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SUMMARY:State of Create
DESCRIPTION:“Imagination is more powerful than knowledge.”  \nAlbert Einstein \n  \nWhether you are writing for business\, pleasure or passion your vision comes to life through a State of Create.  \n  \nState of Create is a monthly drop in class designed to stimulate right brain potential using visualization\, writing prompts and creative “exercises.” Carleen is passionate about connecting your story in mind-body-soul.  \n  \nJoin Carleen Sunday April 18\, 1030am-12pm on zoom for your creative time and place. Seventy-five percent of the class will be experiential\, 25% your next best action.  \nMore information & registration: www.heartcentered.ca
URL:https://qwf.org/event/state-of-create/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Heart Centered":MAILTO:carleen.ellis@shaw.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T140000
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SUMMARY:The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lighter-side-of-memoir-writing/2021-04-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T200000
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SUMMARY:Crafting Kick-Arse Tales for Kids and Teens
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/crafting-kick-arse-tales-for-kids-and-teens/2021-04-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T140000
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SUMMARY:Music and Mood: A Writing Workshop with Musical Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will produce and share writing that responds to music and the (virtual) presence of a live musician\, saxophonist Janet Lumb. By listening and tuning in to their own creative reactions\, writers will explore the interplay between music and mood as well as sound\, story\, and memory\, using language to examine the soundtracks in our lives. \nJanet Lumb\, a Toronto-born\, third generation Chinese Canadian\, lived in Vancouver for ten years as a hippie punk and has since 1984 been in Montreal as a musician\, composer\, ecologist and community activist. \nK.B. Thors is the author of Vulgar Mechanics (Coach House Books)\, the Icelandic-English translator of Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir’s Stormwarning (Phoneme Media) and the Spanish-English translator of Soledad Marambio’s Chintungo: The Story of Someone Else (Ugly Duckling Presse). She has taught Poetry and Creative Writing at Columbia University\, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan\, and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/music-and-mood-a-writing-workshop-with-musical-inspiration/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T220000
DTSTAMP:20201217T160231Z
CREATED:20201212T032204Z
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SUMMARY:Beginnings\, Openings\, Origins: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/beginnings-openings-origins-a-poetry-workshop/2021-04-20/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T200000
DTSTAMP:20201217T160220Z
CREATED:20201212T033440Z
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SUMMARY:Telling Tales: Long-form Journalism for Mainstream Media
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/telling-tales-long-form-journalism-for-mainstream-media/2021-04-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T200000
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SUMMARY:Fiction: Reconstructions of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fiction-reconstructions-of-reality/2021-04-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T173000
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SUMMARY:Popular Writing for Academics with Colleen Kimmett
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for scientists\, researchers\, and those who want to bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to a wider audience. Over four weeks\, you’ll learn about key differences in academic and popular writing\, tools for narrowing down and shaping ideas\, practical writing techniques\, and where and how to pitch non-academic writing. Participants have the option of joining an additional six-week intensive workshop focused on developing a specific piece from beginning to end. \nWorkshop sessions are online through Zoom videoconference. \nSchedule: Thursdays\, April 22\, 29\, May 6\, 13 from 4 pm – 5:30 pm
URL:https://qwf.org/event/popular-writing-for-academics-with-colleen-kimmett/2021-04-22/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sur Place Media":MAILTO:info@surplace.co
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SUMMARY:Voices in the Dark: Writing the Braided Essay
DESCRIPTION:In this free 90-minute craft workshop\, delivered on Zoom\, Kasia Van Schaik will lead participants through the process of writing a personal essay using a braided technique: a form of nonfiction wherein the writer interweaves multiple threads and through-lines of material\, each on a different subject\, connecting the personal with the political. In this way\, the braided form allows us to think about the ways in which we are linked to our larger environments and ecosystems. The workshop will include a craft talk\, writing tips\, and creative exercises\, so bring a pen and paper! A short question and answer period will follow. \n  \nThe workshop is open to all interested participants; no creative nonfiction writing experience is necessary. There is no registration fee\, but you must register to attend. \n  \nThis workshop is co-produced by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and CBC Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/voices-in-the-dark-writing-the-braided-essay/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T180000
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SUMMARY:The Three-Act Theory of Life (and Screenwriting)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Details TBA! \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-three-act-theory-of-life-and-screenwriting/2021-04-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T220000
DTSTAMP:20201217T155955Z
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction: Creating and Writing Alternative Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Workshop details TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-creating-and-writing-alternative-worlds/2021-04-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T153000
DTSTAMP:20210421T134709Z
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SUMMARY:The Fine Arts Reaching Room (FARR) presents a Poetry Workshop featuring Andrea Abi-Karam
DESCRIPTION:April 23rd\, 2pm\, 2021 \n\nFacebook link: https://fb.me/e/23qikporZ \nZoom link: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/83397277408 \n\nThe FARR (“we”) are beyond excited to be able to host Andrea Abi-Karam\, trans\, arab-american punk poet-performer phenom\, author of EXTRATRANSMISSION and co-editor of We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics\, for an artist talk and performance workshop\, thusly rounding out a year’s worth of truly wild\, streamed programming. \n\nOn April 23rd\, 2pm\, come learn how to help your performance texts feel less alone at night. Through a collective workshop-like experience\, led by veteran performer and generous soul Andrea Abi-Karam\, we will be collectively working through the intricacies of the performance of poetic text. Yes\, it will probably be vulnerable. Yes\, it will probably be life-altering. No\, shirt and shoes are not required. \nFor the enhancement of your own experience\, please bring a “text” (read: not limited to capital P poetry) you’d like to workshop performance for\, and take a minute to watch a few of Andrea’s past performances: \nHOLD MY HAND – https://vimeo.com/388381222\n(source text: https://www.baestjournal.com/andrea-abi-karam)\nABSORPTION – https://vimeo.com/290588081\nIntroduction to WWIA – https://lithub.com/what-is-the-project-of-trans-poetics-now/\n– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – \nAndrea Abi-Karam is a trans\, arab-american punk poet-performer cyborg. They are the author of EXTRATRANSMISSION (Kelsey Street Press\, 2019) a critique of the U.S. military’s role in the War on Terror\, Villainy (Nightboat Books\, September 2021)\, and with Kay Gabriel\, they co-edited We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics (Nightboat Books\, 2020). They are a leo obsessed with queer terror and convertibles.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-fine-arts-reaching-room-farr-presents-a-poetry-workshop-featuring-andrea-abi-karam/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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