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SUMMARY:Read Quebec Book Fair 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Read Quebec Book Fair is back! Formerly known as the Holiday Book Fair\, the Fair returns for its eighth installment on November 3-4 in the Concordia McConnell Building Atrium to present more than twenty overflowing tables of exciting new works from local publishers\, authors\, and translators\, a full program of hybrid literary events\, and multiple author signings.  \nProduced by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) in partnership with the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, the Read Quebec 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. The Fair will offer fun for young booklovers\, with a cozy\, book-filled Kids’ Nook both days\, and creative activities on Saturday afternoon. There will be a wine-and-cheese reception on Friday and coffee on Saturday morning.  \nThe fair is open Friday and Saturday November 3-4\, 2023\, from 11 am – 6 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. \nFind below the full Read Quebec Book Fair Events Calendar\, as well as author signing schedules.  \nWednesday\, November 1\, 2023\n \nMontreal Review of Books – Fall Issue Launch\nWednesday\, November 1\, 2023\, 7 pm.\nLa Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Rue Bernard O) In-person and livestreamed.  Free\, no registration required.\nJoin us for the launch of the Fall Issue of the Montreal Review of Books\, featuring Sean Michaels (Do You Remember Being Born?)\, Chris Bergeron (Valid) and Mostafa Henaway (Essential Work\, Disposable Workers). Hosted by Montreal Review of Books editor\, Malcolm Fraser. RSVP on Facebook. \nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\n \nPerfect Your Pitch Panel\nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\, 12 pm \n4TH SPACE\, McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W)     In-person and livestreamed. Free\, no registration required.  \nIn partnership with the Quebec Writers’ Federation and the Writers Read series of Concordia University\, a panel discussion on how to make successful nonfiction book and magazine pitches. Tips and feedback from the pros\, followed by short workshops for pre-registered participants. With With Nour Abi-Nakhoul\, Maisonneuve Magazine; Leigh Nash\, Assembly Press; and accomplished journalist and author Adam Leith Gollner. Moderated by Matt Hays\, Concordia University. \n \nPerfect Your Pitch Workshops\nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\, 1:30 pm \nConcordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W)     In-person. Registration required.  \nThe panel will be followed by 90-minute workshops with Nour Abi-Nakhoul and Leigh Nash for pre-registered participants. Workshops are free\, but pre-registration is required. Each workshop will be limited to 10 participants. A waiting list will be created if needed. Visit the event page for registration details. \n \nEight Voices: Finalists for the QWF Spoken Word Prize\nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\, 3 pm\n4TH SPACE\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University \n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W) In-person and livestreamed. Free\, registration required for livestream.\nIn an exciting live event\, the finalists for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will showcase their talents in short performances. \n \nRead Quebec Book Fair Opening Cocktail\nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\, 4:30 pm\nMcConnell Building\, Concordia University Atrium\n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal.  Free\, no registration required. In person.\nFollowing the book fair events in the 4TH SPACE\, attendees are invited to attend a wine and cheese reception to mingle with fellow book lovers\, peruse and purchase books.  \nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\nOn Saturday morning\, coffee will be offered to browsers with the compliments of the Read Quebec 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!  \n \nCreate Your Own Comic Strip!\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm\nAtrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal). Free\, no registration required. In person.\nWe’ll explore the basic building blocks to get you started on drawing and writing a (mostly silly!) comic strip featuring fun characters we’ll create together. Close up faces\, word balloons\, sound effects and more! For kids 5 to 9. \n \nGetting Lit with Linda: Live podcast recording featuring guests Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\, 1 pm\nDeSève Cinema\, McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal). Free\, no registration required. In person.\nIn a first-ever episode with a live audience\, award-winning podcaster Dr. Linda Morra will interview novelists Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker. Both authors will be available to sign books afterward. Co-sponsored by Montreal’s queer reading series\, the Violet Hour. \n \nPostcards to the Future!\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm\nAtrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal). Free\, no registration required. In person.\nMail a message to your older self. We’ll be designing with words and pictures a double sided postcard with a message you’d like your future self to know. It could be serious or playful or both\, you decide what the adult version of you should know! For kids 10 and up. \n \nScarborough Screening\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\, 3:00 pm\nDeSève Cinema\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University \n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal). Free\, no registration required. In person.\nIn a pre-festival special event\, Image+Nation Queer Culture\, Montreal’s long-running queer film festival\, will join the Violet Hour to co-sponsor this moving film\, an adaptation of Catherine Hernandez’s novel of the same name. \n \nMaking Monster Heads – An Exercise in Slow Group Drawing\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm\nAtrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal). Free\, no registration required. In person.\nTogether we’ll SLOWLY build a weird and wonderful bunch of monster heads that we can only create as a team! For all ages. \nThank you to our generous funders\, partners\, and sponsors!
