4 Oct

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Join us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! Do 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.

6 Oct

Writing Real Life for Children: Conjuring Up Creative Non-fiction for Young Readers

This workshop offers a framework for writers of any level of experience to explore their own passions, interests, and experiences through the concise format of a picture book manuscript.

7 Oct

Writing the Personal Essay

Have you ever wanted to see your words on the pages of your favourite More info Read more

7 Oct

The Vivid and Continuous Dream: A Short Story Workshop

In March, in 1918, an Olympic swimmer accepts a job rehabilitating the Polio-ravaged legs More info Read more

8 Oct

Lunch & Learn with QWF

Looking to learn more about QWF, what we do, and how we can help you? Join us for Lunch & Learn with QWF, a free 75-minute session providing a deep dive into all our programs and services.

8 Oct

The Poet’s Toolbox

Do you want to write poetry but have trouble getting started? Are you interested More info Read more

8 Oct

Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character

The memoir used to be a large and weighty book, often written by a More info Read more

9 Oct

Hooked: Writing Compelling YA Fiction

Get ready to unveil the gripping storyteller within you and keep readers turning those More info Read more

9 Oct

The Vivid and Continuous Dream: A Short Story Workshop

In March, in 1918, an Olympic swimmer accepts a job rehabilitating the Polio-ravaged legs More info Read more

10 Oct

Book Launch: A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson

Join Caroline Adderson for the launch of her new book, A Way to Be Happy, at Paragraphe Bookstore.

10 Oct

Poetry and the Tiny Sea in the Ear

The tiny sea in the earand the moth wing in the mind, which wait.— More info Read more

10 Oct

Launch of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue

Join the Encore Poetry Project for the launch of the second edition of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue.

 

QWF Annual Timeline

Zines laid out on a page

January

Woman reading at a microphone in front of an intimate audience

February

March

April

  • QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
  • Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign ends
Stacks of books on display

May

June

Women in a classroom

July

People wearing summer clothes in nature

August

Two women smiling at the camera

September

Group of women smiling at camera

October

November

December

The QWF Office closes for the last two weeks of December—happy holidays!  
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