Blue Metropolis

International Literature Festival

Ideas and societies

Event category: Ideas and societies

Events

30
Apr
30
Apr

CLOSING CEREMONY – FUTURE, HOPE AND SWEET UTOPIAS

2023-04-30 @ 16:30 - 18:00
Hôtel 10 - Espace Godin
CocktailPaidReadingTalk
Let's get together and enjoy the last moments of this 25th edition of the Blue Metropolis Festival, with a nod to Hugh MacLennan's famous novel Two Solitudes, published in 1945
30
Apr
30
Apr

PRIX LITTÉRAIRE NOUVEL APPORT METROPOLIS BLEU/CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL – CONVERSATION

2023-04-30 @ 16:00 - 17:00
Hôtel 10 - Salle Jardin
Award ceremonyDiscussionsFree
Le Prix Nouvel Apport Metropolis bleu/Conseil des arts de Montréal veut attirer l’attention sur des voix littéraires nouvelles à Montréal, issues de l’immigration et qui enrichissent notre littérature.
30
Apr
30
Apr

PHILIPPE SANDS, WINNER OF THE WORDS TO CHANGE PRIZE

2023-04-30 @ 16:00 - 17:00
Hôtel 10 - Salle St-Laurent
Award ceremonyInterviewPaid
The Franco-British writer and jurist Philippe Sands, an acknowledged specialist in the concept of "genocide" and author, among other titles, of The Last Colony. A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy, East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity and The Rat Line, receives the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award for his contribution to a better understanding between peoples and cultures.
30
Apr
30
Apr

L’AVENIR DE LA PLANÈTE – DROIT DEVANT! DES ÉCRIVAINS SONDENT L’AVENIR : RENCONTRE 3 

2023-04-30 @ 14:30 - 15:30
Hôtel 10 - Salle Jardin
DiscussionsFree
Nul n’est devin, mais la littérature déploie ses antennes où elle veut. Au-delà des préoccupations et des propos alarmistes qui font l’ordinaire de l’actualité, quatre duos d’écrivains, réunis par le jeu des contrastes ou des affinités, sondent tour à tour l’avenir sur quatre thèmes précis : l’avenir de la littérature, l’avenir de la diversité des langues, l’avenir de la planète, l’avenir de la démocratie.
30
Apr
30
Apr

THE GABRIEL SAFDIE EVENT – JERUSALEM OF THE MIND

2023-04-30 @ 14:30 - 16:00
Hôtel 10 - Espace Godin
PaidPanel
With an increasingly right-wing Israeli government now in place, what's the future of Israel-Palestine? What is the activist’s role? The writer’s role? How does the current political situation affect literature in Palestine and Israel?
30
Apr
30
Apr

LITERARY ZINES AND THE SMALL PRESS

2023-04-30 @ 11:00 - 12:30
Hôtel 10 - Salle St-Laurent
FreeShowcase
The editors of Vallum, Contemporary Poetry and Cactus Press discuss their recent literary zine series. Usually presenting a single author or poet's recent works, literary zines allow the public to discover new and emerging literary voices.