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Haïti - Literature : «Québec encounters in Haiti»
01/05/2013 11:56:19

Haïti - Literature : «Québec encounters in Haiti»
Under the chairmanship of Dany Laferrière the event "encounters in Haiti" will open its doors on Wednesday, May 1 at 5:00 pm in the premises of the FOKAL, as well as the Book Fair which will offer more than 500 titles with 40% discount. Initiated by "Mémoire d’encrier" on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the publishing house, "Québec encounters in Haiti" which will continue until May 8, 2013 aimed to approach culturally Quebec and Haiti who have the French language in common.

During this week, in addition to the many activities that will also take place in provinces the Quebec writers, among others : Alain Deneault, André Roy, Bertrand Gervais, Catherine Voyer-Léger, Élise Turcotte, Émile Martel, India Desjardins, Laure Morali, Louise Dupré, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Michel Vézina, Pierre Nepveu, Robert Giroux, Sonia K. Laflamme, Yara El-Ghadban, Yvon Rivard... will dialogue with Haitian writers [among others : Claude C. Pierre, Danielle Magloire, Dominique Batraville, Emmelie Prophète, Evelyne Trouillot, Franketienne, Frantz Duval, Gary Victor, Jean-Euphèle Milcé, James Noël, Jean-Robert Léonidas, Lyonel Trouillot, Makenzy Orcel, Marc Exavier, Marie-Alice Théard,Michel Soukar, Paula Péan,Verly Dabel, Yanick Lahens...

Program of the week :

Wednesday May 1, 2013 :
5h00 p.m. : Opening of the Book Fair Quebec. Location : FOKAL, 143, avenue Christophe
7h00 p.m. to 8h30 p.m. Inaugural Conference "The first time: Haiti-Quebec, hot and cold" (auditorium FOKAL). Remarks of introduction : Michèle Pierre-Louis, President of the FOKAL. Participants : Dany Laferrière, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Pierre Nepveu, Louise Dupré

Thursday, May 2, 2013 :
10:00 am to noon: "What literary heritage we reclaim ? "(Auditorium FOKAL). Participants : Makenzy Orcel, James Noël, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Sonia K. Laflamme, Marc-Endy Simon. Animation : Rodney Saint-Éloi
2h30 p.m. to 4h00 p.m. Dany Laferrière : "The writer in pajamas" (auditorium FOKAL). Animation : Elizabeth Pierre-Louis Augustin, with fifteen young writers.
5h00 p.m. to 6h30 p.m. : "From Haiti to Quebec: why the landscape is so important in our writings?" (Auditorium FOKAL). Participants : Gary Victor, Joël Des Rosiers, Joséphine Bacon, Élise Turcotte, Jean-Robert Léonidas. Animation : Marc Exavier

Friday, May 3, 2013:
10h00 a.m. to noon "Our America to us: From Quebec to Haiti ? Land America? "(Auditorium FOKAL). Speakers : Yvon Rivard, Lyonel Trouillot, Louise Dupré, Marvin Victor. Moderator : Claude C. Pierre
2h30 p.m. à 4h00 p.m. :"Quebec-Haiti: History as a catalyst for narrative" (auditorium FOKAL). Tribute to George Anglade. Participants : Verly Dabel, Émile Martel, Michel Vézina, Joséphine Bacon, Michel Soukar. Moderator: Frantz Duval
6h00 p.m. à 7h30 p.m. "Quebec poetry in spectacle" (auditorium FOKAL). Participants : Paul Bélanger, Louise Dupré, Joséphine Bacon, Laure Morali, Franz Benjamin, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Maka Kotto. With the participation of two tellers & two musicians. Invitation to withdraw to the FOKAL

Literary Friday at Anne-Marie Morisset center, Delmas 41, Faustin 1st Street Gabart # 8. Participation in the Friday literary evening Lyonel Trouillot, in tribute to poet Georges Castera : André Roy, Élise Turcotte, Joël Des Rosiers, Robert Giroux, Pierre Nepveu

Saturday, May 4, 2013 :
10h00 a.m. to noon "Aimé Césaire: Discourses on Decolonization" (auditorium to the FOKAL). Participants : Joël Des Rosiers, Pierre Nepveu, Dominique Batraville, Rodney Saint-Éloi. Moderator : Dany Laferrière
11h00 a.m to 1h00 p.m.- : Writing Workshop : BiblioTapTap-Libraries without borders at Champ de Mars. Workshop on the theme of travel on the site of BiblioTapTap, by Marc-Endy Simon, with the participation of Laure Morali and Michel Vézina. Animator: Marc-Endy Simon
1h00 p.m. to 2h30 p.m. "Workshop Youth Literature" at Anne-Marie Morisset Centre. Participants : India Desjardins, Sonia K. Laflamme, Elise Turcotte, Paula Péan, Odette Roy Fombrun, Jocelyne Lévy Trouillot. Animator : Evelyne Trouillot
1h00 p.m. to 2h30 p.m. : "Censorship, politics and literature: possibilities of resistance" (auditorium FOKAL). Participants : Alain Deneault, André Roy, Yara El-Ghadban, Verly Dabel
3h00 p.m. to 4h30 p.m. "Being a feminist today" (auditorium FOKAL). Participants : Yanick Lahens, Rachel Bédard, Catherine Voyer-Léger, Marie-Alice Théard, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Louise Dupré. Moderated by : Danielle Magloire

Sunday, May 5, 2013 :
6h00 p.m. à 7h30 p.m. The Bar "Haiti-Quebec: The imaginary garden" carte blanche to Mackenzy Orcel at Jardin du restaurant Vert Galant (81 avenue La martinière, Bois-Verna). Participants : Laure Morali, Joséphine Bacon, Elise Turcotte, Marie Hélène Poitras, Joël Des Rosiers, Gary Victor

Monday, May 6, 2013:
Decentralized activities in Petit-Goave, Verrettes Cayes / Cavaillon, Gonaives
6h00 p.m. to 9h00 p.m. Evening pyromaniac, launching of "The pyromane teenager" (Le pyromane adolescent) (Ed. Mémoire d'encrier) at Presse Café, 28 street Rigaud, Pétionville. Reading and songs : Dany Laferrière, Makenzy Orcel, Paul Bélanger, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Laure Morali, Michel Vézina, Rodney Saint-Éloi. With the participation of James Germain and Tamara Suffren.

Daily activities during the week :
Medallions literary at restaurant Yanvalou, from 11h00 a.m.Series of presentation on Quebec literature hosted by Dany Laferrière, by using interview with Quebec and Haitian authors. Poetry [Gaston Miron, Marie-Uguay, Élie Nelligan, Denis Saint-Garneau]. Novels [Anne Hébert, Gabrielle Roy, Hubert Aquin, Michel Tremblay, Nelly Arcan, Réjean Ducharme et Victor Lévy Beaulieu]

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