8 Nov

Inside MadPoetix Studios: Open Mic with Featured Artist

Get ready for an unforgettable night at Inside MadPoetix Studios!

9 Nov

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.

9 Nov

Mastering Book Marketing: An Intensive Workshop for Authors

In a crowded field of over-flowing bookstores, how can we possibly draw attention to a newly published manuscript, and how can momentum be sustained after the release date?

10 Nov

Triple Book Launch: Jim Johnstone, Klara Du Plessis, & Katherine Alexandra Harvey

Librairie Paragraphe Books and Paimpsest Press present and afternoon of poetry featuring Jim Johnstone, Klara Du Plessis, and Katherine Alexandra Harvey.

11 Nov

Writing the Personal Essay

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

11 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

12 Nov

The Poet’s Toolbox

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

12 Nov

The 2024 QWF Awards Gala

Step into a world of literary magic at the 26th QWF Awards Gala! Join us as we reveal the eight winners of the QWF Literary Awards.

12 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

13 Nov

Hooked: Writing Compelling YA Fiction

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

13 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

14 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

 

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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