by Jade Palmer

February 5th, 2025 is the fifteenth annual World Read Aloud Day, which promotes “the power of reading aloud to create community and amplify new stories, and to advocate for literacy as a foundational human right.” Montreal, with its vibrant history of reading series, strong literary community, and many avenues for innovation within these spaces, is the perfect place to participate and emphasize the importance of World Read Aloud Day’s mission.

Below, you’ll hear from four individuals with different perspectives on reading aloud and find out where you can enjoy the world beyond the written word. 

JASON CAMLOT: SPOKENWEB

Jason Camlot is an English professor at Concordia University and director of SpokenWeb Montreal, a research group based out of Concordia that preserves recordings of literary events and researches the ways we interpret sound and performance. He offers historical context for the practice of reading aloud: 

“In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as the study of modern literature was slowly becoming part of the university curriculum, reading aloud and listening were still integral to the practice of reading. Hundreds of books prescribing methods of elocutionary delivery, methods of recitation and oral interpretation were published, advising readers what they should be thinking and feeling when approaching a text to read aloud.

But that was then. As literary study became a legitimate discipline in its own right through the institutionalization of departments of English and other modern languages, new forms of criticism took hold that prioritized the reading of poems silently for the purpose of analysis in writing. So reading and listening to literature isn’t really part of the curriculum anymore, and we come to literary listening from a diverse range of positions, with little theory about how to do it, or preparation.”

The devaluation of reading aloud in our literary and educational lives is very much a product of the values of the current cultural moment. SpokenWeb puts the focus back on orality by presenting literary sound recordings on the SpokenWeb podcast and the CJLO radio show, Sonic Lit. Both of these projects are made for the general public, require no academic background, and aim to get everyone loving literature out loud again.

SUSAN GILLIS: QUEBEC WRITERS’ FEDERATION WORKSHOPS 

Each session of Susan Gillis’ workshop for the Quebec Writers’ Federation beganins with the workshopped poet reading their draft aloud to the group. Susan notes that this is a valuable part of the editing process both for the one vocalizing the work and those experiencing the work gain life off of the page:

“Hearing others read a poem can lead my attention to things I hadn’t noticed when reading silently, sometimes things that should have been obvious, and to nuances possibly only present at all in the heard words, through cadence and variation in emphasis.

Reading aloud, I’m engaged in a physical journey through a verbal landscape. This landscape may or may not align with other elements of the poem, a situation that may or may not generate tension, richness, and resonance. Involving the body, specifically the vocal apparatus and breath—breath itself—makes reading a poem a holistic experience, somatic as well as conceptual.”

The physical acts of producing and receiving sound attune workshop members to whether a poem is resonating or not—a perfect place from which to begin critiquing in a workshop! While the spring sessions are starting up in March, the fall round will open for registration in August. Watch the QWF website and Instagram for the announcement of the fall workshops so you can also experience how reading aloud helps bring your writing to the next level.

JM FRANCHETEAU: JRG OPEN MIC 

“Jay Ryan Gobuty was bored by nearly every poetry reading he ever attended,” recalls JM Francheteau, emcee of JRG Open Mic, “not out of antipathy towards poetry, though his real passion was theatre, but because the readings themselves were such staid affairs.” Fittingly named outrageous, the open mic series he co-hosted in Toronto with EJ Burns from 2012 to 2016 encouraged heckling, screaming, and exciting interdisciplinary performance. Jay passed away last year, but Francheteau has launched the JRG Open Mic (named for Gobuty’s initials) to put a literary spin on his eclectic legacy: 

“Despite the name I didn’t go into the first JRG gig planning to make the night explicitly ‘about’ Jay. It might feel like a bit of a bait and switch for the audience to think they are going into a regular show and discover they are at a stranger’s wake!

But some people were moved to speak about Jay’s passing in their performances because it’s what they’re writing about at the moment, and because it is important to them to talk and to remember . . . people tend to go to readings to feel things, to share in some sort of collective vulnerability. 

And if I might try to answer as Jay would, feelings and community are lovely, but it’s also about The Work. Writing is Work, but so is performing . . . JRG is about practice, thrilling practice.

Most forms of the written word thrive when spoken aloud. We honour our loved ones, we honour ourselves, and we honour the art when we present something publicly that makes others glad to have witnessed it. Jay believed art mattered—I can’t think of a better tribute than a space where people have fun getting better at theirs.”

The first JRG Open Mic provided Jay’s friends a place to openly and creatively grieve, hone the craft of reading aloud, and welcome others into the fold. If you want to experience the most not-boring open mic, the third installment of JRG will be held at Bar L’Hémisphère Gauche on March 6th, featured performers TBA.

