The Montreal Poetry Festival (FPM) continues through Sunday, among other things, projections of poetry on the walls of the Grande Bibliothèque BAnQ, a podcast in which 10 poets have contributed and a poetry market.
We have this idea of democratizing poetry, to do it anywhere in the cityexplained Catherine Cormier-Larose, co-director general and artistic director of the festival.
We want to get rid of this idea that poetry is sometimes a bit scary, because we don’t understand ithe added
By getting to know people in different areas of the city, FPM wants to make as many people appreciate poetry as possible.
” We can’t help but love any poem, meaning we haven’t found a poem that touches us, that makes us angry, where something is going on. “
Our ambition is the unintentional spectators [des activités du festival] say to themselves: “my god, maybe I like poetry”.
Poems and music using podcasts Poetry!
To achieve this, FPM relies primarily on podcasts Poetry! where the public can discover 10 original poems written by French -speaking poets from Quebec or Canada, such as Nicholas Dawson, Carole David, Maya Cousineau Mollen or Acadian Georgette LeBlanc.
It can be listened to on the festival website (New window) or on podcast platforms.
Every evening, until Sunday, from 9 pm to midnight, excerpts from these poems are displayed in the outer façade of the Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal.
Another activity offered daily through Sunday: the poetry market. Organized under the roof of Entrepôt 77, a very close proximity from the Rosemont metro station, this event allows the public to purchase collections of poetry and speak to publishing houses and magazines that specialize in poetry. .
Teen poets to discover
The same venue will host a poetry cabaret on Saturday at 5 pm This type of cabaret will be held on Friday, at 4 pm, at the Parc Albert-Saint-Martin, between the Laurier and Mont- metro stations. Royal.
Saturday at 9 pm, an evening of poetic reading, where multidisciplinary artist Kamara La Mackerel and poet Erika Soucy will be held at the New establishment.
To hear the next generation of Quebec poetry, meet on Sunday at 1 pm at the Atomic Café for the Premiers pas poetiques event. Young people between the ages of 13 and 18 will read their poetic texts with artists such as rapper Dramatik (real name Jocelyn Bruno) or playwright Rébecca Déraspe,
It should be noted that the FPM International Francophone Prize was awarded this year to Luxembourg poet Jean Portante, for his collection. I said before. The winner was awarded a $ 5,000 scholarship.
All FPM programming is available online (New window).
This text was written froman interview conducted by Claudia Hébert, cultural columnist on the show. Comments may have been edited for clarity or brevity.
Source: Radio-Canada
