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5 Mar

Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Clinic

Come write or polish your story or poem with help from author Monique Polak, and we’ll help you get it ready to submit for the contest! 
6 Mar

Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Party

Stories are due tomorrow (Friday March 7)! Still need help or inspiration? Submit your story or poem or write one today with help from author Monique Polak (3:30-5:30). Snacks will be served! 
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
6 Mar

Poets for the Montreal Tenants’ Union (SLAM-MATU)

A benefit night of poetry & music for the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union / … 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).
12 Mar

Blue Metropolis: 2025 Spring Program Unveiling

Join us as we unveil the 2025 program of the Blue Metropolis Festival. We can’t wait to share with you the highlights of this year’s edition. Be among the first to discover our line-up of guests and the highlights of our spring edition.
15 Mar − 16 Mar

Inspired Writing Retreat

The Inspired Writing Retreat has been running at the beautiful Chateau de Bossey, near Geneva, … More info Read more
18 Mar

Challenges Facing Writers of Middle Eastern Origin

A discussion between three writers on their works, their origins and the various degrees of connection between the two.
20 Mar

ground, field, figure: poets and critics in relation 

Please join Poetry Matters for a conversation with Liz Howard (Concordia) and Sarah Dowling (University of Toronto) on being poets and critics in relation. Moderated by Carmen Faye Mathes (McGill), this event is at once a celebration of Dowling’s new book, Here is a Figure: Grounding Literary Form and an opportunity to reflect on the grounds of poetic making with an award-winning poet.
21 Mar

“The Lives and Liveliness of Books”: Perspectives on Scholarly Publishing with Faith Wilson Stein 

How do books come to life through publication? Please join Poetry Matters and Connected Academics for a professional development workshop with Faith Wilson Stein, Senior Editor and Acquisitions Manager at Northwester University Press. What should a prospective author expect when working with an acquisitions editor? What kinds of career paths in academic publishing are possible for graduate students in the arts and humanities? This workshop is intended for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career researches who are interested in the worlds of publishing in and beyond academia.   
25 Mar

Lunch and Learn with the English Language Arts Network (ELAN)

ELAN is a not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for Quebec’s English-speaking artists and arts communities. ELAN members are individuals and organizations from a wide array of artistic disciplines, cultural and geographic backgrounds, and linguistic and cultural communities. Together this network reflects an evolving Quebec identity and celebrates the province’s cultural, artistic, and social diversity.
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.

 

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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