CARLOS A. PITTELLA: AT HOME WITH LOVED ONES

For Carlos A. Pitella, previous co-editor-in-chief of Concordia’s English graduate literary journal, Headlight Anthology, and winner of a Forces Avenir prize for revamping the journal, reading aloud has always been a family affair: 

“As much as I love reading aloud, I love being read to even more—or taking turns, passing the book back and forth. With my father, over many breakfasts, we read Camus’s The Plague and Eça de Queirós’s The Legends of Saints—and I remember us crying at the end of both. With my love, we’ve read dozens of books together, normally a chapter before bed, and developed an intuition for which kinds of stories work well out loud. 

With our daughter, there has always been the bedtime story; now that she too can read, I love alternating pages with her, whether in Portuguese, English, or French. Though I enjoy podcasts and audiobooks, it’s never the same thing as a living being reading with you—someone to share the conjuring of a story and fall together into the magic trap of words.”

Experiencing a text with a loved one can bring up many emotions: everything from immense sadness to immense joy in connecting over a shared experience of the unreal. In the true spirit of World Read Aloud Day, Bibliotheque Benny in NDG sees the need for children to experience reading aloud, as they’re launching a preschool storytime beginning Saturday, February 22nd. 

It is a gift to fall in love with storytelling at such a young age—and to later take advantage of all other opportunities documented here.

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Jade Palmer (she/her) studied English and creative writing at Concordia University and is currently a poet and research assistant in Tiohti:àke/Montreal. Her work has won third place for the 2025 Foster Poetry Prize, been shortlisted for the 2024 Austin Clarke Prize, and won the 2024 Concordia Creative Writing Award. She is a poetry mentee in the QWF’s mentorship program, the managing editor of carte blanche, and a cohost for Accent Open Mic.

Illustration by Nina Drew.

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Moe Clark “committing a dream / pawâkan Palestine”
Lucia De Luca “Congratulations”
Emilia Malpica-Iruegas “twenty-one”
Roger Sinha “Hater’s n Baiters: The Culture Collision”
Mac van den Hoeven “Memory Justice”

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The 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.

Sign-Up Instructions

Please email Riley Palanca at the QWF to register, including the following:

• Your name
• Which workshop you would like to attend
• For the magazine workshop, please include a draft non-fiction pitch, maximum 500 words, see details below
• For the book proposal workshop, please include a 300-word synopsis of one non-fiction project and a 200-word bio, see details below. 

Workshop Descriptions

Magazine Pitches with Nour Abi-Nakhoul 

In the world of magazine journalism, crafting a pitch that’s succinct, relevant and compelling is necessary for getting your story idea out of your head and onto the page. Over 90 minutes, you’ll obtain personalized, in-depth feedback on your pitch from Maisonneuve Magazine editor Nour Abi-Nakhoul. Participants will learn about proper pitch structure, finding the right publication, email etiquette and how to effectively showcase your writing ability. Participants will be asked to submit a draft pitch prior to the workshop in order to receive feedback. Pitches should be around 3-4 paragraphs long; no more than 500 words.

Nour Abi-Nakhoul is a Montreal-based writer and editor. She’s written for a variety of Canadian and American publications, and is currently the associate editor of Maisonneuve Magazine. Her debut novel, Supplication, is coming out next spring from Penguin Random House. Photo credit: Olivia Gough.

Non-Fiction Book Proposals with Leigh Nash

A solid proposal is essential when it comes to pitching book-length non-fiction projects to traditional publishing houses. On the one hand, it’s great: you don’t have to write a whole book before you begin submitting! On the other, you can’t rely on a stellar manuscript to win over agents and editors. This 90-minute workshop with Assembly Press publisher Leigh Nash will help you pull together the pieces you need to craft a full book proposal that’s tailored to your publishing goals. Participants will be asked to prepare a 300-word synopsis of one non-fiction project and a 200-word bio and submit them in advance; these will be used as the basis for in-workshop exercises. 

Leigh Nash is the publisher at Assembly Press. Prior to that, she was publisher at House of Anansi Press and Invisible Publishing, where she expanded the publishing program and shaped an editorial identity that has been met with significant critical acclaim and major literary award nominations. She has also worked for Coach House Books, served on the boards of eBOUND Canada and the Association of Canadian Publishers, and has taught book publishing courses at Humber College and York University. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and has published one poetry collection, Goodbye, Ukulele.

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In 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 Nour Abi-Nakhoul, Maisonneuve Magazine; Leigh Nash, Assembly Press; and accomplished journalist and author Adam Leith Gollner. Moderated by Matt Hays, Concordia University. 

