For the fourth year in a row, Media@McGill, and the are proud to sponsor the "Writers in Peril" series. This year, taking place from 27 April to 1 May 2011 at the Holiday Inn Select Montreal Downtown Hotel, 99 Viger Avenue West, Montr茅al (M茅tro: Place d'Armes), the Blue Metropolis Festival brings together writers and readers for over 100 events.
There are four collaborative events of the Writers in peril series scattered throughout the Blue Metropolis programme:
Wednesday April 27
20 h 00
12 WRITERS IN PERIL: HUMANIST TRADITIONS IN MODERN BANGLADESH
Discussion - 75 minutes
When Taslima Nasreen's 1993 novel Shame ran afoul of Bangladesh's Home Ministry and was subsequently banned, little did the author know that she was about to embark on a 15-year plus odyssey to be allowed to write freely in her supposedly democratic society. Taslima discusses censorship in her homeland and what it means to be a writer in exile.
P: Taslima Nasreen
A: Dennis Trudeau
Friday April 29
20 h 00
38 F脡MINISME EN P脡RIL (the event will be recorded and available online).
Table ronde 75 minutes
Regards crois茅s de trois 茅crivaines libres-penseurs autour des questions sensibles des religions, de l'int茅grisme, des femmes et de la libert茅 d'expression. Three influential feminist writers consider and discuss intersecting viewpoints on several controversial subjects such as religion, fundamentalism, gender, and freedom of expression.
P : Nassira Belloula, Caroline Fourest, Taslima Nasrin
A : Fran莽ois Bugingo
Saturday April 30
15 h 00
66 脡CRIVAIN EN PERIL : CAROLINE FOUREST
Entrevue sur sc猫ne 75 minutes
Humaniste et intellectuelle engag茅e de renomm茅e internationale, Caroline Fourest est une figure bien connue du f茅minisme et de la la茂cit茅 en France. Sa croisade contre toutes formes d'int茅grismes religieux, politiques et sociaux la m猫ne 脿 d茅noncer les pr茅jug茅s et les in茅galit茅s 脿 ses risques et p茅rils.
P : Caroline Fourest
A : Fran莽ois Bugingo
Saturday April 30
20 h 30
83 LE POUVOIR DES MOTS : 脡CRIRE AU PROCHE-ORIENT EN P脡RIODE DE CRISE
Table ronde 75 minutes
Discussion sur la litt茅rature, le pouvoir des mots et la libert茅 d'expression pour comprendre les enjeux qui troublent le Proche-Orient.
Alaa Al Aswany, Gilbert Sinou茅
Animateur: Fran莽ois Bugingo
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