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SUMMARY:Alright: Solving the Problem of Living
DESCRIPTION:Running June 8-June 17\n\n\n\nAcclaimed storyteller Nisha Coleman (Self-Exile\, Cornichon) takes you on an exhilarating\, nail-biting\, and heart-wrenching adventure. This is an intimate storytelling show about life’s arduous events and the pinpricks of light that tilt our gaze from the gutter to the stars. \n\n\n\nPlaywright: Nisha Coleman \n\n\n\nDirectors: Paul Van Dyck & Stephen Maclean Rogers \n\n\n\nOther Collaborators or Performers: Patrick McMaster \n\n\n\nFrom Montreal\, QC \n\n\n\nMontreal Premiere \n\n\n\nEnglish \n\n\n\nLatecomers: 10 minutes \n\n\n\nrabbitinahatproductions.com \n\n\n\nInstagram: @rabbitinhatprod \n\n\n\n#alrighttheshow
URL:https://qwf.org/event/alright-solving-the-problem-of-living/
LOCATION:Comedy Theatre of Montreal\, 1113 Boul. de Maisonneuve E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 1Z6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Performance,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:2023 QWF Mentorship Reading
DESCRIPTION:The QWF Mentorship Reading is scheduled for June 11\, 2023 at 2 pm. This event will happen in-person at the Atwater Auditorium\, 2nd floor of the Atwater Library (Note that as the event is happening outside library hours\, the entrance is at 4023 Tupper Street). \n\n\n\nThe QWF Mentorships are designed to help promising emerging writers make the transition to the next stage of their careers. Over a period of four months\, each mentee received one-on-one guidance and support from a professional writing mentor. Now\, their journey culminates in a public reading where the mentees present an excerpt of their works-in-progress. \n\n\n\nThis year’s cohort features: \n\n\n\nAlana Dunlop\, mentored by H. Felix Chau Bradley in FictionLoch Baillie\, mentored by Simina Banu in PoetryYaani Dinu Mahapatuna\, mentored by Sean Michaels in FictionCornelia Mars\, mentored by Annabel Howard in NonfictionNoa Padawer-Blatt\, mentored by David Wilson in FictionRaissa Simone\, mentored by Jay Ritchie in PoetryÉlisabeth Savoie\, mentored by Sonya Malaborza in Translation (The Jean Antonin Billard LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation)Victoria Platel\, mentored by Alain Zaloum in Screenwriting (Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship) \n\n\n\nNote: Tickets will be available at the door for cash only. \n\n\n\n$5 – $10(Student / General)
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2023-qwf-mentorship-reading/
LOCATION:Quebec
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SUMMARY:The Art of Literary Translation
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will explore literary translation from French to English: fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, and songs. \n\n\n\nWe will look at contemporary literature from Quebec and France\, as well as some older (nineteenth- and twentieth-century) texts. Sources may include Gabrielle Roy\, Anne Hébert\, Annie Ernaux\, and Samuel Archibald. We will start by looking at an excerpt of a literary text in French and reading a published English translation of it. What difficulties (such as euphony\, voice\, word play\, and verb tense) did the translator face\, and how successful were they? At each meeting\, there will be time to produce your own translations\, often in groups. We will read our work aloud and comment on difficulties and strokes of inspiration. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to translate a further passage from the same work (or from another) as a homework assignment for the next meeting. The corrected assignments provide individual feedback and lead to discussion of the issues encountered. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of the workshop\, you’ll be asked to present a passage you have translated from a work you have chosen\, commenting on the issues it presents\, and describing ways of solving these issues. This is an ideal opportunity to begin or pursue a project you intend to submit to a publisher. Jonathan Kaplanskywon a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen)for the University of Nebraska Press. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane (Orca\, 2023) and Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere (Guernica\, 2022). He has sat on the juries for the translation category of the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the John Glassco Translation Prize and recently translated the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-art-of-literary-translation-2/2023-06-12/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Montreal Launch of Norman Ravvin's Who Gets In: An Immigration Story
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 15\, 7 pmMuseum of Jewish Montreal (5220 Boulevard Saint-Laurent) \n\n\n\nJoin Norman Ravvin for the Montreal launch of his new book Who Gets In: An Immigration Story. Copies will be available for purchase and signing.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-launch-of-norman-ravvins-who-gets-in-an-immigration-story/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Montreal\, 5220 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1S1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Launch of Yolk Issue 3.1
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 17\, 6:00-10:00 pmDe Stiil Booksellers\, Montreal$7 at the door (includes one drink\, $5 without a drink) \n\n\n\nJoin the folks at Yolk on Saturday\, June 17\, for the official launch of Yolk Issue 3.1! There will be readings\, issues and merch for sale\, pop-up poetry\, beverages for sale\, and more!$7 entry payable at the door by cash or card. ($5 without a drink included)Please note that De Stiil has a maximum capacity\, so plan to arrive early!Accessibility: Please note that there are two short steps leading into the venue. The interior space is one level floor.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-yolk-issue-3-1/
