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Thank you so much Ben for these reviews and canโ€™t wait to listen to all of your suggestions! Wooohooooo! Happy New Year 2025 to you, your family and crew! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿฅณโค๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ“ป did you happen to listen to Dialond Jubilee by Cindy Lee? https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-jubilee So curious to know your thoughts

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Thank you Anna Jane! I hope you had a lovely NYE and the year continues swingingly. I love Diamond Jubilee, this massively ambitious mixture of styles and melodies that you can totally lose yourself in!

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Hello Ben, I don't know if you are above applying to things?

However, if you did want to visit Montreal on an amazing working vacation, here are some incredible festivals and organisations it could be cool to connect with:

Pop Montreal Festival

https://popmontreal.com/

POP Montreal International Music Festival is an annual not-for-profit curated cultural event that champions independence in the Arts by presenting emerging and celebrated artistic talent from around the world.

The SAT

https://sat.qc.ca/fr/programmation/

hosts fab festivals like Mutek

https://montreal.mutek.org/en/news/call-for-projects-mutek-montreal-2025

electronic music festival

Drawn and Quarterly

https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/about

incredible indie bookstore, known for graphic novels and has other fab books as well

Well I won't bombard you with too many ideas for that in case you are not interested! These places are fab to know about.

It would be amazing to promote your book and have a reason to visit Montreal.

Hope you are having tons of fun in 2025 so far!

Warmly,

Anna

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thank you! I am absolutely not above applying to things! Although circumstances make it a bit difficult this year, sadly! But thank you for the recommendations.

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ok great! If i see something really terrific i will pass it on to yououou. Hope your 2025 is going superbly and may this horrendous Trumpocalypse collapse and disintegrate with minimal damage in the best way soon, gahhhhh eeek!

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I thought you might have enjoyed that one! So excited to listen to these others ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ

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Hello Ben, I don't know if you are above applying to things?

However, if you did want to visit Montreal on an amazing working vacation, here are some incredible festivals and organisations it could be cool to connect with:

Pop Montreal Festival

https://popmontreal.com/

POP Montreal International Music Festival is an annual not-for-profit curated cultural event that champions independence in the Arts by presenting emerging and celebrated artistic talent from around the world.

The SAT

https://sat.qc.ca/fr/programmation/

hosts fab festivals like Mutek

https://montreal.mutek.org/en/news/call-for-projects-mutek-montreal-2025

electronic music festival

Drawn and Quarterly

https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/about

incredible indie bookstore, known for graphic novels and has other fab books as well

Well I won't bombard you with too many ideas for that in case you are not interested! These places are fab to know about.

It would be amazing to promote your book and have a reason to visit Montreal.

Hope you are having tons of fun in 2025 so far!

Warmly,

Anna

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