21 May

Music & Poetry with Melanie Power, Ranee Lee, and Svens Telemaque

An evening of music and poetry with Melanie Power, Ranee Lee, and Svens Telemaque.

22 May

Headshot Clinic

Interested in seeing what it takes to have a professional headshot done? The Community Digital Arts Hub has you covered. Take advantage of the Professional Headshot Clinic at the CDAH, and walk away with training in photography and lighting as well as a new headshot.

22 May

Poetry Reading with Phil Hall and Mark Goldstein

Wednesday, May 22, 20247:30 pm ETThe Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton, Montreal) The Word More info Read more

23 May

Headlight Anthology Issue 25: Launch and Readings

Join the Headlight editorial team from Concordia’s graduate English department and fifteen incredible readers both from Concordia and from the broader Montreal literary community!

24 May 25 May

Festival Montréal Mystère / Montréal Mystery Festival

Welcome to the inaugural Montreal Mystery book festival in downtown Montreal, where the worlds More info Read more

25 May

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.

29 May

Summertime Singalong: A QWF Karaoke Schmoozer at the Community Digital Arts Hub

We’re hosting a 5 à 7 karaoke social event at the Community Digital Arts Hub. Show off your most heart-wrenching ballad or your most entertaining pop song. There will be snacks! There will be prizes!

29 May

Launch: I Will Get Off Of by Simina Banu & Good Want by Domenica Martinello

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 7:00 pm ETBar le Ritz PDF (179 Jean-Talon St. W., More info Read more

30 May

SpeakUp

SpeakUp​ The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange Poets : Sierra Duffey, Martin Breul ​Join us More info Read more

31 May

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.

4 Jun

Lunch & Learn with carte blanche

In this Lunch and Learn session, Editor-in-Chief Greg Santos and Creative Nonfiction Editor Caite McNeil will present an overview of carte blanche, QWF’s online literary magazine. Join Greg and Caite as they explain the submission, selection, editorial, and publication processes involved in running carte blanche.

6 Jun

Embodied Writing

Hello all, I’m excited to be offering an Embodied Writing workshop at Tiger Lotus More info Read more

 

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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