Create your own comic strip!

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

We’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, […]

The Violet Hour Book Club Reads Subterrane by Valérie Bah

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

Led 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. […]

Opening Cocktail

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

A 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. […]

How I Got Published: Fiction Edition

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

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), […]

Postcards to the Future!

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

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 […]

Comic Book Confessions: Montreal Cartoonists Tell All

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

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 […]

Cards for Peace

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

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! Vasilios Billy Mavreas is an artist […]

Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Showcase

Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

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. Moe Clark “committing […]