Highlights of the festival include Arab Prize Winner, UK/Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif in conversation with CBC's Paul Kennedy; Esi Edugyan on stage with CBC's Shelagh Rogers; Cuban writing with Leonardo Padura, Wendy Guerra and Eduardo Manet; Crime writing with crime writers from Canada, Spain, Cuba, and the US; Two staged events featuring the work of Irving Layton and Saint-Denys Garneau; Writing from Newfoundland with Paul Kennedy; and Face to Face with Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez.
For the fifth year, Blue Met will also be hosting a parallel Children's Festival at 55 venues (libraries, cultural and community centres) with over 60 free activities for the whole family.
The Grand Prize winner for 2012 is Joyce Carol Oates. Ms. Oates will do two events this year as part of the festival – an on-stage interview with CBC's Eleanor Wachtel and an on-stage discussion about her crime novels with writer Jack Kirchoff.
The Blue Metropolis Festival runs April 18 to 23. Most events take place at Hôtel Opus, 10 Sherbrooke St. West.
bluemetropolis.org/
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MERCREDI | WEDNESDAY
April 18 avril
7 16 h 00 Jardin
ÉCOUTEZ, VOUS ALLEZ VOIR
Spectacle littéraire
60 minutes
Les arts visuels à l’épreuve de la
lecture. Bernard Lévy lit des textes
publiés dans la revue Vie des Arts
dont le caractère dramatique ou
comique se prête particulièrement
bien à une lecture à haute voix. Sa
lecture est accompagnée de mélodies
jouées au violoncelle.
Bernard Levy, Paul Simon,
Velitcheva Yotcheva
Vie des arts
F Gratuit
8 17 h 30 Jardin
L’INTIMIDATION À L’ÉCOLE
VUE PAR KATIA GAGNON
Entrevue
60 minutes
« L’intimidation c’est ce dont un
parent a le plus peur pour son enfant.
» C’est comme écrivaine de La
Réparation que Katia Gagnon nous
entretient de cette fiction née de
son investigation sur le sujet pour La
Presse. Un slam en pré-programme
par David Leduc.
Katia Gagnon, David Leduc
( Chantal Guy
F 10 $
9 17 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PARTY - COCKTAIL DU PRÉSIDENT
90 minutes
Come celebrate the opening of Blue
Met’s 2012 Festival. Frank Sinatra’s
music in a beautiful and glamorous
space with some of today’s most fascinating
and innovative writers from
all over the world. Venez célébrer
l’ouverture de la 14e édition du
Festival Metropolis Bleu en compagnie
de quelques-uns des auteurs les
plus fascinants du monde. Ambiance
jazzy, au son de Frank Sinatra, dans
un charmant bar montréalais.
M Sur invitation / By invitation
10 18 h 00 Godin
PRIX DES LECTEURS RADIO-CANADA
90 minutes
Animé par Patrick Masbourian de
l’émission Bouillant de culture, les
six finalistes du Prix des lecteurs
Radio-Canada sont invités à faire une
lecture publique de leurs écrits. Suivi
par une entrevue avec le gagnant
du Prix.
( Patrick Masbourian
Radio-Canada série littéraire
F Gratuit
11 18 h 30 Musée McCord
CRIME WRITING: TRUE CRIME EVENT - MONTREAL’ S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
Panel discussion
90 mintues
McGill University’s Will Straw onstage
with the man behind one of
Montreal’s most notorious blogs,
Coolopolis, discussing shocking
Quebec crimes and how the media
shaped the public’s perception of the
stories. McCord Museum, 690,
Sherbrooke St W. 514 398-7100
Kristian Gravenor
( Will Straw
McGill Institute for the Study of
Canada, McCord Museum
E $10
12 19 h 00 Jardin
LA NOUVELLE EUROPE
Table ronde
60 minutes
Quatre écrivains débattent sur
les bouleversements et la crise
identitaire que traverse actuellement
le Vieux Continent, à l’aube d’une
remise en question majeure.
Ananda Devi, Leonora Miano, Juan
Gabriel Vásquez
( Eduardo Manet
Consulat général de France à
Québec
F 10 $
JEUDI | ThursdaY
April 19 avril
13 14 h 00 Godin
QUEBEC ROOTS BOOK LAUNCH
Launch
60 minutes
Over the past few months, Anglophone
students, mentored by Quebec
authors and photographers, have
produced a book of photographs and
texts reflecting the cultural diversity
of Quebec communities. To celebrate
the seventh year of this project,
participants will meet in person at a
book launch.
Monique Dykstra, Monique Polak,
Joel Silverstein, Carolyn Marie
Souaid
Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir
et du sport, Air Inuit, Air Creebec,
LEARN, CLC, Amazon.ca, TD
E Free
14 15 h 00 SBC Gallery A
TALISMAN THEATRE PRESENTS: THEATRE IN TRANSLATION
Spectacle littéraire
90 minutes
Talisman Theatre presents translator
Shelley Tepperman and playwright
Jennifer Tremblay in a workshop
on the challenges of translating
Tremblay’s Governor General awardwinning
play La liste and her latest
play Carrousel. Excerpts will be read
by actress Sylvie Drapeau. Held at
SBC Gallery, 372 Ste-Catherine West,
Suite 507.
Shelley Tepperman, Jennifer
Tremblay, Sylvie Drapeau
( Emma Tibaldo
E $7
15 14 h 00 Suite Exécutive 528
ATELIER D’ÉCRITURE AVEC LÉONORA MIANO : EST-IL POSSIBLE DE S’IDENTIFIER À L’AUTRE ?
Atelier
180 minutes
D’où venons-nous ? Que sommesnous
? Où allons-nous ? L’altérité est
l’axe principal d’Écrits pour la parole,
première pièce de théâtre de Léonora
Miano où elle consacre la présence
noire dans la France d’aujourd’hui.
L’atelier est suivi d’une période de
discussion.
Léonora Miano
( Annie Heminway
Consulat général de France à
Québec
F 30 $
16 17 h 30 Gallery
CORMORANT BOOKS LAUNCH: PETER DUBÉ
Launch
60 minutes
Rising star, Peter Dubé, launches
his third novel, The City’s Gates, a
provocative and exciting novel set
in Montreal, straddling both the
lives of the powerful economic elite
and the struggles of a small band of
anti-capitalist activists waging battle
against each other. Get your book
signed by one of Canada’s rising
literary stars!
