Five Questions for: Fred Anderson
Fred Anderson is a writer, an activist, a finalist for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards, and QWF’s latest featured member. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Fred Anderson joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager and became field secretary … More info Read more
Read moreFive Questions for: Donald Winkler
Donald Winkler was born in Winnipeg in 1940; got a degree in English Lit at the University of Manitoba; travelled some; joined the National Film Board in Montreal in 1967; directed 30 or so films, mostly cultural documentaries, at the National Film Board and later as a freelancer; started translating in the 1980s; has translated 50 or so books from French to English, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry; and was awarded the Governor General’s Award for literary translation on three occasions. His most recent translation is The Harmattan Winds by Sylvain Trudel, published by Archipelago Books.
Read moreFive Questions for: Veena Gokhale
Veena Gokhale is a writer, teacher, and QWF’s latest featured member.
Read moreFive Questions for: Kate Lavut
Meet writer, playwright, theatre producer, and QWF’s latest featured member Kate Lavut.
QWF Membership Services Coordinator Riley Palanca spoke to Kate about her recent play, A Little Bit Pregnant, and what’s on the horizon.
Read moreFive Questions for: H. Nigel Thomas
H. Nigel Thomas is QWF’s latest featured member. Read our interview with him about his latest book, A Different Hurricane, and other subjects.
Read more5 Questions for: Christopher DiRaddo
QWF’s latest featured member is Christopher DiRaddo, author of the novels The Family Way (2021), shortlisted for the F.G Bressani Literary Prize; and The Geography of Pluto (2014) and the recipient of the 2024 Judy Mappin Community Award.
Read moreFive Questions for: Greg Santos
Greg Santos is a poet, editor, educator, and QWF’s latest featured member. Read our interview with Greg.
Read moreFive Questions for: Michael “BeWyrd” Clarke, Caitlin Murphy, and Deb Vanslet
This month, we’re featuring not one but three QWF members! Michael “BeWyrd” Clarke, Caitlin Murphy, and Deb Vanslet were the winners of QWF’s 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Prize, and the diversity of their artistic practice reflects the rich possibilities … More info Read more
Read moreFive Questions for: Derek Webster
Derek Webster is a poet, editor, and QWF’s latest featured member. Derek’s new collection of poems, National Animal, is published by Signal Editions. Mockingbird (2015) was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poems in Canada. He received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied with Carl Phillips, and was the founding editor of Maisonneuve magazine. He lives in Montreal and Toronto.
Read moreScribbling Stories with Sivan Slapak
Sivan Slapak is an author and QWF’s latest featured member. Her debut short story collection, Here Is Still Here, hits shelves March 2024.
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