2024 QWF Mentorship Program: Call for Applications
…professional Quebec writers who work in the above-mentioned genres and professional dramaturgs who wish to be mentors are invited to apply at this time as well. Mentors must be professional…
Read moreEXTENDED: Call for Applications from Emerging and Established Writers, Dramaturgs, and Translators
…target language of English and at least one book published by a recognized professional publisher or an equivalent professional level of achievement are invited to apply. Those selected must be…
Read moreFive Questions for: Mirabel
Avleen K. Mokha, also known as Mirabel, is an award-winning poet based in Montreal. Originally from Mumbai, India, Mirabel holds a B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics from McGill University….
Read moreCall for Applications from Emerging and Established Writers and Dramaturgs
…are invited to apply to be mentored by an established author over a period of four months (February 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023). They should also be available for…
Read moreElisabeth Blair
Poetry
Elisabeth Blair is a poet, editor, and workshop leader with an extensive background in music and the visual arts. Her publications include full-length collection because God loves the wasp (Unsolicited Press 2022), two chapbooks—We He She/It (Dancing Girl Press 2016) and without saying (Ethel Press 2020)—and poems in a variety of journals, including Harpur Palate, Feminist Studies, cream city review, and Juked. Her online education hub, lullabies & alarms, explores the craft of poetry. In 2022 she received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to complete her second book, a poetry novel.
She enjoys leading poetry workshops on craft-centered topics like poetry revision, improvisation, persona poetry, rhetorical figures of speech, erasure poetry, sonic devices, and graphic arrangement on the page. She’s also available to lead discussions on in-depth topics, including approaches to writing poems about trauma, and how to engage with readers as conversation partners rather than as audience members.
Websites: www.elisabethblair.net & www.lullabiesalarms.com
External Resources
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Read moreDeadline Extended: 2024 Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation
…Apply to Be a Mentor: Eligibility Criteria Established professional Canadian literary translators with a target language of English and at least one book published by a recognized professional publisher or…
Read moreLe Mentorat Jean Antonin Billard ATTLC/QWF en traduction littéraire 2023 : appel de candidatures
…L’anglais et l’espagnol lui servent de passeport. Nord et Sud, Est et Ouest l’attirent. Après de nombreux voyages et des séjours studieux en Angleterre et en Espagne, il se fixe…
Read moreThe Fall 2020 QWF Workshops Are Open for Registration—All Online!
The Fall 2020 QWF Workshops are now open for registration! This season, all of our workshops will be held online via Zoom. We are thrilled to present workshops on fiction, non-fiction, long-form fiction,…
Read moreFive Questions for: Mark Abley
…the political tensions—but people who do manage to get there will find the glacier has shrunk enormously from its former size. We experienced a heatwave in Pakistan and India that…
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