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Special Announcement: The long list for our $15,000 Short Fiction Competition has been announced! Join us on Facebook for details!
2013 Spring events. Join us on Facebook for continuing updates: Exile Writers 
Tuesday, May 14: Boneshaker Reading Series. Judge James Clarke reads from his memoir The Kid From Simcoe Street. Darlene Madott reads from her collection of stories, Stations of the Heart. Norman Snider reads from How to Make Love to A Movie Star: Writing For Film. Click here for details May 14.
Saturday June 2: Book Launch at the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival. Join us for a vunderlekhn multidisciplinary afternoon celebrating the launch of the The Exile Book of Yiddish Women Writers, featuring Yiddish translator and editor Frieda Forman and dramatic readings in Yiddish and English with the special participation of Yiddish expert Gloria Brumer; actress, singer and Yiddish Diva Theresa Tova; accompanied by acclaimed pianist Matt Herscowitz. Beth David Synagogue, 55 Yeomans Rd. $5 admission.
Special Awards Weekend! The $15,000 Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Competition
• Sang Kim won the Emerging category and $10,000 prize / Priscila Uppal and Austin Clarke share the $5,000 Writer At Any Career Point prize.
Saturday, June 15: The third of our annual celebration evenings. Gloria Vanderbilt will award $10,000 to the emerging writer whose story was selected as the best entry. $5,000 to a writer at any career point for his/her best story. We also present the CVC Short Fiction Anthology which features the 12 shortlisted writers. Contact us by email at EXILE for ticket information to attend ($95.00 ~ evening includes dinner, books, and the readings).
Monday, June 17: Book Launch at Toronto’s Dora Keogh Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue. Featuring shortlisted writers from the CVC Short Fiction Anthology.
Friday, June 14: Gloria Vanderbilt’s Exhibition of Paintings, in Toronto, at the De Luca Fina Art Gallery.
Sunday, April 28, we presented four new books at the Montreal Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. Held at Hotel 10, 10 Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal. (514) 843-6000.
11:00-12:30. Almost Lost: Montreal’s Yiddish Women Writers. Revisit a nearly lost chapter of history! A roundtable event featuring The Exile Book of Yiddish Women Writers – a special anthology of literary distinction featuring short stories, excerpts from novels, and memoirs by 13 women, 8 of whom would come to live in Montreal during times of major transformation and upheaval in the 20th century. Hosted by Elaine Kalman Naves, in discussion with the book’s editor Frieda Johles Forman. Readings by Claire Holden Rothman, David Homel, and Rivka Augenfeld (held in Salon Godin. Event #100. Admission $10).
3:00-4:30. Exile Editions has a long history of publishing translations. This day we launch, from the French, Zippo: A Dark Futuristic Thriller by Mathieu Blais & Joël Casséus, Poacher’s Faith by Marc Séguin, and The Death of Marlon Brando by Pierre Gobeil. All authors present to read. Translator Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo speaks about the art of translation. Hosted by Publisher Michael Callaghan (held in Salon St-Laurent. Event #111. Free Admission).
Sales and Distribution (Exile Editions books) - Notice to Bookstores, Booksellers, and the Public: Exile Editions has broadened its market reach. Our vibrant list of fiction, poetry, translations, drama and nonfiction is now available throughout North America, and into the U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean and Latin America. Independent Publishers Group (based in Chicago: 1 800 888 4741) now handles – with cataloguing and full client services – all international sales and world distribution for Exile Editions (Canadian returns to Fraser Direct in Georgetown, Ontario: 905 877 4411), and The Canadian Manda Group (based in Toronto: 416 516 0911) is our sales representation… Look for our books all across Canada, and around the world! Click here for our 2013 Autumn Exile Catalogue (8.5MB) and see this year’s releases as well as recent highlight titles.
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Highlights from 2012 events/launches/readings:
Sunday, October 28 James Clarke appeared at Toronto’s IFOA, with his memoir and selected poetry The Kid from Simcoe Street. At 2pm he is part of the round table diuscussion “Reading Like a Writer” along with Kyo Maclair, Christine Poutney, and Susan Swan (hosted by Antanas Silieka). At 5pm he gives a reading in the Brigantine Room along with Max Layton, Beatrice MacNeil, C.S. Richardson and Irvine Welsh (James Grainger hosts).
Tuesday, October 2 we launched Dignity Village, a photo-ethnographic look at homelessness; written by Eric Weissman, photographs by Nigel Dickson.
