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SUMMARY:2024 Read Quebec Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Read Quebec Book Fair is back! Join us on December 7th and 8th at Casa d’Italia (505 rue Jean Talon est) to discover the latest releases of new works from local publishers\, authors\, and translators. We’re also looking forward to a full program of literary events – including an interview with author and Mohawk activist Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel on Saturday\, a comics panel with a stellar lineup\, and QWF Spoken Word Prize Showcase performances on Sunday – as well as a multitude of author signings.  \nProduced by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)\, 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 a musical performance for children by Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne on Saturday at noon. There will be an opening cocktail Saturday evening —it is free and open to all\, wine and bites will be served. \nThe fair is open from 12pm-7pm Saturday\, and 12pm-5pm Sunday at Casa d’Italia. The building is accessible directly across from Jean-Talon 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. \nDiscover the full schedule of author signings here! \n\nSchedule\nSaturday\, December 7th\n\nA Duck in New York City – Musical Performance for Kids of All Ages\nSaturday\, December 7 2024\n12 pm – 1 pm \n20th Anniversary Celebration with Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne\, complete with anniversary cake! \nBased on the Parents’ Choice Gold Award-winning musical picture book of the same name\, a heartwarming children’s story and a dozen happy-go-lucky songs about self-esteem and determination. Follow a little duck from the Prairies who has a big dream: making it to New York City and doing his ducky dance on Broadway!  \n\nKatsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel in Conversation with Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain\nSaturday\, December 7 2024\n2 pm – 3 pm \nJoin Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel\, longtime activist and visual artist\, to hear about her new book\, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance. A memoir of a deeply engaged life\, with an account of the 1990 Kanehsatake and Kahnawake Siege\, where she was a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) spokesperson. In conversation with Samir Shaheen-Hussain\, MD\, author of Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada\, winner of the 2021 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\, the 2021 Concordia University First Book Prize\, and le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole 2022. \n\n\nCreate Your Own Comic Strip! A workshop with Vasilios Billy Mavreas\nSaturday\, December 7 2024\n2 pm – 3 pm \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\n\nThe Violet Hour Book Club Reads Subterrane by Valérie Bah\nSaturday\, December 7 2024\n3 pm – 4:30 pm \nLed by founder Christopher DiRaddo\, this monthly discussion group for lovers of classic and contemporary works of LGBTQ literature will hold its December meeting on the stage at Casa d’Italia. Author Valérie Bah will make a special appearance via Zoom at 4 pm for the last half hour of the group discussion. \n\nOpening Cocktail\nSaturday\, December 7 2024\n5 pm – 7 pm \nA very special edition of the Read Quebec Book Fair’s 5 à 7. Come have a drink at the end of an exciting day of book browsing and literary events. Meet public historian\, artist and educator Cassandra Marsillo\, author of Dalla valigia alla tavola\, an oral history of Montreal immigrants from the Italian region of Molise\, complete with 40 recipes – and enjoy Molisan antipasti created from the book’s recipes. This event is also a “Super Schmoozer” bringing together members of the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, the Writers’ Union of Canada\, Quebec chapter\, and the English-language Arts Network. Chat about books\, writing\, and the delicious food! Everyone is welcome. \nSunday\, December 8th\n\nArchives Out Loud: A Panel Discussion on Italian-Canadian Writing in English in Quebec\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n12 pm – 1 pm \nModerated by Nancy Marrelli\, archivist of the Italian-Canadian Community Archives of Quebec\, which are housed at the Casa d’Italia\, an exchange between: Domenic Cusmano\, publisher of Accenti: The Magazine with an Italian Accent; novelist and literary impresario Christopher DiRaddo\, and playwright Michaela Di Cesare. Reception in the Archives office in the basement to follow. \n\nHow I Got Published: Fiction Edition\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n1 pm – 2 pm \nLooking for tips on getting your own writing into print? Writer/translator Mélissa Bull\, editor of the QC Fiction imprint at Baraka Books\, will moderate as panelists Rebecca Morris (Other Maps)\, Sofia Ajram (Coup de Grâce)\, and Lili Zeng (Dear Haider) recount their journeys to publication. There will be plenty of time for questions from the floor. \n\n\nPostcards to the Future! A workshop with Vasilios Billy Mavreas\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n1 pm – 2 pm \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\n\nComic Book Confessions: Montreal Cartoonists Tell All\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n2 pm – 3 pm \nMontreal has emerged as one of the most vibrant comic book scenes in the world\, with a remarkable range of local creators producing weird\, wild\, and wonderful work that crosses over genres\, generations\, and languages. Join superstar cartoonists Walter Scott (Wendy)\, Éloïse Marseille (Naked: The Confessions of a Normal Woman)\, and Chris Oliveros (Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?) for a candid discussion about creating stories in pictures and words\, finding humor in everyday life\, and contemplating what could be next for Montreal’s thriving comic arts scene. Moderated by François Vigneault. \n\n\nCards for Peace: A workshop with Vasilios Billy Mavreas\n\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n2 pm – 3 pm \n\nWe’ll create holiday greeting cards with drawings and writing for family and friends around the themes of peace\, gratitude and light! Every tradition welcome!