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“GONZO NATURALIST” ALEX SHOUMATOFF ON HUMAN GREED, ECOCIDE AND THE PLIGHT OF THE GIRAFFE
Prominent literary journalist Alex Shoumatoff (The Wasting of Borneo: Dispatches From a Vanishing World), the author of eleven books and more than a hundred pieces for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 3:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
LE «CENTRE D’ACHATS», LA «RUE PRINCIPALE» ET AUTRES SOUVENIRS
Jimmy Bourgoing, Jo-Anne Sauvé-Taylor
Souvenirs du regretté chanteur Dédé Fortin évoqués par l'ancien batteur du groupe des Colocs, Jimmy Bourgoing (Comme un tank). La rencontre se poursuivra en musique et en souvenirs par une ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 8:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
ACRIDOFAGIA Y OTROS INSECTOS
En donde se cuenta sobre la crianza, recolección, preparación y consumo de chapulines, gusanos, hormigas y otros bichos para salvar al mundo.
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 3:30 PM Instituto Cultural de México en Montréal -
AFTER FIDEL
César Reynel Aguilera, Alexandre Trudeau, Ingrid Bejerman
A conversation about the bond between Canada and Cuba, and what's next following the death of Fidel Castro.
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Librairie Las Américas -
ÁGUA VIVA DE LA BRÉSILIENNE CLARICE LISPECTOR
Adaptation scénique du roman éponyme de Clarice Lispector, grande découverte de la littérature mondiale du XXe siècle, dans une interprétation de Gabriella Scheer. Une femme peintre, qui a ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 8:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
THE ALCHEMY OF POETRY
Stanka Hrastelj, Nathan Brown, Amir Or, Liz Howard
Liz Howard, winner of the 2016 Griffin Prize, award-winning Slovenian poet Stanka Hrastelj and acclaimed Israeli poet Amir Or explore how words and the physical world come together to create a poem. ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 12:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
THE AMERICAN FAR WEST: A EUROPEAN OBSESSION
David Treuer, Elma Moses, Martin Winckler, Peter Behrens
The Winnetou novels, penned by German author Karl May, were 19th century bestsellers about a Native American hero. They were also Albert Einstein, Fritz Lang and Adolph Hitler's favourite books. ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 6:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
ANATOMY OF MALICE: JOEL E. DIMSDALE IN CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN TOOPE
Joel Dimsdale, author of Anatomy of Malice, will converse with Stephen Toope, Professor at the Munk Institute of Global Affairs and Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University. The discussion will focus ...
Wednesday Apr. 26 2017 7:00 PM Jewish Public Library -
ANGES ET DÉMONS
Lyne Tremblay, Louise-Ann Maziak, Dominique Bélisle, Isabele Chevalier, Sigrid Ellefsen, Stéphanie Émond, Julie Godin, Brigitte Goulet, Tara Leigh, Catherine Martel, Isabelle Pagé, William St-Hilaire, Kim Toffoli, Silvana Travaglini
Are you an angel… or a demon? Why bother to choose? Be one or the other and join us for Blue Metropolis Foundation's next literary benefit event. Led by honorary president Louise Ann Maziak, ...
Tuesday Apr. 25 2017 6:00 PM Lion d'Or -
BED AND BREAKFAST
In a bold move from urban Toronto to a tiny tourist town, two gay men decide to convert the family residence into a B&B. A heartwarming comedy about living ‘out' in the country, family skeletons, ...
Tuesday Apr. 25 2017 8:00 PM Centaur Theatre -
BEDROOMS, VINEYARDS AND OTHER MEETING PLACES
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, Licia Canton, Domenic Cusmano, Nino Famà
Readings and discussion with authors from Toronto and Montreal.
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 9:00 AM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
BRIDGING THE DIASPORA DIVIDE: JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN PLAYWRIGHTS COME TOGETHER IN GROUNDBREAKING ANTHOLOGY
Stephen Orlov, Samah Sabawi, Jim Burke
Playwrights Stephen Orlov and Samah Sabawi discuss their creative process in editing Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas, the first English-language anthology in any genre ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 1:30 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
CHARLOTTE GRAY: A PERSONAL PORTRAIT OF CANADA AT 150
From her perspective as an immigrant and now as a prominent citizen, Charlotte Gray, acclaimed commentator and author of many works of nonfiction, including the recent The Promise of Canada: 150 ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 5:30 PM Moot Court, McGill University -
CHINA NOW: BARRELING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Xue Yiwei, Yan Liang, Michèle Plomer, Alexandre Trudeau
Through the novel, the short story and a nonfiction account, Michèle Plomer (Étincelle, Dragonville), Xue Yiwei (Shenzheners) and Alexandre Trudeau (Barbarian Lost) seek to understand this ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 8:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
CLYBOURNE PARK
Chicago, 1959, an all-white, middle class neighbourhood. Bev and Russ have sold their house to a black family, creating havoc among their friends. Act Two fast forwards to 2009 and the tables are ...
