Festival littéraire QuébeCrime Writers Festival
The
co-founders of QuébeCrime, Guy Dubois (Maison
Anglaise et Internationale Bookstore) and Jacques Filippi (The House of Crime & Mystery site),
are announcing that the festival is taking a one-year hiatus. The members of
the non-profit organization are evaluating the various opportunities available,
in order to redefine the orientation and organisation of the festival. Also, if
you are interested in joining us, we are opening new positions.
The next QuébeCrime
edition will be held in fall of 2014. Although there is no festival this fall,
we will be holding off-festival events during the year. Information regarding
these events will follow as it becomes available.
We thank
you for your support, and hope to see you soon.
Summer 2013
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Les co-fondateurs de QuébeCrime, Guy Dubois (librairie Maison Anglaise et Internationale) et
Jacques Filippi (site The House of Crime
& Mystery) annoncent que le festival prend une année de pause. Les
membres de l’organisme à but non-lucratif étudient les différentes opportunités
qui se présentent, dans le but de redéfinir l’orientation et l’organisation du
festival. Si vous êtes intéressés à vous joindre à notre équipe, nous avons
créé quelques postes.
La prochaine édition du QuébeCrime aura lieu à l’automne
2014; malgré l’absence du festival, cet automne, certains événements s’y
rattachant auront lieu au cours des 12 prochains mois. Plus de détails à ce
sujet sont à venir dès qu’il y aura des confirmations.
Nous vous remercions de votre soutien, et espérons vous
revoir bientôt,
Été 2013
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REMINDER:
The House of Crime & Mystery and La Maison Anglaise Bookstore are proud to present the second edition of the QuébeCrime Writers Festival, which will be held next week (October 25-27) in beautiful Québec City, and we are enthusiastically presenting to you our world-class line-up: Wayne Arthurson, Linwood Barclay, Mark Billingham, Peggy Blair, Giles Blunt, Chelsea Cain, John Connolly, Brian Freeman, Chris F. Holm, Peter Kirby, Mons Kallentoft, Owen Laukkanen, Laura Lippman, Archer Mayor, John McFetridge, Robert Pobi, Michael Robotham, Brad Smith, and also David Swinson.
This year, the evening events will each have 6 writers instead of the 5 we had during our first festival, in 2011.
We'll also be holding two events in French, with Québec writers Geneviève Lefebvre (just added), Martin Michaud, Patrick Senécal, Johanne Seymour. Unfortunately, Patrick DeFriberg had to cancel because of other work-related obligations.
Here is the official schedule for the main events: (all the events will be followed by a short period of questions from the public, and book signings).
Thursday, October 25:
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm: Reading/talk with Linwood Barclay, Mark Billingham, Giles Blunt, Laura Lippman, Archer Mayor, Michael Robotham
Friday, October 26:
6.00 pm - 8.00 pm: Panel "The Drama of Everyday Life: Small Lives, Bigger Fears?" with Linwood Barclay, Mark Billingham, Giles Blunt, Archer Mayor, John McFetridge
8.30 pm - 10.30 pm: Reading/talk with John Connolly, Brian Freeman, Chris F. Holm, Peter Kirby, Robert Pobi, David Swinson
Saturday, October 27:
10.30 am - 12.30 pm: Panel "Books to Die For: What Do Writers Read" with Mark Billingham, Chelsea Cain, John Connolly, Brian Freeman, Chris F. Holm, Mons Kallentoft, Owen Laukkanen
1.00 pm - 3.00 pm: (in French) Panel "Le polar Québécois : un monde à part?" avec Geneviève Lefebvre, Martin Michaud, Patrick Senécal, et Johanne Seymour.
3.30 pm - 5.30 pm: Panel "Living the Double-Life: To Work and To Write" with Wayne Arthurson, Peggy Blair, Peter Kirby, Robert Pobi, Brad Smith, David Swinson.
6.30 pm - 8.30 pm: Discussion et lecture avec Geneviève Lefebvre, Martin Michaud, Patrick Senécal, et Johanne Seymour.
9.00 pm - 11.00 pm: Reading/talk with Wayne Arthurson, Peggy Blair, Chelsea Cain, Mons Kallentoft, Owen Laukkanen, John McFetridge.
For full details on other events (like CSI activities) and to purchase tickets, go to our official website
Here's hoping we'll see you in Québec City next week!
The Morrin Center in Old-Quebec City
JF
June 2012
(2nd update October 18th, 2012)
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QuébeCrime Festival 2012
October 25-27
Québec City
The QuébeCrime Writers Festival is looking for volunteers to help out with its 2012 edition. We are looking for courteous and dedicated people to help out in the following roles:
- Marketing and communications advisor
- Host / Hostess at the events
- Chauffeur (to drive the authors to and from the airport, the hotel and the events venue)
Interested? Contact Guy Dubois at guy@quebecrime.com or by phone at 418-654-9523.
Thank you.
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QuebeCrime Festival 2011
October 28-30
Quebec City
We can finally announce most of our events for this first crime festival in La Belle Province. Co-founded by Guy Dubois (owner of La Maison Anglaise et Internationale Bookstore) and by yours truly, Jacques Filippi (The House of Crime and Mystery). Our festival is the only international crime festival in Canada; other Canadian festivals hold mystery & crime events within their schedule but none is exclusively about crime & mystery.
We have an official website that is still going through some daily modifications, but you can access it to consult our schedule of events, order tickets (418-654-9523 or tickets@quebecrime.com), read about the authors, etc. You’ll find this here: QuebeCrime Festival
The QuebeCrime Festival is held in collaboration with the Morrin Centre, the gorgeous venue for our Saturday and Sunday events. The Friday event will be held at St. Andrews Church, the oldest Scottish church in Canada. The Morrin Centre, build in the 1700s, is a national treasure and sits in Old Quebec.
AUTHORS & SCHEDULE
We will hold three main events (one per evening) and two panels. Here’s what the schedule looks like for now:
Friday, Oct. 28th
7.00 – 8.30 pm: Readings/Talks followed by signings
John BRADY, Anne EMERY, Denise MINA, Louise PENNY, and Ian RANKIN
Saturday, Oct. 29th
1.30 – 2.50 pm: One-hour panel with moderator Tom Henighan, plus a 20-minute period of questions from the audience, followed by signings
Lawrence BLOCK, John BRADY, Hilary DAVIDSON, Craig McDONALD, Andrew PYPER, and Daniel WOODRELL
7.00 – 8.30 pm: Readings/Talks followed by signings
Lawrence BLOCK, Hilary DAVIDSON, Craig McDONALD, Andrew PYPER, and Daniel WOODRELL
Sunday, Oct. 30th
1.30 – 2.50 pm: One-hour panel with moderator Tom Henighan, plus a 20-minute period of questions from the audience, followed by signings
Anne EMERY, Ian HAMILTON, Simon TOYNE, John FARROW
7.00 – 8.30 pm: Readings/Talks followed by signings
Ian HAMILTON, Simon TOYNE, Tom HENIGHAN, John FARROW
(unfortunately, Kathy Reichs canceled due to a last-minute work assignment)
We will also have a permanent interactive exhibit at the Morrin Centre for the duration of the festival. It will be a crime scene where visitors will be invited to find clues to help them solve the murder.
And in case you want to plan ahead, the second edition of the International QuebeCrime Writers Festival will be held from October 25 to 27, 2012.
We hope to see you in Quebec City soon!
Jacques and Guy
With special thanks to Rachelle Gagnon, who is a tremendous help!
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