24 Oct

Book Launch: Mad Sisters by Susan Grundy

Join us for the launch of Mad Sisters by Susan Grundy, a deeply moving memoir that explores the journey of caregiving and sisterhood through the lens of mental illness.

23 Oct

2024 Literary Oktoberfest

Join us for a night inspired by the atmospheric outdoor beer gardens of Oktoberfest and designed to connect writers, agents, publishers, booksellers, and literary support organizations in the city of Montreal.

21 Oct

The Power of Fiction Readings and Discussion

Join Argo Books for an evening with Danila Botha, Nora Gold, Mireille Silcoff and Sivan Slapak

20 Oct

The Decade Reading: Metatron Press 10-Year Anniversary

Join Metatron Press and friends for an abundantly ambitious reading to mark and celebrate their 10-year anniversary!

18 Oct

Literary Lunch

Join us for an impromptu writers lunch at Chez Delmo in Montreal.

17 Oct

Alyson and Su Read at Librairie Paragraphe

Librarie Paragraphe Bookstore and Renaissance Press present readings by Alyson Hope and Su J. Sokol.

10 Oct

Confabulation MTL Presents: Company’s Coming

Confabulation, Montreal’s original autobiographical storytelling event is back for another night of stories, true as we can tell them!

10 Oct

Launch of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue

Join the Encore Poetry Project for the launch of the second edition of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue.

10 Oct

Book Launch: A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson

Join Caroline Adderson for the launch of her new book, A Way to Be Happy, at Paragraphe Bookstore.

2 Oct

Book Launch: The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen: A Memoir on the Organizing of the Irish Arts Center in New York City, 1972-78, by Jim Olwell

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 5:00-7:00 pm ET Youth is not wasted on the young. … More info Read more

29 Sep

GOLD: Garden of Literary Delights 2024

Sunday, September 29, 2024, 6:00-8:00 pm Mark your calendars! Sunday, September 29, 2024, 6-8 … More info Read more

29 Sep

Other Maps Montreal Book Launch

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Rebecca Morris’s debut novel OTHER MAPS, forthcoming September 14th with Linda Leith Publishing. Event hosted by Monique Polak.

 

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

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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