Tuesday Apr. 4 2017 8:00 PM Centaur Theatre -
COCKTAIL DE CLÔTURE
The end is where it all begins... Please join us for a surprise or two... or three!
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 4:30 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
CODE SWITCH
Daz Saunders, Rachel Amey, Harry Giles, Noel Paul Scott, Liz Scully, Kaie Kellough, Pamela Witcher
Many of us have different ways of communicating in different situations. We can contain many languages! But what is gained and what is lost when we move between languages? And how do people who ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 3:30 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
CROSSING THE DIVIDE: AUTHORS WHO TRANSLATE
Nantali Indongo, Daniel Grenier, Claire Holden Rothman, Catherine Leroux, Dimitri Nasrallah
Four authors talk about what it's like to sit in the translator's seat, and how they tread the fine line between the two crafts.
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 2:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
CULTURE, KINSHIP AND THE WRITTEN WORD
Francisco Goldman, David Treuer, Shelley Pomerance
Francisco Goldman (Say Her Name), of Guatemalan-Catholic and Jewish-American parentage, and David Treuer (The Translation of Dr. Apelles, Prudence), whose background is Ojibwe and Jewish, discuss ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 12:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
D’EXIL ET DE COURAGE
Annie Heminway, Laurent Seksik
Dans Romain Gary s'en va-t-en-guerre, tout comme dans L'exercice de la médecine, Laurent Seksik entremêle les destinées, l'intime et l'Histoire. L'écrivain se glisse dans la peau de Romain Gary, ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 9:30 AM Goethe-Institut -
D+Q GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB: STICKS ANGELICA, FOLK HERO
D & Q'S Alison Naturale discusses Michael DeForge's newest graphic novel, Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, a deeply humane work that subtly questions the integrity of the political state and ...
Wednesday Apr. 19 2017 7:00 PM Librairie Drawn & Quarterly -
DC BOOKS LAUNCH
Jason Camlot, Tom Abray, Keith Henderson, Ken Radu, John Emile Vincent, Steve Luxton
With host Jason Camlot, the line-up will include Tom Abray, reading from his novel, Where I Wanted to Be; Keith Henderson from his Italy/Quebec novel entitled Acqua Sacra; Ken Radu from Money ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 8:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
DE BEAUX COLORIAGES
Nathalie Bondil, Michel Pastoureau, Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Des statues bariolées de l'Antiquité à la couleur bleue qu'il a bien fallu inventer, l'histoire de l'art réserve plus d'une surprise. Mais dans quelles couleurs s'écrit-elle ? Michel ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 7:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
DE BRÉSIL ET DE BRAISE
Claire Varin, Sophie Faucher, Violette Chauveau, Antonio De Luna
Présentation de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Clarice Lispector, romancière et nouvelliste d'exception, par Claire Varin, auteure de Rencontres brésiliennes, suivie d'une lecture d'extraits par les ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 7:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
DE VILLE-MARIE À MONTRÉAL, QUE RESTE-T-IL DES FONDEMENTS MYSTIQUES DE LA VILLE?
Monique Proulx, Dominique Deslandres, Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
C'est dans tous les manuels, mais on l'oublie: la fondation de Ville-Marie fut d'abord une entreprise mystique, dictée par la foi religieuse en ces temps de Contre-Réforme. Qu'est-il resté de la ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 2:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
A DECADE IN THE DARK: 2008-2017 - ANNULÉ
For ten years, writers and the public have struggled to make sense of the 2008 crash and its aftermath, the Great Recession. Was this a crime or a catastrophe? A market or government failure?
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DENISE DONLON : FEARLESS, FEMINIST AND A FORCE FOR GOOD
Denise Donlon's critically acclaimed memoir, As Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances), is an inspirational and hilarious take on feminism, leadership and pop culture. From heavy touring ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 7:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
DIALOGUES LITTÉRAIRES DE MONTRÉAL/MONTREAL LITERARY DIALOGUES
Catherine Kidd, Fortner Anderson, Jean-Luc Bonspiel, Natalie Thibault, Kelly Norah Drukker
A literary dialogue between Montreal's past and present, English and French. Poets read literary excerpts set in Montreal itself, from the 1800s to the present day. An ARCMTL/ Expozine production, ...
Tuesday May. 2 2017 9:00 PM Le Divan Orange -
DIS-MOI DE QUOI TU AS PEUR, ET JE TE DIRAI QUI TU LIS ! SUR LES ENJEUX LGBTQ
Denis-Martin Chabot, Chantal Brunette, Luc Mercure, Samuel Champagne
La peur, mère de toutes les émotions. Elle motive ou elle paralyse. Elle s'exprime selon les cultures et les époques, mais elle demeure universelle et intemporelle. Une discussion entre quatre ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 1:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
DOES A BIOGRAPHY HAVE THE LAST WORD?