Wednesday, Oct 3 we launched the short story collection Stations of the Heart by Darlene Madott. James Clarke also read from his new memoir and selected poetry, The Kid from Simcoe Street.
Saturday, June 9 was our Fiction Awards evening, held at Toronto’s Turf Lounge. Gloria Vanderbilt presented the winners (Christine Miscione, Leon Rooke, Seán Virgo) with their prizes, and we presented the CVC Anthology Book Two. This was a sold-out $95 ticketed event ~ the price included a three-course dinner (value $45), the new CVC Anthology featuring the 12 finalists (value $19.95), and a subscription to ELQ Magazine (value $34.95).
Monday, June 11 Gloria Vanderbilt read at Harbourfront Centre (Toronto).
Tuesday, June 12. The Exile Writers Series, was an evening of readings as we launched the new CVC Short Fiction Anthology Book Two - held at the the Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto. The featured writers were: Leon Rooke, Seán Virgo, Christine Miscione, Martha Bátiz, Amy Stuart, Kelly Watt, Daniel Perry, and Jacqueline Windh. Their stories all appear in the Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Anthology–Book Two, which collects the 12 short listed writers from the Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Competition. 7:15-8:15 food and drinks from the menu, readings begin 8:15. Free Admission. Full details, click here: June 12, 2012
And in case you missed our events on March 13, 14 and 15:
Tuesday, March 13, at the Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto.
The Exile Writers Series first event of 2012 (click for the detailed announcement):
7:15-8:15pm food and drinks from the menu. Readings begin 8:15. Free Admission
Tonight we launch four books, plus three readings from recent issues of ELQ/Exile Magazine
* H. Masud Taj and Bruce Meyer ~ Alphabestiary
* Richard Teleky ~ The Hermit in Arcadia
* Vladimir Azarov ~ Dinner with Catherine the Great
* Bruce Meyer ~ A Book of Bread
From ELQ/Exile Magazine, issues 35.1 • 35.2 • 35.3
* Frank Westcott (35.1) / Zoe Stikeman (35.2) / Alison Taylor (35.3)
* A special addition: Grant Curle will provide jazz bass during the evening.
Wednesday, March 14th, 5-8 pm.
Danforth Avenue celebrates the life of Larry Zolf.
Hosted at The Court Jester, 609 Danforth Avenue, Toronto.
An afternoon/evening to remember and honour our dearly missed friend
A copy of Larry’s last book, “The Dialectical Dancer” (Exile Editions) will be available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to The Kidney Foundation of Canada.
Wednesday, March 14th, 7:30-10pm.
An evening in honour of the centenary of Irving Layton, one of Canada’s most distinguished poets. ELQ/Exile Magazine has produced a special section in our newest issue to commemorate Irving Layton – this will be distributed to the attendees as part of the evening’s programme. Participants: Margaret Atwood, Barry Callaghan, Leonard Cohen (by video), Scott Griffin, Joe Kertes, Max Layton, Dennis Lee, Michael Mirolla, Jacob McArthur Mooney, Anna Porter (by video), Robert Priest, John Rammell, Julie Roorda, Rosemary Sullivan, Elizabeth Trott, Priscila Uppal, Fred Wah, Moses Znaimer
Thursday, March 15, at the Angell Gallery, 112 Ossington Avenue, Toronto.
The Exile Writers Series second event of 2012 (click for the detailed announcement):
Join us for a wonderful evening as we celebrate the launch of Gary Michael Dault’s The Hebdomeros Suite and the Bronzino Poems
7:30-8:00pm Wine / Readings Begin 8:00 / 8:45-9:30: after the Readings we clebrate with wine, canapés and jazz bass.
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Highlights from 2011 events/launches/readings:
October 23, 25 and 29, respectively, sees Exile writers at Toronto’s International Festival of Authors:Claude Tatilon for A Pinch of Time with translator by David Homel; Gloria Vanderbilt’s new collection of stories The Things We Fear Most; and Alphabestiary co-authored by H. Masud Taj and Bruce Meyer. Check out the IFOA website for event times, ticket ordering, and details.
