Italian artist and publisher Vincenzo Pezzella will present his series of artist books and the creative process he follows. He will also share the vision and intellectual impetus behind the Archivio Dedalus small press and discuss the challenges and rewards of running an independent publishing company.

The French program & IWA welcome Azouz Begag, sociologist, novelist & French Minister for the Promotion of Equal Opportunity. Azouz Begag will be presenting reading in both English and French from his latest works. This event is free and open to the public.

Kettly Mars is an award-winning novelist, poet, and short-story writer from Port-au-Prince. Her novels address such universal themes as gender relations and class issues in relation to the violence that power exerts.

A conversation with Joséphine Bacon, Innu-Québecoise poet, winner of the Prix des lecteurs du Marché de la poésie de Montréal for her poem “Dessine-moi l’arbre” (2010), and finalist for the Prix du Gouverneur général and the Grand Prix du livre […]