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SUMMARY:Imagination – Leanna Brodie
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 27\, 2025\, 2:30-3:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nEnjoy an interview with Leanna Brodie\, author of Salesman in China\, at this Imagination event!  \n\n\n\nPhoto by Kristine Cofsky\n\n\n\nLeanna Brodie is an award-winning performer and writer whose plays include The Vic\, For Home and Country\, The Book of Esther\, and Schoolhouse\, which have been performed across Canada. Most recently\, Salesman in China\, written in collaboration with Jovanni Sy\, premiered at the Stratford Festival and National Arts Centre to great acclaim\, winning the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for best new play. Brodie is also a leading translator of Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost: Michael Bourguignon \n\n\n\nOrganized by the Imagination Writers’ Festival in partnership with QWF’s Writers Out Loud series.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/imagination-leanna-brodie/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Writers Out Loud
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SUMMARY:Imagination – Literary Notes
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 27\, 2025\, 4:00-5:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nDiscover three poets at our Literary Notes event during the Imagination festival! \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJes Battis teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Regina. They are the author of The Winter Knight with ECW Press\, the Occult Special Investigator series with Penguin\, and I Hate Parties\, their debut book of poems with Nightwood Press. Their work has been included in Canada Reads\, and shortlisted for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize and the Sunburst Award for Candian Literature of the Fantastic. The Winter Knight won both an Independent Publisher’s Award and an Indie Foreword Award. Jes is currently working on two projects: a nonfiction book on the film Labyrinth\, and a queer romance novel that combines witchcraft with the cozy mood of Schitt’s Creek. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Gino Visconti\n\n\n\nDomenica Martinello is the author of All Day I Dream about Sirens (Coach House Books\, 2019) and Good Want (Coach House Books\, 2024) and holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The title poem of her most recent collection\, “Good Want\,” won the Malahat Review’s Long Poem Prize in 2023. For her prose writing\, Domenica won the carte blanche 3Macs Prize (2017) for a genre-bending work of literary criticism on Elena Ferrante\, and has published reviews and criticism in The Globe & Mail\, The Montreal Review of Books\, Canadian Notes & Queries\, and elsewhere. Domenica has been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2019 and Best Canadian Poetry 2025 (Biblioasis\, forthcoming)\, and her work has been supported by The Canada Council for the Arts\, the Ontario Arts Council\, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. She lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Saleema Nawaz Webster\n\n\n\nDerek Webster received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis\, where he studied with Carl Phillips\, and is the founding editor of award-winning arts magazine Maisonneuve. His first book of poems\, Mockingbird (Véhicule Press) was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best poetry debut in Canada and his second collection\, National Animal\, recently won the 2024 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. In the words of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Diane Seuss\, “National Animal embodies the body politic\, entangled in war and estrangement\, and the human animal caught in a vanishing natural world. From Joni Mitchell to Blanche DuBois\, and in forms that range from the sonnet to an epic\, physics-driven creation myth\, Webster uncovers the universe’s capacity to ‘equilibrate’ without a modicum of sentimentality.” Webster lives in Montreal and Toronto. His work can be read at derekwebsterwriter.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/74928/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Reading,Writers Out Loud
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 30\, 2025\, 12:00–1:00 pm ETOpen to all—register for Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking to learn more about QWF\, what we do\, and how we can help you as a writer? \n\n\n\nJoin us for the next Lunch & Learn with QWF! \n\n\n\nIn this quarterly online orientation session\, we provide a deep dive into our many programs and services and how we can help you in your writing journey. Whether you’re new to QWF\, want to learn about a particular program\, or simply want to meet the team\, we welcome you to join us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiley Palanca (Membership Services Coordinator) will discuss QWF programs and services for emerging and aspiring writers\, including our mentorship program\, Shut Up & Write writing sessions\, and writing workshops. \n\n\n\nLori Schubert (Executive Director) will explain QWF programs and services for more established writers\, including the Writers in the Community program\, the Hire a Writer Directory\, and the QWF Awards. \n\n\n\nJohn Wickham (Communications Officer) will provide a brief tour of the website\, highlighting sections and resources that are particularly useful to QWF members. \n\n\n\nFree and open to all. We hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nTo get the Zoom link: Fill out the registration form. You’ll receive the Zoom link by email shortly thereafter. \n\n\n\nIf you have trouble registering or joining the meeting\, contact John at john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLunch & Learn with QWF is our quarterly orientation series to welcome new members and provide an overview of QWF’s activities. The next one after April 30 will be on July 15. Learn more about our Lunch & Learn series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-learn-with-qwf-6/
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 2\, 2025\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pmFree\, In PersonQWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount)\n\n\n\nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \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. \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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you registered and can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org to notify us.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-35/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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