Author information can be found via IFOA links ~ Claude Tatilon & David Homel / H. Masud Taj & Bruce Meyer / Gloria Vanderbilt
And to watch her recent interview with Anderson Cooper:http://www.andersoncooper.com/2011/09/21/full-episode-the-story-of-my-mom/
September 15: following our June 13 announcement for our newly/redesigned ELQ, we’ve released our second issue! Available at selected newsstands across the country, or email the.exile.writers@gmail.com to find out how you can get the issue, or subscribe.
The all-new ELQ (Exile: The Literary Quarterly) hits the newsstands! We’ve redesigned the complete presentation, including the size (now 8×10 inches, 160 pages). Check out your local retailer!
To complement all the great writing and art, this issue (and all coming issues) features Sidebars/QR codes/Video Links as innovative on-the-page/off-the-page features – above, you can scan the QR code with your Smartphone to access a video of Gloria Vanderbilt talking about her fiction writing (three stories appear in the new issue); below is the video that complements Leon Rooke’s new poetry… this is “convergence publishing” and our way of making the printed page come alive! (And use the Video tab in the top navigation options for more videos.)
New for 2011 ~ Exile: The Literary Quarterly will be presented in a whole new way: new size, new sections, new features, new articles, new staff contributors, a new logo, all delivered alongside our established and respected dedication to publishing Canadian and International writers – from the emerging, mid-career and established – in a print forum like no other. Look for Volume 35, No. 1, on sales at newsstands and delivering to our subscribers June 1st.
Exile Editions new 2011 books and some autumn 2010 highlights (click on the linked-book’s title to go to an order page to buy with PayPal):
A Pinch of Time, Claude Tatilon ~ Fiction / Novel
The Meaning of Children, Beverly Akerman ~ Fiction / Stories
Easy Living, Jesus Hardwell ~ Fiction / Stories
Pretty, Greg Kearney ~ Fiction / Stories
After Exile, Raymond Knister ~ Poetry
Irrealities, Sonnets and Laconics, W.W.E. Ross ~ Poetry
Priests, Pastors, Nuns and Pentecostals, Anthology ~ Fiction / Stories
Native Canadian Fiction and Drama, Anthology ~ Stories & Drama
Casino Jack, Norman Snider ~ Screenplay (see below for more)
ELQ digital download: with Volume 35, ELQ goes digital! Look for details on our first issue, available in July.
Going digital audio: Jonathan Papernick’s novel Who by Fire, Who by Blood, will be available as an audio book this summer.
Coming in July 2011: The second $5,000 Gloria Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Award ~ our inaugural competition (2010) received over 300 submission… the stories are into the hands of the jurors, and a short-list will be announced in early April. Best of luck to all who entered… for either winning one of the two prizes, for being included in the anthology that will launch the night of the prize announcement (May 28 at a gala event in Toronto), or for being included in Exile Quarterly.
In case you missed our Spring launches/readings/events:
The L3 Writers’ Conference in Barrie, Ontario; Thursday, April 14.
This is Exile’s fourth year presenting seminars to students. Our two presentations for 2011 will see Michael Callaghan, Publisher of Exile Editions, speak about the history of the house, and its 35-year role in supporting young and/or emerging writers. He will then introduce screenwriter Norman Snider – who will speak about the art of turning real life into a movie (his film Casino Jack, which then became the first book in the newExile Silver Screen Series) – and Richard Teleky, who is a poet, fiction and nonfiction writer, an editor, and professor of Creative Writing at York University – he will speak on the creative process, how an editor works, and about preparing final drafts for publication. Michael Callaghan will wrap up with how young writers go about preparing submission for getting published.
Tuesday, April 26, in Toronto: A special launch party for Greg Kearney’s new collection of stories, Pretty. 8-11pm, Black Eagle, 457 Church Street (Toronto).
Saturday, April 28, in Montreal: We launch The Meaning of Children, a first collection of stories by Beverly Akerman, at Nicolas Hoare Books.
Saturday, May 28 ~ Exile’s Short Fiction Awards ~ $8,000 to Canadian writers!
Presentations by the awards’ Sponsor and Host, Ms. Gloria Vanderbilt.
