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SUMMARY:AI & The Future of Writing
DESCRIPTION:Thurs\, September 21\, 7 pm ESTAtwater Library Auditoriam & Online via ZoomFree\, open to all\n\n\n\nJoin us for AI & The Future of Writing\, a free panel discussion on the threats\, challenges\, and benefits artificial intelligence poses for writers.Featuring moderator Julian Sher and panelists Crystal Chan\, Sean Michaels\, and Andrew Piper\, the event will kick off QWF’s 25th-anniversary fall campaign called “Writing Matters\,” which aims to raise awareness about the importance of professional writing both in enriching our culture and in supporting the success of companies\, non-profits\, governments\, and other organizations.  \n\n\n\nThe panel discussion will take place in person\, with attendees able to join online via Zoom. Following the discussion\, there will be a hybrid Q&A session and an in-person wine and cheese reception. \n\n\n\nTo attend online\, register below to get the link to the Zoom Webinar. You will receive the link shortly thereafter. \n\n\n\n\nregister to get the zoom link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou do not need to register if you plan to attend in person. You can\, however\, RSVP below so that we have a rough idea of how many people to expect. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Participants\n\n\n\nCrystal Chan is the vice-president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. As both a writer and a digital designer\, her specialty is merging storytelling and technology. Chan is a professor in the Creative Writing Department of the University of British Columbia and an editor at UBC Press for RavenSpace Publishing\, an innovative program for Indigenous authors. In 2022-23\, she was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre in Computational Writing\, exhibited algorithmically-generated literature at BBAM! Gallery\, and taught AI writing to undergraduate students. Her latest new media production is CBC/Stitch Media’s Eighty Thousand Steps\, coming this September. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSean Michaels is the author of Do You Remember Being Born?\, a novel of AI and poetry\, as well as the books Us Conductors and The Wagers. His non-fiction has appeared in The Guardian\, McSweeney’s\, Pitchfork and The New Yorker. Sean is a recipient of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize\, the Grand Prix Numix\, and the Prix Nouvelles Écritures\, and he has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award\, the Kirkus Prize and a 2023 Peabody Award. He lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Piper is Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures at McGill University. He uses the tools of data science and AI to study human storytelling. He is the director of .txtlab and author of Enumerations: Data and Literary Study (2018). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulian Sher is an award-winning investigative journalist—a veteran TV documentary writer and director as well as an accomplished newsroom trainer and the author of seven books. He has been an investigative  the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. His film Ghosts of Afghanistan won the top Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary. He was also the Senior Producer of CBC’s The Fifth Estate\, Canada’s premier investigative TV program\, for five years. Julian’s latest book tells the little-known story of Canada’s role in the American Civil War. The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots against Lincoln\, was published by Penguin Random House in April and became an Amazon bestseller. Julian is also active in media and human rights issues. He is a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto’s Metropolitan University and works with Journalists for Human Rights. \n\n\n\n\nregister to get the zoom link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote about the venue: As this event will be taking place after the Atwater Library’s opening hours\, please use the side entrance on Tupper Street (4023 Tupper Street) if the main entrance on Atwater Avenue is closed.
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LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF—In Person!
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 22\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pm Free\, In Person QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount) \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for the first in-person Shut Up & Write session since the pandemic! \n\n\n\nBased on feedback from our membership survey last spring\, we’ve decided to hold a Shut Up & Write event at the QWF office to gauge demand for in-person sessions. Depending on the turnout\, we may hold more! \n\n\n\nDo 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. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below.Note: RSVPs will close 24 hours before the event starts. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility: \n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is.  \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
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