Peter Dubé
E Free
17 17 h 30 Salon
ATELIER BANDESDESSINÉES AVEC JOHANNA SCHIPPER : L’ ANECDOTE
Atelier
120 minutes
L’auteure bordelaise Johanna vous
invite à réaliser une petite bande
dessinée de 3-9 cases à partir d’une
anecdote que vous avez vécu. Pas
la peine d’être Léonard de Vinci ou
Picasso : apportez vos magazines ou
vos photos pour réaliser la séquence
à partir de collages !
( Johanna Schipper
Consulat général de France à
Québec
F 20 $
18 17 h 30 Godin
BILINGUAL CITIES, BILINGUAL IDENTITIES
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Montreal academic and teacher
Sherry Simon and Barcelona resident
and crime writer Teresa Solana
discuss the nature and challenges of
the bilingual city. With translator and
critic Hugh Hazelton.
Sherry Simon, Teresa Solana
( Hugh Hazelton
Institut Ramon Llull
M 10$
19 17 h 30
Librairie Las Américas
ESCRITORES EN PELIGRO: CUBA
Table ronde
60 minutes
Cincuenta años después de la
revolución cubana, el artista cubano
aún juega un rol poco claro en la
expresión artística. Dos escritores
cubanos nos hablan de la situación
en la Cuba moderna y de cómo el rol
del artista está cambiando.
2075 Blvd. St-Laurent.
Wendy Guerra, Eduardo Manet,
Leonardo Padura
( Jean Fugère
Media@McGill, Consulat général
de France à Québec
ES 10 $
20 17 h 30 Jardin
MILLE MOTS D’AMOUR
Lecture
60 minutes
Mille mots d’amour en lecture et en
chanson au profit de l’organisme Les
Impatients. Pendant une heure, Kim
Thúy, Sylvie Tremblay, Geneviève Paris
et Alain Labonté font la lecture de
lettres d’amour issues des coffrets
Mille mots d’amour. Tout cela, enrobé
de quelques chansons.
Alain Labonté, Geneviève Paris,
Kim Thúy, Sylvie Tremblay
F 10 $
Peter Dubé © Paul Litherland
Léonora Miano © Doris Lé
JEUDI | ThursdaY
April 19 avril
21 18 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
REMISE DU PRIX DE LA NOUVELLE RADIO-CANADA / CBC SHORT STORY PRIZE CEREMONY
remise de prix
Award ceremony
90 minutes
Remise du Prix de la nouvelle
Radio-Canada, en partenariat avec
le Conseil des arts du Canada, le
magazine enRoute d’Air Canada et le
Banff Centre.
Award ceremony for the CBC Short
Story Prize, held in partnership with
the Canada Council for the Arts, Air
Canada’s enRoute magazine and The
Banff Centre.
CBC Blue Literary Series, Radio-
Canada série littéraire
M Sur invitation By invitation
22 19 h 00 Jardin
LE BATEAU PHARE
Table ronde
60 minutes
Rendez-vous littéraire qui permet
de naviguer sur l’océan de livres
qui nous entoure. Conçue comme
un plateau d’émission littéraire, la
rencontre se déploie autour d’un
thème. Des écrivains discutent de
la littérature, de leur travail, de la
vie, du monde tel qu’il va. Premier
numéro : « Ils écrivent des romans.
Pourquoi ?»
Ananda Devi, Patrice Lessard,
Olivia Rosenthal, Jocelyne Saucier
( Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Consulat général de France à
Québec, XYZ Éditions
F 10 $
23 19 h 00 Godin
CRIME WRITING: HOT ART AND MONTREAL
Literary show
60 minutes
Author Joshua Knelman provides a
fascinating overview of the state of
international art theft, from Los Angeles
to Scotland Yard to the efforts
of one of the best art theft units in
the world at the Sûreté du Québec.
Joshua Knelman
( Gregory McCormick
Douglas & McIntyre
E $10
24 20 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
CARTE BLANCHE PRESENTS: THIS REALLY HAPPENED
Live show
90 minutes
Writers, raconteurs, and regular folks
take to the stage and tell true stories
to a live audience without notes.
( Tally Abecassis
Quebec Writers’ Federation,
publisher of Carte blanche
E $7
25 20 h 30 Godin
READ DATING: A LITERARY MATCHMAKING EVENT / READ DATING: UN Événement LITTÉRAIRE JOUE LES ENTREMETTEURS
Rencontre
90 minutes
Three Matches and Blue Metropolis
invite you to fall in love
with a book lover. Sit for a series of
7-minute dates with other Festival
participants... and don’t forget to
bring your favorite book! Debate
Doestoevsky, Talk about Tolstoy, Kiss
over Kipling. Price includes alcoholic
beverages. All proceeds benefit the
Blue Metropolis Foundation.
Three Matches et Metropolis bleu
vous propose de rencontrer l’âmesoeur,
amoureux des livres. Venez
rencontrer des participants du festival
avec votre livre préféré sous le bras,
suivant le concept du speed-dating :
une nouvelle rencontre toutes les
7 minutes ! Vous pouvez débattre
sur Dostoïevski, discuter sur Tolstoi
et même flirter sur Kipling. Prix
incluant les boissons alcoolisées. Les
profits seront reversés à la Fondation
Metropolis Bleu.
M 100 $
VENDREDI | FRIdaY
April 20 avril
26 09 h 30 Suite Exécutive 528
ATELIER D’ÉCRITURE AVEC EDUARDO MANET : LA PASSION D’ÉCRIRE
Atelier
180 minutes
Eduardo Manet, écrivain et réalisateur
d’origine cubaine, n’a cessé
d’écrire depuis l’âge de quinze ans.
Dans son dernier roman, Le Fifre,
Eduardo Manet, petit-fils d’Édouard
Manet, raconte la passion entre le
peintre et son modèle et le Paris du
Second Empire où défilent Renoir,
Zola, Degas, Monet. Comment vivre
cette passion de l’écriture ? L’atelier
est suivi d’une période de discussion.
