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Lawn Chair Soirée Publications Party

November 21, 2024 @ 7 PM

1444 av. Union, Montreal, Quebec
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2 floor – St. Anselm’s Chapel (There is an elevator)
McGill Metro – between de Maisonneuve and Ste. Catherine St.

Our Authors:

Ahmad Al-Khatat is an Iraqi Canadian published poet and writer. In addition to his
Pushcart Price 2020 nomination, he received a nomination for Best of the Net 2019. His
poetry has been translated into other languages and his work has been published in
print and online magazines abroad. He resides in Montreal, Canada, now with his
spouse.

Louise Carson lives in St-Lazare, Quebec, where she writes, teaches music and gardens.
Her numerous books include: Rope, a blend of poetry and prose; Mermaid Road, a
lyrical novella; A Clearing, a collection of poetry; Executor, a mystery set in China and
Toronto; Dog Poems, a collection of poetry; The Last Unsuitable Man, a thriller set in
the Sunshine Coast; her historical fiction Deasil Widdy series: In Which, Measured, and

Third Circle; and her Maples Mysteries series: The Cat Among Us, The Cat Vanishes, The
Cat Between, The Cat Possessed, A Clutter of Cats and the newly released The Cat
Crosses a Line. Her book of Haiku The Truck Driver Treated for Shock was also published
this year. Her poems appear in literary magazines, chapbooks and anthologies from
coast to coast, including The Best Canadian Poetry 2013. She's been short-listed in
FreeFall Magazine's annual contest three times, and one poem won a Manitoba
Magazine Award. Her novel In Which was shortlisted for a Quebec Writers' Federation
award in 2019.

Mary Dean Lee’s debut collection Tidal was published April 2024 by Pine Row Press.
Her poems have appeared in Best Canadian Poetry 2021, Fiddlehead, Event, Grain,
Hamilton Arts & Letters, Montreal Serai, Windsor Review, The Ekphrastic Review,
Hamilton Stone Review, Salvation South, Ploughshares and elsewhere. She grew up in
Milledgeville, Georgia, studied theatre and literature at Duke University and Eckerd
College, and completed her PhD in organizational behavior at Yale before moving to
Montreal to become a professor at McGill. She lives in Montreal with her husband

Joseph Smucker. More at https://marydeanlee.com

Ed. note: Congratulations Mary Dean on being shortlisted for The A.M. Klein Prize for
Poetry 2024.