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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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)