Anne Lagacé Dowson, Marc Raboy, Rosemary Sullivan, Laurent Seksik
Three biographers, Rosemary Sullivan (Stalin's Daughter, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart/A Life), Marc Raboy (Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World), and Laurent Seksik (Les derniers jours de Stefan ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 2:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
ÉCRIRE, CRÉER DANS LES TEMPS TROUBLÉS
Anne Pasquier, Marcello Fois, Marc Bergère, Marta Carraro, Catherine Hermary-Vieille, Marie Costa
Toutes les époques ont eu leur lot de troubles. Paradoxalement, elles ont parfois aussi favorisé l'épanouissement de la littérature et des arts. Qu'en est-il de la nôtre?
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 11:00 AM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
EL ESPAÑOL, SÍ, ¿PERO CUÁL?
Diego Medina Creimer, Stephen Henighan, Marie Costa
Dos traductores experimentados en la traducción entre el español y otros idiomas (inglés, francés y catalán) hablan del desafío que representa la enorme variedad del español en el mundo ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 2:30 PM Librairie Las Américas -
FEMINICIDIO NO MORE
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Francisco Goldman, Rosemary Sullivan, Paulina Abarca Cantin, Agustina Isidori, Ingrid Bejerman
From #stolensisters in Canada to #niunamenos in Argentina, a conversation about violence against women in the 21st century, enveloped by the work of the Mexican artist Teresa Margolles now on ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 4:00 PM Musée d'art contemporain -
LE FÉMINISME – UN PASSAGE OBLIGÉ ?
Laura T. Iléa, Houria Bouteldja, Chantal Maillé, Naïma Hamrouni
Le féminisme a-t-il valeur universelle? Est-il un passage obligé conduisant à la libération des femmes ? Ne pourrait-il pas aussi être une importation de l'Occident? Autant de questions ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
FINDING THE STORY YOU NEED TO TELL
Author Monique Polak will use a variety of exercises to help seniors find the story they most need to tell. Participants will work with memory and the five senses, and learn how to shape their ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 2:00 PM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
FIRST PEOPLES LITERARY PRIZE: DAVID TREUER WITH DUNCAN McCUE
David Treuer, Duncan McCue, Tess Liem
David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. The author of three previous novels and two books of nonfiction, he receives the 2017 Blue Metropolis First Peoples ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Musée McCord -
LA FOLIE À L’OPÉRA
Chantal Lambert, Danielle Ros, Georges L'Espérance, Pierre Vachon
Depuis sa naissance, l'opéra chante la folie et enchante par sa folie. Scènes de folie, démences de personnages, musiques excessives, objet d'études psychologiques voire même pathologie de la ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
GAMES AND LITERATURE : THE INFINITE ALPHABET
David Calvo, Saleema Webster, Jill Murray
To consider the place of the word in game design, and the place of writing in a game. To explore the dialogue between open-world experience and narrative vision. From the practice of video game ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
GARDE BROUILLARD : UNE EXPÉRIENCE DE CRÉATION MULTIDISCIPLINAIRE
Roxanne Baril-Bédard, Paul Clarissou, François Kmetty, Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon
Garde brouillard est un jeu qui s'est développé à travers l'alliance des mots et de la création numérique. Venez découvrir comment une auteure dramatique québécoise et deux concepteurs de ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 5:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
GARGANTUA ET AUTRES FANTAISIES
I Musici vous offre une rare occasion d'entendre Les inestimables chroniques du bon géant Gargantua pour narrateur (Claude Prégent) et cordes. Avec ses quelque quarante minutes pleines de ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 11:00 AM Église Saint John the EvangelistFriday Apr. 28 2017 12:00 PM Église Saint John the EvangelistFriday Apr. 28 2017 5:45 PM Église Saint John the EvangelistSunday Apr. 30 2017 2:00 PM Église Saint John the Evangelist -
GHOSTWRITERS & COMPANY: ALL STORY, NO GLORY
Shawn Apel, Julie Barlow, Bryan Demchinsky, Gina Roitman
A good writer gets recognition and their name on the book cover. A good ghostwriter doesn't. Julie Barlow, Bryan Demchinsky and Gina Roitman talk about the challenges and ethics of writing in the ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING: 50 YEARS OF AISLIN’S POLITICAL CARTOONS
It's been said that politics is show business for ugly people. That's an idea celebrated political cartoonist Aislin has perpetuated for 50 years. With a new book (From Trudeau to Trudeau: Fifty ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Musée McCord -
LES GRANDS FEUX DANS L’HISTOIRE DE MONTRÉAL
Le métier de pompier vu à travers l'histoire des grands feux de Montréal et évoqué par Patrick Wand, capitaine pompier au Service des incendies de Montréal, en s'appuyant sur l'ouvrage Le feu ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
GRAPHIC STORYTELLING WITH MATTHEW FORSYTHE
A free event open to all – come hear Matthew Forsythe, Concordia University's Mordecai Richler Writer in Residence, speak about the emergence of graphic novels and the power of illustration in ...
