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THIS REALLY HAPPENED: THIS ISN’T WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR

90min | english

As Robert Burns famously said, "The best laid plans of mice and men go oft awry." Our live storytelling series returns with some of your favourite writers and storytellers, and their true tales of the detours, diversions, and derailments that changed their lives.

Adult | Biography/Memoir

participants Francisco Goldman, Samah Sabawi, Josip Novakovich, Jeff Gandell, Nisha Coleman, Maggie Panko
hosts Maria Schamis Turner, Tally Abecassis
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 9:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) 90min Buy ticket

THIS REALLY HAPPENED: THIS ISN’T WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR

90min | english
about
Blue Metropolis Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997 that brings together people from different cultures to share the pleasure of reading and writing, and encourages creativity and intercultural understanding. The Foundation produces an Annual Literary Festival of international calibre and offers a wide range of educational and social programs year-round, both in classrooms and online.
program
  • adult
  • children
themes
  • Adult
  • Almemar
  • Blue - Violet Metropolis
  • CBC Blue Series
  • Children
  • Concordia Effect
  • Family and Children
  • First Novel
  • Gaming and Literature
  • God, Literature and Society
  • Hospitals and Specialised Schools
  • LGBTQ Series
  • Literary Awards
  • MAC Series
  • Poetry Here, There and Everywhere
  • Scared Stiff
  • Spanish and Portugese Literature
  • Surprising Slovenia
  • Translation: An act of Faith
  • Who’s afraid of the past ? Who’s afraid of the future ?
  • Women and Words
types
  • Author Reading
  • Author/Illustrator Meeting
  • Award Ceremony
  • Benefit Event
  • Cocktail
  • Conference
  • Exhibition
  • Homage
  • Interview
  • Launch
  • Literary Performance
  • Panel Discussion
  • Poetry Performance
  • Reading
  • Storytelling
  • Walking Tour
  • Workshop
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