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SUMMARY:Townships Holiday Book Fest
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, December 10\, 10 am to 4 pm ESTAmédé-Beaudoin Community Centre10 Samuel-Grantham (Lennoxville)\n\n\n\nBook Fest! The Townships Sun Holiday Book Fest invites all book lovers to meet with an exciting line-up of 25 or more recent Townships authors who will display and talk about their books. Enjoy a program of short readings\, panel discussions\, videos\, and music throughout the day. A free pancake breakfast will be served until 1 p.m.\, and tea and treats all day.  \n\n\n\nThe Book Fest is on Sunday\, December 10\, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, at the Amédée-Beaudoin Community Centre\, 10 Samuel-Grantham\, Lennoxville. Free admission. All are welcome! The Book Fest is sponsored by the Townships Sun as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations\, partnering with the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Townshippers’ Association.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/townships-holiday-book-fest/
LOCATION:Amédée-Beaudoin Community Centre\, 10 Samuel-Gratham Street\, Lennoxville (Sherbrooke)\, Quebec\, J1M 2J4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Networking,Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show: Enkonkaratonhase—Let Me Tell You a Story...
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 11\, 20238:00 PM EST (Doors open 7:30 PM)Casa del Popolo (4873 Saint-Laurent Blvd.)$10 (or pay what you can) at the door\n\n\n\nThe Indigenous people of Turtle Island were born from stories\, live through sharing them\, and celebrate them together through words\, music\, and dance. On Dec 11\, four Indigenous artists welcome you to experience some of their stories with them in the spirit of respect and peace. \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nâpihtawikosisâniskwêw (Métis / Norwegian / French / British) multidisciplinary artist Moe Clark is a 2Spirit singing thunderbird. She works across diverse disciplines of vocal improvisation\, spoken word poetry\, sound design\, and performance creation. Through creative continuums of Indigenous language immersion\, song creation and embodied knowledge\, Moe’s work in community reinforces the roles of 2S people\, women\, and intergenerational transmission. Her last solo album Within toured across North America and her collaborative video poem “nitahkôtân” won best Indigenous language music video at the ImagiNative film festival. In 2013 she directed the 10th Annual Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, highlighting Indigenous Languages\, and she was named Poet of Honour at the same festival in 2014. Fire & Sage/ Du sauge et du feu\, her bilingual book of poetry released through  Maelström Editions\, has been showcased at international literature festivals. Moe has seven albums of music\, both solo and collaborative and multiple performance videos. Co-founder of Weather Beings with Māori Takatāpui dancer/ choreographer Victoria Hunt\, their collaboration examines intersections of Métis & Māori cosmology and Indigenous futurism through performance experimentation. Moe’s work has appeared at the Lincoln Centre (US)\, UBUD Writers & Readers Festival (ID) and Origins Festival in London (UK). Originally from the prairies in Treaty 7\, Moe resides in Tio’tiá:ke/ Montréal\, on the unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Kaneratonni Diabo is Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) of mixed heritage\, originally from Kahnawake\, and now lives in Montreal. She is the artistic director/choreographer for A’nó:wara Dance Theatre. She is a storyteller who uses words\, music\, and dance to create pieces that bring Indigenous themes\, stories\, and perspectives to light. Her show\, Sky Dancers\, won a Dora Mavor Award for Outstanding Touring Production in 2022 and she was the recipient of the Prix de la danse de Montréal for most notable dancer in 2021. Barbara collaborates with several organizations to help educate populations\, create “safe spaces” and support Indigenous artists around the world. Barbara performs and creates for generations to come\, for her ancestors\, for community\, to inspire\, to communicate\, to uplift spirits\, and to encourage cultural pride. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the purest tradition of Inuit culture\, Nina Segalowitz (Inuvialuit and Dìne) has given regal performances of throatsinging for more than 25 years. Throat singing has been practised by the Inuit for thousands of years\, and their interpretations are Inuit women’s prized moments of leisure and entertainment. Nina has performed in many countries (France\, Columbia\, Chile\, England\, Belgium\, Italy\, USA) with many groups and singers like with Ariane Moffat or The Symphony Orchestra of Montreal. She has been actively involved in Oktoecho projects since 2010. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt 3 million+ streams\, Montreal-based queer\, trans non-binary\, Indigenous pop singer/songwriter Siibii has emerged onto the national music scene with catchy acoustic pop melodies and a growing catalogue that has been capturing audiences at a rapid pace. Their most recent release\, “YOY\,” has landed them various Spotify editorials such as “Contemporary Pop & Indigenous” and has garnered over 700\,000+ streams. Siibii’s accolodes include a CBC Searchlight 2022 runner up award\, Canada’s Walk Of Fame 2022 Emerging Musician Grand Prize Winner\, a SOCAN Young Canadian Songwriters Award in 2021\, and numerous #1 chart-topping singles on the NCI-FM’s Indigenous Music Countdown.  \n\n\n\nOriginally from the Cree community of Mistissini\, Quebec\, Siibii strives to be a changemaker\, noting the responsibility they feel to pursue their talent to create more representation within the industry for those who look and identify as they do.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-music-show-enkonkaratonhase-let-me-tell-you-a-story/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Words and Music
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SUMMARY:Turret House Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 13\, 20237:00 pmMaison de la Culture NDG(3755 rue Botrel\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nMontreal micro-press Turret House invites you to the public premiere of two short films by James Hawes: The Dog Wore a Hat in collaboration with Stuart Ross and Double House Poem in collaboration with Sarah Burgoyne. \n\n\n\nFeaturing readings to launch new chapbooks by Hugh Thomas\, Rose Maloukis\, Jay Miller\, Endre Farkas/Bálint Balassi\, and Stuart Ross.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/turret-house-extravaganza/
LOCATION:Maison de la Culture NDG\, 6400 Monkland Avenue\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4B 1H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:QWF Holiday Book Giveaway
DESCRIPTION:Fri\, Dec 15\, 2023\,1:00-4:00 pmQWF Office (1200 Atwater Ave\, room 3\, top floor)\n\n\n\nWe’re hosting a book giveaway at the QWF office!  \n\n\n\nOn Friday\, December 15\, stop by between 1 and 4 pm before we close for two weeks for the holidays. Light refreshments will be available\, and QWF members can take up to three free books. Non-members can join and get three free books\, too. Enjoy some casual conversation with QWF staff and fellow members\, and get yourself some new reading material (or Christmas presents for loved ones!). \n\n\n\n\nRSVP on FAcebook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
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LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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