CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
10051
Partner Institution:
Concordia University
Source Collection Title:
SpokenWeb AV
Source Collection ID:
ArchiveOfThePresent
Source Collection Description:
SpokenWeb Audio Visual Collection
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SpokenWeb
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
https://archiveofthepresent.spokenweb.ca/_nuxt/img/header-img_1000.fd7675f.png
Series Title:
SpokenWeb Events
Sub Series Title:
SpokenWeb AV
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
SpokenWeb Events AV, NOTA: Next on the Agenda–Writing Futures in Quebec, 4 October 2022
Title Source:
https://spokenweb.ca/events/nota-next-on-the-agenda-writing-futures-in-quebec/
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
CREATORS
Name:
Jason Camlot
Dates:
1967-
Name:
Rachel McCrum
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
06:40:55
Size:
60,485,623,038 bytes
Notes:
MP4 video
Title:
221004-0950SW
Content Type:
Video Recording
Dates
Date:
2022-10-04
Type:
Production Date
LOCATION
Address:
1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8
Venue:
Concordia University McConnell Building
Latitude:
45.4968036
Longitude:
-73.57792786
CONTENT
Contents:
NOTA is a conference for English-language writers, publishers, event organizers, and literary professionals to discuss the changing contexts for literature and to explore how writing careers are developed, supported, and sustained in Quebec in 2022.
NOTA Program (10am – 5pm)
• 9.30am: arrival and coffee
• 10.00am – 10.15am: Opening remarks
• 10.15am – 11.30am: Long Literary COVID: How has the pandemic changed our literary practices and communities? Speakers: SpokenWeb: Jason Camlot, Tomasz Neugebauer, Francisco Berizzbeitia; The Violet Hour Reading Series & Book Club: Chris DiRaddo; Metatron Press: Ashley Opheim; Quebec Writers Federation: Lori Schubert.
• 11.30am – 12.45pm: Quebec Writers’ Federation - Have Your Say!
◦ QWF Focus Group #1(in person): Building a Career as a Writer (getting published, building a reputation, using an agent, etc.) Facilitator: Tahieròn:iohte Dan David (Kanienkeha:ka)
◦ QWF Focus Group #2 (in person): Connecting to the French Literary Community (getting books translated, collaborating, etc.) Facilitator: Julie Barlow
◦ QWF Focus Group #3 (online): Making a Living as a Writer (freelancing, mentoring, finding and applying for grants, understanding copyright, etc.) Facilitator: stephanie roberts
◦ QWF Focus Group #4 (online): Support Services for Writers (mental health, disabled, queer & racialized writers’ issues, independent authors, etc.) Facilitator: Christie Huff
• 12.45pm – 1.30pm: Lunch (suggestions for venues provided for those onsite)
• 1.30pm – 1.45pm: Special Presentation, TBC
• 1.45pm – 2.45pm: Making the Writing Life Sustainable. Moderated by Rachel McCrum. Speakers: Klara du Plessis, Erín Moure, and tbc.
• 2.45 – 3.00pm: Coffee break
• 3.00pm – 4.15pm: Challenging the Field: Black Publishing and Writing in Canada. Moderated by Firoze Manji. Speakers: H. Nigel Thomas, Kwame Scott Fraser, Dorothy Williams, and Yara El-Ghadban.
• 4.15pm – 4.30pm: Presentation by Espace de la Diversité//Diversity District
• 4.30pm – 5.00pm: Closing remarks
NOTES
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