November 25 1:00 pm
QWF & AELEQ Book Fair | Stories Speak: Writers on Fiction
Licia Canton, The Pink House and Other Stories
Paige Cooper, Zolitude
Kenneth Radu, Net Worth
Moderated by H. Nigel Thomas, Fate’s Instruments
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November 25 3:00 pm
QWF & AELEQ Book Fair | Perforating the Screen of Language: Poets Out Loud
Klara du Plessis, Ekke
Susan Elmslie, Museum of Kindness
John Emil Vincent, Excitement Tax
Moderated by Harold Hoefle, The Night Chorus
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November 25 9:00 pm
Mile End Poets’ Festival | Words & Music Show, with David Bateman, Kaie Kellough, Isaac Bond, Deanna Radford & music by Creatures of the Ice Age
The final and glorious event of Mile End Poets’ Festival 2018!
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November 27 5:30 pm
Performance | Harmony Holiday
Considering themes of absence, minor histories, and the black radical tradition as introduced in Blues Klair and the research methods they provoke, Los Angeles-based poet and choreographer Harmony Holiday has been invited to present a new performance working with audio and video archives that extend from, surround and inform her practice.
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November 27 7:00 pm
The Violet Hour | Image + Nation
An evening of short readings by LGBTQ writers, and this month’s edition takes place during Image + Nation, Montreal’s LGBTQ film festival, and features readers with connections to the world of cinema.
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November 29 7:00 pm
Kasia van Schaik launches Sea Burial Laws According to Country
Join for the launch of Kasia van Schaik’s Sea Burial Laws According to Country (Desert Pets Press), a miniature collection of interconnected stories, poems, and burial instructions. Kasia will be joined by special guests and Montreal poets, Tess Liem and Sarah Burgoyne.
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November 30 4:00 pm
Writers Read presents Kate Colby, Paige Cooper, and Anna Moschovakis
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November 30 7:00 pm
Book*hug Double Launch: Gwen Benaway and Hana Shafi
The Montreal launch of Gwen Benaway’s Holy Wild and Hana Shafi’s It Begins With the Body, with guest readers Lindsay Nixon, Marcela Huerta, and Eli Tareq Lynch.
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