VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING 2023

PRIX DES PREMIERS PEUPLES HOMMAGE À JOSÉPHINE BACON

Online Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 10:00 am

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.

AWARD CEREMONY_40 minutes
Participants: Joséphine Bacon, Maurizio Gatti, Marie-Andrée Gill, Joëlle Papillon
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Interview: Sarah Henzi
FREE / 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.

Online Thursday, April 13, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_5 minutes
Participant: Michael Ondaatje
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FREE / 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.

Online Friday, April 14, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_5 minutes
Participant: Philippe Sands
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FREE / ENGLISH

LA LITTÉRATURE EST-ELLE SOLUBLE DANS LE CAPITALISME?

Online Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 10:00 am

Tout en s’inscrivant dans un cadre capitaliste, le commerce du livre n’est pas un commerce comme les autres. Le temps long de la littérature s’est souvent révélé peu compatible avec le rythme du capitalisme, sa course aux nouveautés, sa surproduction, sa recherche du profit à court terme, son hyper-concentration éditoriale. Jusqu’où l’édition littéraire peut-elle garder ses distances avec la logique capitaliste? Dans leur essai, Le fétiche et la plume, La littérature nouveau produit du capitalisme (Rivages), Hélène Ling et Inès Sol Salas analysent ces phénomènes et s’inquiètent de ce que peuvent devenir les écrivains, les livres, la littérature – de ce qu’ils sont déjà, peut-être.

INTERVIEW_30 minutes
Participants: Inès Sol Solas, Hélène Ling
Interview: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FREE / FRENCH

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.

Online Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Lina Meruane
Host: Ingrid Bejerman
FREE / 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.

Online Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Michel Marc Bouchard
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FREE / 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.

Online Friday, April 21, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Duncan Mercredi
Host: Sarah Henzi
FREE / ENGLISH

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.

Online Monday, April 24, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_15 minutes
Participant: Sandra Tamele
Host: Ingrid Bejerman
FREE / ENGLISH, SPANISH

GIOCONDA BELLI AND CLAUDIA PIÑEIRO IN CONVERSATION WITH INGRID BEJERMAN

Online Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 10:00 am

Committed literature: feminist writing in Spanish with two accomplished authors and former winners of the Blue Metropolis Azul Prize, Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua) and Claudia Piñeiro (Argentina). First presented in November 2022 during the Hay Festival in Arequipa, Peru, this conversation (in Spanish) with Ingrid Bejerman, is about the current production of feminist literature in Spanish, its resonance in other languages and cultures, and the important role that women have as militant writers.

Sponsored by Caja Arequipa. With the support of Blue Metropolis. First presented Friday 4 November 2022, 4PM, at the Hay Festival in Arequipa, Peru, Teatro Fénix, Escenario Gales, / Llwyfan Cymru.

PANEL_70 minutes
Participants: Gioconda Belli, Claudia Piñeiro
Interview: Ingrid Bejerman
FREE / SPANISH

ENTRETIEN AVEC LE GAGNANT DU PRIX NOUVEL APPORT METROPOLIS BLEU/CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL 2023

Short interview of the 2023 Blue Metropolis/Conseil des arts de Montréal New Contribution Literary Prize.

Online Saturday, April 29, 2023, 9:00 pm

INTERVIEW_15 minutes
FREE / FRENCH

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. 

Online Sunday, April 30, 2023, 10:00 am

INTERVIEW_25 minutes
Participant: Patterson Webster 
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
FREE / ENGLISH