Eduardo Manet
( Annie Heminway
Consulat général de France
à Québec
F 30 $
27 12 h 00 Koko
LUNCH AND LITERATURE: A HEMINGWAY SALON
lunch
120 mintues
Are you a big fan of Ernest Hemingway?
Come join us for Lunch and
Literature on the work of Papa
Hemingway. Bring your favorite
Hemingway book to discuss. Hosted
by John Hemingway, grandson of the
author and writer in his own right of
Strange Tribe. For registration details
irene.raparison@metropolisbleu.org
or 514 932-1112 ext 33.
( John Hemingway
E Free (Meal purchase required)
28 14 h 15 Suite Exécutive 528
ATELIER D’ÉCRITURE AVEC ANANDA DEVI: LE DÉSIR D’ÉCRIRE ET SES CONFLITS
Atelier
180 minutes
Dans Les hommes qui me parlent,
Ananda Devi revient sur ses quarante
ans d’écriture. Elle s’interroge sur elle
et son double : la femme et l’écrivain.
A-t-on raison d’embarquer ses
proches dans ses projets d’écriture ?
L’atelier est suivi d’une période de
discussion.
Ananda Devi
( Annie Heminway
F 30 $
29 14 h 30 Godin
CRACKING THE US MARKET
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Two influential critics, writers and
publishing insiders talk about
how Canadian writers, editors and
publishers can break into the US
publishing market and possible directions
that the market will take in the
next few years.
Scott Esposito, Chad Post
( Katia Grubisic
ANEL
E $15
30 16 h 30 Atwater Library
WRITING GREAT DIALOGUE
Workshop - 90 minutes
Join authors Shawn Klomparens
(Jessica Z., Two Years, No Rain) and
Catherine McKenzie (Spin, Arranged)
for a workshop on crafting tight,
narrative-propelling dialogue.
Atwater Library, The Auditorium,
1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount.
514 935-7344. Tickets available on
site or contact catherinemckenzieauthor@
gmail.com for registration
information.
Shawn Klomparens, Catherine
McKenzie
E $25
31 17 h 00 Salon
MASTER CLASS WITH PETER DUBÉ: FOUR WINDOWS AND A DOOR - PART I
Workshop - 150 minutes
The short story is able to be anything
from a thriller to a meditation. This
workshop explores those possibilities
by working with its building blocks
to generate new ideas with a mix of
readings, writing exercises and class
discussions. For registration details
www.bluemetropolis.org/fesival/
workshops or 514 932-1112 ext 33.
Part II: April 21, 5 p. m.
Peter Dubé
E $ 40 (For both days)
32 17 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
QUE VEUT LA LITTÉRATURE, AUJOURD’HUI ?
Table ronde - 60 minutes
Le thème de la Rencontre québécoise
internationale des écrivains réfléchit
sur le désir d’écriture dans un monde
qui fragilise la littérature. A l’heure
du marketing global et de l’industrie
culturelle, le projet d’écrire donne-t-il
toujours sens à l’existence ?
Oana Avasilichioaei, François
Hébert, Andrée A. Michaud
( Monique La Rue
F 10 $ RQIÉ Joshua Knelman © Hilary Doyle
VENDREDI | FRIDAY
April 20 avril
33 17 h 30 Jardin
CRIME WRITING: RIVER CITY
Literary show
60 minutes
In River City: Words & Music, John
Farrow collaborates with Dave Gossage
on flute in a dynamic presentation
of his novel, River City. The epic
tale bounds through 450 years of
Montreal history while the original
music brilliantly evokes the drama.
Trevor Ferguson, David Gossage
( Gregory McCormick
E $10
34 17 h 30 Gallery
CORMORANT BOOKS LAUNCH: TESS FRAGOULIS
Launch
60 minutes
Tess Fragoulis celebrates the launch
of her much-anticipated novel, The
Goodtime Girl. Come celebrate and
get a signed copy of this sureto-
be-Canadian-classic by one of
Montreal’s best-known writers.
Tess Fragoulis
E Free
35 18 h 00 Godin
FACE À FACE AVEC KIM THÚY
Entrevue sur scène
90 minutes
Marie-Louise Arsenault de l’émission
Plus on est de fous, plus on lit ! sur
Radio-Canada en entrevue sur scène
avec Kim Thúy, l’auteure du bestseller
Ru.
Kim Thúy
( Marie-Louise Arsenault
Radio-Canada série littéraire
F 10 $
36 18 h 30 SoupeSoup
COCINANDO CON LEONARDO PADURA
Encuentro
150 minutOs
Venga a disfrutar de una comida
casera cubana preparada por el
novelista cubano Leonardo Padura
y su señora, en el hermoso salón de
SoupeSoup. 1228 St-Denis.
514 315-5501
Leonardo Padura
( Jean Fugère
ES 40 $
37 18 h 35 Terrasse
FRISSONS: READINGS WITH HOWARD SHRIER
Readings
20 minutes
In the first installment of our Frissons
series, writer Howard Shrier reads
from his latest detective novel,
Boston Cream, on our heated terrace.
Grab a hot buttered rum in
between main events and listen to
an established voice in the crime
writing genre.
Random House Canada
Howard Shrier
( Gregory McCormick
E Free
38 19 h 00 CinéRoboth èque
INSIDE ITALO / DANS LA PEAU D’ITALO CALVINO
projection
120 minutes
Docu-fiction sur le grand écrivain
italien Italo Calvino, portrait en forme
de mosaïque, Inside Italo retrace
le parcours personnel et créateur
cet auteur phare du XXe siècle, qui
a élaboré des fictions savantes et
fantaisistes pour mieux nommer la
société dont il est issu. Documents
d’archives et propos incarnés par
l’acteur Neri Marcoré nous font
entrer dans la peau d’Italo Calvino et
dans le labyrinthe d’une oeuvre savante
et populaire. CinéRobothèque,
1564 St. Denis 514 496-6887. En
Italien avec sous-titres en français.
