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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College will host Mary Dean Lee  reading from her debut poetry collection\, “TIDAL”\, and Derek Webster from “NATIONAL ANIMAL”. They will also have a dialogue about the challenges of writing about strong emotions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Bread and Stone book launch @ Counter-Congress 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join Black Rose Books for an afternoon of author talks and the book launch of our forthcoming title Bread and Stone by Allan Weiss\, a gripping novel set amidst the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as part of Counter-Congress 2024. \nORDER OF EVENTS Come for the entire afternoon or just for the book launch. We’d love to see you! \n3:00 pm: Prof. Marie Josée Lavalée of the Université de Montréal will discuss Different Shades of Red\, a book dealing with the vast variety of socialist thought that exists and that has existed. \n4:00 pm: Prof. Andras Gollner of Concordia University will give a talk on the current situation in Hungary and on the book The Forgotten Revolution\, dealing with the Hungarian socialist revolution in 1919. \n5:00 pm: Professor Allan Weiss of York University will launch Bread and Stone\, a gripping novel set amidst the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Expect wine and cheese! \nAbout Bread and Stone: William McLean is an Alberta farm boy seeking the work that he believes God has put him on Earth to do. Returning from World War I in a crisis of conscience\, he finds his calling when he is drawn into Winnipeg’s labour movement by his army buddy Daniel Eckersley. As unrest mounts and the authorities respond with force\, William finds himself in the midst of an upheaval that could mean freedom — or destitution — for all. \nIn Bread and Stone\, Allan Weiss skillfully combines the story of one of the most dramatic real events in Canadian history\, the Winnipeg General Strike\, with the spiritual journey of a young man growing to understand who he is\, who he is becoming\, and what it is that he must do. \nAllan Weiss is a Toronto fiction writer and Professor of English at York University. He was born in Montreal and moved to Toronto to pursue his doctoral studies after completing his BA and MA at Concordia University. He is the author of three story cycles: Living Room (2001)\, Making the Rounds (2016)\, and Telescope (2019). Other short stories\, both realist and fantastic\, have appeared in various anthologies and magazines\, including Fiddlehead\, Wascana Review\, On Spec\, and the Tesseracts anthology series. His latest story\, “A Tartan of Many Colors\,” was published recently in the anthology Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People. \nFACEBOOK EVENT\nhttps://www.facebook.com/share/w5PncSihKZzkGABh \nABOUT BLACK ROSE BOOKS’ COUNTER-CONGRESS 2024\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/counter-congress-2024-tickets-884288248957
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bread-and-stone-book-launch-counter-congress-2024/
LOCATION:Co-op Bar Milton Parc\, 3714 Avenue du Parc at des Pins\, Montréal\, QC\, Quebec\, H2X 2J1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:TIDAL Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Montreal West Public Library will present Mary Dean Lee reading from her debut poetry collection\, TIDAL.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tidal-book-launch/
LOCATION:Montreal West Public Library\, 45 Westminster Avenue South\, Montreal West\, Quebec\, H4X 1Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Mary Dean Lee and Emily Tristan Jones - Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:De Stiil Bookstore presents Mary Dean Lee reading from her debut poetry collection\, TIDAL and Emily Tristan Jones reading from her forthcoming collection\, BUTTERCUP.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mary-dean-lee-and-emily-tristan-jones-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Librairie De Stiil Bookstore\, 351 Duluth Ave E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1J3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 22\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\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-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-13/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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