Current ELANews - Writing
Let's create an art book together
Sat 18 May, 2013 - Member News
For the past two years Denise Buisman Pilger has been working on a series of 34 artworks called ‘Discoveries: Montreal’. In this series she explores the boroughs on the island of Montreal, capturing the iconic and quirky details that make every borough unique, turning each into a one-of-a-kind mixed media panel. Now that the series is almost completed the artist wants to give each of you the opportunity to own the entire series in the form of a high quality art book.
To help realize this dream the artist has created an IndieGoGo crowd sourcing campaign to raise funds to help with the costs of creating the book. There are some amazing rewards ranging from personalized cards and high quality prints to acknowledgements in the book and signed copies.
Robyn Sarah: NMA shortlisting, book reissue
Fri 17 May, 2013 - Member News
Robyn Sarah’s long poem, “My Shoes Are Killing Me”, published in The New Quarterly last spring, has been short listed for a National Magazine Award for poetry. The nomination is a timely one, as Sarah's out-of-print collection, Questions About the Stars (Brick Books, 1998), has just been reissued in a limited second printing.
Flower Press Publishing is looking for writers
Thu 16 May, 2013 - Calls for Submissions
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Flower Press Publishing is eager to help talented writers with the publication, distribution and promotion of their work. With a focus more on children’s and young adult fiction and non-fiction, the two year-old company describes itself as a family to its authors.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript with a letter describing their story. Writers receive 60% on all book sales. For more information, visit their website: www.flowerpress.ca.
La reine des sacs papier – Jacqueline Van de Geer - June 1st & 2nd
Start Date: Sat 01 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Sun 02 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
Saturday, June 1st 6 p. m. & Sunday, June 2nd 3 p. m. @ Studio 303
Presented by Studio 303 as part of the SPARK STUDIO SERIES.
A family-friendly artistic exercise in democracy. La reine des sacs papier is a highly interactive and bilingual solo performance for all ages that questions the elements that build our society. Constructed as an absurd mini operetta, The Paperbag Queen -dom and shares her most intimate memories of her youth, changing your views on society, health-care, politics, religion, gender, cultural differences, romance and revolution among others!
Tickets: $20 fair-trade/$15 reg./$12 students, RQD, RAIQ/$5 kids 4 years old and up
Public book reading event with Anne Cimon
Start Date: Thu 06 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Thu 06 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
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Anne Cimon will read from her new book of fiction A Room on the Mountain, as will Munira Judith Avinger from her book The Cabin: A Memoir.
The event will take place at Atwater Library (1200 Atwater Ave.) in the Reading Room, on June 6th, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
There is no admission charge, and refreshments will be served.
For further information, please call Anne at 450.812.7394.
Read full...Dialogic Seminar with Bruce Meyer
Start Date: Sun 05 May, 2013 - End Date:Sun 05 May, 2013 - Community Events
St. James United Church
in collaboration with
Professor Norman Cornett
Invite you to participate in the 'dialogic' seminar
in person with BRUCE MEYER
poet, short-story writer, literary scholar, author of the National Bestseller The Golden Thread and frequent broadcaster on CBC's The Great Books.
Sunday 5th May 2013
14h00-16h00
St. James United Church,
1440 Saint-Alexandre
Cost: $5.00
For information contact: Professor Norman Cornett
normancornett@gmail.com tel.[514]256-2483
http://haveyouexperienced.wordpress.com
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival is pleased to present Playwrights Guild of Canada 40th Anniversary
Start Date: Fri 26 Apr, 2013 - End Date:Sun 28 Apr, 2013 - Artistic Events
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival 2013
Is pleased to present
Playwrights Guild of Canada 40th Anniversary Retrospection:
A three-generational perspective by playwrights on the evolution of Canadian theatre
Braganza appointed President
Wed 24 Apr, 2013 - Member News
ELAN member Cheryl Braganza has been appointed President of the Women's Art Society of Montreal. The WASM was founded in 1894 by two Montreal women, Phillips & Peck, and is one of the earliest organizations for women in the country. It's main purpose was to create a general interest and to encourage a higher standard in all the arts. Essentially, it paved the way for the integration of women into the art world.
Today, 120 years later, the general focus of WASM remains the same - which is to promote literature, music and the visual arts in Montreal, through lectures, concerts (traditionally at the McCord Museum) and exhibits (at Tudor Hall, Ogilvy's). Cheryl Braganza, herself a painter, a pianist and a writer, brings to the position, her experience on the Boards of the Montreal Council of Women, the Montreal Children's Library and her membership and collaboration with organizations such as DAM (Diversité Artistique Montréal), QWF (Quebec Writers Federation), ELAN (English Language Arts Network) & SEDE (Social Equity & Diversity - McGill).
"If any ELAN members wish to submit a proposal to present at one of our Tuesday daytime events, kindly contact me by email (cheryl@cherylbraganza.com) & I will be happy to provide more information".
Screenwriting Seminar - June 15 - Montreal
Wed 17 Apr, 2013 - Workshops
A dynamic, one-day seminar that gives you the tools to write your own screenplay. Taught by freelance writer and university instructor. No experience necessary.