Office national du film du Canada
F I Gratuit
39 19 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
CRIME WRITING: LOUISE PENNY EVENT
Literary show
60 minutes
An internationally best-selling author
meets up with her greatest fictional
character, Chief Inspector Armand
Gamache. A dramatic staged encounter
written by Marianne Ackerman
and inspired by Penny’s new book,
A Trick of the Light.
www.roverarts.com
E $15
40 19 h 00 Jardin
LA BEAUTÉ EST INCURABLE
Spectacle littéraire
60 minutes
Un récit poétique qui nous plonge
dans l’intimité d’un couple aussi profondément
amoureux que malsain.
Beauté, souffrance, plaisirs extrêmes,
émotions à fleurs de peau dans une
prose à couper le souffle. Destiné à
un public averti.
Alain Fisette
( William St-Hilaire
F 10 $
41 19 h 00 Gallery
LINDA LEITH PUBLISHING AND SALON .ll. LAUNCH
Launch
60 minutes
Venez assister aux deux lancements
de la maison d’édition Linda Leith :
le Salon .II., nouveau magazine
littéraire en ligne www.lindaleith.
com ainsi que deux livres : l’essai de
Rick Salutin, Keeping the Public in
Public Education; et le dernier roman
de Felicia Mihali, The darling of
Kandahar.
Join us for the launch of the online
literary magazine Salon .ll. –
www.lindaleith.com – and of the first
two books from Linda Leith Publishing:
Rick Salutin’s essay, Keeping
the Public in Public Education, and
Felicia Mihali’s novel, The Darling of
Kandahar.
Felicia Mihali, Rodrigo Salazar,
Rick Salutin
( Linda Leith, Eve Pariseau
E Free
42 20 h 00 Godin
FACE TO FACE WITH JUAN GABRIEL VÁSQUEZ
Onstage interview
60 minutes
Fresh off the 2011 Alfaguara Spanish
literary prize for his novel El ruido de
las cosas al caer, Colombian novelist
Juan Gabriel Vásquez is one of the
Spanish-speaking world’s rising stars.
Mario Vargas Llosa has called him
one of the most original new voices.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
( Eleanor Wachtel
CBC Blue Literary Series
E $15
43 20 h 30 Jardin
LOVE UNDER FIRE
Panel discussion
60 minutes
A Blue Met exclusive! Two of
Montreal’s best known novelists,
Tess Fragoulis and Felicia Mihali, talk
about their much anticipated new
works.
Tess Fragoulis, Felicia Mihali
( Geeta Nadkarni
E $10
44 20 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
SAINT DENYS GARNEAU
Spectacle littéraire
60 minutes
Bien que l’oeuvre intégrale du poète
québécois Saint-Denys Garneau ait
été modeste, sa réputation ne cesse
de prendre de l’ampleur chaque jour.
Winston McQuade prête sa voix lors
d’une séance de lecture de poèmes
dans un cadre intime et feutré.
Winston McQuade
Fondation Hector de Saint Denys
Garneau
F 12 $
SAMEDI | SATURd aY
April 21 avril
45 09 h 00 Koko
A JANE AUSTEN BREAKFAST SALON
breakfast
120 minutes
Bringing together true lovers of Jane
Austen, this breakfast salon offers
a chance to discuss her work. Bring
your dog-eared copy of Pride and
Prejudice or Emma and feast on the
Koko’s breakfast buffet. There will
certainly be a lot to discuss! For
registration details irene.raparison@
metropolisbleu.org or 514 932-1112
ext 33.
( Amanda Cockburn
E $25 (Breakfast included)
Howard Shrier © Harriet Wichin
Felicia Mihali © Martine Doyon
SAMEDI | SATURDAY
April 21 avril
46 10 h 00 SUITE EXÉCUTIVE 528
CLASSE DE MAITRE AVEC
PERRINE LEBLANC –
1ère PARTIE
Atelier - 150 minutes
Exploration, pendant la première
rencontre, de textes et d’approches,
et discussion portant sur l’écriture
romanesque. La deuxième rencontre
sera consacrée à la lecture et au
commentaire des textes rédigés la
veille par les participants. La discussion
portera ensuite sur le rapport à
l’éditeur et à la critique. 2e partie le
22 avril à 10 h. Inscription : www.
metropolisbleu.org/festival/ateliers
ou 514-932-1112 poste 33.
( Perrine Leblanc
Conseil des arts du Canada
F 60 $ (Les deux jours)
47 10h00 Salon
MASTER CLASS ON TRANSLATION WITH DONALD WINKLER - PART I
Workshop - 150 minutes
Translation is a bridge to another
world, and it is the supreme openended
word game, where meaning,
music, and rhythm vie for primacy.
Through our work on a sampling of
passages, we will explore some of its
possibilities. For registration details
www.bluemetropolis.org/fesival/
workshops or 514 932-1112 ext 33
Part II: April 22, 10:00 am
( Donald Winkler
Canada Council for the Arts
E $60 (For both days)
48 10 h 30 Atwater Library
HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER
Workshop - 90 minutes
Join authors Shawn Klomparens
(Jessica Z., Two Years, No Rain) and
Catherine McKenzie (Spin, Arranged)
for a workshop on crafting compelling
query letters. Atwater Library,
The Auditorium, 1200 Atwater
Avenue, Westmount. 514 935-7344.
Tickets available on site or contact
catherinemckenzieauthor@gmail.com
for registration information.
Shawn Klomparens, Catherine
McKenzie
E $25
49 11 h 00 Godin
FACE TO FACE WITH 2012 BLUE MET AL MAJIDI IBN DHAHER ARAB PRIZE WINNER AHDAF SOUEIF
Onstage interview
90 minutes
Novelist, journalist and political commentator,
as well as the Arab world’s
most prominent female writer, Ahdaf
Soueif discusses her work and the
latest from Egypt, on stage with
CBC’s Paul Kennedy, and receives the
2012 Blue Met Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher
Arab Prize.
Ahdaf Soueif
( Paul Kennedy
CBC Blue Literary Series, Abu Dhabi
Authority for Culture & Heritage –
ADACH
E $15
50 11 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
THE CRIME NOVELS OF JOYCE CAROL OATES
panel discussion
60 minutes
In keeping with this year’s crime writing
theme, Joyce Carol Oates talks on
stage with Toronto writer (and Oates
aficionado) Jack Kirchoff about her
large body of crime-related novels,
Gothic writing and horror fiction.
