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Christopher DiRaddo

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Outside the Margins: Community, Representation and Resilience

September 2, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Another panel I curated for last year’s Violet Metropolis, the LGBTQ leg of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, was this one where three Canadian writers spoke about their new books and the power and responsibility they feel in writing about […]

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Hard to Imagine: Tom Waugh on Teaching as Activism

August 11, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Last April, I curated Violet Metropolis, an LGBTQ leg of Montreal’s Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. It was a career highlight of mine: five events, 15 writers, working with partners like Never Apart, Air Canada, Arsenal Pulp Press, Concordia University […]

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Behind the Seams at the Austin International Drag Festival

June 13, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

I never feel more like a journalist than when I am on assignment for enRoute magazine. I suppose it’s as close to what I hoped a career in journalism would be: Researching a story, pitching it to an editor, booking […]

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#Writeyoung: The First Characters I Remember Creating

April 9, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

To raise awareness of the QWF’s new Literary Prize for Young Writers (ages 16-24), we’re asking people to share online the first characters they remember creating using #writeyoung. The first I remember creating were a ragtag bunch of space cowboys […]

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Violet Metropolis

March 19, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Once again, I had the pleasure of programming an LGBTQ series at Blue Metropolis, Montreal’s International Literary Festival. The event takes place from April 26-29, 2018, and includes support from partners Air Canada and Never Apart. On the menu: on-stage […]

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Creation of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize

February 24, 2018March 8, 2018 ChrisWriting

This week, Blue Met announced the creation (and first winner) of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize. You can read the announcement here. I’ve been working hard on this for the past six months. Last year, when Blue Met asked if […]

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