THE 2023 FESTIVAL ON REPLAY
Relive here some of the highlights of the 25th edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal, which took place from April 12, 2023 (on line program) and from April 27-30 2023 (in attendance program) under the general them «What will be our Future?». Catch-up on all the fun.
THE BLUE MET TALKS
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– ESTHER DUFLO
BLUE MET TALKS
– RIVKA GALCHEN
BLUE MET TALKS
– DUNCAN MERCREDI
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– SUZANNE NOSSEL
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– PHILIPPE SANDS
Literature is constantly changing, including through heritage. In Montreal, Friday April 28, 2023, during the opening ceremony of the 25th edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, five writers attempt to answer the question: What colour will the future be? Relive on stage Esther Duflo (France), Philippe Sands (United Kingdom /France), Suzanne Nossel (United States), Duncan Mercredi (Canada), Rivka Galchen (Canada/United States).
ESTHER DUFLO RECEIVES THE 2023 PRIX LUMIÈRES SUR LES INÉGALITÉS
The French economist Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Reduction and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019, receives the 2023 Prix Lumières sur les inégalités, awarded in partnership with the Observatoire québécois des inégalités.
Participant: Esther Duflo
Host: Marie-Andrée Lamontagne, Nathalie Guay
Interview: Roberson Édouard
Language: French
MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD RECEIVES THE 2023 BLUE METROPOLIS VIOLET PRIZE
Internationally renowned theatre artist Michel Marc Bouchard, who made his name with the plays Lilies, The orphan muses, Tom at the farm, and more recently as the librettist of La Beauté du monde at the Opéra de Montréal, receives the 2032 Blue Metropolis Violet Literary Prize. That Prize is awarded to a Canadian LGBTQ writer for their body of work.
Participant: Michel Marc Bouchard
Host: Christopher DiRaddo
Interview: François Lévesque
Language: French
DUNCAN MERCREDI RECEIVES THE 2023 FIRST PEOPLES PRIZE
Winnipeg Cree and Metis poet, writer and storyteller Duncan Mercredi receives the 2023 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize (English category) for his body of work, including Spirit of the Wolf: Raise Your Voice and The Duke of Windsor: Wolf Sings the Blue.
Participant: Duncan Mercredi
Host: David Bradford
Interview: Sarah Henzi
Language: English
ALL LANGAGES OF THE WORLD
A variety of languages are now being used, either in everyday life or in classical studies, alongside the traditional majority languages in use. What do these other languages bring? What worlds? What do they say? A defence and illustration of some of these languages with speakers of Catalan, Welsh, Ojibway.
Participants: Jorge Carrión, Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, Siân Melangell Dafydd, Eli Baxter
Host: Francis Gingras
Languages: French, English and other languages
With the support of The Canada Arts Council, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, Llenyddiaeth Ar Draws Ffiniau / Literature Across Frontiers, the Spanish Embassy in Washington and the Cole Foundation.
INTERVIEW WITH LINDA LEITH, FOUNDER OF THE BLUE METROPOLIS FESTIVAL
25 years ago, Linda Leith founded the Blue Metropolis Festival. Relive the major interview she gave as part of this anniversary edition of the Festival, Saturday April 29, 2023, under the title «Linda Leith: Read, Write and Publish». Her career path seems to be a living illustration of three key verbs.
Participant: Linda Leith
Host: Ingrid Bejerman
Language: English
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