1 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.

1 Mar

Keeping it Short and Simple

Are you writing about a complex, niche, or otherwise sticky topic? Want to reach More info Read more

1 Mar

Multimedia Art Installation: What Keeps Us Going

Meet 7 CEGEP students who want to share their art installation unveiling “What Keeps More info Read more

5 Mar

Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Clinic

Come write or polish your story or poem with help from author Monique Polak, and we’ll help you get it ready to submit for the contest! 

6 Mar

Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Party

Stories are due tomorrow (Friday March 7)! Still need help or inspiration? Submit your story or poem or write one today with help from author Monique Polak (3:30-5:30). Snacks will be served! 

6 Mar

Book Launch: Black Cake, Turtle Soup, and Other Dilemmas

Join us at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore for the highly anticipated Montreal launch of Black More info Read more

6 Mar

Poets for the Montreal Tenants’ Union (SLAM-MATU)

A benefit night of poetry & music for the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union / More info Read more

7 Mar

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Join us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! Do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25 minute bursts, with 5-minute breaks in between.

8 Mar

The Magic & the Nitty-gritty of Writing Prose

This two-day workshop is for writers of prose (fiction or nonfiction) seeking to make More info Read more

10 Mar

Novel Essentials: The Art & Craft of Long-Form Fiction

Have you had an itch to write a novel, but haven’t known how to More info Read more

10 Mar

Craft Meets Magic: The Alchemy of Short Fiction

Is there an art form more maddening than the short story? Demanding the complexity More info Read more

11 Mar

So You’ve Written a Novel – Now What?

The first time I typed THE END on a manuscript, I didn’t know what 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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