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/read-quebec-book-fair-2023/
LOCATION:McConnell Building Atrium\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Create Your Own Comic Strip!
DESCRIPTION:Atrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\nIn-person. Free\, no registration required\nRSVP to the Facebook event here. \nWe’ll explore the basic building blocks to get you started on drawing and writing a (mostly silly!) comic strip featuring fun characters we’ll create together. Close up faces\, word balloons\, sound effects and more! For kids 5 to 9.  \nVasilios Billy Mavreas (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist and creativity workshop leader specializing in jumpstarting inspiration through collaborative creative play. The author of four graphic novels and director of gallery boutique Monastiraki (1998 – 2021)\, he has been involved in the Montreal arts community since the 1980s. \nExplore other 2023 Read Quebec Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca.
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SUMMARY:Getting Lit with Linda: Live podcast recording featuring guests Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker
DESCRIPTION:DeSève Cinema\, McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\nIn-person. Free\, no registration required.\nRSVP to the Facebook event here. \nIn a first-ever episode with a live audience\, award-winning podcaster Dr. Linda Morra will interview novelists Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker. Both authors will be available to sign books afterward. Co-sponsored by Montreal’s queer reading series\, the Violet Hour. \nCatherine Hernandez (she/her) is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is a proud queer woman who is of Filipino\, Spanish\, Chinese and Indian descent and married into the Navajo Nation. Her first novel\, Scarborough\, won the Jim Wong-Chu Award for the unpublished manuscript and was a finalist for several awards including Canada Reads 2022. She wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Scarborough\, which was nominated for 11 Canadian Screen Awards and won 8 including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her second novel\, Crosshairs\, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and made the CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction\, NOW Magazine’s 10 Best Books\, Indigo Best Book\, and NBC 20 Best LGBTQ Books list of 2020. Her third novel\, The Story of Us\, was published this year by HarperCollins Canada and was an instant bestseller. She is currently working on a few television projects and her fourth novel. \nEva Crocker grew up in Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland) and currently resides in Tiohti:áke (Montreal). Her debut novel All I Ask was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize and won the 2020 BMO Winterset Award. Her short story collection Barreling Forward was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQS2 Writers and won the Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction and the CAA Emerging Author’s Award. She is a PhD student in Concordia University’s Interdisciplinary Humanities program. \nLinda Morra is a professor of Canadian and Indigenous literatures\, writer\, editor\, and literary podcaster who lives in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke). Getting Lit With Linda\, which she co-produces with Marco Timpano\, won the Canadian Podcasting Awards in 2022 and has been shortlisted for the People’s Choice Podcasting Awards this year. Photo credit: Nadia Zhang. \nExplore other 2023 Read Quebec Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca.
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LOCATION:DeSève Cinema\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montrea\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Postcards to the Future!
DESCRIPTION:Atrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\nIn-person. Free\, no registration required.\nRSVP to the Facebook event here. \nMail a message to your older self. We’ll be designing with words and pictures a double sided postcard with a message you’d like your future self to know. It could be serious or playful or both\, you decide what the adult version of you should know! For kids 10 and up. \nVasilios Billy Mavreas (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist and creativity workshop leader specializing in jumpstarting inspiration through collaborative creative play. The author of four graphic novels and director of gallery boutique Monastiraki (1998 – 2021)\, he has been involved in the Montreal arts community since the 1980s. \nExplore other 2023 Read Quebec Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/postcards-to-the-future/
LOCATION:McConnell Building Atrium\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Scarborough Screening
DESCRIPTION:DeSève Cinema\, inside the McConnell Building\, Concordia University \n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\nIn person. Free\, no registration required. \nIn a pre-festival special event\, Image+Nation Queer Culture\, Montreal’s long-running queer film festival\, will join the Violet Hour to co-sponsor this moving film\, an adaptation of Catherine Hernandez’s novel of the same name. \nExplore other 2023 Read Quebec Book Fair events here\, and discover more English-language books written\, published\, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/scarborough-screening/
LOCATION:DeSève Cinema\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montrea\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Making Monster Heads - An Exercise in Slow Group Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Atrium of McConnell Building\, Concordia University\n1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\nIn-person. Free\, no registration required.\nRSVP to the Facebook event here. \nTogether we’ll SLOWLY build a weird and wonderful bunch of monster heads that we can only create as a team! For all ages. \nVasilios Billy Mavreas (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist and creativity workshop leader specializing in jumpstarting inspiration through collaborative creative play. The author of four graphic novels and director of gallery boutique Monastiraki (1998 – 2021)\, he has been involved in the Montreal arts community since the 1980s.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/making-monster-heads-an-exercise-in-slow-group-drawing/
LOCATION:McConnell Building Atrium\, Concordia University\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
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