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SUMMARY:Poetry is a Relationship - Workshop with Shannon Webb Campbell
DESCRIPTION:POETRY IS A RELATIONSHIP \nQuebec Writers Federation \nAtwater Library Montreal\, QC \nSunday\, November 3\, 2019\, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \n  \n  \nThis workshop is for poets of any level of experience who are seeking to expand the range of their subject matter. Maximum 12 participants.  \n  \nEcology  \nthe branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. \n  \nBeing  \nexistence  \nthe nature or essence of a person \nPoetry is a relationship –a branch of ecology where words\, bodies\, minds and hearts relate to one another\, and as a result\, part of the poetic process is being. Poets relate to poetry as a plane of existence. Poets need poetry\, and poetry requires poets. Over the course of a three-hour workshop we will open ourselves up to a liminal state\, and occupy a position\, at or in\, both sides of a boundary. We will take some time to attune ourselves\, tap into our inner voice\, and play in creative realms. \nThe aim of this workshop is to realign with our poetic intentions\, toy with possibilities\, and generate new material\, while rejuvenating and nourishing our inner poets. This workshop will consist of in-class writing exercises\, some close reading\, and time for participating poets to receive feedback from their peers and the workshop leader. \nThe workshop will be a safe and friendly space\, with a focus on the multitudes of creativity and potential of new ideas. \nBio \nShannon Webb-Campbell is a mixed Indigenous (Mi’kmaq) settler poet\, writer\, and critic. Her books include: Still No Word (Breakwater 2015)\, the recipient of Eagle Canada’s Out in Print Award\, and I Am A Body of Land (Book*hug 2019). Shannon holds a MFA in Creative Writing from University of British Columbia\, and a MA in English Literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador\, and is a doctoral student at the University of New Brunswick in the Department of English. She is the editor of Visual Arts News Magazine. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-is-a-relationship-workshop-with-shannon-webb-campbell/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T180000
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SUMMARY:Writing to Preserve Memory: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nIsabel Allende confessed\, “I write to preserve memory against the erosion of oblivion and to bring people together.” \nEvery life is a story\, and when we write that story\, we not only preserve it but share the joys and disappointments\, the heartaches and the triumphs\, and most importantly\, the lessons learnt. \nMemoir\, by its nature\, is more concerned with the emotional truth of occurrences and moments from a life\, as opposed to biography\, which is more often focused on factual or chronological events. \nIn this memoir workshop\, we will explore how to begin telling your story and review examples of the different ways that a story can be told. Will it be a travelogue or will it focus on major events that influenced your life? Or will it be about a relationship with a loved one? These are just a few possibilities. \nA portion of each session will be set aside for writing exercises based on prompts to help unlock the confidence you need to shape your story\, and to share your writing. \nAs an adjunct\, a recommended reading list of traditional and innovative memoirs will be provided\, and participants will be encouraged to review and share their favourite styles.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-to-preserve-memory-capturing-and-sharing-life-stories/2019-11-04/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T220000
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SUMMARY:Slantwise to the Truth: Navigating Narrative Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Niamh Malcolm\nAll levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \n“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant/success in Circuit lies” — let poet Emily Dickinson’s words inspire you as we navigate narrative nonfiction\, writing that takes the best elements of fiction\, applies those to facts\, and ends with compelling stories. \nIn this workshop you will take your own “big idea” and add to it week-by-week until at the end of eight sessions you’ll have a draft narrative essay of 2\,000 words or more. Each meeting will be split between discussing one of six elements necessary for good narrative nonfiction and workshopping participants’ writing. This will be supported by readings related to the discussion and to the week’s assigned writing. Below is an outline covering six weekly discussions. Two additional weeks are left open to allow for flexibility – perhaps there will be spillover from a previous week’s discussion or perhaps by consensus we’ll toss in another idea to discuss or take extra time to workshop participants’ work. \nPlease note that this workshop will not focus on memoir writing. Although memoir falls into the category of narrative nonfiction\, I encourage participants to look beyond it when considering their writing for these eight weeks. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/slantwise-to-the-truth-navigating-narrative-nonfiction/2019-11-04/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T060000
