CEGEPs may choose the writer(s) they would like to invite from a list of eligible authors. These authors are selected each year by a jury assembled by the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The jury includes writers and CEGEP teachers.
CEGEPs may host two visits from writers on the list during a given semester. Visits will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Thus, the same writer may be invited twice, or the school may choose two different writers. However, each writer will be allocated no more than two visits per semester. A writer who is a CEGEP teacher cannot give a presentation at the CEGEP where they ordinarily teach.
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To contact one of the writers below: Contact QWF at admin@qwf.org and tell us which writer you would like to invite to lead a session. We will put you in touch shortly thereafter.
Authors
Louise Abbott
Journalism, Nonfiction, Screenwriting & Playwriting
Louise Abbott is a non-fiction author, photo essayist, and documentary filmmaker with longstanding experience in rural and indigenous communities. She has given writing workshops for the Blue Metropolis Foundation and other education programs. She would like to explore one of five themes with CEGEP students: the memoir; the profile; the travel story; breathing life into history as a writer and screenwriter; and marrying text and images. In each case, she would include readings from one of her books, photo essays, or screenplays; a verbal presentation accompanied by stills or excerpts from films that she has directed; and a question-and-answer period.
Marianne Ackerman
Fiction, Journalism, Screenwriting & Playwriting
Marianne Ackerman is a playwright, novelist, short story writer and journalist. She taught playwrighting at McGill, and ran a writing workshop series in Provence for several years. Her most recent play Triplex Nervosa will be published later this year by Guernica Editions, as part of the Triplex Nervosa Trilogy, along with an essay, Where Do Plays Come From? Where Do They Go? She enjoys interacting with students about writing, culture, new media and careers in any of these fields.
For more about her work check out www.marianneackerman.com.
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