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2023 BLUE METROPOLIS LITERARY PRIZES
REMISE DU PRIX DES PREMIERS PEUPLES HOMMAGE À JOSÉPHINE BACON
La poète innue Joséphine Bacon reçoit le prix des Premiers Peuples hommage, décerné par Metropolis bleu et l’organisme Indigenous Voices Award, pour l’ensemble de son œuvre et pour son importante contribution au rayonnement des littératures et des cultures autochtones. Aux remerciements de la lauréate s’ajouteront les témoignages de Sarah Henzi, coordonnatrice du Prix, et des membres du jury, Maurizio Gatti, Marie-Andrée Gill, Joëlle Papillon.
This event was made possible thanks to the financial support of Port of Montreal.
AWARD CEREMONY_40 minutes
Participants: Joséphine Bacon, Maurizio Gatti, Marie-Andrée Gill, Joëlle Papillon
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Interview : Sarah Henzi
FRENCH
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL ONDAATJE, WINNER OF THE 2023 BLUE METROPOLIS LITERARY GRAND PRIX
Short interview of Michael Ondaatje, winner of the 2023 Blue Metropolis Literary Grand Prix.
INTERVIEW_5 minutes
Participant: Michael Ondaatje
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
ENGLISH
INTERVIEW WITH PHILIPPE SANDS, WINNER OF THE 2023 WORDS TO CHANGE LITERARY PRIZE
Short interview of Philippe Sands, winner of the 2023 Words to Change Literary Prize.
INTERVIEW_5 minutes
Participant: Philippe Sands
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
ENGLISH
INTERVIEW WITH LINA MERUANE, WINNER OF THE 2023 PREMIO METROPOLIS AZUL PATROCINADO POR GINNY STIKEMAN
Short interview of Lina Meruane, winner of the 2023 Premio Metropolis Azul.
INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Lina Meruane
Host: Ingrid Bejerman
SPANISH
ENTRETIEN AVEC MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD GAGNANT DU PRIX LITÉRAIRE VIOLET 2023
Short interview of Michel Marc Bouchard, winner of the 2023 Violet Literary Prize.
INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Michel Marc Bouchard
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FRENCH
INTERVIEW WITH DUNCAN MERCREDI, WINNER OF THE 2023 FIRST PEOPLES LITERARY PRIZE
Short interview of Duncan Mercredi, winner of the 2023 First People Literary Prize.
PRÉSENTATION DE LA GAGNANTE DU PRIX NOUVEL APPORT METROPOLIS BLEU/CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL 2023
INTERVIEWS, PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS
A WORLD TOUR OF PUBLISHING – FIFTEEN MINUTES IN THE OFFICE OF SANDRA TAMELE
Sandra Tamele, founding editor of Trinta Zero Nove publishing house in Mozambique, talks about her publishing house and some of the authors in its catalogue.
THE BEGINNINGS OF BLUE METROPOLIS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GARDEN – INTERVIEW WITH PATTERSON WEBSTER
Patterson Webster is a writer and artist and co-founder of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. She recalls the spirit of the Festival’s beginnings 25 years ago. An experienced gardener, she comments on her most recent book, Autobiography of a Garden (McGill-Queen University Press), which recounts the genesis of the beautiful garden she designed on her property in North Hatley, Quebec.
INTERVIEW_16 minutes
Participant: Patterson Webster
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
ENGLISH
THANKS TO THE BLUE METROPOLIS FOUNDATION’S MAJOR PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT THE 2023 FESTIVAL AND OUR 2022-2023 EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MERCI AUX PARTENAIRES MAJEURS DE LA FONDATION METROPOLIS BLEU QUI SOUTIENNENT LE FESTIVAL 2023 ET NOS PROGRAMMES ÉDUCATIFS ET SOCIAUX 2022-2023