Thursday Apr. 20 2017 7:00 PM Concordia University - D.B. Clarke Theatre -
GUERNICA EDITIONS
George Elliott Clarke, Irena Karafilly, David Sherman, Kristin Andrychuk, Marianne Ackerman, Henry Beissel, Adele Graf
Guernica Editions launches The House on Selkirk Avenue by Irena Karafilly, The Alcoholic's Daughter by David Sherman, Cadillac Road by Kristin Andrychuk, Mankind & Other Stories of Women (audiobook) ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 6:30 PM La P'tite Grenouille -
HOMAGE TO ANN CHARNEY
Linda Leith, Marc Côté, Simon Dardick, Eleanor Wachtel, Robert Fulford, Ann Charney
Join us to pay tribute to award-winning novelist, short story writer and journalist Ann Charney, with readings, reflections and anecdotes.
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 3:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
HOMAGE TO CARMINE STARNINO
James Pollock, Derek Webster, Katia Grubisic, Bryan Demchinsky, Mark Abley, Michael Harris, Carmine Starnino, Robyn Sarah, Andrew Steeves, Joel Yanofsky, Donald Winkler, Simon Dardick
Fellow writers read their favourite poems by Starnino and tell stories. Don't know the poet's work? Wanna join in? Here's your chance.
Friday Apr. 28 2017 8:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY
April 30 to May 21, 2017. When award-winning lighting designer Itai Erdal found out his mother had only months to live, he immediately flew to Israel to be with her. But a challenging request to ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 1:30 PM Segal Centre for Performing Arts -
IMPROVING THE ODDS
Licia Canton, Lori Schubert, Ian Howarth, Simon Dardick
Practical tips from an author, an editor and a publisher on getting your first book published.
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 4:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
INANNA PUBLICATIONS: BOOK LAUNCH
Cora Siré, Connie Guzzo-McParland, Carole Giangrande, Ami Sands Brodoff
Join us for a celebratory afternoon of author readings when Inanna Publications launches three remarkable new books: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air by Carole Giangrande, The Women of Saturn by ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 4:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
IS THE MARRIAGE OF LITERATURE AND RELIGION A GOOD ONE?
Gorazd Kocijancic, Amir Or, Josip Novakovich, Ariela Freedman, Joseph Rosen
Is it possible to write about God without being subject to ridicule? And how can writers address the topics of God and religion without proselytizing?
Friday Apr. 28 2017 8:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
IS WWII A LIMITLESS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR WRITERS?
David Treuer, Peter Behrens, Laura Dunbar, Douglas Babington
Douglas Babington (Bivouac Prayers), Peter Behrens (Carry Me) and David Treuer (Prudence) explore the topic of World War II in fiction, including the letters and memories that inspired their novels. ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 2:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
Je suis un arbre sans feuille
Inspiré de ''L'homme qui plantait des arbres'', ce projet de théâtre est né d'une collaboration de l'auteur Jonathan Harnois avec des camelots de la revue ''L'itinéraire'' qui ont écrit la ...
Thursday Mar. 23 2017 8:00 PM Maison de la culture de Côte-des-NeigesTuesday Mar. 28 2017 7:00 PM Maison de la culture FrontenacSunday Apr. 9 2017 2:00 PM Maison de la culture VerdunSunday Apr. 30 2017 2:00 PM Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay -
JOURNAL CRÉATIF
Stimulez votre créativité à travers des exercices pratiques utilisant l'écriture, le dessin et le collage. Le Journal créatif est une approche dynamique du journal intime combinant les forces ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 2:00 PM Goethe-Institut -
L’IMAGINAIRE URBAIN DANS LA LITTÉRATURE LATINO-CANADIENNE
Alejandro Saravia, Gerardo Ferro Rojas, Ingrid Bejerman, Olga Colmenares
Les Américains, du Nord comme du Sud, portent dans leur inconscient collectif l'obsession de la ville. Les auteurs latino-canadiens suivent cette tradition de redéfinir les limites urbaines à ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 3:00 PM Librairie Las Américas -
LA LANGUE DIT. RENCONTRE AVEC AMIR OR
Amir Or, Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Rencontre avec le poète israélien Amir Or, à l'occasion de la parution de son dernier recueil traduit en français, Dédale (maelstrÖm rÉvolution Éditeur, Bruxelles). Un échange exceptionnel ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 4:30 PM Librairie Gallimard -
LATIN AMERICA PACKAGED IN ENGLISH
Mary Soderstrom, Adriana Brasileiro, Stephen Henighan, Ingrid Bejerman, Francisco Toro
Three journalists, a columnist, and a historian share their experience of doing reportage, non-fiction and op-ed writing about Latin America for a readership in English.
