The Fall 2020 QWF Workshops Are Open for Registration—All Online!
…writers. This fall, we are pleased to introduce four Needs-based Workshop Scholarships as well. Applications are assessed in the order in which they are received, so we encourage you to apply early! Please…
Read morePitch, Plan, and Lead: How to Get and Give a Workshop for Writers
…creativity to your workshop design as you do to your art. You’ll develop and refine your workshop idea and transform it into a solid pitch. We’ll talk about how to…
Read moreFive Questions for: Nisha Coleman
…excruciating life can be, as well as how exciting and amazing and, above all, how we are all connected in one big constellation. 3) Your non-fiction memoir Busker (Radiant Press,…
Read moreFive Questions for: Mark Abley
…sidestep my unfortunate urge to pontificate would have been to indulge in nostalgia—and I tried to avoid that temptation. For older writers nothing is easier, or more dangerous, than to…
Read moreFive Questions for Tommy Schnurmacher
…on how to write and how to land an agent? I have more books on these topics on my shelves than do Barnes and Noble and Indigo combined. Even the…
Read moreExternal Resources
…the editing and distribution process, and to the credibility of your book. Some interesting further reading here: https://www.cnet.com/news/self-publishing-a-book-25-things-you-need-to-know/ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/krizia/self-publishing_b_3865125.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/mar/21/for-me-traditional-publishing-means-poverty-but-self-publish-no-way https://bulkbooks.com/how-to-publish-a-book Editors Professional editors offer experience, expertise, and objectivity when…
Read moreLe Mentorat Jean Antonin Billard ATTLC/QWF en traduction littéraire 2023 : appel de candidatures
…life, in a world which increasingly cancels this very desire. Emerging Canadian translators of literary work into French are invited to apply to be mentored by an established translator over…
Read moreFall 2022Â QWF Workshops Are Now Open for Registration!
…How to Edit Your Own Prose which will both be held exclusively online. If all goes according to plan, we will pilot a hybrid model to enable one or two…
Read moreMedia Relations 101 for the Arts – The Basics in a Six-Hour Workshop
…tools to prepare you for undertaking media relations. Having these tools in your repertoire will do three main things: 1) ensure you get the right messages out to your publics;…
Read moreAnnouncing the finalists for the QWF Prize for Playwriting
…of Infinithéâtre’s “Pipeline” series. The jury was composed of playwrights Pablo Felices-Luna of Winnipeg, Jackie Maxwell of Toronto, and Djanet Sears of Toronto. The four finalists in the category are:…
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