Tonight we Honour the Three Winners:
$3,000 ~ Frank Westcott for The Poet
$3,000 ~ Silvia Moreno-Garcia for Scales as Pale as Moonlight
$2,000 ~ Ken Stange for The Heart of a Rat
The short listed writers for the Exile/Vanderbilt Short Fiction Competition are featured in the Carter V. Cooper Anthology Series, Book One:
Hugh Graham - Through the Sky
Leigh Nash - The Field Trip
Frank Wescott - The Poet
Rishma Dunlop - Paris
Zoe Stikeman - Single-Celled Amoeba
Kristi-ly Green - The Patient
Gregory Betts - To Tell You
Ken Stange - The Heart of a Rat
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Scales as Pale as Moonlight
Richard Van Camp - On the Wings of This Prayer
Tuesday, May 31, in Toronto, at the Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth Avenue – The first 2011 Exile Writers Series Launch & Readings event (for six years known as the Pipeline Reading Series). This evening we present The Meaning of Children, stories by Beverly Akerman, A Pinch of Time, a novel by Claude Tatilon, and stories by Jesus Hardwell, Easy Living. We also feature poet Ann Elizabeth Carson, and fiction writer Claudio Gaudio, from the recent ELQ 34.3
Our new Web site
In November through March 2012 we’ll be adding onto the site, bringing you new features for both Exile Quarterly and Exile Editions ~ www.TheExileWriters.com
More to come…
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Did you know? In 2010, all of the following happened in the world of Exile…
Exile Editions writers Priscila Uppal (Traumatolgy, poetry, 2010), MT Kelly (Downriver, poetry/short fiction/memoir, 2010), Lisa Foad (The Night Is A Mouth, short fiction, 2009 winner of the ReLit Award), Meaghan Strimas (A Good Time Had By All, poetry, 2010), Jonathan Papernick (There Is No Other, short fiction, 2010 – after five months into a second printing!) and Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby, poetry, 2010) will be appearing at prestigious national Writers Festivals in Vancouver, Calgary/Banff, Toronto and Ottawa? That’s pretty good literary recognition for a small press, and its wonderful literary ensemble… Find the details below.
Exile’s Evening with an Author series #1:
Sunday, September 12, at LVB, 88 Ossington Avenue – a “by invitation only” event to launch Casino Jack, the first book in the new Exile Silver Screen Series (a 280 page book in paperback format: the complete Screenplay, along with a Foreword by the film’s writer Norman Snider, an Introduction and Photo Diary by the film’s director George Hickenlooper, an Afterword by film critic FX Feeney, and 50+ film stills and storyboards!) Special guests: actor Kevin Spacey, film director George Hickenlooper, and screenwriter Norman Snider.
Over 150 people attended, and Kevin Spacey was fabulous as he spent time chatting with all and signing books. Screenwriter Norman Snider, director George Hickenlooper and producer Gary Howsam were also in attendance. The event was sponsored by the Creative Coalition.
Thursday, September 16: The Toronto International Film Festival premiered Casino Jack.
Exile’s Evening with an Author series #2
Wednesday, September 29, at the Turf Lounge - A Celebration of Larry Zolf with his new book The Dialectical Dancer, a memoir, and a life story presented on paper, made complete with many photographs and drawings. Larry Zolf was in attendance, and many of Larry’s friends and associates from over the decades joined him to give short readings from the book. Hosted by Woodbine Entertainment Group ~ 330 Bay Street (at Adelaide). Look for a coming article on this event, and Exile Editions, in The Toronto Star.
We also launched many books, and hosted a variety of readers from the Quarterly…
Exile’s Pipeline Reading series:
Wednesday, November 3 – The Exile Pipeline Reading Series presents first of two autumn launches, featuring a new collection of poetry by Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby), and three writers from Exile Quarterly 34.1 and 34.2: Katherine Govier, Marianne Apostolides and Greg Kearney; Norman Snider will present Casino Jack to our regular audience. (This event is rescheduled from September 25).
Exile’s Writers Festival Appearances:
October 15 and 16: The Calgary/Banff WordFest has invited Priscila Uppal to participate in the Poetry Bash, and the Poetry Cabaret.
Friday, October 22: Vancouver International Writers Festival has invited Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby with Exile Editions, and Alien, Correspondent with Brick Books) to participate in two events.
Friday, October 22: Take a walk on the wild side and leave your inhibitions at home! The Ottawa International Writers Festival has invited Exile’s Lisa Foad (The Night Is A Mouth) to participate in Capital Xtra’s Transgress, hosted by Marcus McCann. It’s an R-rated evening of explicit writing featuring Lisa Foad, Peter Dubé, Amber Dawn and S. Bear Bergman
Monday, October 25: The Ottawa International Writers Festival has invited M.T. Kelly.
Saturday, October 23 and Wednesday 27: Toronto International Festival of Authors has invited M.T. Kelly for two events.
