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15 Oct

Graphic Novel Book Club: Grass

Each month we host a Graphic Novel Book Club, open to all, during which … More info Read more
15 Oct

The lawn chair soirée

A monthly literary soirée with three or four featured readers, music, and open mike, … More info Read more
15 Oct

Rawi Hage at Greenwood’s StoryFest 2019

Renowned Montreal-based author Rawi Hage will be StoryFest’s guest, thanks to the support of … More info Read more
16 Oct

Death comes to the Library

On October 16 at 2:00pm part of our monthly Tea and Books we will … More info Read more
16 Oct

Expanding Our Poetic Range through Memory, Place, and the Senses

How, as writers, can we break the surface of the everyday and go deep? Over the eight sessions of the workshop, we will take some time to dwell in the places our writers’ sensibility can travel to when we tune in to our senses and journey into memory and place. The aim of this workshop will be to generate a rich pool of new material, from which our best work can emerge.
16 Oct

D+Q Double Launch! Adrian Norvid and Sylvia Nickerson

Join us as we welcome into the world Adrian Norvid’s Fake Lake and Sylvia … More info Read more
16 Oct

P O E T R Y N I T E

Our first show back was … WOW! Seriously, this community – our talent – … More info Read more
16 Oct

Accent Open Mic

  Accent Open Mic La Marche à Côté, 5043 St. Denis 7:30pm, 1st and … More info Read more
16 Oct

Everything Happens at Once: Your Page One

In this fiction-writing workshop, we will get our stories to hit the ground running by working on our Page One. Short story or long-form fiction, all the elements of narration are thrown into play right away on the first page (okay, maybe a little on the second). The themes and problems of the piece are all present, stated or suggested, sometimes hidden. We will learn to do that: get out of the starting blocks fast, leaving our anxieties behind.
17 Oct

The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words

In this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from  contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
17 Oct

Book launch: I WANTED FRIES WITH THAT: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need

Author and Concordia University Ombudsman Amy Fish celebrates the launch of her new book, … More info Read more
17 Oct

Julie Paul & Harold Hoefle Reading

Please join us for a reading by Julie Paul and Harold Hoefle! We will … 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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