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SUMMARY:Holiday Book Fair 2022
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Holiday Book Fair is back – in person! After two years of virtual and hybrid book fairs in 2020 and 2021\, we’re thrilled to return to the Concordia McConnell Building Atrium to present twenty overflowing tables of exciting new works from local publishers\, authors\, and translators\, a full program of hybrid literary events\, and multiple author signings. The Livres Babar Kids’ Book Nook is back\, too\, with a cozy pillow-filled spot for children to curl up with a book.  \nProduced by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) in partnership with the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, the Holiday Book Fair celebrates the vibrancy of the English-language literary scene in Quebec\, with local publishers displaying their titles\, and Librairie Paragraphe selling books from Quebec writers and translators published elsewhere.  \nWe have a great lineup of exhibitors this year\, including: AOS Publishing\, Baraka Books\, Black Rose Books\, Concordia University Press\, Corner Studio\, Guernica Editions\, Studio Georgeville\, Linda Leith Publishing\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, Metatron\, Metonymy Press\, McGill-Queen’s University Press\, Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, Pow Pow Press\, QC Fiction\, The Secret Mountain\, SpokenWeb\, Universitas Press\, Vallum\, and Véhicule Press. \nThe fair is open Friday and Saturday November 4-5\, 2022\, from 11 am – 5 pm\, in the Atrium of the McConnell Building at Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Boulevard W. The building is accessible directly from Guy metro and fully accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. In accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing for in-person events is optional\, though encouraged\, with hand sanitizing stations available at all locations. \n90 local authors will be on site at Concordia on Friday and Saturday to sign books and chat\, including Terry Mosher (Aislin)\, Peter McAuslan\, David Bradford\, Toula Drimonis\, Ann Lambert\, Christopher DiRaddo\, and many more! Here is the full schedule of author signings. \nCheck out the Holiday Book Fair Events Calendar for full event details\, including: \nMontreal Review of Books – Fall Issue Launch\nWednesday\, November 2\, 2022\, 7 pm.\nUrsa Montreal (5589 Park Avenue) Free\, no registration required\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. \nAtwater Poetry Project – Holiday Book Fair Special Edition\nThursday\, November 3\, 2022\, 7 pm\nAtwater Library and Computer Centre\, Adair Auditorium\n(4023 Tupper Street\, Westmount)     Free\, no registration required  \nThis special edition of the Atwater Poetry Project series\, will feature an evening of new writings with poets Prathna Lor (Emanations)\, River Halen (Dream Rooms)\, and Trynne Delaney (the half-drowned). Moderated by APP curator Faith Paré. \nEight Voices: Finalists for the First QWF Spoken Word Prize\nFriday\, November 4\, 2022\, 1 pm\n4TH SPACE\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University \n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal)    Free\, no registration required\nIn an exciting world premiere\, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance\, from storytelling to sound poetry\, hip hop\, and dub. Presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia’s SpokenWeb project\, the event will behosted by poet and SpokenWeb director Jason Camlot. \nJazz Stories: En Direct\nFriday\, November 4\, 2022\, 3 pm\n4TH SPACE\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal)    Free\, no registration required\nAuthor and Radio Canada personality Stanley Péan will discuss his new book Black and Blue: Jazz Stories with host Jason “Blackbird” Selman. They will be joined by Anita Anand (A Convergence of Solitudes)\, Rana Bose (Shaf and the Remington)\, and Kasia Van Schaik (We Have Never Lived On Earth) for a musically inspired session of improvised live writing. \nWine and Cheese Reception \nFriday\, November 4\, 2022\, 4:30 pm\nMcConnell Building\, Concordia University Atrium\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal)  Free\, no registration required\nFollowing the book fair events in the 4TH SPACE\, attendees are invited to join us for a wine and cheese reception in the McConnell Atrium\, with guest speakers Bert Archer\, Montreal Gazette editor-in-chief\, and special guest author Stanley Péan.  Guests are invited to mingle\, peruse and purchase books throughout the reception. This event is in-person only and will not be livestreamed. \nOn Saturday morning\, coffee will be offered to browsers with the compliments of the Holiday Book Fair. \nThe books of the participating authors will be available for sale at the in-person events\, and a curated selection of books by Quebec writers will also be available through the Read Quebec online catalogue. This is a wonderful opportunity to find the perfect holiday gift for your loved ones!  \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/holiday-book-fair-2022/