Wednesday, October 27: Toronto International Festival of Authors has invited Priscila Uppal to participate in IFOA; and IFOA Ontario, which will see her appear in Milton, ON on Thursday 28.
November 20 – 25: The Vancouver Jewish Book Festival has invited Jonathan Papernick (There Is No Other) to participate – date TBA
And, many more events and announcements…
Regional/National Exile Events and Appearances:
Saturday, September 24: Publisher of both Exile Quarterly and Exile Editions, Michael Callaghan, has also been an exhibiting painter since 1985 ~ he opens an exhibition of 12 multi media works at the Durham Art Gallery, in Durham, Ontario. (extended, show now runs till Christmas)
Sunday, September 26, all day! Exile Editions and Exile: The Literary Quarterly have a booth (number 223, north east corner of Queen’s Park circle) at Toronto’s Word On the Street. Over 60 titles for sale, all at ONLY $10.00! (list prices $19.95 – $39.95). And, free Issues of Exile Quarterly to introduce what we do to the public. Plus: various authors at the booth through the day to sign books, and speak with you!
Thursday, October 7: Calgary - Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby, released April 2010 with Exile Editions, and Alien, Correspondent, released March with Brick Books) reads at Flywheel reading series at Pages on Kensington bookstore.
Friday, October 8: Victoria – Antony Di Nardo reads at Planet Earth reading series at Black Stilt coffee house.
Wednesday, October 13: Vancouver – Antony Di Nardo reads at Cross Borders reading series with Carolyn Smart and others, at the Vancouver Public Library. Hosted by Rachel Rose, Professor at SFU.
Wednesday, November 3: Toronto – Lisa Foad reads from her collection of stories, The Night Is A Mouth, at the Pivot Reading Series.
Tuesday, November 16: Toronto – Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby, released April 2010 with Exile Editions, and Alien, Correspondent, released March with Brick Books) reads at Art Bar Reading Series.
Wednesday, December 1: Toronto – Antony Di Nardo reads from his two new collections of poetry, Soul on Standby (Exile), and Alien, Correspondent (Brick) at the Pivot Reading Series.
Special Announcements:
The Gloria Vanderbilt $5,000 Short Fiction Competition. On Saturday, May 15, Ms Gloria Vanderbilt hosted a special evening. It was an Advance tickets only event for an intimate evening at Toronto’s prestigious Turf Lounge. Ms Vanderbilt formally announced the new writer’s prize that evening. (see Joe Fiorito’s article in the Toronto Star - the prize was increased from $2,000 to $5,000 after the event). This $5,000 Award for emerging Canadian writers will be presented annually in May in Toronto; the finalists will be published by Exile Editions in an anthology, and some stories in Exile Quarterly. Open for submissions, June 1st to December 21st. For information: The Gloria Vanderbilt $5,000 Short Fiction Award
The Exile Interview Series and The Exile Pipeline Reading Series. An all-new, first in the industry… as only Exile can! We start with a few, and will make available hundreds in the process… of the more than 1,000 writers and artists to have appeared in the pages of Exile Quarterly and Exile Editions, we’re providing them a forum to express their thoughts on writing, and all things publishing; and giving you an opportunity to be a part of the intimacy. The first 10 interviews and readings coming through August – get a sneak peak with this 4.5 minute YouTube trailer…
New in the Exile Pipeline Reading Series: author MT Kelly
New in the Exile Interview Series: author Jonathan Papernick
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Summer Events:
Wednesday, July 14: Sutton, QC – Antony Di Nardo (Soul On Standby, released April 2010 with Exile Editions; Alien, Correspondent, released March with Brick Books) reads at the “Tours des Arts” annual English Writers’ Reading.
Saturday, July 17: Knowlton, QC – Antony Di Nardo reads at the annual Knowlton Wordfest.
The Leacock Summer Festival Orillia, Ont. – runs July 20 – 25. Among the many authors invited are featured Exile writers Priscila Uppal, Katherine Govier and Barry Callaghan (reading their stories in The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories onJuly 24) and Meaghan Strimas (reading from her new poetry A Good Time Had By All on July 25). Author Diane Schoemperlen was just published in Exile Quarterly 34.1, and will read July 21 from a special collectors edition book, with a special Exile Subscription give-away as part of her appearance. See the complete lineup: Readings & Events
Thursday, August 19: author/actor Gale Zoë Garnett, poet Aisha John, sketch comedy troupe THE RIOT, and more at the Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre in Toronto. 8:00pm, $15 at the door, 854 Bloor Street West.
