2 Mar

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.

2 Mar

Confabulation presents: Lies I told my parents — Stories of missed curfews, careful omissions and getting caught red-handed

Confabulation Montreal presents: “Lies I told my parents — Stories of missed curfews, careful More info Read more

4 Mar

Writing Comic Poetry: Seriously?!

In this workshop, participants will be encouraged to explore the place of humour in their work, through guided readings, discussions, and exercises.

4 Mar

Memoir: How to Tell Your Story

In this workshop we’ll focus on transforming the personal into something that reaches beyond.

5 Mar

Unlock Your Filmmaking Dreams: A Short Film Screenwriting Workshop

This workshop is not just about dreaming—it’s about doing. It’s about equipping you with the tools to transform your creative ideas into compelling short films.

6 Mar

Writers Read presents Laurie Graham, Derek Beaulieu, and Jana Prikryl

Writers Read, a reading series based at Concordia University, is eager to feature a More info Read more

6 Mar

Edit Your Own Prose: The Art of Rewriting

The workshop will focus on big-picture issues, including story line, character development, and genre expectations, and help you bring the story alive on the page through rhythm, effective dialogue, and language choices.

6 Mar

Speaking Truth to Power: How to Write Non-Didactic Political Poetry

This 8-week poetry workshop focuses on writing poetry that engages with social justice and politics without leaning too far into didacticism and prescriptiveness, without sounding too preachy or like a chant in a march.

7 Mar 16 Mar

Infinithéâtre Presents: Dominoes at the Crossroads

March 7-16. Presenting the world premiere production of Dominoes at the Crossroads, based on the novel by Kaie Kellough and adapted and directed by Zach Fraser in collaboration with a team of multidisciplinary artists.

7 Mar

Getting Weird: Crafting Surreal Short Stories

Getting Weird is an 8-week short fiction workshop that focuses on writing strangeness into the everyday, as a method for exploring and disrupting questions of race, gender, sexuality, climate change, capitalism, and other big topics.

7 Mar

Launch of Mechanophilia with Sarah Burgoyne, Misha Solomon, & Bridget Huh

Join Sarah Burgoyne, Misha Solomon and Bridget Huh at Librairie Pulp on March 7th for the launch of Sarah Burgoyne and Vi Khi Nao’s collaborative mathematical infinite epic poetry book Mechanophilia (Book 1).

7 Mar

Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication

Speculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story, an excerpt from a larger work, a script, speculative poetry, a comic, or graphic novel excerpt.

 

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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