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28 Nov

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).
1 Dec

Geneviève Robichaud Book Launch

Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore and McGill-Queen’s University Press present a book launch for The Poetics of Translation by Geneviève Robichaud.

1 Dec

Maybe Magazine Issue 2 Launch

Maybe Magazine invites you to the launch of their second issue in print, featuring readings from emerging and established writers in Montreal, accompanied by a performance from psychedelic rock musician Holly McLachlan.
1 Dec

Cactus Press Triple Launch

Join us December 1st at the Accent Reading Series for a momentous triple launch of Cactus Press chapbooks with April L. Ford, Lou Vani and Patrick O’Reilly. Theme: Frills. Sign up for the open mic at door.
2 Dec

Artefacts: Poetry Soirée and Book Launch

Join us on Monday, December 2 for a special evening to celebrate the Quebec City launch of two poetry books: ice, dove, parachute by Loch Baillie and Spade Work by Line Dufour.
3 Dec

Cory Lavender, Jesse Eckerlin, and Nyla Matuk

Cory Lavender launches Come One Thing Another and Jesse Eckerlin launches Almost Nothing, with readings from both and special guest Nyla Matuk, author of Stranger (Véhicule Press).
4 Dec

Writers Read presents: BRICK Literary Magazine

Brick, A Literary Journal celebrates the launch of its winter issue with a special event featuring magazine editors and contributors at Concordia’s Writers Read series on Wednesday, December 4.
6 Dec

Montreal launch of The Sacred Heart Motel

Join Grace Kwan for the Montreal launch of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL, taking place at Co-op Agenda in Petite-Patrie.
19 Dec

Book Launch: This Is It: A Novel in Stories by Matthew Fox

Join Matthew Fox as he launches his new novel, This Is It, in Montreal. The wonderful Christopher DiRaddo will host the event, which will include a short reading and a Q&A. Books will be available for purchase at a discount, and Matthew will be available to sign them.
17 Jan

Launch of The Page Issue 4

Join us on Friday, January 17th, from 6-9pm to celebrate the launch of the … More info Read more
23 Jan

Ahoy Issue 2 Launch Party

Ahoy’s Winter 2025 launch party will take place January 23rd at Cafe Osmo x Marusan. We’ve teamed-up with some friends of ours to put together something special for us to share with you—with live readings from our contributing writers and artists, food, live jazz, and DJ sets
30 Jan

carte blanche 20-Year Anniversary Party

Save the date for the 20-year anniversary of carte blanche, QWF’s digital literary journal!

 

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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