Wednesday, August 25: Toronto – Gale Zoë Garnett reads from her most recent novel, Savage Adoration, at the Pivot Reading Series.
Wednesday, September 8: Toronto – Meaghan Strimas reads from her new collection of poetry, A Good Time Had By All, at the Pivot Reading Series.
Spring Events:
Wednesday, March 24, 8pm – Toronto book launch for Meaghan Strimas and Priscila Uppal; each poet reads from their new books, A Good Time Had By All and Traumatology. The Monarch Tavern.
Wednesday, March 31, 8pm – Poets M.T. Kelly and Priscila Uppal participate in a Harbourfront reading event. (Each writer will also be appearing this autumn with their new books at Toronto’s IFOA.)
Toronto Poetry Vendors make poetry dispensible - April 6, 2010 | Quill & Quire Omni | By Scott MacDonald: “Who says poetry’s indispensable? Not Elisabeth de Mariaffi and Carey Toane, who are calling themselves the Toronto Poetry Vendors, and setting up poetry machines in Toronto. The machines will be around until at least October, and among nine poets include works by Exile’s own Meaghan Strimas (new book: A Good Time Had By All); one toonie will get you a single poem, which will be printed on stiff cardstock and folded into a small, self-contained package. Click here to download: Meaghan_Strimas_reads_at_TPV_launch.mov (2719 KB)
Thursday, April 15, 12:00 and 1:20pm – The L3 Writers’ Conference, in Barrie, Ont. Publisher Michael Callaghan and Exile author Lisa Foad (2009 ReLit award winner for The Night Is A Mouth) present two workshops at Barrie North Collegiate.
Friday, April 16, 7-9pm – Evening Readings at Georgian College Theatre, featuring Lisa Foad, Ray Robertson, Rebecca Eckler, Lauren Kirshner and Kim Echlin. Finale for the L3 Writers’ Conference events.
Friday, April 23, 8pm – The Writing Life. Gale Zoë Garnett reads from her novel Savage Adoration. Also appearing are Michael Helm, Adam Lewis Schroeder and Joan Thomas. Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa. 10-15 each author, with a 30 minute Q&A and book signing after. $15 General; $10 Student/Senior. For complete Festival info: Ottawa International Writers Festival.
Wednesday, April 21 Saturday 24 and Sunday 25. Poet Priscila Uppal participates in three Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival events, held at the Delta centre-ville hotel, 777 University Street, Montreal:
• 9am on the 21st – Student Literary Programme: Young writers discuss their work with over 20 authors.
• 3:30pm on the 24th – Reading the World: South Asia: Panel Discussion on how a South-Asian heritage affects their work. Sheema Khan, Sandhya Rao, Priscila Uppal.
• 6-8pm on the 24th – Traumatology book launch, reception and book signing.
• 4pm on the 25th – Translation Slam: a translation event. Featuring Nora Alleyn, Patricia Claxton, Nicole Frey-Martel, Catherine Lalande, Hélène Rioux, Priscila Uppal.
Saturday, May 15, 7-10pm – Exile’s Evening With An Author/Artist, hosted by Ms Gloria Vanderbilt. The second event in this new series. (re-scheduled from March 17) To reserve a seat or table, please email: Dinner with an Author/Artist
Tuesday, May 18, 7:15-10pm – Exile’s Pipeline Reading Series returns for its sixth season, with new books and many more authors. M.T. Kelly (A Dream Like Mine and Downriver) and Jonathan Papernick (There Is No Other) launch new books, with readings by both authors. • Over 125 writers have appeared to date, with their new books, or reading their selection from Exile Quarterly.
Saturday, May 22, 11am-2pm – The South Simcoe Arts Festival, in Tottenham ON. Exile Editions and Quarterly are the featured Publishers at this year’s street event; Matt Shaw, Martha Bátiz, Edward Brown and Robert Colman will be reading from their books; author signing at the Exile table.
Thursday, May 27, 8pm – Livewords Tonight. Rob Colman, Priscila Uppal and George Fetherling. A Livewords event at the Black Swan, 154 Danforth Avenue.
