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  THE ALCHEMY OF POETRY

  60min | english

  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. ...

  Adult, Poetry Here, There and Everywhere, Almemar, Concordia Effect, Surprising Slovenia | Poetry

  Saturday Apr. 29 2017 12:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10)
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  ANATOMY OF MALICE: JOEL E. DIMSDALE IN CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN TOOPE

  150min | english

  Joel Dimsdale, 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 ...

  Adult, Almemar | History

  Wednesday Apr. 26 2017 7:00 PM Jewish Public Library
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  BRIDGING THE DIASPORA DIVIDE: JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN PLAYWRIGHTS COME TOGETHER IN GROUNDBREAKING ANTHOLOGY

  90min | english

  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 ...

  Adult, Almemar, Who’s afraid of the past ? Who’s afraid of the future ? |

  Saturday Apr. 29 2017 1:30 PM Salle Godin (Hôtel 10)
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  CULTURE, KINSHIP AND THE WRITTEN WORD

  60min | english

  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 ...

  Adult, Almemar, Who’s afraid of the past ? Who’s afraid of the future ?

  Saturday Apr. 29 2017 12:30 PM Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10)
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  HOMAGE TO ANN CHARNEY

  60min | english

  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.

  Adult, Almemar, Women and Words

  Sunday Apr. 30 2017 3:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10)
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  IS THE MARRIAGE OF LITERATURE AND RELIGION A GOOD ONE?

  60min | english

  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?

  Adult, God, Literature and Society, Almemar, Concordia Effect, Surprising Slovenia | Religions

  Friday Apr. 28 2017 8:30 PM Salle Jardin (Hôtel 10)