Mining Personal History to Enrich Our Short Fiction
…Munro, from her short story collection The Moons of Jupiter. The story can also be found online with a Google search, on the website of The New Yorker. Important Note:…
Read moreInsider Tips on How to Promote Your Book
Open to all. The goal of this three-hour online workshop is to boost writers’ confidence in their own ability to promote their work while having fun and avoiding expensive and time-consuming…
Read moreStoryScaping Workshops
…person Three online sessions of 2 hours Four online sessions of 1.5 hours Once you submit your form, you will receive a confirmation email within 7 days. StoryScaping Main Page…
Read moreCall for Applications: Poetry Editor
La version française suit. Quist is hiring a Poetry Editor! Deadline: July 7, 2024 Quist is a new online magazine from the Quebec Writers’ Federation featuring the English-language prose and…
Read moreWinter-Spring 2024 Workshops Are Now Open for Registration!
…and pay for your workshop registration online by credit card or PayPal. If you are unable to pay by credit card or PayPal, go ahead and reserve your place online and select…
Read moreHoliday Book Fair 2022: Annual festival celebrates Quebec’s English-language publishers and writers (November 2–5)
…readquebec.ca/events for all the details, including links to participate online. This year’s fair boasts a stellar lineup of exhibitors, including: AOS Publishing, Baraka Books, Black Rose Books, Concordia University Press,…
Read moreProjects
Many of the projects we initiated in early 2020 could not continue once COVID-19 arrived. However, we managed to pivot four of the spring projects to online. Thanks to the…
Read moreProtected: Registration for Writing Long: The Novel
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Read moreUpdate on COVID-19 Impact at QWF — March 23, 2020
…Loud,events are also suspended for the time being. Words & Music in-person events will not take place; however, the organizers are planning a live online show in the near future….
Read moreEdeet Ravel
Children’s & YA lit, Fiction, Nonfiction, Other
Edeet Ravel has written over ten award-winning novels for adults, children and young adults. Her books have been translated into several languages and her YA novel The Saver was adapted for the screen. Her most recent book, A Boy Is Not a Bird, is based on the childhood experiences of her grade-five teacher, who was exiled to Siberia with his mother during World War II. Edeet (pronounced ee-DEET, rhymes with ‘be street’) would be very happy to answer questions from students about all and any aspect of writing and publishing prose fiction, including process, genres (memoir, graphic novels, fantasy, etc), producing one’s own books, online scams, contest scams, writing blocks, research, choosing settings and subjects, copyright, posting writing online, dreams of making millions, editing one’s own work, using a pen name, writing for self vs writing to be read, writing for children, writing for young adults.