Friday-Sunday, May 28-31, daily – Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, at Concordia University, in Montreal. Exile Editions and Quarterly have a booth again at this year’s Congress, in the Publisher/Book Seller location. Publisher Michael Callaghan is at the booth daily.
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HIGHTLIGHTS – 2009
ReLit Awards Winner Lisa Foad for The Night Is A Mouth – short fiction category:
Lisa Foad wins the ReLit Award’s – her book was a selected from a longlist, in which 5 of the 5 books submitted by Exile Editions were listed: The Night Is A Mouth (short fiction), Zoe Whittall’s Precordial Thump (poetry), Lauren B. Davis’ An Unrehearsed Desire (short fiction), Robert Colman’s The Thin Line (poetry), and Edward Brown’s Playing Basra (short fiction). We congratulate all five Exile writers!
Lisa Foad accepted her prize, after reading from her book, at the Ottawa Writers Festival on Sunday, October 25. Lisa appeared at the Vancouver International Writers Festivals and Toronto’s IFOA as well.
An Inaugural Event:
Monday, October 26, 7-10:00pm. A unique paid-invitation-only event to launch a new Exile Reading Series: Exile’s Dinner with an Author or Artist, an intimate evening was held in a private room at Toronto’s prestigious Turf Lounge. Our first night featured cocktails and mingling from 7-7:45, followed by dinner at 8:00, and a reading with Marie-Claire Blais after desert: For $95 per person, the evening included a 3-course prix-fixe dinner, conversation with the author, and a reading from her new Exile book, along with a free book of your choice, and $10.00 in bet chit to play the horses after dinner … this was the first in a special new series, by pre-payment only, with reserved seating for 40 people at diners’ tables. The second evening: May 15, with writers, painter, designer and heiress, Ms. Gloria Vanderbilt. To reserve a seat or table, please email: Dinner with an Author/Artist
Exile Editions and Quarterly Autumn Events:
September 27, Sunday, full day – Exile Editions and Exile: The Literary Quarterly have a booth at Toronto’s Word On the Street. Over 60 titles for sale, all at ONLY $10.00! (list prices $19.95 – $39.95). And, free Issues of Exile Quarterly to introduce what we do to the public. Plus: 3 authors at the booth to sign books, and speak with you!
September 29, Tuesday, 7:15 to 9:45pm – Book Launches at The Dora Keogh Irish Pub on The Danforth in Toronto (141 Danforth Ave, 1/2 block east of Broadview): Melissa Hardy’s new novel Broken Road, about the people who lived and loved and made their own personal sacrifices during the historic times of the Cherokee Nation’s journey along the “Trail of Tears.” Number Two in “The Exile Book of…”series, the Canadian Dog Stories anthology, edited by Richard Teleky, with readings by Leon Rooke, Janice Kulyk Keefer and Matt Shaw. We start the evening with short readings by Jennifer Duncan,Erin Robinsong, and Hugh Graham from Exile Quarterly 33.1.
• Buy Broken Road and/or Canadian Dog Stories from the publisher at Exile Editions
October 13 – 16 – Calgary-Banff WordFest
Zoe Whittall and her book Precordial Thump; she appears in five events:
• WordFeast Fundraising Dinner – October 13th, Tuesday, 6pm – The Fairmont Palliser Hotel • The Young, Bold and Restless – October 14th, Wednesday – University of Calgary, Husky Oil Great Hall • Girls, Gossip and Cocktails – October 16th, Friday, 5-6pm – The Auburn • Afternoon Delight – October 17th, Saturday, 2:30-3:30pm – Vertigo Theatre Centre, Studio • Poetry Cabaret – October 17th, Saturday, 9:30-11pm – The Banff Centre, Margaret Greenham Theatre
October 23 and 24, Friday and Saturday – Vancouver International Writers Festival
Lisa Foad reads from The Night Is A Mouth, her collection of short stories: Oct 23, 10-11:30am; Oct 24, 10-11:30am
Zoe Whittall reads from her book of poetry, Precordial Thump: Oct 23, 1-2:30pm
October 25 – The Ottawa International Writers Festival has invited Exile for three Main Events:
1) Sunday at 2:00, Exile’s esteemed Editor-in-chief, and internationally recognized writer Barry Callaghan, presents a Masterclass, discussing his new novel Beside Still Waters. Mr Callaghan will articulate on the art of writing and re-writing. Introduced by Kenneth J. Harvey.
