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29 May

Summertime Singalong: A QWF Karaoke Schmoozer at the Community Digital Arts Hub

We’re hosting a 5 à 7 karaoke social event at the Community Digital Arts Hub. Show off your most heart-wrenching ballad or your most entertaining pop song. There will be snacks! There will be prizes!
31 May

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Join us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! Do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5-minute breaks in between.
4 Jun

Lunch & Learn with carte blanche

In this Lunch and Learn session, Editor-in-Chief Greg Santos and Creative Nonfiction Editor Caite McNeil will present an overview of carte blanche, QWF’s online literary magazine. Join Greg and Caite as they explain the submission, selection, editorial, and publication processes involved in running carte blanche.
6 Jun

Black Youth Out Loud: Where They Stood

Black Youth Out Loud: Where They Stood presents three young writers featured in the recent anthology Where They Stood: The Evolution of the Black Anglo Community in Montreal, produced by the Black Community Resource Centre.

8 Jun

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
9 Jun

2024 QWF Mentorship Reading

For four months, seven emerging writers have worked to hone their craft. Now, their journey culminates in a public reading where they will each present an excerpt from their work in progress.
14 Jun

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Join us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! Do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5-minute breaks in between.
22 Jun

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
28 Jun

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Join us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! Do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5-minute breaks in between.
6 Jul

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
9 Jul

Lunch & Learn with QWF

Looking to learn more about QWF, what we do, and how we can help you? Join us for Lunch & Learn with QWF, a free 75-minute session providing a deep dive into all our programs and services.
11 Jul

Self-Publishing 101: A Roundtable Discussion

Join us for Self-Publishing 101, a roundtable discussion featuring four self-published authors and one editor.

 

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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