun/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Clap When You Land
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our June pick is Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. 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/3u9JmRw\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-clap-when-you-land/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3/
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