2) Four Exile writers! A special 4:00pm Saturday afternoon event featuring our new anthology, The Exile Book of Canadian Dog Stories, edited by Richard Teleky. Reading their stories will be Janice Kulyk Keefer, Barry Callaghan, Kenneth J Harvey and Katherine Govier. An event for dog lovers and fiction lovers alike, surely not to be missed!
3) Lisa Foad makes her third Writers Festival appearance (coming from Vancouver, then Toronto) and takes the main stage for the evening’s Short Fiction Cabaret event at 8:30: Canada’s Cutting Edge – An evening of acclaimed stories from four of Canada’s most acclaimed practicioners featuring Amy Jones, Lisa Foad, Alexandra Leggat and M.A.C. Farrant
Special: At 10;30, the winner announcements for the ReLit Award… Short Fiction: Congratulations, Lisa!
October 25, 27, 30, 31 and November 2 – Toronto’s International Festival of Authors
Lisa Foad participates in the roundtable discussion “This Writing Life: Rewards and Challenges of Being a Writer” on Sunday, Oct. 25, 3:00pm at the Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay West; she reads from The Night Is A Mouth on Friday, Oct. 30, 8:00pm at the Studio Theatre.
Meaghan Strimas reads from her poetry book, The Junkman’s Daughter, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 8:00pm at the Brigantine Room, and on Saturday, Oct.31, 12:00pm at the Lakeside Terrace; she participates in the Young IfOA on Monday, Nov. 2, morning and afternoon, in Midland ON.
October 26, Monday – Three special events!
1) York University: At 9:30am, Marie-Claire Blais speaks to students for one hour.
2) At 1:00, Marie-Claire Blais, Leon Rooke, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Barry Callaghan and Matt Shaw, read their stories which appear in the newly released anthology Canadian Dog Stories, edited by Richard Teleky.
3) Marie-Claire Blais hosts a special paid-invitation-only event to launch a new Exile Reading Series: Exile’s Dinner with an Author or Artist, to be held in a private room at Toronto’s prestigious Turf Lounge: Our first night is an intimate evening with Marie-Claire. $100 per person (see our first “coming soon” listing).
October 27, Tuesday, 7:15 to 9:45pm – Book Launch at Dora Keogh: Anna’s World and The Manuscript of Pauline Archange, the two new Exile Classics Series releases by Marie-Claire Blais, and we present a new novella, The Wolf’s Mouth by young writer Martha Bátiz (translated from the Spanish by Gustavo Escobedo – the Spanish version won the Casa de Teatro Award; Dominican Republic).
And we wrap up with our final 2009 event:
Thursday November 5, The Exile book of Canadian Sports Stories launches at 7pm (readings start at 7:30); The Annex Live, 296 Brunswick Avenue (just south of Bloor Street). Readings by contributing writers and our Canadian Olympic athletes. $5 from every book sold tonight will be donated to the Canadian Athletes Now Fund. (List price $24.95 – evening special a flat $20.00). Presented from a stage, with bar and restaurant for patrons. A jazz band will go on at 9:30pm!
Summer Events:
July 13, Monday, 7:00pm – The Scream Festival: This is your opportunity to hear the country’s best literary talent together on one stage! Lisa Foad, author of The Night Is A Mouth, appears with 12 other great young writers during this evening’
s literary extravaganza. (Also worth noting is that on Oana Avasilichioaei – one of the 12 – translated a selection of poetry which appears in the recent Exile Editions multilingual poetry release 20 Canadian Poets Take On the World; for a review see Prairie Fire Review of Books at www.prairiefire.ca/reviews/uppal_ed_translation.html; 20 Canadians was edited by 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Priscila Uppal.)
July 25, Saturday evening – The Leacock Festival: Exile Ladies Night, featuring three women reading from their new Exile Editions books, and a fourth in special performance… Lisa Foad with her new collection of short stories The Night Is A Mouth begins the night, Zoe Whittall follows with a poetry selection from Precordial Thump, acclaimed actress Lili Francks performs Barry Callaghan’s “Crow Jane’s Blues”
andGale Zoë Garnett brings this multi-talented, multi-generational gathering to a finale by reading from her novel Savage Adoration.
July 26, Sunday afternoon – The Leacock Festival: Exile editorial members Barry Callaghan and Priscila Uppal read from their new and highly praised novels, Beside Still Waters and To Whom It May Concern.
If you would like further info on these events, or any other publishing inquiries, please email us at EXILE
