Writers Read looks back at hosting prolific author, Francine Prose, in March, 2014, in Concordia’s Henry F. Hall building. Attendees crowded into the Hall conference room for a reading of Prose’s novel, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (HarperTorch, 2014), and later, a Q&A session with the Brooklyn native. Lovers is a multivocal series … Continue reading From the Archive: Francine Prose
How Poems Work: A Selection from Suzanne Buffam’s “A Pillow Book”
From A Pillow Book, pages 41-43. Some nights I visit Inés Fernández, the forlorn school teacher from southwestern Spain, who yawned once in the sun at a passing religious procession, felt a brief, searing pain through the back of her skull, and never slept another wink all her life. For the next thirty years she … Continue reading How Poems Work: A Selection from Suzanne Buffam’s “A Pillow Book”
Jowita Bydlowska’s GUY
"It was both fascinating and disturbing to read Jowita Bydlowska’s debut novel, Guy, during the same week news broke of Donald Trump’s 2005 comments describing how he likes to treat (or rather, sexually assault) women. As the recorded revelation sparked a widespread discussion about what men really say about women behind closed doors, and while … Continue reading Jowita Bydlowska’s GUY
Submission Call, Off the Page Festival: A Haunting
We have seen ghosts—in the flickering of light bulbs, of the body, and in the persisting reverberations of history. We hear them with our mouths and pens; we write them into memory. Who are they? Do they hear us? What do they know? “A Haunting” will address the question of what it means to occupy … Continue reading Submission Call, Off the Page Festival: A Haunting
Submission Call, Off the Page Festival: A Literary Wake
Are you, or is someone you know, a writer living in or near Montreal and looking to read work to an audience? Would you like to know what that work would sound like as re-imagined by a live band? Learn more and apply to perform here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWJ5mQgUWF-wRJPeV84xBUx0RnjB-oRQDYHKhQ98YOpoo1Tw/viewform About the event: “What Remains: A Literary Wake” … Continue reading Submission Call, Off the Page Festival: A Literary Wake
ZOE WHITTALL’S THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE
Those who attended March 2016's Off the Page panel "A Queer is a Queer is a Queer" were lucky enough to witness a dynamic discussion between some of the most interesting voices in literature today, among them former Concordia student Zoe Whittall, a novelist and poet now based in Toronto. Her reading from her first book, Bottle … Continue reading ZOE WHITTALL’S THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE
From the Archive: Julian Barnes
Writers Read looks back at hosting Julian Barnes in 2005. Those who were wise enough to find an early seat crowded themselves into the Samuel Bronfman Building to listen as Julian Barnes read excerpts of his then-newly released novel, Arthur & George. Barnes spoke of Spanish-speaking, Bible-narrating parrots, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and creative process for Author … Continue reading From the Archive: Julian Barnes
Dionne Brand / Friday / 7pm
On Friday March 4th, Writers Read is pleased to host an evening with the renowned poet, novelist, and essayist, Dionne Brand. For Montreal, this is a once in a decade or perhaps even a once in a lifetime opportunity to be in the room with Brand, listening to her read and discuss her work. Dionne … Continue reading Dionne Brand / Friday / 7pm
Lisa Robertson on Dionne Brand (2001/2013/2016)
In another place, not here, a woman might touch something between beauty and nowhere, back there and here, might pass hand over hand her own trembling life, but I have tried to imagine a sea not bleeding, a girl’s glance full as a verse, a woman growing old and never crying to a radio hissing … Continue reading Lisa Robertson on Dionne Brand (2001/2013/2016)
Off The Page – Call for Proposals
In March 2016, Writers Read, Off The Page in cooperation with the University of Montreal and Concordia's Centre for Expanded Poetics are hosting: Dionne Brand, Ben Lerner, Jordan Abel, Sonnet L'Abbé, Fred Moten and more. More information will be posted here & here. Call for Proposals For decades the Creative Writing department at Concordia University … Continue reading Off The Page – Call for Proposals
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 