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SUMMARY:Blue Metropolis International Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:What age is this ?\nEarth\, Society\, People \nThe Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will present its 24th edition April 28 to May 8\, 2022. Subject to the epidemiological situation and the safety measures in effect\, this edition will in large part feature a renewed in-person format\, all while proposing a targeted selection of virtual events. Once more\, public discussions\, roundtables\, debates\, readings\, master classes\, and podcasts will provide a rich display for both authors and the public to relish.\nBlue Metropolis is one of North America’s most important multilingual literary festivals. \nThe TD-Blue Metropolis Children’s Festival now runs all year long\, with events in schools\, libraries and bookstores near you\, or online. A few meet and greet with children’s authors will be offered during the 2022 Spring Edition of the Festival.\nDiscover our 2022 programming\, as well as our wide range of online content at: bluemetropolis.org/youth
URL:https://qwf.org/event/blue-metropolis-international-festival-2022/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Mazel Tov
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS TO MAZEL TOV ARE NOW ON SALE!\nGet your tickets: https://bit.ly/MazelTovTix \nRunning from April 29th – May 8th\nSynopsis: Isabelle is Jewish… Patrick isn’t. They are getting married. During the ceremony\, Patrick’s best friend\, Philip\, makes a gesture that is perceived to be anti-Semitic. Several guests are angry\, as well as Isabelle\, the bride. Chaos ensues…and things fall apart. Mazel Tov is a dark comedy that crosses the line as it divides and conquers our understanding of loyalty\, friendship and family. Surprising us at every turn\, it questions the politically correct times we are living in\, and asks us to examine how far is too far. \nWritten by Marc-André Thibault\nDirected by Ellen David \nUse promo code PREVIEW for 50% off General Admission\, applicable to the April 29th preview only. \nContact the box office at (514)-987-1774 ext 104 or email box-office@infinitheatre.com for more information!\ninfinitheatre.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mazel-tov/
LOCATION:Kin Experience\, 397 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 2G3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220508T130000
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SUMMARY:Literature in the Age of Anti-Racism (AR)\, Anti-Oppression (AO) and Decolonization (DC)
DESCRIPTION:Rana Bose\, Tawhida Tanya Evanson\, and Yves Sioui Durand in conversation with Deborah Forde. \n\n\n\nThis panel explores the relationship between literature and AR/AO/DC movements. How do writers from Indigenous\, diasporic\, and other marginalized backgrounds reflect elements of AR/AO/DC in their works? Beyond revealing the impact of colonialist power\, can literature itself play a role in dismantling it? \n\n\n\nThis free event will be held on May 8\, 1:00 pm on the Terrace of Hotel 10.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/literature-in-the-age-of-anti-racism-ar-anti-oppression-ao-and-decolonization-dc/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T120000
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SUMMARY:Parliament of Owls
DESCRIPTION:The Biophilium will be hosting a two week online seminar for artists and writers to learn about birds. We will hear from 9 International ornithologists and serious birders about what it’s like to be a bird and what it’s like to be a bird nerd.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/parliament-of-owls-2/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Memoir: The Art of Truth
DESCRIPTION:8 Mondays\, 6 to 8 p.m. \nMarch 21 to May 9\, 2022 \nOpen to those who have taken at least one writing workshop \nLimited to 12 participants. \n  \nMemoir\, a sub-specialty of autobiography\, is a hugely popular form of personal writing. Whereas autobiography is the preserve of celebrities and public figures\, memoir usually highlights one period or theme from the life of an ordinary individual\, someone with little or no claim to fame. Its special currency is the universality of human experience; its value is what may be learned from a so-called ordinary person. \nThis workshop on memoir is designed for people who already have some experience of workshop settings and would like to embark or have already begun to embark on a memoir project of their own. Don’t be daunted by the “intermediate” label: you need not necessarily be working on a book-length narrative. If you’re open to learning from a professional practitioner of the genre as well as from your peers\, you will almost certainly find this workshop helpful and motivating. \nAs in any workshop\, there is a great emphasis on student input. Participants will not only be presenting their own work to the group but will also be expected to give careful reading of each other’s pieces in order to provide vital critical feedback. This element of the program is equally important to the writing. About half of each session will be devoted to in-class exercises and discussion of selected material from the text named below. The rest of the time will be spent discussing participants’ submissions. \nThe text for the course is This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett\, a work that operates both as a how-to book on writing and as an exemplary series of linked memoirs/personal essays. I expect you to have purchased it ahead of time and to come to the first session prepared to discuss “Nonfiction\, an Introduction\,” and “How to Read a Christmas Story\,” the first two chapters. \nI also encourage participants to buy my Bible of clear writing: William Zinsser’s On Writing Well\, to which I refer all the time. \nTo apply\, please send an email with the following components to workshops@qwf.org no later than February 24\, 2022: \n1)      a 3-5-page double-spaced writing sample (non-fiction or fiction) that you feel is representative of your abilities. \n2)      a paragraph introducing yourself and your writing history. \nThe subject line of the message should read “For Elaine Kalman Naves.” \nQWF will notify you whether you’ve been accepted into the workshop the week of March 7. \nElaine Kalman Naves is a long-time literary journalist and the author of seven non-fiction titles\, and of a novel.  