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 2:00 PM Librairie Las Américas -
LECTURES BABEL BLEU/BABEL BLUE READINGS I
George Elliott Clarke, Pierre Nepveu, Gillian Sze, Josip Novakovich, Anita Desai, Xue Yiwei, Marcello Fois, Caroline Montpetit
Hear writers read their work in their original language
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 4:30 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
LECTURES BABEL BLEU/BABEL BLUE READINGS II
Miljana Cunta, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Amir Or, Liz Howard, Shelley Pomerance, Rachel Amey, Noel Paul Scott, Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Hear poets read in their language of origin, while you taste the very best wines from Quebec and Canada. An aesthetic and sensory experience!
Friday Apr. 28 2017 2:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
LECTURES BABEL BLEU/BABEL BLUE READINGS III
Bronwyn Averett, Drago Jancar, Imbolo Mbue, Samah Sabawi, Catherine Hermary-Vieille, Laurent Seksik, Marie Costa
Hear writers read their work in their original language.
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 12:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
LECTURES BABEL BLEU/BABEL BLUE READINGS IV
Bronwyn Averett, Francisco Goldman, David Treuer, Rosemary Sullivan, Barbara Gowdy, Gabriella Scheer, Stephen Henighan
Des écrivains font entendre la musique de leurs langues respectives en littérature.
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 3:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
LIEUX DE NAISSANCE, USAGES ET COULEURS DU FRANÇAIS
Blaise Ndala, Marcus Malte, Marie-Andrée Lamontagne, Marie-Christine Boyer, Elitza Gueorguieva
Les deux primo-romancières ayant eu la faveur des clubs de lecture québécois, Marie-Christine Boyer (Farö) et Elitza Gueorguieva (Les cosmonautes ne font que passer), dialoguent avec le ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Maison des écrivains (UNEQ) -
LINDA LEITH PUBLISHING
Katia Grubisic, Martine Delvaux, Xue Yiwei, Maurice Forget, Elise Moser, Michael Blair, Marianne Champagne, Ariela Freedman, Joanna Gruda, David Homel, Felicia Mihali, Pascale Navarro, Chantal Ringuet, Linda Leith, Annie Heminway, Stephen Henighan
The annual Linda Leith Publishing launch at Blue Metropolis.
Friday Apr. 28 2017 6:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
LITTLE SISTER: BARBARA GOWDY IN CONVERSATION WITH KATHLEEN WINTER
Barbara Gowdy, Kathleen Winter
Barbara Gowdy sits down with Heather O'Neill to talk about her latest book, Little Sister, in which she explores the astonishing power of empathy, the question of where we end and others begin, and ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 7:00 PM Librairie Drawn & Quarterly -
MARY SODERSTROM’S THE ROAD THROUGH TIME: THE STORY OF HUMANITY ON THE MOVE
Mary Soderstrom's latest work of nonfiction explores the roads modern humans have travelled: from Africa to Central Asia, Persia, the Andes, and the Roman Empire, all the way to today's massive ...
Thursday Apr. 20 2017 7:00 PM Librairie Drawn & Quarterly -
MON PÈRE, CET INCONNU
Danielle Laurin, Laurent Seksik
La vie de l'écrivain Romain Gary (alias Émile Ajar) a fasciné plus d'un biographe. Mais une pièce du puzzle a été souvent négligée: le père. Après Stefan Zweig ou le fils d'Einstein, le ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 6:00 PM Librairie Gallimard -
MONTREAL WRITERS ON THE (DIGITAL) MAP
Dimitri Nasrallah, Martine Delvaux, Ceri Morgan, Christopher DiRaddo
UK critic and scholar Ceri Morgan and Montreal authors talk about recent fiction set in Montreal and about a digital map project that features readings / audio recordings in which this city plays a ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 6:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
MONTREAL: ONCE AND FUTURE CITY OF REFUGE
Jaggi Singh, Ehab Lotayef, Cora Siré, Su Sokol, Caroline Vu
Writers from the world over—including the U.S—have found sanctuary in Montreal, and their fiction reflects this. Writers Ehab Lotayef (Crossing Gibraltar, To Love a Palestinian Woman), Cora ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 3:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
LES MOTS DES POÈTES
Katia Grubisic, Aleš Šteger, Gorazd Kocijancic, Miljana Cunta, Stanka Hrastelj, George Elliott Clarke, Giovanna Riccio, Pierre Nepveu, Gillian Sze, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Following translation workshops with four Quebec and Canadian poets at Dnevi poezije in vina (Days of Poetry and Wine) in Slovenia in August 2016, four Slovenian poets now participate in a ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 9:00 AM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
MOTS ET MUSIQUE CONJUGUÉS…
Jacques Boucher, Louis Lavigueur
Jacques Boucher, au grand orgue de la basilique de l'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, et le Chœur Classique de Montréal, sous la direction de Louis Lavigueur, offrent un récital de musique ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 3:00 PM L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal -
THE NAUGHTY BITS BOOK CLUB
George Elliott Clarke, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Su Sokol, Harry Giles, Monique Polak, Sherwin Tjia
An event that recreates that early, furtive feeling of first reading something illicit. When you were too young to have actually done anything, but were VERY INTERESTED in certain passages of ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 10:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
NEVER APART LEGENDS SERIES: ONE ON ONE WITH SKY GILBERT
A one-on-one interview with writer, director, drag queen extraordinaire and co-founder of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Sky Gilbert, whose latest book, Sad Old Faggot, is a work of ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 7:00 PM Never Apart -
NOIR COMME LA VIE
Marie Barguirdjian, Michel Pastoureau
Le petit Pierre n'aimait pas le noir. Il en avait même peur. Jusqu'au jour où il a compris toute la subtilité de cette couleur. Avec l'album Pierre n'a plus peur du noir (éd. Privat), ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 9:30 AM Librairie Gallimard -
OUT, LOUD & CLEAR
Blue Metropolis invites you to a celebration of the power of LGBTQ literature at this fundraiser for the organization's initiatives to promote diversity and combat homophobia. Featuring inspiring ...
