Below is the program from
the 2016 version of Naked Heart.
The NAKED HEART program has 3 session types:
PANELS: A panel is a group of speakers who discuss a topic with a moderator and some audience participation.
WORKSHOPS: Our workshops focus on building skills, insight and knowledge. They are often interactive and are led by someone experienced and skilled on their topic.
READINGS: This is your classic literary event – it is a gathering of writers reading brief selections of their writing. There may be time for audience questions at the end.
2016 Naked Heart Program
All spaces have wheelchairs accessible washrooms.
Sessions with ASL will have ASL interpretation.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
| FRIDAY | GLAD DAY | ||
| 7:30pm-9:00pm | BOOK LAUNCH: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom with Gwen Benaway jia qing wilson-yang Joie Lamar |
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9:30pm – 1am
Naked Heart Festival Launch Party! |
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12
| SATURDAY | BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES 12 Alexander Street |
GLAD DAY 499 Church Street |
XTRA LOUNGE 2 Carlton Street |
| 10:30-11:45am | WORKSHOP: Querying Agents: Letter & Strategy with M-E GirardASL |
READING: Speculative Brunch David Demchuk J.M. Frey James K. Moran Michael Lyons ‘Nathan Burgoine Stephen Graham King Steven Bereznai |
WORKSHOP Uncreative Writing and Cultural Appropriation with Jacqueline Valencia |
| 12pm-1:15pm | PANEL: Deaf Writers On Access, Audience & Achievement Carlisle Robinson Maverick Smith Raymond Luczak Sage WillowASL |
READING: Lambda Award Winners Felice Picano Hasan Namir Jeffrey Round Trebor Healey |
WORKSHOP: Black Magic: Afro-Caribbean Futurism and Sci-Fi Writing Workshop with Lue Boileau |
| LUNCH | |||
| 2pm-3:15pm | PANEL: You are Enough: How We Deal With The Voices That Tell Us We Are Amateurs & Imposters Johnnie Walker Samuel R. Delany Tom ChoASL |
READING: Sneak Peek: Published Authors Share What They Are Working On Now Christopher DiRaddo Jessica L. Webb Liz Bugg Rachel Spangler Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins |
Workshop: Memoir Writing Workshop with Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco |
| 3:30pm – 5pm | SPECIAL EVENT: SAMUEL R. DELANY: Sex Radical, Afro-Futurist and Grandmaster of Science FictionASL |
WORKSHOP: Femme Lineage Writing Workshop with Hannah Harris-Sutro |
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| 5:15pm – 6:30pm | PANEL: In Vulnerability: The Fragility, Fear & Resilience Of The Writer Crystal Mars Elliott DeLine Farzana Doctor Markus / Star Rae SpoonASL |
READING: Your Femme Playlist Catherine Hernandez Kaleigh Trace Kelita Vero Diaz Zainab Anoop Imam |
WORKSHOP: Eros On The Page with Trebor Healey |
| 7pm-8:30pm | SPECIAL EVENT: Queer Songbook Pocket Orchestra Angela Semple Audrey Dwyer Fan Wu Farzana Doctor Gwen Benaway Johnnie Walker Katie Sly Nordine |
SPECIAL EVENT: Felice Picano: An In-Depth Conversation with a Literary Legend |
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| 9pm-10:45pm | READING & PERFORMANCE: QTPOC Mash-Up Anil Kamal Audrey Dwyer Dora Ng janet romero-leiva jia qing wilson-yang Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Nia Levy King Mathis Bailey Rasiqra Revulva Shaunga Tagore Troy Jackson |
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10:30pm – 2am
Party at Glad Day ! |
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
| SUNDAY | BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES 12 Alexander Street |
GLAD DAY 499 Church Street |
THE 519 519 Church Street |
| 10:30am-11:45am | PANEL: Too Queer or Not Queer Enough: Publisher Pressure and Reader Expectations Elizabeth Ruth Christian Baines Nari Rachel SpanglerASL |
PANEL: Unsettled: Indigenous Writers on Land and Love Angela Semple Cherie Dimaline Onanankkwaap Teddy Syrette Troy Jackson |
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| 12pm-1:15pm | PANEL: Presence From Absence: The Force of Grief and Loss Barry Webster David Lewis Peart Meryn Cadell Maureen Hynes Christopher DiRaddoASL |
READING: Faith Full: Readings on Faith & Spirituality El-Farouk Khaki Farzana Doctor Jaene F. Castrillon Michaela Washburn Tom Cho |
PANEL: East Asian Writers on Love, Sex & Gender Catherine Hernandez Dora Ng jia qing wilson-yang Terence Go |
| LUNCH | |||
| 2pm-3:15pm | PANEL: Crip Writers on Representation, Publication & Transformation Andrew Gurza Kaleigh Trace Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Zainab Anoop ImamASL |
READING: Gender Border Bandits Elliott DeLine j wallace skelton M. Milks Markus / Star Meryn Cadell Rae Spoon Sil Hernando |
WORKSHOP: Worlding – Creative Writing Workshop with Kristyn Dunnion |
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READING: Poetic Devices Crystal Mars Eric Wright Esther Harvey Lynx Sainte-Marie Masti Khor Nari Nordine Onanankkwaap Raymond Luczak Sage WillowASL |
SPECIAL EVENT: Nia Levy King : What I learned about Queer and Trans Artists Of Colour |
WORKSHOP: Lyrical Looping Soundscapes with Olive-or-Oliver |
| 5:15 – 6:30pm | PANEL: The Futility and Fertility of Shame Kai Cheng Thom Lynx Sainte-Marie M. Milks Shaunga TagoreASL |
PANEL: Tinta/Vida: An Intergenerational Latinx Writers Panel Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco Joie Lamar Monica Garrido Sil Hernando Vero Diaz |
WORKSHOP: Yawn-free Literary Readings for Authors with Catherine Hernandez |
| 7pm-8:15pm | PANEL: Multiple Tongues: When English Is Not Your First Language Fan Wu janet romero-leiva Hasan Namir Kamila Rina Lydia Perovic |
READING: Out Of Bounds Adam Zachary Barry Webster Mike Miksche Monica Garrido Nick Comilla Russ Martin |
PANEL: And Still We Rise: The Power of Black Writing Audrey Dwyer Chimwemwe Undi Esther Harvey Kelita Mathis Bailey Nordine |
| 9pm-10:45pm | READING: Grit Lit Andrew Gurza Christian Baines Chimwemwe Undi David Lewis Peart Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco JP Larocque Johnnie Walker Kamila Rina Katie Sly Kristyn Dunnion Lue Boileau Lydia Perovic Terence Go |
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