She is a two-time recipient of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\, the winner of two Canadian Jewish Book Awards\, and of a Canadian Literary Award for Personal Essay. Her memoir Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family has been made into a documentary film. Elaine’s novel\, The Book of Faith\, was nominated for the Leacock Prize for Humour. She has led workshops at the QWF since their inception in 1998.  To find out more about Elaine\, visit her website at http://www.elainekalmannaves.com/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/intermediate-memoir-the-art-of-truth/2022-05-09/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:The QWF Playwriting Prize Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join QWF’s Lori Schubert and Infinithéâtre’s Zach Fraser for a Q&A session about the QWF Playwriting Prize with a guest appearance from Gabriel Safdie.  \n\n\n\nThe QWF Playwriting Prize is awarded in even-numbered years. This is your chance to ask all the questions you have about the prize before the June 1 deadline. \n\n\n\nPlease view the call for submissions before the event. \n\n\n\nParticipants need to use the Zoom link to register and join the session. \n\n\n\nFacebook Event
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-qwf-playwriting-prize-qa/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Haiku
DESCRIPTION:Greet the spring with new haiku from Eastern Townships poets. \nBishop’s University’s Lifelong Learning Academy\, Write Here\, Write Now! and Coaticook’s Yarrow Press are pleased to announce the distance launch of three new books: Angela Leuck’s Last Summer Pear\, Phyllis Sise’s Spring to Lips and Bernice Sorge’s Ditch Walker. Join the poets for readings and conversations. \nABOUT THE POETSOwner and senior editor at Yarrow Press\, Angela Leuck\, was born in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, and grew up in the village of Lillooet along the Fraser Canyon. She presently makes her home in Coaticook. Angela Leuck is the author of six books of poetry and her articles and stories have appeared in numerous publications. \nA visual artist\, painter\, and print-maker\, Bernice Angeline Sorge relates the experience of writing haiku to being “like a two-year-old trying to put into words exciting discoveries\, like how to lace up a shoe. It never quite expresses the whole story\, but you have to believe your listener has the ability to hear and see with all her/his senses.” \nPhyllis Sise was a contractor in Toronto\, a house inspector in the Townships\, and is now proud to be Granny Muffin when she isn’t writing. She is grateful that writing has taught her to be so much more aware of all that surrounds us. Phyllis Sise’s new book Spring to Lips adds a certain quirkiness to the classic art of Haiku. \nWrite Here\, Write Now! is supported by Bishop’s University Lifelong Learning Academy.Bishop’s University is located on the Traditional and Unceded Territory of the Abenaki People.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-evening-of-haiku/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Commentary Camp: Frame It. Write It. Publish It.
DESCRIPTION:Two Saturdays\, May 14 and May 28 \n10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m \n  \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants. \nCommentaries provide a critical forum for influencing public opinion\, impacting policy\, and exercising leadership.  Through this workshop you will be guided\, step-by-step\, on how to clearly and persuasively craft publishable commentaries — including how to develop and master that proverbial ‘hook\,’ which will enable your submission to stand out above all others. \nAs a trained professional on the intersection between psychology and the media\, Lori Sokol will help you take your commentaries to the next level. You will learn how to establish your unique voice\, why it matters\, and how readers can learn from you. \nYou will learn: \n\nHow to choose a topic worth writing about.\nHow to know if your topic if of interest to a wide audience.\nHow to develop trust with your reader.\nHow to find research/evidence to support your claims.\nHow to find a ‘hook’ to attract editors’ attention.\nHow\, where and when to submit.\n\nLori will provide critiquing of each finished submission privately via email. \n  \n  \nLori Sokol\, Ph.D.\, is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Women’s eNews\, an award-winning\, global news organization that reports on the most crucial issues impacting women and girls around the world. \nLori’s op-eds/commentaries have been published in the Baltimore Sun\, The NY Times\, The Huffington Post and on Slate.com. She has also been interviewed on numerous television news programs including MSNBC\, CNBC\, WPIX\, and most recently in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine. \nHer latest book\, She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World (SheWrites Press 2020) received The Ben Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association and was a Finalist in the International Book Awards \nhttps://womensenews.org \nhttps://www.sheismebook.com \nhttps://lorisokolphd.com \nhttps://www.facebook.com/WomenseNews \nTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Womens_eNews \nInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/womens_enews/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/commentary-camp-frame-it-write-it-publish-it/2022-05-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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