20 Jun 4 Jul
Event

Run Nawrocki Run! Escape from Banff Prison

Commemorating June 20, the anniversary of the end of Canada’s WW1 internment of Ukrainians More info Read more

17 Jul
Event

Grove Campus Poetry Show

Part 1 of 2 of the Grove Campus Art Series will be kicking off More info Read more

21 Jul
Event

Queer & Italian in Montreal 

July 21 event to celebrate the contributions of  LGBTQ Italian-Canadians on the city’s cultural More info Read more

19 Aug
Event

Poetry Evening with Madhur Anand

In our endeavour to bring quality poetic activities to town, Kabir Centre Poetry Club More info Read more

26 Sep
Event

5 Poets: Omar Musa, Hollie McNish, Rachel McCrum, Michael Pedersen, Dominic Hoey

Five poets, covering Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. One night only More info Read more

29 Sep
Event

Atwater Poetry Project Online: Alexei Perry Cox & Hoa Nguyen

The Atwater Poetry Project returns for our Fall season with poets ALEXEI PERRY COX, More info Read more

9 Oct
Event

A Fate Worse Than Death

A Fate Worse Than Death is a multimodal poetry exploration of disabled life. Often More info Read more

20 Oct
Event

Reading by Neil Smith at Dawson College

Montreal writer Neil Smith will read from his darkly comic new novel Jones on More info Read more

4 Nov
QWF Event

Eight Voices: Finalists for the QWF Spoken Word Prize

Part of the 2022 Holiday Book FairFree, no registration requiredIn person and live-streamed (see More info Read more

13 Nov
Event

LAUNCH & CONCERT

Book launch of AN OPERA IN 3 ACTS STARRING GINO QUILICO by Connie Guzzo More info Read more

7 Dec 10 Dec
Event

The Pipeline Play Reading Series

Infinithéâtre’s annual Pipeline play reading series is back! Join us from December 7th-10th at More info Read more

13 Jan
Event

Confabulation presents: The Shortest Story XIII

Our annual 2-minute story tradition continues. True stories, as quick as we can tell 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

  • The QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held
  • Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign closes
  • Applications for StoryScaping program begins for organizations
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

  • Call for applications for Max Margles Writing Residency (postponed to February-March for 2024 Residency)
  • Registration for Winter-Spring Workshops opens
  • QWF Office closes for the last two weeks of December. Happy holidays!