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12 May

Lecture Logos Readings 10-Year Anniversary

The Lectures Logos Readings team invites you to celebrate with us our tenth anniversary on … More info Read more
27 Apr

Imagination – Literary Notes

The Morrin Centre joins forces with the Ligue d’improvisation musicale de Québec (LIMQ) to present a notewordy concert. Tune in to listen to readings by Jes Battis, Domenica Martinello, and Derek Webster, accompanied by music improvised and performed by musicians from the LIMQ which captures the spirit of their poetry books.
26 Apr

Writers Out Loud: To Care for the Earth—In Conversation with Alice Irene Whittaker

Novelist Ian Thomas Shaw interviews author Alice Irene Whittaker to explore the profound act of finding home in nature at a time of heartbreaking change. In her book, Homing: A Quest for Care for Myself and the Earth, Alice Irene weaves the wisdom of leading environmentalists with her journey of embracing nature’s cycles in a cabin in the woods, where she strives to shed perfectionism and cultivate a life rooted in regeneration and care.
25 Apr − 26 Apr

2025 Queer Reading Series

Produced by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal in partnership with Centaur theatre, the Queer Reading Series … More info Read more
17 Apr

Poetry Matters: Scenes of Attunement

Join Poetry Matters for “Scenes of Attunement,” a poetry reading featuring Christopher Buddle, Joseph Kidney, and Willow Loveday Little.
11 Apr

Book Launch: Cut Side Down

Jessi MacEachern launches Cut Side Down at the Université de Montréal.
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).
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
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
26 Feb

Author Alexander MacLeod at Dawson College

Dawson Reads Writer Series features Alexander MacLeod reading, talking about his work, and taking questions on Wedensday, February 26 at noon in 5B.16 (near the Sherbrooke entrance of the college). The event is open to the public.
6 Feb

Quist Issue 1 Launch Party

Quist, QWF’s online literary journal for youth, is celebrating the launch of its first issue! Join us for a fun night of reading, art, and mingling at Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe.
31 Jan

Writers Read & Soliloquies Launch 29.1

Join Writers Read and the Soliloquies team for the launch of Soliloquies Issue 29.1 at De Stiil Booksellers.

 

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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