Tuesday Oct. 3 2017 6:00 PM Lieu à confirmer -
PASSIONNÉMENT POMPIER
Si vous n'êtes pas pompier de métier, glissez-vous dans la peau d'un héros du feu. Imaginez-vous à Montréal, Caserne 15, vingt ans de service. Témoin de tragédies. Vous avez éteint un ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 9:30 AM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT: QUEER WRITERS CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE
Nick Comilla, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Kai Cheng Thom, Christopher DiRaddo
Three LGBTQ writers reflect on the role that the past plays in their work, looking at our origin stories through the prism of the present and addressing the concerns of an uncertain future.
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 10:00 AM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
PENSEURS ANCIENS ET IDÉES NOUVELLES: LECTURES PHILOSOPHIQUES
Gorazd Kocijancic, Anne Pasquier
Excerpts from great works of philosophical and mystical literature by three thinkers from Ancient Greece: Seneca (circa 4 BC to 65 AD), Plotinus (204-270 AD) and Augustine (354-430 AD).
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 3:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
POURQUOI ES-TU HEUREUX-SE À MONTRÉAL ?
À l'occasion du 375ème anniversaire de Montréal, profitons de cet atelier d'écriture pour retrouver, et déclarer, ce qui nous rend heureux dans cette ville. Rencontres, expériences, surprises ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 3:00 PM L'Artothèque -
POWERFUL WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL CULTURES: IS MATRIARCHY A THING OF THE PAST?
Imbolo Mbue, Samah Sabawi, Anne Lagacé Dowson, Anita Desai
Writers Anita Desai (Clear Light of Day, Fasting, Feasting), Imbolo Mbue (Behold the Dreamers), and Samah Sabawi (I Remember My Name) discuss their cultures of origin, their fiction and their female ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 5:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
PREMIERS ROMANS, PREMIERS SUCCÈS
Marie-Andrée Lamontagne, Marie-Christine Boyer, Elitza Gueorguieva
Dialogue entre deux primo-romancières, l'une de France, Elitza Gueorguieva (Les cosmonautes ne font que passer), l'autre du Québec, Marie-Christine Boyer (Farö) qui ont su gagner le cœur des ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 12:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
PREMIO AZUL: FRANCISCO GOLDMAN AND THE INTERIOR CIRCUIT: A MEXICO CITY CHRONICLE
Francisco Goldman, Tess Liem, Ingrid Bejerman
Francisco Goldman is the widely acclaimed author of Say Her Name, about his wife Aura's tragic death. He will receive the 2017 Blue Metropolis Premio Azul for The Interior Circuit, an account of his ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 6:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
PRIX DE LA DIVERSITÉ METROPOLIS BLEU POUR UNE PREMIÈRE OEUVRE LITTÉRAIRE
Xue Yiwei, Taras Grescoe, Mohammed Sheikho, Omran Sheikho
Xue Yiwei receives the 2017 Blue Metropolis Diversity Prize for a First Publication, for Shenzheners, his fascinating collection of short stories inspired by James Joyce's Dubliners. An interview ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 7:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
THE PURPLE LABYRINTH
A workshop about words, games and everything in between This session will explore the broad spectrum of textual games and experiences, from early implementation of interaction fictions to the ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 2:30 PM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
QUE RESTE-T-IL DE LA COULEUR DE NOTRE ENFANCE ?
Michel Pastoureau, Annie Heminway
Comment la couleur s'inscrit-elle dans le champ de la mémoire de par ses pratiques sociales, ses étoffes, ses symboles, sa littérature, son art? Michel Pastoureau, tour à tour ludique et ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 9:30 AM Goethe-Institut -
QUELLE HISTOIRE RACONTE DONC UN TABLEAU ?
