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 importantly, motivate them, to use language to express themselves in productive ways. In each project, a writer-facilitator works with a small group for 10 weeks, teaching them language tools, giving them writing prompts, and ultimately, boosting their self-confidence by showing them that they are capable of producing literary work of value.
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Meet the writer-facilitators
Annabel Howard
Originally from the UK, Annabel Howard is an author of creative nonfiction. She has been a guest in Tio’tiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal for four years. She has published three books, translated into eleven languages, and her essays, poems, and prose-poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Best Canadian Essays, The White Review, The Puritan, Demeter Press, and Emergence Magazine. Besides writing, Annabel has twenty years experience as a teacher, facilitator, and mentor who’s worked with children, high school students, undergraduates, and adults in art galleries, museums, classrooms, and outdoors.
It exposed the kids to a form of writing they had not explored. It was creative and the kids loved that aspect, I think it helped build their confidence, especially reluctant
teacher, at Harrington Harbour - Cycle 2 & 3writers, because Angela always pointed out what was good with their writing.
Program sponsors
We would also like to express our gratitude to the following sponsors, without whom the Writers in the Community program would not be possible
