9 Apr

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.

13 Apr

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.

17 Apr

Words & Music: Turning the Page

Join us for the Spring 2024 Edition of The Words and Music Show! A night of Moth-style narrative storytelling with an international cast, with stories about big lessons and finding contentment wherever you are.

19 Apr

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for an in-person session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.

22 Apr

2024 Annual General Meeting

The Quebec Writers’ Federation Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm at the Adair Auditorium and online via Zoom. The meeting is open to all QWF members.

27 Apr

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.

27 Apr

Writing/Righting the World

In this event, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda, Linda Morra, about their award-winning book, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.

3 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.

7 May

Lunch and Learn: Getting and Working with a Literary Agent

Demystify the role of the literary agent by attending the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s next Lunch and Learn event. Sarah Barracco, a working literary agent from Le monte-charge culturel, will lead us in this hour-and-a-half session, where she’ll go over the various ways agents function in the writing and publishing world. You are invited to bring all your questions.

11 May

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.

17 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.

25 May

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.

 

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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