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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Writing the Eastern Townships
DESCRIPTION:The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites you to Writers Out Loud: Writing the Eastern Townships. \nJoin us May 24th at 4:00 pm for a Sunday afternoon conversation at Brome Lake Books in Knowlton. Authors Brenda Hartwell (No Wrong Seasons) and Josh Quirion (Homebound) sit down with moderator Louise Abbott to discuss their books\, life in the Townships\, and how the region inspires their writing. \nWith words of welcome from Louise Penny. \nBooks by the authors will be available for purchase. \nAbout the Participants\nBrenda Hartwell is a writer\, proofreader\, and editor who lives in Baldwin’s Mills\, Quebec\, in a home she and her husband built with their own hands and power tools. An active community volunteer\, she served for many years as Townshippers’ Association’s Chair of Community and Culture and has sat on the boards of The Townships Sun\, The Lennoxville & District Women’s Centre\, and Townshippers Foundation. She was editor-in-chief of Taproot: Poetry\, Prose\, and Images from the Eastern Townships\, five literary anthologies featuring the work of regional creatives. Her writing has appeared in local\, regional\, and national magazines\, newsletters and newspapers\, online\, and in Quebec-based anthologies. Her debut novel\, No Wrong Seasons\, was published by Inanna Publications in Toronto in 2025. \n\n \n\nJosh Quirion is a French-Canadian writer from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. He holds an M.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing from Concordia University. He is the co-founder and first editor-in-chief of yolk literary magazine. He is the author of two short story collections\, Towners & Other Stories (Shoreline Press\, 2020) and Homebound (Shoreline Press\, 2025)\, which is longlisted for the 2026 Leacock Medal for Humour. Quirion’s writing has also appeared in The Malahat Review\, Prairie Fire\, The Antigonish Review\, Funicular Magazine\, Guernica Editions’ anthology Chronicling the Days\, and others. He currently lives in Montreal\, Quebec\, but is strategically plotting a return to his beloved Townships. \n\n \n\nLouise Abbott is a non-fiction writer\, photographer\, and documentary filmmaker in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She has published seven books of text and photos: The Coast Way\, The French Shore\, The Heart of the Farm\, Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree\, Memphremagog: An Illustrated History (2 volumes)\, and Islands of History. She has directed numerous documentaries\, including the award-winning Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story and her latest\, Dreamers and Steamers: The Steamboat Era on Lake Memphremagog. Three of her Townships films—The Sugarmakers\, Ayer’s Cliff Fair\, and Niels Jensen\, Cabinetmaker—were broadcast on WNED PBS in recent years.  https://www.louiseabbott.ca/
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LOCATION:Brome Lake Books\, 45 chemin Lakeside\, Knowlton\, Quebec\, J0E 1V0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Chanel Sutherland and H. Nigel Thomas
DESCRIPTION:The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites you to Writers Out Loud: Chanel Sutherland and H. Nigel Thomas. \nCBC Radio’s Nantali Indongo sits down with two Vincentian-Canadian authors—H. Nigel Thomas\, the winner of the 2022 Canada Council John Molson Prize for the Arts\, and Chanel Sutherland\, the winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize\, the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize\, and the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize—to discuss their recent books. \nThomas’s  And Then Again Begin\, the fourth and final novel in his No Safeguards Quartet\, was published by Guernica Editions this April. Sutherland’s debut book\, Layaway Child\, a collection of short stories exploring Caribbean immigrant experiences\, releases with House of Anansi this month. \nJoin us as we hear from these two esteemed Quebec-based authors. \nBooks by the authors will be available for purchase. \nAbout the Participants\nPhoto: Wojtek Jakubiec\nChanel Sutherland is a Vincentian Canadian writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. She won the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize\, which she was also longlisted for in 2022. Chanel is also the winner of the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize and the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize\, was named one of CBC Books 30 Writers to Watch in 2022\, and was the recipient of QWF’s 2022 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship. Layaway Child (House of Anansi)—a short story collection exploring Caribbean immigrant experiences\, especially those of girlhood—is her first book. Chanel lives in Montreal. \n\n \n\nPhoto: J.A .Tony Hadley\nH. Nigel Thomas is a Vincentian-Canadian\, a retired professor of United States literature\, and the coordinator and a co-founder of Lectures Logos Readings. He’s also the author of numerous essays and fifteen books. His novel A Different Hurricane was shortlisted for the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for fiction. Spirits in the Dark (1993) and No Safeguards (2015) were shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Fiction Prize. His short story collection Des vies cases was shortlisted for the Carbet des lycéens award. His awards include the Canada Council John Molson Prize for the Arts (2022) and the Quebec Writers’ Federation Judy Mappin Community Award (2021). \n \n\nPhoto: Tim Chin\nNantali Indongo is the host-producer of The Bridge on CBC Radio One\, which airs across the province from 3-4 p.m. on Saturdays and is also available on demand on CBC Listen and on SIRIUS XM. The one-hour program profiles the dreamers shaping arts and culture; delving into personal stories\, and hot topics in the milieu with a guest’s curated selection of music. Born and raised in Montreal\, Nantali started her career at CBC Quebec in 2010 as a writer-broadcaster and researcher with all of the current affairs programs\, eventually becoming a radio producer. In March 2016\, she produced the multi-platform series Real Talk on Race\, which won local and national awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association. In 2019\, Nantali won the Best Radio Host award at the Dynastie Gala. Her growth as a broadcaster led to opportunities to host other National Radio One and CBC Music programs as well as contribute to various Radio-Canada programs. Most recently\, Nantali produced an internal 5 episode podcast series about inclusive work in journalism. After 17 years\, she ended her journey as an emcee and vocalist with hip hop band\, Nomadic Massive.
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LOCATION:De Stiil Booksellers\, 351 Avenue Duluth\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1J3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \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\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\nIf you registered for the session but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org. \nIf the session is full\, email john@qwf.org to be put on the waitlist.
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LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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