Leigh Nash is the publisher at Assembly Press. Prior to that, she was publisher at House of Anansi Press and Invisible Publishing, where she expanded the publishing program and shaped an editorial identity that has been met with significant critical acclaim and major literary award nominations. She has also worked for Coach House Books, served on the boards of eBOUND Canada and the Association of Canadian Publishers, and has taught book publishing courses at Humber College and York University. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and has published one poetry collection, Goodbye, Ukulele.

Nour Abi-Nakhoul is a Montreal-based writer and editor. She’s written for a variety of Canadian and American publications, and is currently the associate editor of Maisonneuve Magazine. Her debut novel, Supplication, is coming out next spring from Penguin Random House. Photo credit: Olivia Gough.

Adam Leith Gollner is the author of The Fruit Hunters, The Book of Immortality, and Working in the Bathtub. The former Editor in Chief of VICE, his writing appears in Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, GQ, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Six of his recent feature stories have been optioned by Hollywood studios.

Explore 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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In an exciting live event, the finalists for the second edition of the annual 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.

Explore 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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Produced 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.

The 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.

Find below the full Read Quebec Book Fair Events Calendar, as well as author signing schedules. 

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Montreal Review of Books – Fall Issue Launch
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 7 pm.
La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Rue Bernard O) In-person and livestreamed.  Free, no registration required.
Join 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.

Friday, November 3, 2023

Perfect Your Pitch Panel
Friday, November 3, 2023, 12 pm
4TH SPACE, McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W)     In-person and livestreamed. Free, no registration required.  
In 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.

Perfect Your Pitch Workshops
Friday, November 3, 2023, 1:30 pm
Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W)     In-person. Registration required.  
The 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.

Eight Voices: Finalists for the QWF Spoken Word Prize
Friday, November 3, 2023, 3 pm
4TH SPACE, inside the McConnell Building, Concordia University 
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W) In-person and livestreamed. Free, registration required for livestream.
In an exciting live event, the finalists for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will showcase their talents in short performances.

Read Quebec Book Fair Opening Cocktail
Friday, November 3, 2023, 4:30 pm
McConnell Building, Concordia University Atrium
1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal.  Free, no registration required. In person.
Following 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.

Saturday, November 4, 2023

On Saturday morning, coffee will be offered to browsers with the compliments of the Read Quebec Book Fair.

The 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! 

Create Your Own Comic Strip!
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Atrium of McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal). Free, no registration required. In person.
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, sound effects and more! For kids 5 to 9.

Getting Lit with Linda: Live podcast recording featuring guests Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 1 pm
DeSève Cinema, McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal). Free, no registration required. In person.
In 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.

Postcards to the Future!
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Atrium of McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal). Free, no registration required. In person.
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.

Scarborough Screening
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 3:00 pm
DeSève Cinema, inside the McConnell Building, Concordia University 
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal). Free, no registration required. In person.
In 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.

Making Monster Heads – An Exercise in Slow Group Drawing
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Atrium of McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal). Free, no registration required. In person.
Together we’ll SLOWLY build a weird and wonderful bunch of monster heads that we can only create as a team! For all ages.

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Produced 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.

We 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.

The 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.

90 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.

Check out the Holiday Book Fair Events Calendar for full event details, including:

Montreal Review of Books – Fall Issue Launch
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 7 pm.
Ursa Montreal (5589 Park Avenue) Free, no registration required
Join 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.

Atwater Poetry Project – Holiday Book Fair Special Edition
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 7 pm
Atwater Library and Computer Centre, Adair Auditorium
(4023 Tupper Street, Westmount)     Free, no registration required  
This 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.

Eight Voices: Finalists for the First QWF Spoken Word Prize
Friday, November 4, 2022, 1 pm
4TH SPACE, inside the McConnell Building, Concordia University 
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal)    Free, no registration required
In 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.

Jazz Stories: En Direct
Friday, November 4, 2022, 3 pm
4TH SPACE, inside the McConnell Building, Concordia University
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal)    Free, no registration required
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.

Wine and Cheese Reception
Friday, November 4, 2022, 4:30 pm
McConnell Building, Concordia University Atrium
(1400 Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal)  Free, no registration required
Following 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.

On Saturday morning, coffee will be offered to browsers with the compliments of the Holiday Book Fair.

The 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! 

Thank you to our generous funders, partners, and sponsors!

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In 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.)

In-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. 

Live 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. 

Explore other 2022 Holiday Book Fair events here, and discover more English-language books written, published, or translated in Quebec at ReadQuebec.ca.

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Caitlin 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.

Debbie 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.

Erín 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. 

Johanne 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.

Liana 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.

Lucia 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.

Raïssa 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. 

Roen “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.

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