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SUMMARY:The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThe very short story comes in many guises. Tale\, fable\, cronica\, feuilleton\, anecdote\, aphorism\, vignette\, sketch\, flash\, prose poem\, yarn\, joke—each of these may fall into its fold\, as may extra-literary forms such as lists or memos. Its main characteristic is brevity. Since it can be written relatively quickly\, it offers a wonderful place for experimentation. Since each word\, punctuation mark\, and line of white space speaks\, it demands precision and invites us to hone our writing skills. \nIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories\, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration\, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission? \nDrawing on class discussion\, students will write their own stories as homework and bring them to class to share. We will read them together\, but we will not focus on critique; our class will be about generating work\, permission to try new things\, and celebrating creativity. It will welcome new writers and those with experience. Participants should end the course with a portfolio of at least eight very short stories. \nFor our first class\, please bring in a published work of fiction of about 300 to 500 words. Be prepared to read it aloud and say what you love about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-very-short-story-reading-and-writing-fiction-of-300-to-1000-words/2019-10-10/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Pre-Scintillation Speculative Reading Showcase
DESCRIPTION:For our fall speculative fiction showcase\, a number of authors who are visiting our fair city for the Scintillation convention will be joining us to share their work in the store! Copies of their books will be available for sale and signing. \nOur lineup:\nJo Walton has published fourteen novels\, most recently Lent. She has also published three poetry collections\, two essay collections and a short story collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002\, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004\, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012\, and in 2014 both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Non Fiction award for What Makes This Book So Great. \nAda Palmer’s Terra Ignota series (Tor Books) explores a future of borderless nations and globally commixing populations. The first volume Too Like the Lightning was a Best Novel Hugo finalist\, and won the Compton Crook Award\, while Ada received the Campbell Award. \nMarissa Lingen has written short science fiction and fantasy stories for magazines and anthologies across the Anglophone world. Her work has been translated into seven languages. She has recently branched out into essays and poetry. Her short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons\, Uncanny\, Analog\, Beneath Ceaseless Skies\, and many more. \nGreer Gilman is the author of Cloud & Ashes and Moonrise\, which won the Crawford Award and was shortlisted for the Tiptree and Mythopoeic Awards. \nKarl Schroeder is a professional futurist as well as one of Canada’s most popular science fiction and fantasy authors. He divides his time between writing and conducting workshops and speaking on the potential impacts of science and technology on society. He is the author of Stealing Worlds and The Million\, as well as a half-dozen previous SF novels. \nAlison Sinclair is the author of Legacies\, Blueheart and Cavalcade (nominated for the Arthur C Clarke award)\, as well as the Darkborn trilogy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pre-scintillation-speculative-reading-showcase/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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SUMMARY:FIona Duncan Launches Exquisite Mariposa
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we launch Fiona Alison Duncan’s debut novel\, Exquisite Mariposa! \nFIONA ALISON DUNCAN is a Canadian American artist\, writer\, and organizer. She’s the founding host of Hard to Read\, a lit series\, and Pillow Talk\, community organizing on sex\, love\, and communication. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. \nEXQUISITE MARIPOSA\nIn the aftermath of a reality TV deal gone wrong\, Fiona Alison Duncan asks the question\, Can you rewrite your life? The answer\, her debut novel Exquisite Mariposa\, follows a cast of housemates as they navigate questions of art making and economies\, breakups and breakdowns\, and the internet and its many obsessions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiona-duncan-launches-exquisite-mariposa/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-10-10/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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