Five 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.
Read moreFive Questions for: Daniel Allen Cox
Daniel Allen Cox is a novelist, essayist, and QWF’s newest featured member. His latest book, I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness, was a finalist for the 2023 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023.
Read moreFive Questions for: Nisha Coleman
Nisha Coleman is a writer, storyteller, musician, and actor based in Montreal. Her stories have been featured on the CBC, Moth Radio Hour, Risk!, and Confabulation, among others. Her children’s book, Dear Humans, addresses climate change and was published … More info Read more
Read moreFive Questions for: Sean Michaels
Sean Michaels is an internationally bestselling novelist from Montreal. He is the author of Us Conductors, which won the 2014 Giller Prize, and The Wagers, published in 2019. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The … More info Read more
Read moreFive Questions for: Mirabel
Avleen K. Mokha, also known as Mirabel, is QWF’s latest featured member.
Read moreFive Questions for: Mark Abley
Author, poet, and editor Mark Abley is QWF’s featured member for April.
Read moreFive Questions for: Rahul Varma
The Various Roles of Rahul Varma Rahul Varma is QWF’s featured member for March. Rahul Varma is a playwright and Artistic Director of Teesri Duniya Theatre, which he co-founded in 1981. His plays include Land Where the Trees Talk, … More info Read more
Read moreFive 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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