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SUMMARY:2024 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Quebec Writers’ Federation Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held \n\n\n\nWednesday\, April 24\, 2024 at 7:00 pm ESTatAdair Auditorium\, Atwater Library1200 Atwater Avenue (top floor)and online via Zoom\n\n\n\nAt the meeting\, the President will review the year’s activities and the Executive Director will present the financial report. An election will be held for the Board of Directors for the coming year—April 2024 to April 2025.  If you wish to nominate someone for a position on the Board\, or to put your own name forward\, please contact Riley Palanca (riley@qwf.org) and request the Introduction for Potential Board Members document and a nomination form. Completed nomination forms\, including the signatures of two other QWF members\, must be submitted to Riley by Friday\, April 11\, 2025. \n\n\n\nPlease note that you must be a member in good standing to be eligible to run for the board\, nominate someone for the board\, or vote at the AGM. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n7:00-7:15: Schmoozing\n\n\n\n7:15: Call to order\n\n\n\nReport from the outgoing QWF President\, Tawhida Tanya Evanson\n\n\n\nFinancial report\, presented by the QWF Executive Director\, Lori Schubert\n\n\n\nElection or acclamation of new Board of Directors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nTo register\, fill out the RSVP form at the bottom of this page. Please indicate whether you will be attending in person or online via Zoom. If attending online\, you’ll receive a link to the Zoom meeting a day or two before the meeting takes place. \n\n\n\nRegistration will close on Wednesday\, April 22\, at 5:00 pm EST. If you would like to register to attend after registration has closed\, please contact John Wickham at john@qwf.org to be put on the attendance list. Please include in your email whether you’d like to attend in person or over Zoom.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2024-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Adair Auditorium\, Atwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, top floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3Z 1T4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. 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\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-10/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Writing/Righting the World
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 1:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nIn 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.  \n\n\n\nA live recording of a Getting Lit with Linda podcast episode with writer/host\, Linda Morra  \n\n\n\nIn partnership between the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and the Quebec Writer’s Federation \n\n\n\nParticipants: Andrew Stobo Sniderman\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) \n\n\n\nHost: Linda Morra \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Salle Saint-Laurent \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-righting-the-world/
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