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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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Shelter in Text
Book Launch
Cost
This event is free.
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Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
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Join us to celebrate the launch of Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge (University of Alberta Press), edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. The event will include presentations by contributors from Shelter in Text, followed by a Q and A.
Echoing the pandemic-era phrase “shelter in place,” and extending beyond it, Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge examines how writing can create, illuminate, and complicate ideas about dwelling, belonging, or finding safe harbour. Through an engaging blend of academic essays and creative nonfiction, contributors interrogate the connections between the concepts of shelter and text, centering questions of care, disability, and housing inequality.
How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca