Where readings are happening in Montreal – and, in these virtual times, sometimes beyond.
November 4 7:00 pm
Join for the premiere broadcast screening of the 2020 QWF Literary Awards “Gala” video, celebrating some of the best books and plays published by Quebec writers in the past year. Full info for the link – and red carpet – here!
November 5 7:00 pm
Join us for the virtual launch of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies. RSVP here and more info here!
November 5 9:00 pm
Readings by many of the west coast contributors to this climate crisis anthology, Watching Your Head (Coach House Books): Hari Alluri, Joanne Arnott, Yvonne Blomer & Jenna Butler, Allison Cobb, Jen Currin, Mercedes Eng, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Jonina Kirton, Natalie Lim, and Isabella Wang. Hosted by Stephen Collis.
November 6 7:00 pm
Full program and links here!
November 10 7:30 pm
Soirée de poésie en trois langues+ musique + micro ouvert Poètes invités:
Lorrie Jean-Louis
Rachel McCrum
Jonathan Lamy
Alfred Alexandre
Damsi Figueroa Verdugo
Alberto Quero
Angel Mota
Klara du Plessis
Kama La Mackerel
November 11 8:00 pm
More info here!
November 12 7:00 pm
Featuring short readings by:
Angela Carr (Without Ceremony)
Lise Downe (Propositions and Prayers)
Beatriz Hausner (Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart)
Julie Joosten (Nought)
Kristen Renee Miller (Spawn)
Erín Moure (This Radiant Life)
Bahar Orang (Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty)
Kate Sutherland (The Bones Are There)
November 12 7:00 pm
Join editors Jason Camlot and Katherine McLeod in conversation with nearly all contributors to CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event. With Jordan Abel, Deanna Fong, Clint Burnham, Jessi MacEachern, Karis Shearer, Felicity Tayler, and more!
November 13 4:00 pm
The season will be inaugurated with a virtual reading of Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to The Climate Crisis this Friday, November 13th at 4 pm.
November 14 7:00 pm
POP Montreal and Suoni Per Il Popolo present:
NATASHA KANAPÉ FONTAINE x PATRICK WATSON
More info here & below.
November 15 8:00 pm
This Sunday the Words & Music Show comes to you from the Sala Rossa with a special online show featuring some of Montreal’s top poets and spoken word artists in performance:
Roen Higgins
Fabrice Koffy
Faith Paré
Jason (Blackbird) Selman
November 18 7:00 pm
November’s virtual poetry reading will feature
Michael Prior and Kate Marshall Flaherty.
Full info and link here!
November 23 8:30 pm
Erín Moure, Mark Goldstein, Jaclyn Piudik, Phil Hall, Oana Avasilichioaei, R. KoleweOn occasion it’s important to honour poets whose work continues to challenge, fascinate, and edify us — to draw together our Elsewhere Community so as to remind ourselves that our work is in concert with others.
November 25 7:00 pm
More info here & excerpted below!
November 26 7:00 pm
mRB launches the Fall 2020 issue as part of the Holiday Book Fest presented by Read Quebec. Readings from poets Carmine Starnino and Kama La Mackerel and novelist Eva Crocker, along with good times and good cheer from the mRb team. Register at the Crowdcast link below to attend: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/montreal-review-of-books
November 27 7:00 pm
Black Writers Out Loud is a series of QWF events celebrating Black literary arts in Quebec. This fourth event in the series is co-produced with the AELAQ, and features Kaie Kellough in conversation with Canisia Lubrin. These two award-winning authors from the worlds of poetry and prose come together to speak on their craft and all matters human.
November 27 7:00 pm
More info here!
November 29 6:00 pm
6pm EST / 3pm PST || More info & register here!