When: June 15
Where: Downtown Montreal
Cost: $150 - regular fee
Early bird fee: $100, until April 30th
For more information and to register -
The Vallum Award for Poetry 2013
Mon 15 Apr, 2013 - Calls for Submissions
DEADLINE JULY 15, 2013 (postmark)
1st Prize: $750
2nd Prize: $250
+ publication in Vallum
Some of the best poets in the world have graced the pages of
Vallum: contemporary poetry. Time to join the ranks!
Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2013.
For more information and how to enter, please visit: http://vallummag.com/contestrules.html
Visual Arts Centre Readings
Start Date: Tue 14 May, 2013 - End Date:Tue 14 May, 2013 - Community Events
Visual Arts Centre
School of Art / McClure Gallery
An Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music
www.visualartscentre.ca
350 Victoria Avenue, Westmount Tel: 514-488-9558
Founder/ producer Ilona Martonfi Tel: 514-939-4173
ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Doors 7:00 pm Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5
Guernica Authors and Guests
Paul Bélanger
Ami Sands Brodoff
Carolyn Zonailo
Michael Mirolla
Stephen Morrissey
Jonathan Kaplansky
Veena Gokhale
Milton Dawes
“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
and The League of Canadian poets”
The Yellow Door Readings
Start Date: Tue 07 May, 2013 - End Date:Tue 07 May, 2013 - Community Events
The Yellow Door
POETRY AND PROSE READING
www.yellowdoor.org
3625 Aylmer, Montreal (between Pine & Prince Arthur) Tel: 514-845-2600
Producer/host Ilona Martonfi 514-939-4173
ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Doors 7:00 pm Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5
An Evening of Poetry, Prose & Comedy
Steve Luxton
Kelly Norah Drukker
John McAuley
Maxianne Berger
Stephen Morrissey
H. Nigel Thomas
Stephanie Ein
“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
and The League of Canadian poets”
Start Writing Your Book
Sat 13 Apr, 2013 - Workshops
Start Writing Your Book
Short Story, Memoir, Novel
First Drafts and Your Book Outline
An eight-week writing course for women
Spring Tour for The Land: Our Gift and Wild Hope
Mon 25 Mar, 2013 - Member News
Rae Marie Taylor will soon be heading south for a small tour in New Mexico with her book of essays, The Land: Our Gift and Wild Hope. All are welcome- there or on the internet - to the following:
Read full...Write On Q! Fundraising Campaign
Wed 20 Mar, 2013 - Community Bulletins
Infinithéâtre runs an annual playwriting contest called Write-On-Q! Help us increase the prize money and make it the biggest English literary prize in Quebec!
Click the line below to check it out!
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/write-on-q/x/2087633
Can You See Me? available now as an e-book
Mon 18 Mar, 2013 - Member News
Ami Sands Brodoff's novel, Can You See Me? is newly available as an ebook. What happens when the person you love most, best, falls prey to schizophrenia? Can You See Me? is the story of Sarah and Doren Solomon, a sister and brother so close, they share a secret place, imaginary world, and private language during childhood. Told in the alternating voices of Sarah and Doren, Can You See Me? is a powerful psychodrama portraying schizophrenia from the inside-out. A recommended book of The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Arts from the Inside: How to win a grant with CALQ, by Shelagh Plunkett
Tue 12 Mar, 2013 - Blog
By Shelagh Plunkett
The Boathouse Murders
Tue 12 Mar, 2013 - Member News
David released his first full-length novel just before the New Year. It is detective fiction at it's finest!
Professor Bevyn Jones ends up at a mystery retreat weekend in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. He finds an open door and a few second later he is launched into a real murder of a single, white and nude female.
The book is available in paperback (std. or large-print) or Kindle on Amazon.
Visual Arts Center Reading
Start Date: Tue 14 May, 2013 - End Date:Tue 14 May, 2013 - Artistic Events
Visual Arts Centre
School of Art / McClure Gallery
POETRY AND PROSE READING
www.visualartscentre.ca
350 Victoria Avenue, Westmount Tel: 514-488-9558
Founder/ producer Ilona Martonfi Tel: 514-939-4173
ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Doors 7:00 pm Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5
Guernica Authors and Guests
An Evening of Poetry & Prose
Paul Bélanger
Ami Sands Brodoff
Carolyn Zonailo
Michael Mirolla
Stephen Morrissey
Jonathan Kaplansky
Veena Gokhale
“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
and The League of Canadian poets”
The Yellow Door Readings
Start Date: Mon 11 Mar, 2013 - End Date:Tue 09 Apr, 2013 - Artistic Events
The Yellow Door
POETRY AND PROSE READING
www.yellowdoor.org
3625 Aylmer, Montreal (between Pine & Prince Arthur) Tel: 514-845-2600
Producer/host Ilona Martonfi 514-939-4173
ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Doors 7:00 pm Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5
An Evening of Poetry, Prose & Music
Carolyn Zonailo
Michael Mirolla
Susi Lovell
Claudia Morrison
Mohamud Siad Togane
Su J. Sokol
Shaheen Munir & Niraj Barua
“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
and The League of Canadian poets”
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