Six récits proposés par Bernard Lévy, rédacteur en chef de la revue Vie des Arts, inspirés par six tableaux contemporains. La lecture et la projection de chaque œuvre seront suivies des ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 9:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
REMISE DU GRAND PRIX 2017 À ANITA DESAI
For decades, acclaimed Indian-American novelist Anita Desai has observed Indian society and our changing world, which is divided between tradition and modernity. The winner of the 2017 Blue ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 4:00 PM Grande Bibliothèque -
ROUGE COMME L’ANCIEN
Michel Pastoureau, Chantal Turbide
L'historien français des couleurs Michel Pastoureau commente l'usage du rouge dans un tableau d'art ancien de la collection du Musée de l'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, avec sa ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 3:00 PM L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal -
ROUGE COMME MAINTENANT
Michel Pastoureau, Marie-Eve Beaupré
L'historien français des couleurs Michel Pastoureau commente l'usage du rouge dans une oeuvre d'art de la collection du musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, avec la conservatrice responsable de ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 3:00 PM Musée d'art contemporain -
SALVANDO LAS DISTANCIAS
Alejandro Saravia, Diego Medina Creimer, Flavia Garcia
Los dos codirectores de The Apostles Review hablan del enfoque de la revista y de su papel en el desarrollo de una literatura canadiense en español, que incluye escritores de todas partes del ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 5:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
SINGING FOR PEACE, DANCING TOGETHER
Mohammed Sheikho, Omran Sheikho
Mohammed and Omran (respectively 15 and 14 years old) present a rap about inclusion, integration and the threat of violence and racism. Their performance will be followed by a traditional Middle ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Mission communautaire de Montréal / Montreal City Mission -
SPREADING THE WORD
Launch of the Spreading the Word webinar, an exciting new resource to help anglophone retirees who live outside major urban centres in Quebec discover our English-language writers and to create ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 6:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
THE STATE OF THE ART: NEW AESTHETICS IN GAME NARRATIVES
Game scholar and designer, William Robinson, performs the works of celebrated auteur game designers: Jason Rohrer's Passage, Davey Wreden's The Stanley Parable and Anna Anthropy's Dys4ia. The format ...
Wednesday Apr. 26 2017 6:30 PM Concordia University - EV 11th floor lounge -
SUITE SLOVÈNE
Katia Grubisic, Aleš Šteger, Gorazd Kocijancic, Miljana Cunta, Stanka Hrastelj, George Elliott Clarke, Giovanna Riccio, Pierre Nepveu, Gillian Sze, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Reading of poems translated, during Blue Metropolis, into French, English and Innu, and inversely, poems translated into Slovenian, during Dnevi poezije in vina (Days of Poetry and Wine), in ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 10:30 AM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
SUNDAY @ THE SEGAL: HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY
Sunday @ The Segal is one of the most popular events on the Segal + theatre calendar. Enjoy intimate conversations, riveting lectures and memorable moments. Explore the history, themes and ideas ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 11:00 AM Segal Centre for Performing Arts -
TACOPEDIA
A presentation of the ultimate reference on taco culture: a taste of the varying taco traditions of Mexico's diverse regions.
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 12:30 PM Instituto Cultural de México en Montréal -
A TALE OF TWO NOVELS
Stephen Henighan, Ingrid Bejerman
Prodigious and productive writer Stephen Henighan talks about his two latest novels, The Path of the Jaguar (Thistledown Press) and Mr. Singh Among the Fugitives (LLP), with Ingrid Bejerman
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 2:00 PM Librairie Las Américas -
THIS REALLY HAPPENED: THIS ISN’T WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR
Francisco Goldman, Samah Sabawi, Josip Novakovich, Maria Schamis Turner, Tally Abecassis, Jeff Gandell, Nisha Coleman, Maggie Panko
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 ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 9:00 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10) -
TUER AU NOM DE DIEU
Alain Gignac, Luc Chartrand, Mélanie Loisel, Catherine Hermary-Vieille
Les religions sont-elles les grandes absentes des guerres de religion ou des conflits religieux? Que répond la littérature de fiction?
Friday Apr. 28 2017 5:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
ULYSSES QUESTION AND ANSWER
The Ithaca chapter of Ulysses: 309 questions and answers. Boring! Not this actors' presentation where media mavens take part in the most interesting news conference ever. Yours to enjoy with the ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 9:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
UN CONCEPT DÉRANGEANT: L’AMOUR RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE
Laura T. Iléa, Houria Bouteldja, Joël Des Rosiers, Martine Desjardins
Acte subversif, facteur de changement social ou ensemble de revendications politiques qui traduisent le malaise identitaire des sociétés ? Discussion autour du concept d'«amour ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 7:30 PM Librairie Gallimard -
UN ÊTRE HUMAIN, QU'EST-CE QUE C'EST?
