January 11 7:00 pm
Giller Book Club: Suzette Mayr’s The Sleeping Car Porter, online
This year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Suzette Mayr will be joined by Donna Bailey Nurse for this one-hour conversation!
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January 12 7:00 pm
Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse, Prose & Song, online
With Jody Freeman, Ilona Martonfi, Angela Doyle, Barbara Lewis, H. Nigel Thomas, Cora Siré, and Victoria LeBlanc.
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January 13 2:00 pm
One Love, Literary: A Conversation with writer Sina Queyras, online
Full info here!
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January 20 7:00 pm
Poetry Reading at The Belgo
Join 10 poets from Concordia’s Graduate Poetry Workshop as they share their latest work. Thank you to SpokenWeb and Stephanie Bolster for their assistance in the hosting and creation of this event.
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January 24 5:00 pm
Richler Writer-in-Residence: The Intricacies of the Editorial Relationship
“Join the Department of English for a conversation between writer and musician H. Felix Chau Bradley and Metonymy author Markus Harwood-Jones about the ins and outs of the editorial relationship.”
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January 25 7:00 pm
“If It Isn’t Love”: a bilingual evening with poetry and music, at Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
“Resonance, velocity and feel. Inspired by Basquiat’s instrumental affinity for the motion and capture of writing across disciplines, David Bradford is joined by some of Montreal’s most vibrant poetic voices for an evening alive with the sharp edges and swells of poetry and live music.”
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January 28 6:00 pm
Anna Moschovakis and Moyna Pam Dick at Librairie Le Port de Tête
Anna Moschovakis and Moyna Pam Dick will be launching and reading from their latest books Participation (Book*hug Press, 2022) and I am writing you from afar (Black Sun Lit, 2021)
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January 31 6:30 pm
Writers Out Loud: Writing Between Two Cultural Worlds
The Quebec Writers’ Federation and Muslim Awareness Week (MAW—2023) invite you to a special panel featuring authors Toula Drimonis and Ehab Lotayef in conversation with Montreal Gazette columnist Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed. Featuring Guest of Honour Frank Baylis, M.P.
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