Joyce Carol Oates
( Jack Kirchoff
E $15
51 11 h 30 Jardin
FACCIA A FACCIA CON EDOARDO NESI, VINCITORE DEL PREMIO STREGA - BLUE METROPOLIS 2012
intervista - 60 minutes
Intervista ad Edoardo Nesi, vincitore
del Premio Strega-Blue Metropolis
2012 con la giornalista Marianna
Simeone. Colloquio in italiano.
Edoardo Nesi
( Marianna Simeone
Institut Culturel Italien de
Montreal, Bellonci Foundation
I 10 $
52 13 h 00 Godin
FACE TO FACE WITH ESI EDUGYAN
Onstage interview
90 minutes
CBC’s Shelagh Rogers in conversation
with one of today’s most
fascinating young writers, 2011 Giller
Prize winner, Esi Edugyan, author of
Half Blood Blues.
Esi Edugyan
( Shelagh Rogers
CBC Blue Literary Series
E $15
53 13 h 00 Salon
CLASE MAGISTRAL DE NOVELAS POLICÍACAS CON TERESA SOLANA
taller - 150 minutOs
Introducción práctica e interactiva
a la novela negra que incluirá el
análisis y la creación de temáticas
y personajes, y aspectos relacionados
con la trama, la estructura, el
ritmo y el suspenso. Se abordará la
evolución de la novela negra y la
novela policíaca en general, haciendo
especial hincapié en los autores
españoles e hispanoamericanos. Para
inscribirse : www.bluemetropolis.org/
fesival/workshops o llamar al
514 932-1112, anexo 33.
Teresa Solana
Institut Ramon Llull
ES 25 $
54 13 h 00 Suite Exécutive 528
MASTER CLASS ON NONFICTION WRITING WITH RAY ROBERTSON - PART I
Workshop - 150 minutes
Ray Robertson, author of Why Not?
Fifteen Reasons to Live and several
novels, teaches a Master Class on
writing non-fiction. For registration
details www.bluemetropolis.org/
fesival/workshops or 514 932-1112
ext 33
Part II: April 22, 1 pm.
( Ray Robertson
Biblioasis
E $60 (For both days)
55 13 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
REALITY TV MADE ME A BETTER WRITER
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Jeffrey Oliver, Producer and Network
Executive at Food Network considers
his own rise to stardom and how reality
TV can be a source of inspiration
to struggling and emerging writers.
Jeffrey Oliver
( David McGimpsey
DC Books
E $10
Perrine Leblanc © Julie Artacho
Ahdaf Soueif © McCabe
Joyce Carol Oates © Eva Haggdahl
SAMEDI | SATURDAY
April 21 avril
56 14 h 00 Gallery
READINGS IN
THE AFTERNOON
Readings
90 minutes
Five writers read from their recent
works, including the Winner of the
2011-2012 CBC Short Story Prize.
Tamara Faith Berger, Daniel Allen
Cox, Peter Dubé, Nicole Lundrigan
( Marie Thormodsgard
Coach House Books, Douglas &
McIntyre
E Free
57 14 h 00 McCord MusEUM
LOVE TO ALL, IRVING: THE LETTERS OF IRVING LAYTON
Literary show
60 minutes
A Blue Met exclusive! One hundred
years after his birth, Montreal poet
Irving Layton is as controversial as
ever. Bon vivant, womanizer, contrarian
and major poet, his legacy at
home remains complicated by stories
of his combative personality. McCord
Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St. W.
McCord Museum, Carmine Starnino
E $10
58 14 h 30 Godin
WRITING FROM NEWFOUNDLAND
Panel discussion
90 minutes
Two of Newfoundland’s most prominent
poets along with Newfoundland
author Kathleen Winter (author of
the bestseller, Annabel), discuss their
work and the literary arts in Canada’s
most fascinating province.
Mark Callanan, Mary Dalton,
Kathleen Winter
( Paul Kennedy
CBC Blue Literary Series, Véhicule
Press, Atwater Poetry Project,
Writers Union of Canada, League
of Canadian Poets
E $10
59 14 h 30 Jardin
ONCE UPON A TIME
Launch
60 minutes
Over the past few months,
Anglophone adults from across the
province have explored their identity
by developing and writing their own
original story. A few of the participants
will be on hand to perform
their work and attend the screening
of a short documentary film featuring
highlights of the evolving project.
Canadian Heritage, Quebec Writer’s
Federation, Centre for Oral History
and Digital Storytelling
E Free
60 14 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
QUATTRO GUERNICA PRESENT A POST PUNK PERFORMANCE
Literary show
60 minutes
A Blue Met exclusive! What happens
when poetry, social satire, and raw Icouldn’t-
give-a-sweet-damn nihilism
come together? Why, you get the literary
version of the slam dance mosh
pit. With a musical performance by
Alan Lord and The Falling Men.
Alan Lord, Liz Worth
( Michael Mirolla
E Free
61 15 h 00 Koko
LE ROMAN NOIR SE MET À TABLE
Table ronde
60 minutes
Lupin et le champagne, Brunetti et le
tiramisu : nombreux sont les personnages
de romans policiers appréciant
la bonne chère. Avec Jean-Jacques
Pelletier, Chrystine Brouillet vous
propose un parcours des oeuvres des
auteurs gourmands. Présentation
d’une courte histoire des poisons
et de succulentes anecdotes sur le
champagne !
Jean-Jacques Pelletier
( Chrystine Brouillet
F 10 $
62 16 h 00
Librairie Las Américas
CUBA AND BEYOND: POÉSIE EN ESPAGNOL
lecturas
60 minutOs
Algunos de los poetas más diversos,
íntimos y polémicos de habla hispana
leen de obras recientes. Participan
la autora cubana Wendy Guerra, el
argentino-canadiense Ángel Mota,
y varios más. Vea el programa en
línea para más detalles. 2057 Blvd.