En quête d'humanité, un garçon mutique, sans nom, pris dans une incessante spirale de fuite, nous fait traverser la France de 1908 à 1938. Dans ce roman initiatique, chronique sans pitié, ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 1:30 PM Suite 2116 (Hôtel 10) -
UNE SOCIÉTÉ PEUT-ELLE VRAIMENT FAIRE LA PAIX AVEC SON PASSÉ ?
Marcello Fois, Marc Bergère, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Fabien Deglise, Marta Carraro
Histoire collective ou individuelle, il est des moments où le passé ne passe pas. Comment alors hante-t-il le présent? Le prix d'entrée donne également accès à l'exposition Porter son ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Musée McCord -
UNLOCKING FINNEGANS WAKE
Finnegans Wake, the novel about Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family, is Joyce's last great work. Described as “a pun machine with an astonishing capacity for resisting ...
Thursday Apr. 27 2017 5:30 PM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
VALLUM MAGAZINE LAUNCH, 14:1 “EVOLUTION”
Join us for a full lineup of readings. In this issue: Phil Hall, Erín Moure, Sonnet L'Abbé, Catriona Wright, E. Canine McJabber, James McKee, and more! www.vallummag.com
Tuesday Apr. 25 2017 7:00 PM Rocket Science Room -
VENEZUELA FROM HERE
Ingrid Bejerman, Olga Colmenares, Francisco Toro, Rafael Osio Cabrices
Four Montreal-based Venezuelan writers discuss the challenges of writing about their country from abroad.
Friday Apr. 28 2017 5:30 PM Librairie Las Américas -
THE VIOLET HOUR READING SERIES
Harry Giles, Sky Gilbert, Kai Cheng Thom, Peter Dubé, Catherine Hernandez, Christopher DiRaddo
An evening of short readings by queer writers appearing at this year's Blue Metropolis Literary Festival. Be forewarned: this event takes place in the off-hours at a strip club in Montreal's gay ...
Friday Apr. 28 2017 7:00 PM Stock Bar -
WALKING TOUR OF IRISH MONTREAL
This walking tour, which starts at the Old Dublin Pub, explores the history of the Irish in Montreal. Led by a professional actor, the tour visits historic Irish sites, including churches, watering ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 1:00 PM -
WHAT DOES MEMORY MEAN TO A WRITER FROM CENTRAL EUROPE?
Drago Jancar, Aleš Šteger, Oana Avasilichioaei, Josip Novakovich
A conversation with Slovenian authors Drago Jancar (The Tree with No Name, I Saw Her That Night) and Aleš Šteger (The Book of Things) and writer Josip Novakovich (Ex-Yu, Tumbleweed), a Croatian in ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 5:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
WHAT IS HOME?
Drago Jancar, Amir Or, Anita Desai, Jeanette Kelly
American-Indian writer Anita Desai (Clear Light of Day, Fasting, Feasting), Slovenian author Drago Jan?ar (The Tree with No Name, I Saw Her That Night) and Israeli poet Amir Or (Miracle, Dia>Logos) ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 11:00 AM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, Domenico Capilongo, Michael Mirolla, Connie Guzzo-McParland, Silvia Falsaperla
Readings and discussion with authors from Toronto and Montreal.
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 9:00 AM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
WORDS THAT HEAL
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli, Domenic Cusmano, David Bellusci
Authors from Ontario share their recent literary works on spirituality and healing.
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 2:00 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10) -
WORDS TO CHANGE AWARD CEREMONY: IMBOLO MBUE
Imbolo Mbue, Jeanette Kelly, Mohammed Sheikho, Omran Sheikho
Imbolo Mbue receives the Words to Change Prize for Behold the Dreamers, her powerful debut novel set in NYC, about a young immigrant couple from Cameroon and the struggles they face in their country ...
Sunday Apr. 30 2017 1:00 PM Musée McCord -
WRITER'S PERSPECTIVE: WHITHER THE USA?
Imbolo Mbue, Francisco Goldman, David Treuer, Eleanor Wachtel
Francisco Goldman (Say Her Name), Imbolo Mbue (Behold the Dreamers) and David Treuer (Prudence) talk about living and writing in the USA today.
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 8:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10) -
YES YOU CAN: TIPS FOR PROMOTING YOUR WRITING
You've written a story, you've published a poem or a book, or you've read at a public event. You want more people to get to know about your work, but you don't have a budget to hire a professional ...
Saturday Apr. 29 2017 1:00 PM Salle Exécutive (Hôtel 10) -
YOGA & POETRY
Synchronize your body to the flow of poetry in this event that features unique yoga sequences, inspired by soothing and energizing poems. Reservations : http://bit.ly/2oJr2Nw
Saturday Apr. 22 2017 2:00 PM Moksha Yoga NDG