LOCATION:McConnell Building Atrium\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Eight Voices: Finalists for the First QWF Spoken Word Prize
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 4\, 2022\, 1 pm\n4th Space\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal)    Free\, no registration required \nIn an exciting world premiere\, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance\, from storytelling to sound poetry\, hip hop\, and dub. Presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia’s SpokenWeb project\, the event will be hosted by poet and SpokenWeb director Jason Camlot. For more information on the performers\, see the finalist list below. (Note that finalist Liana Cusmano will not be performing at this event.) \nIn-person event details: In accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing is optional\, though strongly encouraged. The 4th Space is fully accessible from the Maisonneuve entrance\, with an elevator located at metro level for those travelling underground.  \nLive streaming details: The event will be live-streamed to the 4TH SPACE YouTube account\, no prior registration is required. Tune in at 1 pm on November 4\, 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. \n… \nCaitlin Murphy is a writer\, director\, and dramaturg.  She has performed in one-woman shows\, stand-up and sketch comedy\, and a web-series she created called Mothers Try.  Caitlin has also written and directed plays and short films and recently launched a digital collection of her pandemic-related art\, Candy for Covid. \nDebbie Braide is an energy and development specialist\, spoken word poet\, World Economic Forum Global Shaper\, and British Chevening alumna. An Abuja Literary Society Poetry Slam Champion\, she has performed for such organizations as the United States Embassy and VSO International. She is committed to sustainable development and gender equity. \nErín Moure is a poet and poetry translator. Her most recent work includes Chus Pato’s The Face of the Quartzes (Veliz\, 2021) and her own chapbooks Retooling for a Figurative Life (Vallum\, 2021) and Arborescence (Columba\, 2022). Her translation of Chantal Neveu’s This Radiant Life (Book*hug\, 2020) won the 2021 Governor General’s Award for translation.  \nJohanne Pelletier is a storyteller with work featured in Canada and the US. She is the winner of the GRIT 99-Second Story Grand Slam\, the producer of Good Gyn-Bad Gyn: Women’s Health Stories\, and an amateur boxing judge. She teaches storytelling to scientists and start-ups. \nLiana Cusmano (Luca/BiCurious George) is a writer\, poet\, spoken word artist\, and filmmaker. They were the 2018 and 2019 Montreal Slam Champion and runner up in the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship. Their first novel\, Catch and Release (2022)\, was published by Guernica Editions. \nLucia De Luca is an English teacher and spoken word poet. She was a finalist at the 2021 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam and recently participated in Brickyard Spoken Word’s mentorship program. As an organizer\, she brought McGill University its first slam and\, in the summer of 2022\, oversaw the Grove Campus Poetry Show. \nRaïssa Simone is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). She has competed at numerous national poetry slams and been invited to perform at multiple spoken word shows\, including the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, Toronto International Poetry Slam\, Hillside Festival\, and When Sisters Speak.  \nRoen “Blu’Rva” Higgins is an award-winning spoken word poet\, educator\, speaker\, and creative evangelist. As the founder of The Elevated Creative\, her mission is to elevate others through creative literacy and help them find their flow and tap into their genius zone. \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
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LOCATION:4TH SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Jazz Stories: En Direct