St-Laurent
Wendy Guerra, Angel Mota
Berriozabal
( Hugh Hazelton
Las Américas
ES 10 $
63 16 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
AICW EVENT - THE INTERNMENT OF ITALIAN CANADIANS DURING WORLD WAR II
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Two 2012 publications mark the
passage of Italian-Canadians from
victims of state authority to engaged
agents of social change. The discussion
will focus on these books and
historical events of the 1940s.
Complimentary books available
(while supplies last).
Licia Canton, Domenic Cusmano,
Terri Favro, Mélanie Grondin,
Michael Mirolla, Jim Zucchero
Association Italian Canadian Writers,
Colombus Centre of Toronto,
Guernica Editions, Accenti Magazine,
Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
E Free
64 16h 00 Gallery
DC BOOKS LAUNCH
Launch
60 minutes
Come celebrate DC Books’ 25
anniversary with its current editor,
poet Steve Luxton. Four books will
be launched which represent some
of the best recent fiction, non-fiction,
and poetry.
Thomas Abray, Shelley A. Leedahl,
Steve Luxton, Daniel O’Leary,
Jeffrey Oliver
( Jason Camlot
E Free
65 16 h 00 Jardin
POLAR. QC
Table ronde
60 minutes
Le polar a la cote auprès du lectorat
québécois depuis toujours. Pourquoi
ce genre reste-t-il la chasse-gardée
d’écrivains anglais, états-uniens,
scandinaves ou même français ?
Qu’en est-il des auteurs québécois ?
Alain Chaperon, Florence Meney
( Michel Brûlé
F 10 $
Wendy Guerra © LM Palomares
Jean-Jacques Pelletier © Éric Pich Mark Callanan © Andreae Callanan
SAMEDI | SATURDAY
April 21 avril
66 16 h 30 godin
GUERNICA EDITIONS: THE MONTREAL X FACTOR
Panel discussion
90 minutes
From jazz to folk, rock to punk,
Montreal music artists have garnered
international reputation and accolades
for years. A discussion on the
extraordinary rise of contemporary
music in Montreal by some of its
best-known musicians and writers.
Ray Beauchemin, Lucinda
Catchlove, Dimitri Nasrallah,
Alan Lord
( Jeanette Kelly
CBC Blue Literary Series,
Guernica Editions
E $10
67 17 h 00 Salon
MASTER CLASS WITH PETER DUBÉ: FOUR WINDOWS AND A DOOR PART II
Workshop
150 minutes
See Event #31 for full description and
registration details.
( Peter Dubé
E
68 17 h 00 Terrasse
FRISSONS: READING WITH OWEN LAUKKANEN
Readings
20 minutes
In another of our Frissons series,
Owen Laukkanen, author of the
critically acclaimed The Professionals,
reads from his book on our heated
terrace. Grab a hot buttered rum
in between main events and listen
to an emerging voice in the crime
writing genre.
Owen Laukkanen
( Gregory McCormick
Penguin Canada
E Free
69 17 h 30 Gallery
QUATTRO BOOKS LAUNCH
Launch
60 minutes
Quattro Books launches two
outstanding books by two outstanding
authors, Patrick Senécal and
David Day. Come celebrate with the
publisher and authors: brief reading
followed by a book signing.
John Calabro, David Day, Patrick
Senécal
E Free
70 17 h 30 LAS AMÉRICAS
ECRIVAINS EN PÉRIL: EDUARDO MANET
Entrevue sur scène
60 minutes
Eduardo Manet, écrivain francocubain,
quitte Cuba dans les années
cinquante et s’exile en Europe
afin d’y entamer une nouvelle vie
d’écrivain. Durant son absence,
comment Cuba s’est transformé ?
De quelle manière son expérience en
tant qu’écrivain diffère-t-elle de celle
de ses compatriotes restés à Cuba ?
Une discussion intime sur la fuite et
la quête d’inspiration.
Eduardo Manet
( Jean Fugère
Media@McGill, Consulat général
de France à Québec
F 10 $
71 18 h 30 Grande Biblioth èque
FACE TO FACE WITH 2012 BLUE MET GRAND PRIX WINNER JOYCE CAROL OATES
Onstage interview
entrevue sur scène
90 minutes
Don’t miss it! Eleanor Wachtel
interviews the 2012 Blue Met Grand
Prix Winner, Joyce Carol Oates. The
evening promises to be the literary
event of the season with one of
the best-known and most prolific
writers publishing today. Grande
Bibliothèque, 475 boulevard De
Maisonneuve Est.
Ne manquez surtout pas l’entrevue
de Joyce Carol Oates, gagnante du
Grand Prix Metropolis bleu 2012,
par Eleanor Wachtel. Cette soirée
promet d’être l’événement littéraire
de la saison avec l’un des écrivains
contemporains les plus connus et
prolifiques. Grande Bibliothèque,
475 boulevard De Maisonneuve Est.
Joyce Carol Oates
( Eleanor Wachtel
CBC Blue Series, Grande Bibliothèque
M 15 $
72 19 h 00 Godin
WRITERS IN PERIL: EGYPT TODAY
Onstage interview
60 minutes
One of the best-known Arab writers
in the world talks about her role in
the Arab spring and how writers are
challenging old ideas in today’s Egypt
as it goes through massive change.
Ahdaf Soueif
( Wael Aboulmagd
Media@McGill, ADACH
E $ 10
73 19 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
CRIME WRITING: READINGS ABOUT MURDER
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Come get terrifed as Canadian and
international crime writers read
about murder from their latest works.
Including writers from Spain, Cuba
and Ontario.
Owen Laukkanen, Leonardo Padura,
Howard Shrier, Teresa Solana
Institut Ramon Llull, Random
House-Canada, Penguin-Canada
E Free
74 19 h 30 Casa d’Italia
REMISE DU PRIX STREGA METROPOLIS BLEU STREGA PRIZE NIGHT
Spectacle littéraire
LITERARY SHOW
90 minutes
Remise du Prix Strega Metropolis
bleu à l’écrivain Edoardo Nesi.
L’activité sera suivie d’une lecture
trilingue (français, anglais et italien)
du roman Storia della mia gente.
Casa d’Italia, 505 rue Jean-Talon Est.
Awarding of the blue met Strega
prize to Italian writer, Edoardo Nesi,
followed by a reading from his novel
Storia della mia gente in Italian,
French and English. Casa d’Italia,
505 rue Jean-Talon Est.