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SUMMARY:WORDPLAY  A writing workshop in celebration of creativity and wonder
DESCRIPTION:In a time of busy schedules\, and places to be and people to see\, it can be hard to find the time to simply play. WORDPLAY is a writing play group\, a time in your week reserved for you — a time to connect with the wonder that lies at the heart of words and where they can take us. \nFor a period of six weeks we will meet for two hours of writing projects and prompts designed to welcome the unexpected\, the spontaneous\, and the serendipitous\, culminating in an evening of readings on the last night. \nWhether you are a poet\, a fiction or non-fiction writer\, an aspiring writer\, a musician or a visual or performance artist\, or simply someone who loves the joy of words\, or even scrabble\, boggle or crossword puzzles\, this is an opportunity to entertain what it means to revel\, gambol and cut loose with language. \nWorkshop leader: Carolyn Boll\nA trained dancer\, and recipient of several Canada Council and Quebec multi-media and choreography grants\, author Carolyn Boll is a graduate of The Humber School for Writers. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Lavender Review\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, and Mayday Magazine\, and her non-fiction writing has appeared in The Dance Current and The Montreal Gazette. Her first book\, a playful partnering between poetry\, image and dance\, is called Social Dance A Book of Ballroom Poetry and was published by Sally Jane Books\, the specialty imprint of indie publisher Headmistress Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/wordplay-a-writing-workshop-in-celebration-of-creativity-and-wonder/2019-11-05/
LOCATION:Atelier d’Art Meteque\, 5442 Cote Saint Luc Road\, NDG\, QC\, H3X2C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T180000
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SUMMARY:Write Now: A Playwriting Intensive to Jumpstart Your Play
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Sabrina Reeves\nThis workshop will give budding and experienced playwrights a forum in which to hear their work read aloud and have it commented on\, supported\, and developed. Limited to 12 participants. \nThis 8-week workshop is designed to get your play out of your head and onto the page. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises and reading scripts aloud\, it will allow playwrights to take their scripts to the next level. \nTopics covered will include: \n\nCharacter development\nStructure\nDialogue\nStakes\nRe-writes.\n\nEach week\, selected participants will bring in sections of their work for feedback. \nThe workshop will be more fun and useful to participants who have a play that they are already working on\, a few scenes\, or at the very least\, an outline of the idea they wish to pursue. It may be of particular interest (and complementary) to those who have taken an Introduction to Playwriting workshop. Participants can expect to come out of the workshop with a more developed script as well as tools for carrying on with their work and some ideas/suggestions of where to go and what to do with a finished draft.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-now-a-playwriting-intensive-to-jumpstart-your-play/2019-11-05/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T203000
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SUMMARY:NaNoWriMo Workshop 1: You Are Here - World-Building in the Novel
DESCRIPTION:Work with award-winning novelist Ami Sands Brodoff on depicting vivid settings that come alive on the page. \nSpace is limited – registration required.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nanowrimo-workshop-1-you-are-here-world-building-in-the-novel/
LOCATION:Beaconsfield Library\, 303 Beaconsfield Boulevard\, Beaconsfield\, Quebec\, H9W 4A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTSTAMP:20190925T140452Z
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SUMMARY:Deep Curation: Experiments in Poetry Reading Curation
DESCRIPTION:This series of events are organized in partnership with SpokenWeb\, Writers Read\, and the Mile End Poets’ Festival. Opening with a panel discussion on literary event curation\, this event will feature Margaret Christakos\, Deanna Radford\, Danielle St. Amour and Jason Camlot\, facilitated by Klara du Plessis. It will focus on different contemporary and historical strategies for literary event curation\, while also incorporating a visual arts curatorial perspective for the inclusion of textual and audiotextual material in gallery spaces. Next\, a Deep Curation workshop will offer a playful opportunity for participants to create and perform short\, experimental and interwoven poetic readings. Finally\, a Deep Curation reading\, curated by Klara du Plessis\, and featuring Margaret Christakos\, Kaie Kellough\, and Deanna Radford will place poets’ work in deliberate dialogue with one another. This experimental approach to literary event organization heightens the curator’s agency toward the poetic product. Free event. Light refreshments will be served.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/deep-curation-experiments-in-poetry-reading-curation/
LOCATION:4th SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival,Performance,Series,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T200000
