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Recap: Padma Viswanathan

On Monday, 30th September 2024, renowned author and translator Padma Viswanathan joined Writers Read for our first event of the season. Taking place in the Library Seminar Room, this intimate event welcomed diverse members of the Montreal writing community. Padma read excerpts from her new book Charterhouse of Padma. A very engaged audience joined in … Continue reading Recap: Padma Viswanathan

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Writers Read 4th Space Events

Concordia University Reading Series Writers Read is part of Concordia University’s Creative Writing program and is supported by the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Writers Read, directed by Professor Sina Queyras since 2011, invites renowned and emerging authors, both Canadian and international, to read from and discuss their work with … Continue reading Writers Read 4th Space Events

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Winter 2023 Season

Wednesday, February 15th Creating Content for Video Games: 2:30 - 4 PM @ 4th SPACE Concordia Curious about writing for video games? Writers Read has you covered. Get the perspective of four minds on working in the video game industry as writers, on entrepreneurship, on effective dialogue, on written versus visual storytelling, on building a ludic … Continue reading Winter 2023 Season

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Fall 2022 Season

Writers Read is back in-person! Follow us on Instagram @writersreadconcordia for reminders closer to each event's date. All can be found at Concordia's Events calendar. Thursday, October 20th Reading and Q&A with Xochitl Gonzalez 10 - 11:15 AM at LB 322.  In honor of Latin-American Heritage Month, the U.S. Consulate in Montreal is sponsoring a … Continue reading Fall 2022 Season

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2021-2022 Season

SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, October 19th: Karen Solie and A.E. Stallings. Hybrid (4th Space & Zoom) 12 pm Karen Solie is the author of several collections of poetry, including The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out (2015); The Living Option: Selected Poems (2013); Pigeon (2009), which won a Griffin Poetry Prize, a Pat … Continue reading 2021-2022 Season

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Cancelled — Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys: A Reading & Conversation Cancelled

Cancelled — Concordia’s Writers Read, the Student Association for Graduates in English (SAGE) & the Department of English present Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys. Dear Friends, from Sina Queyras at Writers Read on Facebook: We have had to cancel our March 20 event with Helen Humphreys and Shani Mootoo, but we are sending love and … Continue reading Cancelled — Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys: A Reading & Conversation Cancelled