Announcing: The 2023 QWF Mentorship Pairs
The mentors and mentees for the 2023 QWF mentorship program have been announced. Continue reading
Supporting, Connecting, and Inspiring Quebec Writers
A vibrant and inclusive community organization that develops, supports, and promotes those writing in English in Quebec.
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Learn moreWinter & Spring 2023 QWF Workshops Are Now Open for Registration!
Workshops in memoir, poetry, book publishing, and more will be throughout the winter and spring. Continue reading
Five Questions for: Prathna Lor
Poet, essayist, editor, educator, and finalist for the 2022 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry: Prathna Lor is QWF’s featured member of the month.
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I have so much gratitude to the QWF for creating and funding this [mentorship] program. As a broke person, I knew I could not afford to take any more schooling in order to further my writing dreams, and this program gave me what I needed most, a kind, intelligent, successful author, as a mentor.
Sidney Brunet
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Writers in the Community
QWF’s Writers in the Community program pairs small groups of young people with a professional writer or literary performance artist who can teach them and, more important, motivate them, to use language to express themselves in productive ways.
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The QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors is an ever-expanding online directory of over 2000 books by over 1100 Quebec writers publishing books in English.
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QWF’s online literary journal founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop.
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Monthly essay series, run by the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The column provides an arena for writers to share and discuss ideas, experiences and opinions relevant to our unique writing community.
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