2025 QWF Mentorship Reading

June 1, 2025, 2:00–4:00 pm ET
Centre Sanaaq (1200 Rue du Sussex, Montreal)
Free, RSVP Required (SOLD OUT)

Join us for the 2025 QWF Mentorship Reading!

For four months, eight emerging writers and one emerging translator have worked to hone their craft through the QWF Mentorship Program. Each has received one-on-one guidance from a professional mentor to help them transition to the next stage of their careers. Now, their journey culminates in a public reading where each mentee will present an excerpt from their work in progress.

This year will feature our first-ever Youth Mentorship pair, a pilot project organized through our Writers in the Community program. With nine readers, it will be our largest mentorship reading yet. Don’t miss it!

Featuring:

• Cameryn Cappellazzo, mentored by D. W. Wilson in Fiction
• Kat Mulligan, mentored by April Ford in Fiction
• Tamsyn Farr, mentored by D. M. Bradford in Poetry
• Jade Palmer, mentored by stephanie roberts in Poetry
• Shelly Bahng, mentored by Gerald Wexler in Screenwriting
• Ray Resvick, mentored by Jacob Potashnik in Screenwriting
• Christopher Beaunoyer, mentored by Luba Markovskaia in Literary Translation (Jean Antonin Billard LTAC/QWF Mentorship)
• Afreina Noor, mentored by Kama La Mackerel in Spoken Word (Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship)
• Thaia:iake Lazare, mentored by L.E. Sterling (Inaugural QWF Youth Mentorship)

RSVPs are required due to limited space.Everyone who RSVPs will be put on the event guest list. If there are extra seats available the day of the event, people who have not RSVPed will be admitted at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.

Accessibility: The Centre Sanaaq is a universally accessible public building. Room 3 is on the second floor, accessible by stairs or elevator. People using adapted transport can ask to be dropped off at the paratransit drop-off zone in front of the main entrance, near the outdoor access ramp.

About the QWF Mentorship Program

The QWF Mentorships are designed to help promising emerging writers make the transition to the next stage of their careers. Over a period of four months, each mentee received one-on-one guidance and support from a professional writing mentor. Now, their journey culminates in a public reading where the mentees present an excerpt of their works-in-progress. Learn more about the QWF Mentorship Program.