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SUMMARY:Centaur Theatre Family Classes
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, Centaur Theatre invites children and their parents/caregivers to make theatre\, explore backstage\, and unleash their imaginations together. \nLed by professional theatre artists and educators Alison Darcy and Jesse Stong\, Centaur+ Family Classes are playful\, hands-on workshops where families can discover storytelling\, movement\, improvisation\, character creation and the joy of making something together. \nNo theatre experience necessary. Just bring your imagination!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/centaur-theatre-family-classes/
LOCATION:Centaur Theatre\, 453 St. Francois-Xavier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, HZY 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-10-26/
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. 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 one.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you registered for the session but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org.
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LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Words & Music: The 2026 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Finalists
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon celebrating Quebec-based performance writers. This event showcases the finalists for the 2026 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize\, which honours excellence among Quebec-based artists working in English in any form of performative writing\, including poetry\, story\, monologue\, hip hop\, dub\, sound poetry\, and experimental or interdisciplinary work. Hosted by poet and Concordia University professor Jason Camlot and featuring the eight finalists of the 2026 Spoken Word Prize: \n\nBarbedWire\nEmma Beko\nSilas James\nB. Lovingkin\nCaitlin Murphy\nTracey Steer\nRomel Sylne\nDeb Vanslet\n\nHow can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube. You do not have to register if attending in person. Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca See all the finalists for the 2026 QWF Literary Awards. \nAbout the Performers\nPhoto: Studio Owllix (Kevin Calixte)\nBarbedWire is both a protector and an unveiler of the truth. A social worker and mental health practitioner by day\, they are also a writer\, poet\, and spoken-word performer who follows their artistic whims\, writing about their imagination’s heart flutterings\, weaving together enchanting narratives of radical relating\, community\, ancestry\, love\, trauma\, queerness\, spirituality\, mental health\, and the magical. Their poem “Defending the Sacred Whoredom » was published in Montreal Serai Magazine in June 2026. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Hugo Labrecque\nEmma Beko is a multidisciplinary artist and songwriter whose practice began in music and has expanded into video and literary forms. Born in Budapest to a Peruvian father and raised in Montreal\, she has spent over a decade building a career as a recording and performing artist\, with writing at the heart of her work. While music remains an essential part of her craft\, Emma is now expanding her relationship with language\, exploring poetry and prose as mediums in their own right. Her first poem was recently published\, marking the beginning of a new chapter in her artistic evolution. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Rory Creelman\nBlessed with an unflappable Ontarian twang\, Silas James is a queer and trans writer and literary performer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Part unreliable socialite\, part field researcher\, his work pairs dark humour with unhinged storytelling\, sharp social observation\, and characters hurtling toward collapse. His writing has appeared in carte blanche magazine\, yolk literary\, and soliloquies anthology\, among others. His first play\, We All Died at The Lesbian Bar\, sold out its 2026 Montreal Fringe Festival run and received the Patron’s Choice Award. He loves crosswords\, Jesus\, and Aperol spritzes. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Skye Chevolleau\nBrianna Kormendy-Ramirez (B. Lovingkin) is a spoken word poet of Mexican and Slovak descent\, based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). A true-hearted word-wielder\, she writes from a place of love and curiosity to heal herself and others. Raised in the border city of Wawiiahtanan Zii Bii (Windsor\, Ontario)\, she found poetry through journaling. She is the founder and host of the Speak-Eves open mic. Her work names what the system steals from us: our ability to rest in each other’s presence. She hopes to invite people to feel deeply\, reclaim their voice\, and remember that we are each other’s greatest legacy. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Emelia Hellman\nMontreal-based writer and performer\, Caitlin Murphy has written and directed plays\, short films\, a web series (Mothers Try)\, launched a podcast (You May Be Feeling)\, and performed stand-up\, sketch\, and spoken word.  She won a Montreal English Theatre award for Outstanding Direction for Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre) and the QWF Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize for a piece about screaming at her children.  Caitlin’s one-woman show Terrible Fish premiered at the Toronto Fringe last year and has since been performed in Montreal\, Halifax and St. John’s.  She’s currently creating a podcast about teaching and recording music with her brother. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Oliver Gravel\nTracey Steer is a writer\, art muse\, and raconteuse whose work has appeared in Today’s Parent\, Reader’s Digest\, and on her former blog\, Grumble Girl. She is the current guest-editor for Galaxy Brain\, an online zine for writers and creators. Her miniatures and paper collages were shown in a two-artist vernissage at Victoria Hall in 2023. An emerging spoken-word performer\, she hosts regular salons for conversation and connection at her Montreal art studio. Born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto\, the eleven-foot-tall cultural curator now lives in Westmount. \n\n \n\nPhoto: NOC Photography\nRomel Sylne Jr. is an award-winning Haitian American poet\, author\, spoken-word artist\, and creative based in Montreal. Through poetry and storytelling\, his work explores identity\, fatherhood\, love\, grief\, immigration\, faith\, and the quiet work of becoming. His writing is rooted in vulnerability and the belief that our stories can create connection\, healing\, and understanding. Romel is the author of six poetry collections\, with the most recent being Keep the Light On for Me\, and continues to bring his words beyond the page through performances\, workshops\, and his upcoming one-man poetry show\, i.am.the.rain. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Liz Miller\nDeb Vanslet is a Montreal storyteller\, writer\, and media artist. She is the general manager of Confabulation\, Montreal’s live storytelling show\, and has been performing since 2010.  Deb has also performed at Yarn\, Vancouver Story Slam\, Confabulation Victoria\, The Morrin Center\, and PBS’s Stories from the Stage.  Deb produced and hosted Dykes on Mykes\, at CKUT 90.3 FM for 16 years. In 2015\, Deb won QWF’s carte blanche Prize for her short story “Self-Serve.” “Ghost Station” was published in the Queer Perspectives 2018 edition of The Malahat Review. In 2023\, Deb won the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word prize. \n\n \n\nThe QWF Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize is named in honour of the inimitable Ian Ferrier. Widely considered a pillar of literary performance in Montreal\, Ian was a past president of QWF and the founder of the Words and Music Show\, Montreal’s longest-running spoken word\, poetry\, literature\, performance\, and music show.\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-the-2026-ian-ferrier-spoken-word-prize-finalists/
LOCATION:4TH SPACE\, McConnell Building\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Words and Music
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