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SUMMARY:Writing Contemporary Short Fiction with Siavash Saadlou (Online course)
DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Fridays\, June 12–July 31\, 6:30–8:30 p.m. ET \nThis intensive\, 8-week online workshop is designed for writers who want to break away from conventional narrative formulas and master the sharp\, subtext-driven landscape of contemporary short fiction. Moving past predictable plots\, we will analyze the technical mechanics of stories that feel alive\, dangerous\, and emotionally bruising.To anchor our craft lectures\, we will closely study the machinery of some of today’s most acclaimed contemporary voices\, reading award-winning work by Jamel Brinkley\, Jhumpa Lahiri\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, Emma Binder\, and Amber Caron.Each two-hour session pairs deep-dive structural analysis of these authors’ stories with immediate\, high-stakes writing sprints. This is a hands-on workshop. You will draft live\, dissect craft machinery\, and workshop your own fiction in a rigorous\, supportive environment modeled on top-tier MFA programs. By looking closely at how today’s masters engineer desire\, proximity\, and domestic friction\, you will learn to build short fiction that lingers long after the final sentence. \nMaximum number of participants: 12\nStandard Registration: $295 CAD\nQWF Members: $250 CAD \nAbout the instructor:\nSiavash Saadlou is a 2026 Rising Star\, selected by Writers’ Trust of Canada. His short stories\, essays\, and works of translation have appeared in Ploughshares\, Massachusetts Review\, and New England Review\, among other journals. He is the winner of numerous literary contests\, including the 2025 Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction\, the 2024 McNally Robinson Booksellers Creative Nonfiction Prize\, and the 2023 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize. \nView syllabus. \nTo register\, or if you have questions\, email Siavash Saadlou at siavash.saadlou@gmail.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-contemporary-short-fiction-with-siavash-saadlou-online-course/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session begins. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are registered but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-62/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:STORIES FROM CANADA’S NORTH / A LA RENCONTRE DU NORD CANADIEN
DESCRIPTION:In 2006\, author Hélèna Katz left her familiar Mile End neighbourhood for life on a small alpaca farm in the Northwest Territories. New experiences such as learning to scrape a moosehide from a group of Dene women captivated her. Dealing with bears on her lawn was more challenging. Shopping that requires a 10-hour drive to pick up both the mundane and the unusual – such as little frozen mice for a community member’s pet snake – amused her. \nHélèna’s latest book\, Dispatches from Canada’s North\, shares more than 40 stories about the joys and challenges of living in the North. Her bilingual Montreal launch at Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler in Mile End will include stories from the book and photos of some of the places to which she has travelled in the North.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/stories-from-canadas-north-a-la-rencontre-du-nord-canadien/
LOCATION:5434 avenue du Parc\, Bibliotheque Mordecai-Richler\, 5434\, avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Cloud Circuit album launch
DESCRIPTION:Join poet Deanna Radford and musician Jeremy Young\, aka Cloud Circuit\, on Saturday\, June 20\, for the launch of their debut full-length album of spoken word and sound on Watch That Ends the Night Records. The duo will be marking the vinyl release of the album and performing as part of this year’s Watch That Ends the Night Records showcase at Montréal’s Suoni Per Il Popolo festival. The event will include performances by labelmates: Lacopo\, pinksnail\, aniqa dear\, and Michael Cloud Duguay with Andrew Mackelvie. Cloud Circuit’s album will be available digitally on Bandcamp as of Friday\, June 12. \nSaturday\, June 2o\, 2026\nDoors: 7:30 pm\, performances start: 8:00 pm\nTickets: $15+ fees & taxes advance\, $22 at the door. 18+.\nLa Sotterenea\, 4848 boul St-Laurent\, Montreal\, QC (basement of La Sala Rossa) \nhttps://cloudcircuit.ca\nhttps://cloudcircuit.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-circuit\nhttps://watchthatendsthenight.bandcamp.com/music
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cloud-circuit-album-launch/
LOCATION:La Sotteranea\, 4848 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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