Join us tonight at 7 p.m. for an evening of readings as part of the Summer Literary Seminars 4-day program in Montreal. Man Booker International Prize finalist Josip Novakovich and acclaimed poet and translator Ariana Reines will read alongside Montreal writers David McGimpsey and Saleema Nawaz!


David McGimpsey lives in Montreal and is the author of five collections of poetry including the recent Li'l Bastard (Coach House Books), which was named as one of the "books of the year" by both The Quill and Quire and The National Post and was nominated for the Governor General's Award. His travel and food writing has been featured in the Globe and Mail and in EnRoute magazine
– where has written extensively about tacos and sandwiches. The CBC
named him as one of the “Top Ten English-language poets in Canada,” and
his work was the subject of the recent book of essays Population Me: Essays on David McGimpsey (Palimpsest Press). David is the Montreal fiction editor of Joyland
magazine and the fiction editor of the Punchy Books imprint of DC
Books. A PhD in American Literature, David McGimpsey teaches in the
English Department of Concordia University. David has done many events at the store, and is always a delight!
Nawaz
is also the author of the short story collection Mother Superior
(Freehand Books), which was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’
Federation Best First Book Prize. Her story “My Three Girls” won the
Journey Prize in 2008. Originally from Ottawa, Nawaz currently lives in
Montreal. - See more at:
http://maisonneuve.org/article/2013/03/28/interview-saleema-nawaz/#sthash.wLPDVQV5.dpuf
Nawaz
is also the author of the short story collection Mother Superior
(Freehand Books), which was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’
Federation Best First Book Prize. Her story “My Three Girls” won the
Journey Prize in 2008. Originally from Ottawa, Nawaz currently lives in
Montreal. - See more at:
http://maisonneuve.org/article/2013/03/28/interview-saleema-nawaz/#sthash.wLPDVQV5.dpuf
Saleema Nawaz is the author of Bone & Bread, which recently won the prestigious Quebec Writers' Federation Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of the short story collection Mother Superior and winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, she currently lives in Montreal, Quebec. Saleema has read at the store several times, and even launched Bone & Bread with us. We're happy to be welcoming her again!
Nawaz
is also the author of the short story collection Mother Superior
(Freehand Books), which was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’
Federation Best First Book Prize. Her story “My Three Girls” won the
Journey Prize in 2008. Originally from Ottawa, Nawaz currently lives in
Montreal. - See more at:
http://maisonneuve.org/article/2013/03/28/interview-saleema-nawaz/#sthash.wLPDVQV5.dpuf
Nawaz
is also the author of the short story collection Mother Superior
(Freehand Books), which was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’
Federation Best First Book Prize. Her story “My Three Girls” won the
Journey Prize in 2008. Originally from Ottawa, Nawaz currently lives in
Montreal. - See more at:
http://maisonneuve.org/article/2013/03/28/interview-saleema-nawaz/#sthash.wLPDVQV5.dpufSaleema Nawaz has read at the store several times, and even launched Bone & Bread with us last year. We are happy to welcome her again!
This evening of readings falls on the third day of the Summer Literary Seminars' first 4-day
program in Montreal. The program also features workshops led by Josip
Novakovich, Ariana Reines, and the internationally celebrated award-winning poet, Eileen
Myles.
SLS, in existence since 1998, is a program like no
other: remarkably innovative and dynamic, and the only operating on
three continents. Over the years, it has counted more than 1000
participants in its programs. Participants in the writing seminars will
include individuals of all ages and all levels of accomplishment: gifted
beginners and writers who have already begun publishing; undergraduate
and graduate students of creative writing; and people turning (or
returning) to writing relatively late in life.
For more information on the program, please visit the SLS site!