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November Argo Reading Series
Thursday November 21 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Join us for an evening of poetry, prose, and music by local authors and artists, to help welcome in the wintry season! Curated by Ilona Martonfi, attendance is $6 at the door.
Our lineup for this event: Tamara Nazywalskyj, educator, contractor, & writer. Publishes poems with Westmount Mag, and is featured in the Lives of the South-West gallery. Ilona Martonfi is an editor, poet, curator & activist, her latest poetry title is Salt Bride (Inanna, 2019). Forthcoming, The Tempest (Inanna, 2021). Stephen Morrissey has published nine books of poetry. His latest title is A Private Mythology (Ekstasis Editions, 2014). www.stephenmorrissey.ca. Greg Santos, author of Blackbirds, Rabbit Punch!, The Emperor’s Sofa & Ghost Face (DC Books, 2019). Editor in Chief of carte blanche. Rohan Quinby, writer, editor, & photographer, author of Time and the Suburbs (ARP Books, 2011). Forthcoming, This City, Alone Together. Ann Lambert has been writing & directing plays for over 35 years. Author of The Birds That Stay (Second Story Press, 2019). Working on second novel. Lp Camozzi is a Montreal singer/songwriter/author. He joins poet Blossom Thom for a musical, spoken word view of relationships. www.lpcamozzi.com Blossom Thom’s poetry has appeared in literary mags & anthologies. She shares her love of poetry by designing & leading poetry workshops. Mike Di Sclafani, Multidisciplinary artist, author of Vultures (2017). Forthcoming, spoken word album Apothecary (2019). mikedisclafani.com Michael Bournazian is the author of two books of poetry, Son of a Beach (FlowerPublishing, 2017) & #Tweetstorms, (FlowerPublishing, 2019). Jeffrey Mackie is an internationally published and translated poet. He is currently studying for the Anglican priesthood at McGill. “We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the League of Canadian Poets.” 
NaNoWriMo - Come Write In!
Saturday November 23 | 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, this November? Argo is registered as an official Come Write In space! Writers are welcome in our lounge any time all month, but on Saturdays in particular, we're hosting free write-ins!
Come join us to work on your story, participate in writing activities, and enjoy coffee, tea, snacks, and WiFi.
We hope to see you here. Let your writing take sail with us!
Japan Book Club - Autumn 2019
Wednesday November 27 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Looking for a warm read as the weather grows colder? The Argo Bookshop, in conjunction with the JET Alumni Association of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, will be hosting its autumn Japan Book Club on November 27.
For this meeting, we'll be discussing The Great Passage by Miura Shion, winner of the Japan Booksellers Award in 2012. This book follows a team of editors working on a new Japanese dictionary over the course of several years. Their lives change, they fall in love, and the words and the work slowly come together. This story is full of gentle human relationships and a love for language and words and the role they play in people's lives.
Come for a lively discussion of a heart-warming and lovely piece of Japanese literature, and enjoy some snacks and refreshments! You can read the book in English, French, or Japanese. You're also welcome to come if you haven't read the book, but there will likely be spoilers.
An Evening with Tommy Schnurmacher
Thursday November 28 | 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Please join us for an evening with Tommy Schnurmacher, in support of his new book, Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life. After a reading, discussion, and brief Q&A session, we'll have copies available for sale and signing, along with some light refreshments.
Born in Budapest, Tommy Schnurmacher is a child of Holocaust survivors. An award-winning broadcaster and political pundit, he was the host of a three hour daily talk show for more than twenty years on CJAD Radio in Montreal. 
NaNoWriMo - Come Write In!
Saturday November 30 | 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, this November? Argo is registered as an official Come Write In space! Writers are welcome in our lounge any time all month, but on Saturdays in particular, we're hosting free write-ins!
Come join us to work on your story, participate in writing activities, and enjoy coffee, tea, snacks, and WiFi.
We hope to see you here. Let your writing take sail with us!
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