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SUMMARY:Montreal Review of Books – Fall 2022 Issue Launch
DESCRIPTION:Montreal Review of Books – Fall Issue Launch\nWednesday\, November 2\, 2022\, 7 pm\nUrsa Montreal\n5589\, Park Avenue\, Montreal (Québec) H2V 4S8\nFree admission. In person and live-streamed (see below for details) \nJoin us for the launch of the Fall Issue of the Montreal Review of Books\, with readings by featured authors Alexei Perry Cox (PLACE)\, Neil Smith (Jones)\, and Toula Drimonis (We\, the Others). Hosted by Montreal Review of Books editor Malcolm Fraser. \nIn-person event details: Space is limited; first come\, first seated. In accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing for in-person events is optional\, though encouraged. Ursa Mtl is at garden-level and have a small set of stairs leading into the venue. They unfortunately do not have a ramp\, but we are happy to help accommodate folks to the best of our ability. Please let us know if you require assistance with the stairs. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.  \nLive streaming details: The event will be live-streamed to our YouTube account\, no prior registration is required. Tune in at 7 pm on November 2\, 2022\, to view and participate in the Q&A via the chat function.  \nExplore other 2022 Holiday Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca. \nWe look forward to seeing you on November 2nd! \n… \nToula Drimonis is a Montreal-based opinion columnist\, writer and news producer. A former news director for TC Media\, she has reported and written on politics\, social justice\, and women’s issues for national and international publications. She has worked in television\, radio\, and print in all three of her languages\, and has appeared on TV as both panelist and contributor to English and French-language current-affairs and cultural news shows. \nAlexei Perry Cox is a writer and teacher and organizer. She is the author of Night 3 | اليوم الرابع (Centre for Expanded Poetics)\, Re:Evolution (Gap Riot Press)\, Finding Places to Make Places (Vallum)\, as well as the full length collection Under Her (Insomniac Press). PLACE is now out from Noemi Press. Her poetry and criticism has graced the pages of a wide variety of publications\, including  Jouranl Safar (جورنال سفر)\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, Moko Magazine\, Carte Blanche and The Georgia Review. At the core of her makings is the belief that we imagine relationally\, sometimes with words and sometimes with graze.  \nNeil Smith is a Canadian writer and translator. His novel Boo\, published in 2015\, won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Boo was also nominated for a Sunburst Award and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award\, and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec. Smith published his debut book\, the short story collection Bang Crunch\, in 2007. It was chosen as a best book of the year by the Washington Post and the Globe and Mail\, won the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, and was a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Three stories in the book were also nominated for the Journey Prize. Smith also works as a translator\, from French to English. The Goddess of Fireflies\, his translation of Geneviève Pettersen’s novel La déesse des mouches à feu\, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for translation. \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/montreal-review-of-books-fall-2022-issue-launch/
LOCATION:Ursa Mtl\, 5589\, Park Avenue\,\, Montreal\, Québec\, H2V 4S8\, Canada
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