\n\nIan Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Showcase\nSunday\, December 8 2024\n3:30 pm – 4:30 pm \nThe Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Showcase will once again display the creative talents of the finalists for the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \nMoe Clark “committing a dream / pawâkan Palestine”\nLucia De Luca “Congratulations”\nEmilia Malpica-Iruegas “twenty-one”\nRoger Sinha “Hater’s n Baiters: The Culture Collision”\nMac van den Hoeven “Memory Justice” \nChildren’s Programming with Vasilios Billy Mavreas\nAt any time during the Read Quebec Book Fair\, wee people can hang out in our Babar Books Kids’ Nook and look at children’s books\, draw and colour\, or just relax in a cozy spot meant specially for them. Kids and their big people can also do some creative activity of their own at one of the three fabulous activities led by artist and writer Vasilios Billy Mavreas. For younger kids: Create your own comic strip! For older kids: Postcards to the Future! And for all ages: Cards For Peace.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/2024-read-quebec-book-fair/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Archives Out Loud: A Panel Discussion on Italian-Canadian Writing in English in Quebec
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Nancy Marrelli\, archivist of the Italian-Canadian Community Archives of Quebec\, which are housed at the Casa d’Italia\, an exchange between: Domenic Cusmano\, publisher of Accenti: The Magazine with an Italian Accent; novelist and literary impresario Christopher DiRaddo\, and playwright Michaela Di Cesare. Reception in the Archives office in the basement to follow.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/archives-out-loud-a-panel-discussion-on-italian-canadian-writing-in-english-in-quebec/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:How I Got Published: Fiction Edition
DESCRIPTION:Looking for tips on getting your own writing into print? Writer/translator Mélissa Bull\, editor of the QC Fiction imprint at Baraka Books\, will moderate as panelists Rebecca Morris (Other Maps)\, Sofia Ajram (Coup de Grâce)\, and Lili Zeng (Dear Haider) recount their journeys to publication. There will be plenty of time for questions from the floor.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/how-i-got-published-fiction-edition/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Postcards to the Future!
DESCRIPTION:Mail 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\nVasilios Billy Mavreas is an artist & writer making mostly book works\, drawings\, comics\, visual poetry and collage. He designs and leads bilingual workshops and speaks publicly on creative process\, collecting\, zines and self-publishing\, hybrid literature\, found objects and paper ephemera.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/postcards-to-the-future-2/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Comic Book Confessions: Montreal Cartoonists Tell All
DESCRIPTION:Montreal has emerged as one of the most vibrant comic book scenes in the world\, with a remarkable range of local creators producing weird\, wild\, and wonderful work that crosses over genres\, generations\, and languages. Join superstar cartoonists Walter Scott (Wendy)\, Éloïse Marseille (Naked: The Confessions of a Normal Woman)\, and Chris Oliveros (Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?) for a candid discussion about creating stories in pictures and words\, finding humor in everyday life\, and contemplating what could be next for Montreal’s thriving comic arts scene. Moderated by François Vigneault.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/comic-book-confessions-montreal-cartoonists-tell-all/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Cards for Peace
DESCRIPTION:We’ll create holiday greeting cards with drawings and writing for family and friends around the themes of peace\, gratitude and light! Every tradition welcome!\n\nVasilios Billy Mavreas is an artist & writer making mostly book works\, drawings\, comics\, visual poetry and collage. He designs and leads bilingual workshops and speaks publicly on creative process\, collecting\, zines and self-publishing\, hybrid literature\, found objects and paper ephemera.
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/cards-for-peace/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Showcase
DESCRIPTION:The Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Showcase will once again display the creative talents of the finalists for the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize.  \nMoe Clark “committing a dream / pawâkan Palestine”\nLucia De Luca “Congratulations”\nEmilia Malpica-Iruegas “twenty-one”\nRoger Sinha “Hater’s n Baiters: The Culture Collision”\nMac van den Hoeven “Memory Justice”
URL:https://readquebec.ca/event/ian-ferrier-spoken-word-prize-showcase/
LOCATION:Casa d’Italia\, 505 rue Jean Talon est\, Montreal\, QC\, H2R 1T6\, Canada
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