Edoardo Nesi
( Marianna Simeone
Institut Culturel Italien de
Montreal, Bellonci Foundation
M Sur invitation / By invitation
75 20 h 30 Godin
WRITERS IN PERIL: NARCO-JOURNALISM AND THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION
Onstage interview
60 minutes
When Colombian writer Juan Gabriel
Vásquez set out to write his most
recent novel, El ruido de las cosas al
caer, he summarized the topic this
way: “The relationship my country
has with the drug trade has shaped
my life…The consequences reach
into every corner of society.” Vásquez
talks about the writing of the novel
and how the drug trade reaches
into the lives of everyone including
writers.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
( Steven Kaal
Media@McGill
E $10
Leonardo Padura © Ivan Gimenez
Eduardo Manet
SAMEDI | SATURDAY
April 21 avril
76 20 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
CRIME WRITING: MONTREAL NOIR: THE CITY’S FORGOTTEN PULP PAST
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Cheap, disposable and sensationalistic,
Montreal’s pulp fiction took
its place on Canadian and American
newsstands sixty years ago. It has
since been ignored, neglected and,
in some cases, hidden by its authors.
What was so shameful about these
books and why are we reviving them
now?
Trevor Ferguson, Jim Napier,
Will Straw, Marcel Jeannin
( Brian Busby
Canadian Heritage, Montreal
Review of Books
E $7
77 20 h 30 Jardin
WORDS ON FILM: THE ART AND CRAFT OF WRITING BOOKS ABOUT THE MOVING IMAGE
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Books have inspired some fantastic
films, but films have also led to some
brilliant writing. Here, three authors
discuss their motivation to pen tomes
about specific movies, and the
challenges of such an endeavour.
Will Aitken, Thomas Waugh,
Greg Youmans
( Matthew Hays
E $10
DIMANCHE | SUNdaY
April 22 avril
78 09 h 00 Koko
A BREAKFAST SALON: WRITING AND FINDING YOUR STORY l CRÉER SON HISTOIRE AUTOUR D’UN PETIT DÉJEUNER
breakfast - PETIT DÉJEuner
120 minutes
Quebec author Monique Polak hosts
this breakfast writing event that
only requires your creativity, your
story and a notebook or laptop. A
brief discussion, breakfast, then 90
minutes of uninterrupted time to
work on your novel, essays, stories or
poems. Meet your fellow writers! For
registration details irene.raparison@
bluemetropolis.org 514-932-1112,
ext. 33.
L’auteure québécoise Monique Polak
anime un atelier d’écriture à l’heure
du petit-déjeuner. N’oubliez pas
d’apporter votre créativité, un début
de récit élaboré et de quoi prendre
des notes. Brève introduction,
petit-déjeuner convivial et ensuite
90 minutes consacrées à la rédaction
de votre roman, essai, poème,
etc. Inscription : irene.raparison@
metropolisbleu.org 514-932-1112,
poste 33.
( Monique Polak
M $25 (Breakfast included)
79 10 h 00 Le salon
CLASSE DE MAÎTRE AVEC PERRINE LEBLANC
2e PARTIE
Atelier
150 minutes
Suite de la première partie de l’atelier
offert le 21 avril à 10 h. Cette 2e
rencontre sera consacrée à la lecture
et aux commentaires des textes
rédigés la veille par les participants.
La discussion portera ensuite sur le
rapport à l’éditeur et à la critique.
Inscription : www.metropolisbleu.org/
festival/ateliers ou 514-932-1112
poste 33.
( Perrine Leblanc
Conseil des arts du Canada
F
80 10 h 00 Suite Exécutive 528
MASTER CLASS ON TRANSLATION WITH DONALD WINKLER - PART II
Workshop
150 minutes
See Event #45 for details and registration
information.
( Donald Winkler
Canada Council for the Arts
E
Kim Thúy © Benoît Levac
Monique Polak Trevor Ferguson
DIMANCHE | SUNDAY
April 22 avril
81 11 h 30 Jardin
SEMINAR ON HAPPINESS: ONE WRITER’S JOURNEY
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Ray Robertson, author of Why Not?
Fifteen Reasons to Live (shortlisted
for the Hillary Weston/Writers Trust
Award for Non-fiction and long-listed
for the Charles Taylor Prize), reads
from and discusses his work about
how he found meaning in living.
Hosted by Concordia University’s
Travis D. Smith.
Ray Robertson
( Travis Smith
Biblioasis
E $10
82 12 h 00 Koko
LUNCH AND LITERATURE: A
GEORGES SIMENON SALON
lunch
120 minutes
Come have lunch at the Koko and
discuss the work of famed crime writer,
Georges Simenon. Who knows: it
might just serve as a handy alibi!
( Isabella Kratynski
E Free (Meal purchase required)
83 13 h 00 Salon St-Laurent
TRANSLAM
SPECTACLE LITTÉRAIRE
Literary show
60 minutes
Unanimement adulé et apprécié, un
favori du public revient cette année :
le célèbre Translation Slam au Festival
Metropolis bleu pour le plus grand
plaisir de tous.
Back by popular demand! A crowd
favorite returns this year, the famous
(some might say infamous) Translation
Slam!
Francis Catalano, Diego Creimer,
Antonio D’Alfonso
ATTLC /LTAC
M 10 $
84 13 h 00 Jardin
DEUX AUTEURES MONTRÉALAISES / TWO MONTREAL NOVELISTS
Table ronde
Panel discussion
60 minutes
Exclusivité ! L’auteure montréalaise
Ann Charney et l’auteure du
bestseller Ru, Kim Thúy, parlent de
leurs récents travaux de traduction
du français vers l’anglais.
A Blue Met Exclusive! Montreal
writer Ann Charney and best-selling
Quebec author Kim Thúy talk about
recent translations of their work into
French and English.
Ann Charney, Kim Thúy
( Linda Gaboriau
M 10 $
85 13 h 00 Suite Exécutive 528
MASTER CLASS ON NONFICTION WRITING WITH RAY ROBERTSON - PART II
Workshop
150 minutes
See Event #54 for details and
registration information.
