Events for November 28, 2024
Read Quebec at the Salon du livre de Montréal
We're excited to showcase some of the latest releases and bestsellers from participating local English-language publishers. Find us at kiosk #401 through the week at the hours below:
CommUNITY Arts Open House: Schmoozer with YES, QWF, ELAN, and QDF
Calling All Quebec Artists! Join us for an epic arts mixer with YES Montreal, ELAN, and QDF.
Montreal Reading with Dutch poet Erik Lindner
Véhicule Press, Librarie Bertrand, and the Dutch Foundation for Literature invite you to a poetry reading by Erik Lindner, with special guests Derek Webster and Sarah Wolfson.
Book*hug Press Fall 2024 Translated Fiction Launch
Book*hug Press and Librairie Saint-Henri Books invite you to the Fall 2024 Translation Launch! Celebrating the launch of three new translations including Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (translated from French by Howard Scott), Not Even the Sound of a River by Hélène Dorion (translated from French by Jonathan Kaplansky), and Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt (translated from French by Susan Ouriou).
QWF Annual Timeline
January
- QWF Mentorship pairs announced
February
- QWF Mentorships begin
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign Fundraiser opens
- StoryScaping Call for Workshop Proposals (biannual in odd-numbered years)
March
- Spring Workshops begin
- Call for nominations for QWF Board of Directors
- Call for Submissions for QWF Literary Awards
April
- QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign ends
May
- Call for proposals for QWF Workshops for the following year
June
- Deadline for submissions for the QWF Literary Awards
- QWF Mentorship Reading
July
- QWF Annual Membership Picnic (July or August)
- Nominations open for the Judy Mappin Community Award
August
- The QWF Annual Membership Picnic (July or August)
- Deadline for submissions for the Judy Mappin Community Award
- Registration for Fall Workshops opens
- Call for applications for Writers in CEGEPs
September
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- Call for applications for the QWF Mentorship Program
- Call for applications for the Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Writers
- Call for applications for Karin L. Montin / Jean Antonin Billard Translation Mentorship
- Deadline for Writers in CEGEPs applications
October
- Fall Workshops begin
- Shortlist for QWF Literary Awards announced
- Shortlist for the QWF College Writers Award announced
- Recipient of the Judy Mappin Community Award announced
- Deadline for QWF Mentorship applications
November
- Shortlist for carte blanche Prize announced
- The QWF Awards Gala
December
- Read Quebec Book Fair
- Registration for Winter-Spring Workshops opens