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SUMMARY:The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nThe very short story comes in many guises. Tale\, fable\, cronica\, feuilleton\, anecdote\, aphorism\, vignette\, sketch\, flash\, prose poem\, yarn\, joke—each of these may fall into its fold\, as may extra-literary forms such as lists or memos. Its main characteristic is brevity. Since it can be written relatively quickly\, it offers a wonderful place for experimentation. Since each word\, punctuation mark\, and line of white space speaks\, it demands precision and invites us to hone our writing skills. \nIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories\, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration\, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission? \nDrawing on class discussion\, students will write their own stories as homework and bring them to class to share. We will read them together\, but we will not focus on critique; our class will be about generating work\, permission to try new things\, and celebrating creativity. It will welcome new writers and those with experience. Participants should end the course with a portfolio of at least eight very short stories. \nFor our first class\, please bring in a published work of fiction of about 300 to 500 words. Be prepared to read it aloud and say what you love about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-very-short-story-reading-and-writing-fiction-of-300-to-1000-words/2019-11-07/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T220000
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SUMMARY:Urgency\, Dread\, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Adam Michiels\nThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before\, and who have experience with the workshop environment. Limited to 12 participants. \nWe’ll be writing towards emotional impact. The workshop will be supplemented by readings and generative exercises to explore the question of expression vs. evocation—as well as imagination\, self-surgery\, ambition\, and accountability. We’ll also talk about sentences\, with a focus on line edits. \nParticipants will be workshopped twice. You’ll have the option of bringing in an existing piece and writing a new second piece\, or else bringing in one piece followed by a revision of the same. \nReadings will include Namwali Serpell\, Jamel Brinkley\, Casey Plett\, Carys Davis\, Octavia Butler\, and Ottessa Moshfegh\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/urgency-dread-risk-a-short-fiction-workshop/2019-11-07/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T160000
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SUMMARY:Writing About Controversial Topics
DESCRIPTION:All levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \nWhere is your edge as a writer\, and as a thinker? Our personal experiences often provide a window onto important social issues and timely political questions. But it can be challenging to write about controversial topics in an era of political polarization. \nThis workshop is for writers who want to create socially and politically engaged work that appeals to a wider audience\, producing a more inclusive conversation about divisive subjects. Writing—whether journalism\, fiction\, or nonfiction—has the potential to stimulate important public conversations. But\, as we see more and more in social media\, politically motivated writing can also be divisive by preaching to the converted and demonizing segments of society. So what do we do if we want to write about controversial topics without polarizing our readers? \nParticipants will be guided through a series of writing prompts and walk-thru exercises to help them develop a template for their writing and\, if they choose\, create an outline for a specific piece. Whether you’re writing about #MeToo\, Black Lives Matter\, modern masculinity\, Indigenous resurgence\, veganism\, eco-economics or gender-fluid sex\, we’ll develop an approach that enables you to speak to a larger\, more diverse audience. \nWe’ll start by discussing the topical conversations we want our writing to prompt in the public realm. Participants will be asked to bring in and discuss an article\, essay or story that engages a controversial topic. We will discuss what works in the articles\, highlighting the pros and cons of “objective” versus “personal” approaches. Then we will explore how you can use elements of cultural journalism\, creative nonfiction\, personal essay\, and memoir to create relatable stories that affect readers emotionally and engage them in a personal way. \nNext we’ll address how participants can interview various sources and bring in different voices to create multiple perspectives on their topic. This will enable writers to invite readers with diverse opinions and experiences to engage the conversation. We’ll focus on how opposing viewpoints can be addressed without turning them into moral or political “enemies.” \nFinally we’ll get into the heart of our approach: how participants can bring their own personal experiences into the work and give readers a human avenue into a complex topic. By providing a relatable human perspective\, elements of the personal essay can transform a political diatribe into potentially transformative testimony.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-about-controversial-topics/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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