30 Jan

Launch of H. Nigel Thomas’ novel A DIFFERENT HURRICANE

Join us for the launch of H. Nigel Thomas’ new book, A Different Hurricane. More info Read more

31 Jan

Writers Read & Soliloquies Launch 29.1

Join Writers Read and the Soliloquies team for the launch of Soliloquies Issue 29.1 at De Stiil Booksellers.

6 Feb

Quist Issue 1 Launch Party

Quist, QWF’s online literary journal for youth, is celebrating the launch of its first issue! Join us for a fun night of reading, art, and mingling at Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe.

6 Mar

Book Launch: Black Cake, Turtle Soup, and Other Dilemmas

Join us at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore for the highly anticipated Montreal launch of Black More info Read more

12 Mar

Montreal Review of Books Spring 2025 Issue Launch

The Montreal Review of Books launches its Spring 2025 issue on Wednesday, March 12th at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke Street West) in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival! Following the festival’s 2025 programming announcement, join us in Espace Godin for refreshments and readings by Leila Marshy (My Thievery of the People, Baraka Books), Rachel McCrum (La belle-mère / The Stepmother, l’Hexagone) and Oana Avasilichioaei (Chambersonic, Talonbooks).

3 Apr

Book Launch: One in Six Million by Amy Fish

Meet Montreal author Amy Fish and receive a signed copy of the book.

Discover the remarkable journey behind One in Six Million, a true story about genealogist Stanley Diamond Z”L and how he traced a Holocaust Survivor’s lost identity.

6 Apr

Montreal launch of Dreams Before Extinction/Dark Matter:Women Witnessing Anthology

Join us for the launch of this stunning anthology compiling ten years of writing More info Read more

8 Apr

“Flying Soulo” Book launch & Workshop

Join us at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts for the exciting book launch More info Read more

11 Apr

Book Launch: Cut Side Down

Jessi MacEachern launches Cut Side Down at the Université de Montréal.

24 Apr

Dual Book Launch & Poetry Reading at Librairie Pulp Books & Café with Louise Marois, Manahil Bandukwala, D.M. Bradford, Faith Paré, and Misha Solomon

Ring of Dust by Louise Marois, translated by D.M. Bradford, and Heliotropia by Manahil Bandukwala will have a dual book launch and reading at Librairie Pulp Books & Café. Join Louise Marois, D.M. Bradford, Manahil Bandukwala, and special guests Faith Paré and Misha Solomon, for a night of poetry reading.

26 Apr

Launch! Fred Anderson with Gordon Weekes on great Black music of the Civil Rights era

Librairie Résonance, Livres Baraka, and Arts in the Margins present the launch of Fred More info Read more

1 May

A LITERARY HARVEST: CANADIAN WRITING ABOUT WINE AND OTHER LIBATIONS – BOOK LAUNCH by Longbridge Books, Blue Metropolis

A LITERARY HARVEST: CANADIAN WRITING ABOUT WINE AND OTHER LIBATIONS – BOOK LAUNCH by More info Read more

 

QWF Annual Timeline

Zines laid out on a page

January

Woman reading at a microphone in front of an intimate audience

February

March

April

  • QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
  • Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign ends
Stacks of books on display

May

June

Women in a classroom

July

People wearing summer clothes in nature

August

Two women smiling at the camera

September

Group of women smiling at camera

October

November

December

The QWF Office closes for the last two weeks of December—happy holidays!  
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