Celebrating Rae Marie’s new bilingual poetry book, Steady. Against the Absurd. Kinship at the Core / Sans relâche. Contre l’absurde. Corps et âmes
Launchings with readings by the author, Rae Marie and the translator Hélène Lépine!
Occurred Thursday, August 29th,
at Librairie LaLiberté, Ste-Foy, Québec, QC
Téléphone : 418 658-3640
info@librairielaliberte.com
www.librairielaliberte.com
and on Thursday September 12th,
at La librairie Bertrand, Vieux Port, Montréal, QC
elise@librairiebertrand.com
514-849-4533
This Fall the 40th anniversary edition of the Festival international de poésie de Trois-rivières included Rae Marie reading on October, 11th, 12th, and 13th! along with other amazing poets! She was also among 5 poets facilitating a workshop L’Atelier ludique!
The Festival ran from October 4th through 13th. Ten days, 100 poets, five continents in the capital and heart of poetry: Trois rivières, Québec.
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Adding to the pleasures for her work were two invitations in November:
Friday, November 8th, Returning as Featured reader at this long-lived and cherished poetry series, TAP.
Maison de la littérature, Québec, QC
Tremplin d’actualisation de poésie www.tapoesie.com.
Wednesday, November 20th, guest of Sebastian Ibarra Gutiérrez and Victor H. Ramos for the Cercle Gabriel-García-Márquez. Interview and exchange, une causerie. We talked about my North-South life, a continental identity, water, love and lands! Also at the Maison de la littérature.
AND IN THE SPRING 2024:
In April,Rae Marie performed at Montreal’s amazing Blue Metropolis Festival as the English voice for Armelle Chitrit’s Jardins imaginaires
In May, in-person, with several colleagues, for LOGOS READINGS. Montreal.
On Zoom and *YouTube
May 23, 2024 Featured Reader. Fixed & Free Quarterly. New Mexico. May 23, 2024
*Thanks to the pandemic, Rae has been welcomed as a frequent open-mic reader at Fixed & Free and Poetry Playhouse events, both based in New Mexico.
P.S. Keep your eyes open for news in spring 2025 for Rae’s Southwest Book Tour! Denver, Colorado. Taos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque NM. And more!