18 Oct 20 Oct

Knowlton Literary Festival

10th Anniversary of the Knowlton Literary Festival from October 18th to 20th, 2019. In More info Read more

20 Oct

Greenwood’s StoryFest 2019

Journalist Ann Hui will appear at Greenwood’s StoryFest to discuss her book Chop Suey More info Read more

24 Oct

Greenwood’s StoryFest 2019

StoryFest 2019 has invited journalist/historian D’Arcy Jenish to read from and discuss his book, More info Read more

27 Oct

Greenwood’s StoryFest 2019

Retired Canadian astronaut Dave Williams is this year’s special guest author at StoryFest for More info Read more

7 Nov 10 Nov

Mile End Poets’ Festival 2019

Mile End Poets’ Festival will return in 2019! Watch this space for updates. More More info Read more

7 Nov

Deep Curation: Experiments in Poetry Reading Curation

This series of events are organized in partnership with SpokenWeb, Writers Read, and the More info Read more

10 Nov

The Words & Music Show (Mile End Poets’ Festival)

Curated by the inimitable Ian Ferrier, the Words and Music Show is the QWF’s More info Read more

14 Nov

Expozine Discussion – La BD et la collaboration

(English follows) Expozine présente : La BD et la collaboration: une discussion. Avec Marc More info Read more

9 Mar

Épique Voices: Bilingual Poetry Show

Un classique du festival Dans ta tête depuis maintenant 6 ans, the best poetry More info Read more

1 Apr

WRITERS OUT LOUD @ IMAGINATION 2020: LITERARY NOTES

Unfortunately, the IMAGINATION 2020 FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THE COVID-19 More info Read more

6 Jun

Authors and Artists Festival (online) June 2020

Each Saturday in June 2020 online from 11:00am-2:00pm; speakers, readers, with art posted on More info Read more

13 Jun

Authors and Artists Festival (online) June 2020

Each Saturday in June 2020 online from 11:00am-2:00pm; speakers, readers, with art posted on 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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