Writers in the Community
Writers in the Community, which the QWF runs in collaboration with the Centre for Literacy of Quebec, brings the literary arts to young people who are left out of the artistic mainstream. Partners have included Jeunesse 2000, Head & Hands, Mountainview School, Batshaw Youth and Family Services, Leave Out ViolencE, Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre, the Jewish General Hospital, and VOYCE (Voices Of Youth in Care).
The zines below were created in 2009 by young writers participating in the Writers in the Community program under the guidance of Larissa Andrusyshyn. To read the zines, click on the cover pages. At the request of the organization with which we collaborated, we are not printing the poets’ names.
The following poems were written by young writers participating in previous workshops within the program.
- Haikus [PDF]
- Acrostics [PDF]
- As Life Goes On [PDF]
- M. [PDF]
- Barbeque or ketchup [PDF]
View the video “Street Story,” with music, words, and performances by participants in the 2007 Writers in the Community program, under the guidance of Manchilde (Osei Alleyne). Video production by LabNoise Productions.
We acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and English Language Arts - Program Branch - DGFJ, MELS.