LOCATION:De Stiil Booksellers 351 Avenue Duluth E\, Montréal\, QC H2W 1J3\, 351 Avenue Duluth\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1J3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Véhicule Press 50th Anniversary Gala
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 17\, 7:00 pmCasa d’Italia\, Montreal\n\n\n\nCome celebrate 50 years of publishing with Véhicule Press! \n\n\n\nThis event will feature readings and reflections by authors and editors\, past and present\, co-hosted by Nyla Matuk and Mark Abley. A reception will follow. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-hosts: \n\n\n\nNyla Matuk and Mark Abley \n\n\n\nParticipants: \n\n\n\nGabrielle Boulianne-TrembleyTawhida Tanya EvanstonSusan GlickmanKaie KelloughDimitri NasrallahMichael PriorAndrew Steinmetz \n\n\n\nBios: \n\n\n\nMark Abley is a nonfiction writer\, poet\, and journalist. He is a Rhodes Scholar and in 2004 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. His many books include The Organist: Fugues\, Fatherhood\, and a Fragile Mind\, a memoir of his father; Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages and The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English\, among other books on language; Conversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott\, an unconventional look at Canada’s colonial history; and several poetry collections and children’s books. His work has won international praise and has been translated into five languages. He lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nNyla Matuk is the author of two books of poetry: Sumptuary Laws (2012) and Stranger (2016) both published by Véhicule Press. She is also the editor of an anthology of poems\, Resisting Canada\, published by Véhicule Press in 2019. In 2018\, Nyla served as the Mordecai Richler Writer in Residence at McGill University. She lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nGabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay is a writer\, actor\, model\, and trans activist. The first trans woman to be nominated as an actress at the Canadian Screen Awards\, her other publications include two poetry books: Le ventre des volcans and Les secrets de l’origami. Dandelion Daughter (Véhicule Press 2023) is the English-language translation of her novel La fille d’elle-même\, which won the 2022 Prix des libraires. \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québecoise poet\, performer and producer. Her first novel\, Book of Wings (Véhicule Press 2021)\, was longlisted for Canada Reads 2022 and was awarded the Blue Metropolis/Conseil des arts de Montreal New Contribution Literary Prize 2023. She is the author of two books of poetry\, Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018) and Bothism (Ekstasis 2017). With a 20-year practice in spoken word\, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. Evanson has been named Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, and has received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the spoken-word genre. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal\, she moonlights as a whirling dervish. \n\n\n\nSusan Glickman’s most recent book is Artful Flight: Selected Essays 1985-2019. She is the author of seven books of poetry\, four novels for adults\, three novels for children\, and a work of literary history. Her forthcoming book of poems\, Cathedral/Grove\, will be published by Véhicule Press in April 2023. She lives in Toronto where she works as a freelance editor and is learning to paint. \n\n\n\nKaie Kellough is a novelist\, poet\, and sound performer. His work emerges at a crossroads of social engagement and formal experiment. From western Canada\, he lives in Montréal and has roots in Guyana\, South America. His books include Dominoes at the Crossroads (short fiction\, Véhicule Press 2020)\, Magnetic Equator (poetry\, McClelland and Stewart 2019)\, and Accordéon (novel\, ARP 2016). Kaie’s writing has been awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize and the QWF Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. It has been listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal\, the Amazon/Walrus Foundation First Novel Award\, the ReLit Award\, and the QWF A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Kaie’s work has traveled internationally\, notably to festivals in the UK\, Australia\, Asia\, the Caribbean\, and continental Europe. He continues to craft new passages. \n\n\n\nDimitri Nasrallah is the author of four novels. His most recent\, 2022’s Hotline\, was selected for Canada Reads 2023 and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He was born in Lebanon in 1977\, and moved to Canada in 1988. His previous books include The Bleeds\, Niko\, and Blackbodying. He lives in Montreal\, where he serves as fiction editor for Véhicule Press’s Esplanade Fiction imprint and teaches creative writing at Concordia University. \n\n\n\nMichael Prior earned an MFA from Cornell University and an MA in English literature from the University of Toronto. He is the author of Burning Province (2020) and Model Disciple (2016)\, which was named one of the best books of the year by the CBC. Prior’s honors include Magma Poetry’s Editors’ Prize\, the Walrus Poetry Prize\, and Matrix Magazine’s Lit POP Award for Poetry. He is an assistant professor of English at Macalester College\, and he divides his time between Saint Paul\, Minnesota and Vancouver\, British Columbia. \n\n\n\nAndrew Steinmetz is the author of five previous books. This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla was a finalist for the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction\, and Eva’s Threepenny Theatre won the City of Ottawa Book Award and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. His forthcoming novel\, Because\, will be published by Véhicule Press in May 2023. A life-long musician\, Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s\, he was a member of the alt-country band Good Cookies. He lives in Ottawa.
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LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 Rue Jean-Talon Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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