19 Nov

Linguaphile: Book Talk with Julie Sedivy and Gretchen McCulloch

Join author Julie Sedivy, in conversation with Gretchen McCulloch, as they discuss her new book, Linguaphile!

19 Nov

Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character

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

20 Nov

Lunch and Learn: Video Game Writing

Get a glimpse into the word of video game writing with industry veteran Jill Murray.

20 Nov

Why We Write

Join Writers Collective of Canada as we explore the social impact of making art. Why We Write brings together established and emerging writers in a celebration of writing and storytelling to transform lives.

20 Nov

LANCEMENT | Worldwise: Édouard Roditi’s Twentieth Century

Join Robert Schwartzwald et Sherry Simon for the launch of their new book: Worldwise: Édouard Roditi’s Twentieth Century.

20 Nov

Hooked: Writing Compelling YA Fiction

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

20 Nov

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

21 Nov

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

21 Nov

Lawn Chair Soirée Publications Party

Celebrate recent publications by nine local authors.

21 Nov

Pursuing the Erotic

This is an expanded version of the three-hour workshop “Identifying (with) the Erotic” offered More info Read more

22 Nov

Poetics and Magic: Modernist Verse and Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Orla Polten

Join Dr. Orla Polten in an exploration of what is at stake in the claim that poetry is a king of magic.

22 Nov

Book Launch: Subterrane by Valérie Bah

Véhicule Press and Librairie Saint-Henri Books invite you to the launch of Valérie Bah’s Subterrane.

 

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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