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18 Nov

Solving the Picture Book Puzzle

During this one-day workshop, we will attempt to solve the puzzle of the picture book: What stories are best-suited to the genre? What are the conventions of picture books?
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20 Nov

Advanced Memoir: Maintaining Momentum

This workshop on memoir is designed for people who have already studied at the intermediate  or advanced level … More info Read more
21 Nov

Mille-Feuille: Writing Layered Nonfiction

In this online generative workshop, we’ll practice writing as a process of accretion, starting small and layering, adding texture and depth to our memoirs or personal and lyric essays. 
21 Nov

Fundamentals of Short Fiction

Eight Tuesdays, Oct 3-Nov 21, 8-10pmOpen to allLimited to 12 participantsHybrid Workshop This is … More info Read more
22 Nov − 26 Nov

2023 Salon du livre de Montréal

The Salon du livre de Montréal is back at Palais des congrès, Montreal, from 22 to 26 November, 2023. Events around the city and online will also be taking place starting November 10.
22 Nov

Lunch & Learn with Medicine Wheel Publishing

Wednesday, November 22, 202312:00-1:30 pm ESTOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link … More info Read more
22 Nov

Playwriting Circle: Do Be So Dramatic

This will be a Learn-by-Doing-as-You-Go, anecdotal (in a theatre history way), ease-you-into-it experience that’s not scary or overwhelming and will result in the participants having something dramatic to show for it at the end of the session.
22 Nov

So You’ve Written a Novel – Now What?

This 8-week workshop aims to fully lay out the roadmap to traditional publishing for someone who’s finished, or is close to finishing a fiction manuscript.
23 Nov

Opening the Floodgates: A Short Fiction Workshop

An eight-week workshop designed to help fiction writers open the creative floodgates. Feeling stuck in your writing? You are not alone!

23 Nov

Temporarily Stairs: Developing and Refining Long-Form Fiction

This workshop is intended for writers who are looking for resources and encouragement while working on a novel or novella already in progress.
24 Nov

Writing the Environment

Pre­sent­ed by the Asso­ci­a­tion of Eng­lish-Lan­guage Pub­lish­ers of Que­bec, this dia­log­ic per­for­mance of poet­ry in Eng­lish, French, and trans­la­tion will imag­ine writ­ing the envi­ron­ment. Fea­tur­ing Kaie Kel­lough and Chan­tal Neveu, it will embody lan­guage in its rela­tion to land and space, and reflect on poetry’s rad­i­cal stance towards a sus­tain­able future.

25 Nov

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)

Saturday, 10:00 am–12:30 pm

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space? Register to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5 minutes break in between.

 

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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