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SUMMARY:Writeaway in New Mexico
DESCRIPTION:Writeaways in New Mexico offer writers an opportunity to spend a week in the Land of Enchantment immersed in their craft. Anyone who has been to New Mexico knows what a magical place it is — and the profound effect it can have on your writing. \nThe Spring 2022 Writeaway in New Mexico takes place in a modern adobe in the village of Tesuque\, just north of Santa Fe\, and promises a week of great food\, delightful company\, and supportive workshops in an enchanted landscape. \nSpace is limited.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writeaway-in-new-mexico/
LOCATION:Tesuque\, Tesuque\, NM\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Blue Metropolis International Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:What age is this ?\nEarth\, Society\, People \nThe Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will present its 24th edition April 28 to May 8\, 2022. Subject to the epidemiological situation and the safety measures in effect\, this edition will in large part feature a renewed in-person format\, all while proposing a targeted selection of virtual events. Once more\, public discussions\, roundtables\, debates\, readings\, master classes\, and podcasts will provide a rich display for both authors and the public to relish.\nBlue Metropolis is one of North America’s most important multilingual literary festivals. \nThe TD-Blue Metropolis Children’s Festival now runs all year long\, with events in schools\, libraries and bookstores near you\, or online. A few meet and greet with children’s authors will be offered during the 2022 Spring Edition of the Festival.\nDiscover our 2022 programming\, as well as our wide range of online content at: bluemetropolis.org/youth
URL:https://qwf.org/event/blue-metropolis-international-festival-2022/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud – On Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credits (L-R) Kateryna Lashchykova\, Joyce Valbuena\, Andriy Kuzmin\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 28\, 12:00 noon ET via Zoom \n\n\n\nYuri Andrukhovych\, Norman Nawrocki\, and Bohdana Neborak in conversation with Kate TsurkanAn extraordinary group of writers\, three of whom are based in Ukraine\, sit down for a conversation about their literary work and the current situation. Yuri Andrukhovych has published seven novels\, five poetry collections\, a cycle of short stories\, and two volumes of essays\, as well as literary translations from English\, German\, Polish and Russian. \n\n\n\nNorman Nawrocki is a Montreal-based author\, poet\, playwright\, and musician. Much of his recent work focuses on the Ukrainian-Canadian immigrant experience.Bohdana Neborak is the Editor at “The Ukrainians\,” a cultural manager\, and a podcast host. \n\n\n\nKate Tsurkan is an American writer\, editor\, and translator. She is the co-founder of Apofenie Magazine and lives in Ukraine.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-on-ukraine/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
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SUMMARY:Write to Thrill
DESCRIPTION:8 Thursdays\, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. \nMarch 17-May 5 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nHave you always wanted to write a thriller? Need help completing one you’ve already started? This is the workshop for you! Whether it’s a domestic noir or the CIA is chasing down your main character\, we’ll spend eight weeks together working on plot\, characterization\, twists\, dialogue\, prose\, and pacing. By the end of the workshop you’ll have a solid foundation for your novel. Participants should come to the workshop with a premise for their thriller in mind. After the first session\, two participants a week\, if they’re comfortable\, will receive feedback on their writing from the instructor and the other class participants \n  \nCatherine McKenzie is the Globe & Mail Bestselling author of 13 novels\, including I’ll Never Tell\, Fractured\, and The Good Liar. She lives in Montreal\, Quebec\, where she writes full time after having retired from practicing law after twenty years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-to-thrill/2022-04-28/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Forms and Frames – A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:8 Thursdays\, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. \nMarch 17-May 5 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n  \nWhat’s the difference between poetry and prose? One big difference is form—the shapes and sounds a poem makes using line breaks\, rhyme\, alliteration\, and a whole host of other devices. But while it’s a defining component of poetry\, form can seem complex and intimidating. Even the most experienced poets may still struggle to distinguish a Pantoum from a Villanelle or accurately parse the metre of a poem. \n  \nThankfully\, a complete mastery of form is not necessary to enjoy—or write!—poetry. A basic understanding of form\, however\, can give the poet a whole new set of tools with which to make their meaning clear. \n  \nFor many poets\, the artificial and sometimes arbitrary rules of formal poetry signal a loss of choice. This workshop aims to show that\, on the contrary\, the adoption of a form reveals several private decisions around values\, preferences\, and intent. The “rules” of a form can be followed faithfully\, but they can also be rejected\, subverted\, or broken completely. Those decisions are matter of personal expression\, not unlike subject or image\, and allow the poet another layer of individuality and disclosure. \n  \nForms and Frames focuses on artificial forms as a means of expression\, subversion\, and creative generation. Particpants will discuss and practice a small selection of artificial forms from a diverse range of traditions\, including the Pantoum\, the Haibun\, and the Pas-de-Deux. These forms have been chosen specifically because they have (in the Anglo-Canadian context\, at least) no set metre. While some small discussion of metre may be necessary during the course of the workshop\, no prior knowledge of\, or experience with\, forms or metres is necessary! Through discussion of these and other artificial forms\, guided exercises\, free-writing\, and voluntary critique\, participants of all experience and skill-levels will discover how to make the frame work for them. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPatrick O’Reilly is a writer from Renews\, NL\, now living in Montreal. A former poetry editor of The Antigonish Review\, his poetry and criticism has appeared in Numéro Cinq\, untethered\, Maisonneuve and others\, as well as In/Words Press’s 30 under 30 anthology. Patrick’s first chapbook\, A Collapsible Newfoundland\, was released by Frog Hollow Press in 2020.
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