PROSE IN THE PARK WILL BE BACK IN 2019
PROSE DES VENTS SERA DE RETOUR EN 2019
PROSA EN EL PARQUE VOLVERÁ en 2019
After considerable reflection, the core organizers of Ottawa's favourite outdoor literary festival, Prose in the Park, have decided not to organize the festival in 2018. Instead, efforts will be undertaken to organize a new organizing committee to put on the festival in 2019 and future years. A grassroots festival of the scale of Prose in the Parc takes hundreds of volunteer hours to organize. The volunteers of the organizing committee for the first three years of the festival certainly deserve a well-deserved break. We invite anyone who is interested in participating in the new Prose in the Park organizing committee to send an e-mail to proseintheparkottawa@gmail.com.
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Après mûre réflexion, les principaux organisateurs du festival littéraire à ciel ouvert préféré d'Ottawa, Prose des vents, ont décidé de ne pas organiser le festival en 2018. On s'efforcera plutôt d'organiser un nouveau comité organisateur pour le festival en 2019 et dans les années à venir. Un festival populaire à l'échelle de Prose des vents prend des centaines d'heures de bénévolat à organiser. Les bénévoles du comité organisateur des trois premières années du festival ont droit à une pause bien méritée. Nous invitons toute personne intéressée à participer au nouveau comité organisateur de Prose in the Park à envoyer un courriel à proseintheparkottawa@gmail.com.
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Después de una reflexión considerable, los principales organizadores del festival literario al aire libre favorito de Ottawa, Prosa en el Parque, han decidido no organizarlo en 2018. En su lugar, se realizarán esfuerzos para organizar un nuevo comité organizador que se encargará de organizar el festival en 2019 y años futuros. Un festival de base de la escala de Prosa en el Parque toma cientos de horas de trabajo voluntario para la organización de él. Los voluntarios del comité organizador durante los primeros tres años del festival ciertamente ameritan un merecido descanso. Invitamos a todos los interesados en participar en el nuevo comité organizador de Prosa en el Parque a enviar un correo electrónico a proseintheparkottawa@gmail.com.
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PROSE IN THE PARK 2017 LA PROSE DES VENTS
Award-winning author Sang Kim again returns as Prose in the Park's Master of Ceremonies
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Auteur primé Sang Kim revient encore en tant que maître de cérémonie de la Prose des Vents.
OPENING CEREMONY - CÉRÉMONIE D'OUVERTURE
Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, will open the third annual Prose in the Park Festival on Stage 2 at noon.
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Jim Watson, maire d'Ottawa, ouvrira la troisième édition du festival Prose des vents sur la scène 2 à midi.
JUNE 10 JUIN - PANELS TABLES RONDES
Le pouvoir de l'auteur dans la traduction
SCÈNE 1 - 11h - 12h
Discussion sur les exigences que peut imposer un auteur sur la traduction de son ouvrage, animée par Mélanie Rivet.
Louis L'Allier
Sudbury
Nikolaos, le copiste - Les Éditions David
Catherine Leroux
Montréal
Le mur mitoyen - Les Éditions Alto
Prix littéraire France-Québec 2014
Madeleine Stratford
Ottawa
2013 Prix de la traduction littéraire John Glassco pour la traduction française / Ce qu’il faut dire a des fissures (de Tatiana Oroño)
Caroline Vu
Montréal
Un été à Provincetown - Éditions de la Pleine Lune
Fred Kerner Award 2016 pour Palawan Story
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L'espace est-il un personnage ?
Scène 1 - 13h - 14h
Discussion sur la place que peut prendre l’espace en tant que personnage et l’impact qu’il peut avoir sur la trame narrative, animée par Éric Charlebois.
Stéphanie Corriveau
Toronto
La Grande Illusion - L’Interligne
Gabriel Osson
Toronto
Hubert, le restavèk, roman, Éditions David
Michèle Vinet
Ottawa
L’enfant-feu, récit, Prise de parole
Prix littéraire Le Droit, 2017
Prix Émile-Ollivier 2012
Prix littéraire Trillium 2012
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THE MUSICALITY OF FICTION
STAGE ONE - 15:00 - 16;00
Menaka Raman-Wilms examines the influence of music on the literary works of three brilliant Canadian writers.