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 4\, 2022\, 3 pm\n4TH SPACE\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal) Free\, no registration required \nIn this Holiday Book Fair feature event\, author and Radio Canada personality Stanley Péan will discuss his new book Black and Blue: Jazz Stories with host Jason “Blackbird” Selman. They will be joined by Anita Anand (A Convergence of Solitudes)\, Rana Bose (Shaf and the Remington)\, and Kasia Van Schaik (We Have Never Lived On Earth) for a musically inspired session of improvised live writing\, projected on the 4th Space screens.  \nIn-person event details: In accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing is optional\, though strongly encouraged. The 4th Space is fully accessible from the Maisonneuve entrance\, with an elevator located at metro level for those travelling underground.  \nLive streaming details: The event will be live-streamed to the 4TH SPACE YouTube account\, no prior registration is required. Tune in at 3 pm on November 4\, 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. \n… \nStanley Péan is the author of eight novels\, a couple of essays (mostly about jazz) and eight short story collections\, including the upcoming Crépusculaires (Éditions Mains libres\, 2022). Since the summer of 2009\, he has been piloting the program Quand le jazz est là every week night on ICI Musique\, Radio-Canada’s all-music radio network. The original French version of Black and Blue: Jazz Stories was awarded the Prix Victor-Barbeau for best essay by l’Académie des lettres du Québec in 2020. Last Summer\, the Festival international de Jazz de Montréal has presented Péan the Bruce-Lundvall Award\, given annually to a non-musician who has left a mark on the world of jazz or contributed to the development of the music\, through the media\, the concert or record industries. Black and Blue: Jazz Stories will be available for purchase at the Véhicule Press table at the Holiday Book Fair\, or online here.  \nJason “Blackbird” Selman is a Montreal born poet\, trumpet player and community worker. He is the author The Freedom I Stole (2007\, Cumulus Press)\, Africa As A Dream That Travels Through My Heart (2016\, Howl) and co-editor of the poetry anthology Talking Book (2006\, Cumulus Press) which chronicles the writings of Kalmunity Vibe Collective (of which he is a founding member). He works as a teaching artist\, conducting poetry workshops in schools across the Montréal area and beyond. His work is grounded in the themes of ethno-musicology\, surrealist expression\, love and the intersection of masculinity and emotional vulnerability. \nAnita Anand is not the Minister of Defense\, merely her namesake. She is an ESL teacher\, literary translator and author from Montreal. Her first book\, Swing in the House and Other Stories\, won the QWF-Concordia University First Book Prize. A Convergence of Solitudes is her first novel\, which will be available for purchase at the Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore table at the Holiday Book Fair\, or online.  \nRana Bose is a novelist\, poet\, playwright and retired professional engineer. He is a founding editor of montrealserai.com. His fourth novel\, Shaf and the Remington\, was released on September 25\, 2022\, and will be available for purchase at the Baraka Books table at the Holiday Book Fair\, or online here. His third novel\, Fog\, was awarded the Best Canadian Fiction for 2019\, by the Miramichi Reader. \nKasia Van Schaik is the author of the linked story collection\, We Have Never Lived on Earth\, and the poetry chapbook\, Sea Burial Laws According to Country. Her writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books\, CBC Books\, The Rumpus\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, Electric Literature\, and elsewhere. A postdoctoral fellow at Concordia University\, Kasia is currently working on a book of cultural criticism entitled Women Among Monuments and is also co-editing an essay collection\, Shelter in Text\, which interrogates the relationship between the physical and textual spaces we inhabit. Kasia lives in Tiohti:áke (Montreal). \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
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LOCATION:4TH SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Holiday Book Fair Opening Cocktail 
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 4\, 2022\, 4:30 pm\nMcConnell Building\, Concordia University Atrium\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal)  Free\, no registration required \nFollowing the book fair events in the 4TH SPACE\, attendees are invited to join us for a wine and cheese reception in the McConnell Atrium\, with guest speakers Bert Archer\, Montreal Gazette editor-in-chief\, and special guest author Stanley Péan.  Guests are invited to mingle\, peruse and purchase books throughout the reception.  \nIn accordance with public health guidelines\, mask wearing is optional\, though strongly encouraged. The Concordia Atrium is accessible from the Maisonneuve entrance\, with an elevator located at metro level for those travelling underground. This event is in-person only and will not be live-streamed. \nExplore other 2022 Holiday Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca. \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
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