{"id":69237,"date":"2025-03-12T18:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=69237"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:04:36","slug":"imagination-ecrire-pour-differents-formats","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/event\/imagination-ecrire-pour-differents-formats\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagination<\/i> – Writing for Different Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing takes many forms, each with their own challenges. Comic book writer and illustrator <\/span><\/span>Boum<\/b><\/span><\/span>, memoir writer and illustrator <\/span><\/span>Rachel Deutsch<\/b><\/span><\/span>, and epic poem writer <\/span><\/span>Mary Thaler<\/b><\/span><\/span> will discuss the ins and outs of writing for their respective medium, from delights to challenges without forgetting the inevitable surprises that come from putting pen to paper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boum<\/strong> was born in Montreal in 1985. She holds a college diploma and a bachelor’s degree in Traditional Animation and her animated shorts travel all over the world. Since 2011, however, she has been devoting herself to comics. She is the author of Boumeries<\/em> (Gl\u00e9nat Qu\u00e9bec) and A Small Revolution<\/em> (Soaring Penguin Press), among others. The original French version of her latest book, The Jellyfish<\/em> (Pow Pow), has won several awards and nominations, including the B\u00e9d\u00e9is Causa\u2015Grand Prix Qu\u00e9bec BD 2023 and the Prix des libraires du Qu\u00e9bec\u2015Bande dessin\u00e9e qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise 2024. She has a husband, two daughters, two cats, and a very long to-do list.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Deutsch<\/strong>\u2019s writing, cartoons, and illustrations have appeared in publications including The New Yorker<\/em>, PRISM<\/em>, The Pinch<\/em>, McSweeney\u2019s<\/em>, Mother Tongue<\/em>, Mutha Magazine<\/em> and in ParentData<\/em>, the popular newsletter by Emily Oster, the author of Expecting Better<\/em>. Deutsch is known for bringing honesty and humour to tough parenting moments. Her first book, The Mother: A Graphic Memoir<\/em> will come in 2025 with Douglas and McIntyre.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Lindsay M\u00fcller<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary Thaler<\/strong> lives in Quebec City. Formerly an oceanographic researcher, she now works as a scientific editor, translator, writer, and zine-maker. She is author and illustrator of numerous comic zines tackling subjects such as housing precarity in the Canadian Arctic, writing craft, and the fictional adventures of mutant lab animals. As well as being active in the indie comic scene, Mary has written many short stories appearing magazines such as Orca Literary<\/i>, Prairie Fire, <\/i>and The New Quarterly.<\/i> Her verse novella, Ulfhildr<\/i> was published by Untimely Books in Autumn 2023. You can find her work online at marythaler.wordpress.com<\/p>\n

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Moderator:<\/b><\/span> Linda Morra, Host\/Writer of the podcast Getting Lit With Linda<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With the contribution of Pow Pow Press and Douglas & McIntyre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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