Sean Michaels
Montreal
Us Conductors - Random House
2014 Giller Prize Winner
Susan Doherty Hannaford
Montreal
A Secret Music - Cormorant Books
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Robert Barclay
Ottawa
Death at the Podium - Loose Cannon Press
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EMERGING CRIME
STAGE ONE - 16:00 - 17:00
Melissa Yi leads a discussion with established and emerging crime writers on what it takes to become a crime fiction writer.
Michael Blair
Montreal
The Evil That Men Do - Linda Leith Publishing
Past President of the Crime Writers of Canada
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Catherine Astolfo
Toronto
Emily Taylor Mystery Series
2012 Derrick Murdoch Award Winner
Jim Napier
Chelsea, Quebec
Legacy - Friesen Press
Crime Fiction Reviewer
at the Ottawa Review of Books
Patricia Filteau
Ottawa
Kate Roarty, P.I. Series - Bookbaby
FIVE OTTAWA STORY TELLERS
STAGE 2 - 11:00 - 12:00
Five very talented story tellers bring an assortment of tall tales in the best of Ottawa`s oral tradition.
Lynda Joyce
Ottawa
The Boy on the Boat - A family story that reveals the history of a time and place.
Kim Kilpatrick
Ottawa
Flying in the Dark – a personal story about the humour and challenges of navigating life as a blind woman.
Janet LeRoy
Ste. Cecile de Masham
The Three Dolls - a delightful Persian folktale about three seemingly identical dolls.
Bob Woods
Ottawa
Le Breton Flats Alight - The fire of 1900 - is an engaging historical story adapted from Phil Jenkins’ book An Acre of Time.
Jan Andrews
Lanark, Ontario
A tale of once upon a time and long ago …
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ONE-ON-ONE WITH TERRY FALLIS
STAGE 2 - 12:30 - 13:00
M.C. Sang Kim interviews Terry Fallis, twice winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
REACHING THIRTEEN - Literary Fiction
STAGE TWO - 13:00 - 14:00
Ursula Pflug discusses with four brilliant writers how they develop the perspective of children and adolescents in their works of fiction.
Neil Smith
Montreal
Author of Boo - Random House
2015 Hugh MacLennan Prize Winner
Catherine Leroux
Montreal
The Party Wall - Biblioasis
2016 Giller Prize Finalist
2014 Prix France-Québec Winner
Paul Carlucci
Ottawa
A Plea for Constant Motion - House of Anansi
2013 Danuta Gleed Winner
Nadia Bozak
Ottawa
Thirteen Shells - House of Anansi
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Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging Authors Ceremony
STAGE 2 - 14:00 - 15:00
The Ottawa Independent Writers will host the award ceremony for the inaugural Frank Hegyi Award. The five finalists or their designates will read from their works of fiction before the winner is announced.
Joan Crate (Calgary) - Black Apple
Reading by Finalist's Designate Timothy Niedermann (author of Wall Dust)
Susan Doherty Hannaford (Montreal) - A Secret Music
Reading by Finalist
Emma Hooper (United Kingdom) - Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Reading by Finalist's Designate Kelly Norah Drukker (author of Small Fiires)
Eric Rubin Beck (Toronto) - School of Velocity
Reading by Finalist
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Andy Sinclair (Toronto) - Breathing Lessons
Reading by Finalist's Designate Neil Smith (author of Boo)
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L'Histoire dans le roman est-elle une mise en contexte sociale ou plutôt un catalyseur narratif ?
SCÈNE 2 - 15h - 16h
Discussion à propos des assises sur lesquelles l’auteur bâtit son roman. animée par Éric Charlebois
Liliane Gratton
Bourget
La décennie de nos jeunes années, roman, Chardon Bleu, Plantagenet
Kalula Kalambay
Gatineau
Tendre Afrique - Edilivre
Véronique Marie Kaye
Ottawa
Marjorie Chalifoux - Prise de Parole
Prix Trillium 2016
Marie-Josée Martin
Ottawa
Un jour, ils entendront mes silences - Les Éditions David
2014, Prix littéraire Émergence AAOF
2014, Prix LeDroit (roman)
2013, Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen
2013, Prix du livre d’Ottawa (fiction)
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POETRY AT 150
STAGE 2 - 16:00 - 17:00
Acclaimed poet and publisher Michael Mirolla examines with four brilliant poets from Toronto, Montreal and Kingston the state of poetry in Canada on the eve of the nation's 150th birthday.
Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang
Kingston
Sweet Devilry - Oolichan Books
2012 Gerald Lampert Award Winner
Kelly Norah Drukker
Montreal
Small Fires - McGill-Queen's University Press
2016 A.M. Klein Prize Winner
Bänoo Zan
Toronto
Songs of Exile - Guernica Editions
2015 RBC Arts Access Fund Recipient
Shortlisted for the 2017 Gerald Lampert Award
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El arte de vivir en la encrucijada
STAGE TWO - 5:00 - 6:00
​Una charla conducida por el escritor, Ramón Sepúlveda, en compañÃa de tres autores ottawenses originarios de América Latina
Luis Molina
Ottawa (Colombia)
Las falsas mujeres de Gaugin - ARTEPOETICA PRESS
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Camila Reimer
Ottawa (Chile)
Tiempo de ser - Editorial Mapalé
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Jocy Medina
Ottawa (Cuba)
Habana dura - Jocelyne Galloway Publisher
Prose in the Park 2017 is benefiting from the generous support of the following sponsors.
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La Prose des vents 2017 bénéfice de l'appui généreux des commanditaires ci-dessous.
English Publishers
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First Class Press (Ottawa) Tent 17
Renaissance Press (Ottawa) Tent 19 A
University of Calgary Press (Ottawa) Tent 19 B
Ottawa Press Gang (Merrickville/Kingston/Ottawa) Tent 20 A
Arts & Literature Mapale & Publishing (Ottawa) Tent 20 B
Guernica Editions (Toronto) Tent 21 A
Deux Voiliers Publishing (Alymer, Québec) Tent 21 B
Chocolate River Publishing (Riverview, Nouveau-Brunswick) 22 A
Another Chapter Publishing (Kanata, Ontario) Tent 22 B
ChiZine Publications (Toronto) Tent 23
Linda Leith Publishing (Montreal) Tent 25 A
Baton Press (Ottawa) Tent 25 B (shared w/ Arc Poetry Magazine)
Exile Editions and Exile: The Literary Quarterly (Toronto) Tent 26
DC Canada Education Publishing (Ottawa) Tent S 2
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Other
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Arc Poetry Magazine (Ottawa) Tent 25 B (shared w/ Baton Press)
Maison d'édtions francophones
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Éditions Alto (Quebec City) Tente 14
Éditions Sylva (Rimouski) Tente 15 A
Éditions de la Pleine Lune (Montréal) Tente 15 B
Éditions Prise de parole (Sudbury) Tente S 1
Rapido Books/Bouquinbec (Montreal) Tente 16
English Authors/Vendors 2017
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TENT A (recently added tent)
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1 - Anita Dolman
2 - Geoffrey Dow
3 - Guy Thatcher
4 - Francesco Rocca
5 - Luis Molina
6 - James K. Moran
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TENT 1
A – Liam Gibbs
B – Mark Fahey
C – Neven Humphrey
D – Craig Munro
E – Martin Bueno
F – Meghan Negrijn
TENT 2
A – Geena Watteel
B – Ian Prattis
C – Steve Smith
D – Katherine Williams
F – Kayl Karadjian
TENT 3
A – Laurie Stewart
B – Susan Jennings
C – Benoit Chartier
F – Ian McKercher
TENT 4
B – Bill Fairbairn
D – Jennylynd James
E – John W. Graham
F – Nathan Adler
TENT 5
A – Leslie Carvery
B – Sam Edens
C – Edible and Medicinal Plants of Ottawa
D – Mark Frutkin
E - Jake Arnold Martindale
F – Suzanne Stolz
TENT 6
A – Randall Denley
B – Jim Napier
C – Rem Westland
D – Jan Andrews
E – RJ Harlick
F – Lisa Beere
TENT 7
B – Patricia Filteau
C – Elizabeth Hosang
D – Michael Blair
F – Mike Martin
TENT 8
A – Leona Gayle Jabour
B – Irene Riznek
C – Louise Szabo
D – Margaret Singleton
E – Media Club of Ottawa/J. Coxon
F – Media Club of Ottawa/J. Coxon
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TENT 9
A – Karen Jennings
B – Roberta Dupont
C – Seymour Hamilton
D – Robert Bériault
E – Jack Briglio
F – Sanita Fejzic
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TENT 10
A – Valerie Buko
B – John Dutton
C – Frank Hegyi
D – George Laidlaw
E – Laurie Campbell
F – Chris Nihmey
Exposants francophones
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TENTES 11
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TENTE 12
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TENTE 13
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TENTE 18
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