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12 Oct

Temporarily Stairs: Developing and Refining Long-Form Fiction

This workshop is intended for writers who are looking for resources and encouragement while working on a novel or novella already in progress.
13 Oct

The Department of English at McGill University invites you to a joint reading with the Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated authors Kasia Van Schaik & Padma Viswanathan. The readings will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Professor Ara Osterweil. This event does not require registration.
14 Oct

Shut Up & Write! with QWF

Saturday, October 14, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link … More info Read more
14 Oct

Creating a Website: Editorial, Graphic Design, Mechanics

This how-to workshop series will help you understand the essentials you need to develop your website strategy, a plan for your online presence.
14 Oct

The Writer Is In: Pop-Up Writing Booth

Join us for The Writer Is In, a free series of pop-up writing events we’ll be holding in and around downtown Montreal in October and November. On Oct 14, we’ll be outside the Westmount Public Library.

Elaine Kalman Naves headshot
16 Oct

Advanced Memoir: Maintaining Momentum

This workshop on memoir is designed for people who have already studied at the intermediate  or advanced level … More info Read more
16 Oct

Conversation and Q &A with Ariela Freedman about Léa

A conversation and Q & A with Ariela Freedman about her most recent novel, … More info Read more
17 Oct

Mille-Feuille: Writing Layered Nonfiction

In this online generative workshop, we’ll practice writing as a process of accretion, starting small and layering, adding texture and depth to our memoirs or personal and lyric essays. 
17 Oct

Fundamentals of Short Fiction

Eight Tuesdays, Oct 3-Nov 21, 8-10pmOpen to allLimited to 12 participantsHybrid Workshop This is … More info Read more
18 Oct

Playwriting Circle: Do Be So Dramatic

This will be a Learn-by-Doing-as-You-Go, anecdotal (in a theatre history way), ease-you-into-it experience that’s not scary or overwhelming and will result in the participants having something dramatic to show for it at the end of the session.
18 Oct

Writers Out Loud: Navigating the Impacts of Bill 96

Join us for Writers Out Loud: Navigating the Impacts of Bill 96. Authors Christopher Neal, Shailee, and Vanessa Sasson sit down with Guy Rex Rodgers to discuss Bill 96 and its impact on language issues in Quebec. 
18 Oct

So You’ve Written a Novel – Now What?

This 8-week workshop aims to fully lay out the roadmap to traditional publishing for someone who’s finished, or is close to finishing a fiction manuscript.

 

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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