Photo of Jack Todd in nature
25 Apr

Just Tell The Damned Story (How To Stop Admiring Your Wonderful Prose And Pay Attention To The Tale You’Re Telling): Novel Writing

Be honest, now: Why do you read novels? For the brilliance of the writing? The characters? The overarching theme? Profound insights into the nature of the human animal and the relationships and moral principles that guide our lives?

11 May

Dawson Green Earth Open Mic Vol. 5

It’s that time of year again! The end of semester means another lovely open … More info Read more

13 May

Book Launch: Susan Doherty’s The Ghost Garden

Random House Canada invites you to celebrate the Montreal launch of The Ghost Garden by Susan … More info Read more

LecturesLogosReadings
13 May

Lectures Logos Reading

Maguy Métellus, Horace Goddard, and H. Nigel Thomas invite you to the next Lectures … More info Read more

14 May

Montreal West Writer’s Group at the Library

Everyone has a story to tell. Come listen to 7 new writers give a … More info Read more

14 May

Visual Arts Centre Reading Series

$6 An Evening of Poetry & Prose & Song Paul Serralheiro, Musician/writer performs regularly … More info Read more

OpenMicArgo
16 May

Open Mic #10 at Argo Bookshop

It’s your time to shine! We’ll be hosting our tenth open mic night since … More info Read more

16 May

The Lawn Chair Soiree

A special edition of the lawn chair soiree with Invited Guests Une édition spéciale … More info Read more

17 May

A Night With Writers (Festival Accès Asie & Teesri Duniya)

  To compliment the exhibition BRIDGES OF HOPE presented at the Musée des maîtres … More info Read more

LiseWeil
18 May

All-Day Women’s Writing Retreat with Lise Weil

Cost: $90 (including lunch and light supper) This is to confirm that the spring … More info Read more

BreathingSpace
19 May

Breathing Space / Reprendre son souffle

Breathing Space is a summer evening series for short readings and performances in any … More info Read more

19 May

The Words & Music Show

Curated by the inimitable Ian Ferrier, the Words and Music Show is the QWF’s … 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

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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