( Ray Robertson
Biblioasis
E
86 13h 00 Godin
TRANSLATING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Panel discussion
60 minutes
The translator of Infinite Jest into
Italian discusses the work of David
Foster Wallace with renowned US literary
critic and writer Scott Esposito
and well-known Quebec translator
Sophie Voillot. With Montreal writer
and critic Juliet Waters.
Scott Esposito, Edoardo Nesi,
Sophie Voillot
( Juliet Waters
Institut Culturel Italien de
Montreal, Bellonci Foundation
E $10
87 14 h 30 Jardin
DEVENIR UN ÉCRIVAIN
Table ronde
60 minutes Comment ces
auteurs en sont-ils
venus à l’écriture et quelle importance
cela avait-il pour eux de se
faire publier ?
France Daigle, Perrine Leblanc,
Jocelyne Saucier
( Caroline Montpetit
XYZ, Conseil des arts du Canada
F 10 $
88 14 h 30 Salon St-Laurent
LISEZ L’EUROPE - APRÈSMIDI LITTÉRAIRE AVEC DES LIVRES ET DES ROSES
Lectures
180 minutes
Cet événement vous convie à un
échange de livres de bonne qualité et
une lecture multilingue. Apportezéchangez
: voilà le principe ! Ces
livres peuvent être en allemand,
en catalan, en français, en italien,
en portugais. Suivi par une lecture
d’extraits de roman dans diverses
langues.
Goethe-Institut Montréal, EUNIC
Canada, Institut Ramon Llull,
Cercle culturel Catalan, Médiathèque
en études catalanes,
Librairie Las Americas, Consulat
général d’Espagne à Montréal,
Consulat général de France à
Québec, Institut Culturel Italien,
Instituto Camoes, Consulat général
du Portugal à Montréal, Université
de Montréal - études lusophones,
Consulat général de Suisse à
Montréal
F Gratuit
89 14 h 30 Godin
BECOMING A WRITER
Panel discussion
60 minutes
A Blue Met favorite: hear how three critically acclaimed emerging writers got their big break.
Tamara Faith Berger, Joshua
Knelman, Nicole Lundrigan
( Guy Rodgers
D&M, Coach House, ELAN
E $10
90 16 h 00 Gallery
UN APRES-MIDI DE LECTURE : ROMANS ET DECOUVERTES
Lectures
60 minutes
Des romanciers d’ici et d’ailleurs lisent des extraits de leurs plus récents ouvrages. Lecture organisée en collaboration avec le Centre québécois du PEN international. Incluant le(la) lauréat(e) du Prix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada 2011-2012.
France Daigle, Ananda Devi, Nadia Ghalem, Patrice Lessard
( Eve Pariseau
Radio-Canada série littéraire, Centre québécois du PEN international
F Gratuit
91 20 h 00 Cabaret du Roy
LES DIMANCHES DU CONTES : LE CURIEUX LOCATAIRE DE L’ÉDIFICE GRÉGOIRE
Spectacle littéraire
120 minutes
Danièle Vallée livre avec humour et émotion des histoires vraies ou presque qui se sont passées à l’Édifice Grégoire, là où elle a passé 20 ans de sa vie à espionner les curieux locataires qui y ont vécu. Billets en vente au Cabaret du Roy. Pour réservation :
514-907-9000.
Danièle Vallée
Les Production du Diable Vert
F 10 $
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TD-Blue Met Children’s Festival is 5 Years Old!
Appearing at 55 Venues Near You
Montreal, March 20 2012 – From April 18 to 23, Blue Metropolis Foundation proudly presents a variety of activities that is sure to awaken a passion for reading and writing in Montreal children age 12 and under. For the last five years, this festival has provided a stage where authors, illustrators and performers can interact with children and their parents, as well as with kindergarten and elementary school students and their teachers.
"The Children's Festival brings together the very best in children's literature,” says David Pinsonneault, District Senior Vice‐President, Commercial Banking and Team Quebec Vice‐Chair. “By uniting artists from all walks of life, we hope to provide children with unforgettable experiences that will instill in them a lifelong love of reading. TD is pleased to support early literacy in this way.”
New this year: nine shows added to our programme of over 60 free activities for the whole family
Thanks to the unfailing support of the TD Bank Group, 55 venues (libraries, cultural and community centres) will present these events, hosted by professional literary artists and illustrators, including nine free shows for the whole family! Across the city, theatre, storytelling and writing workshops will all share the spotlight: Samsara; Une lettre pour moi !; Les femmes pirates ; Petit lièvre et ses cousins; Karius et Baktus; La reine de Kémet; Kamba la petite fille du Kassaï; Et Dieu créa les animaux à son image; and last but not least, Festilou, un marathon de contes. We have a little something for everyone!
Several well-known children’s authors and illustrators will be present, such as Marianne Dubuc, finalist for the 2011 TD Award and for the Semaine de la bibliothèque’s YA Award, presenting her clever show Devant ma maison, aimed at younger children; Caroline Merola, Édith Bourget and their splendid Oh ! La vache !; renowned illustrators Philippe Beha, Benoît Laverdière and Yayo; Angèle Delaunois, speaking about contemporary issues of interest to kids; Linda Wilscam, the actress behind Picotine, who stars in L’Homme aux Ballons; and prolific author-illustrator Gilles Tibo, who entertains us with his vampire stories! Finally, Sylvain Rivard presents a First Nation’s legend, Moz en cinq temps, and Myriame El Yamani takes us on a voyage around the world with her evocative and powerful tales.
For our young English-speaking audience, there will be laughs and crafts with 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6, a comedy by Catherine Austen; Jane Barclay entertains younger kids with Jojo, the Giant; Karen Patkau transmits her passion for nature with her magnificent Ecosystem Series; and Mahtab Narsimhan, originally from India, tells the story of The Tiffin, about Kunal, a young man from Mumbai who seeks to regain control of his destiny.
In addition, several special partnerships have made possible a number of paid shows, such as Jacques et le haricot magique at l’Illusion, a haiku writing workshop at the Enpuku-ji Zen Center, and La Reine de Kémet at the Addydanse Studio.
For complete schedule information, visit: bluemetropolis.org
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