December 7 | 12:00 pm

Read Quebec Book Fair, Dec 7 & Dec 8

A full schedule of events can be found here, including:

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐——๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ 7

๐‘จ ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’„๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ต๐’†๐’˜ ๐’€๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’š โ€“ ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฒ๐’Š๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’”
Saturday, December 7 2024
12 pm โ€“ 1 pm

20th Anniversary Celebration with Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne, complete with anniversary cake!

Based on the Parentsโ€™ Choice Gold Award-winning musical picture book of the same name, a heartwarming childrenโ€™s story and a dozen happy-go-lucky songs about self-esteem and determination. Follow a little duck from the Prairies who has a big dream: making it to New York City and doing his ducky dance on Broadway!

๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’”๐’Šโ€™๐’•๐’”๐’‚๐’Œ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’-๐‘ฏ๐’–๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’
Saturday, December 7 2024
2 pm โ€“ 3 pm

Join Katsiโ€™tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, longtime activist and visual artist, to hear about her new book, ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ: ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. A memoir of a deeply engaged life, with an account of the siege at Oka, where she was a Kanienโ€™kehรก:ka (Mohawk) spokesperson. In conversation with Samir Shaheen-Hussain, MD, author of ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ: ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’ƒ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐‘บ๐’–๐’ƒ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’รฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’‰
Saturday, December 7 2024
3 pm โ€“ 4:30 pm

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 dโ€™Italia. Author Valรฉrie Bah will make a special appearance at 4 pm for the last half hour of the group discussion.

๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ช๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’
Saturday, December 7 2024
5 pm โ€“ 7 pm

A very special edition of the Read Quebec Book Fairโ€™s 5 ร  7. Come have a drink at the end of an exciting day of book browsing and literary events. Meet public historian, artist and educator Cassandra Marsillo, author of ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข, an oral history of Montreal immigrants from the Italian region of Molise, complete with 40 recipes โ€“ and enjoy Molisan antipasti created from the bookโ€™s recipes. This event is also a โ€œSuper Schmoozerโ€ bringing together members of the Quebec Writersโ€™ Federation, the Writersโ€™ Union of Canada, Quebec chapter, and the English-language Arts Network. Chat about books, writing, and the delicious food! Everyone is welcome.

๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐——๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿด

๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐‘ถ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ณ๐’๐’–๐’…: ๐‘จ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’-๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ธ๐’–๐’†๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„
Sunday, December 8 2024
12 pm โ€“ 1 pm

Moderated by Nancy Marrelli, archivist of the Italian-Canadian Community Archives of Quebec, which are housed at the Casa dโ€™Italia, an exchange between: Domenic Cusmano, publisher of Accenti: The Magazine with an Italian Accent; novelist and literary impresario Christopher DiRaddo, and playwright Michaela Di Cesare. Reception in the Archives office in the basement to follow.

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’• ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’…: ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’
Sunday, December 8 2024
1 pm โ€“ 2 pm

Looking for tips on getting your own writing into print? Writer/translator Mรฉlissa Bull, editor of the QC Fiction imprint at Baraka Books, will moderate as panelists Rebecca Morris (๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, Sofia Ajram (๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณรข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ), and Lili Zeng (๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ) recount their journeys to publication. There will be plenty of time for questions from the floor.

๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”: ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’
Sunday, December 8 2024
2 pm โ€“ 3 pm

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 over genres, generations, and languages. Join superstar cartoonists Walter Scott (the ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ series), ร‰loรฏse Marseille (๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ), and Chris Oliveros (๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ?) for a candid discussion about creating stories in pictures and words, finding humor in everyday life, and contemplating what could be next for Montrealโ€™s thriving comic arts scene. Moderated by Franรงois Vigneault.

๐‘ฐ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’ ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’… ๐‘ท๐’“๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’†
Sunday, December 8 2024
3:30 pm โ€“ 4:30 pm

The Quebec Writersโ€™ Federationโ€™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 โ€œcommitting a dream / pawรขkan Palestineโ€
Lucia De Luca โ€œCongratulationsโ€
Emilia Malpica-Iruegas โ€œtwenty-oneโ€
Roger Sinha โ€œHaterโ€™s n Baiters: The Culture Collisionโ€
Mac van den Hoeven โ€œMemory Justiceโ€

๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’โ€™๐’” ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’—๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”

At any time during the Read Quebec Book Fair, wee people can hang out in our Babar Books Kidsโ€™ Nook and look at childrenโ€™s books, draw and colour, or just relax in a cozy spot meant specially for them. Kids and their big people can also do some creative activity of their own at one of the three fabulous activities led by artist and writer Vasilios Billy Mavreas. For younger kids: Create your own comic strip! For older kids: Postcards to the Future! And for all ages: Cards For Peace

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