18 Nov

Gail Scott Launches Heroine with host Geneviève Robichaud

Join us for the Montreal launch of the reissue of Gail Scott’s Heroine, hosted More info Read more

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18 Nov

Slantwise to the Truth: Navigating Narrative Nonfiction

“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant/success in Circuit lies” — let poet Emily Dickinson’s words inspire you as we navigate narrative nonfiction, writing that takes the best elements of fiction, applies those to facts, and ends with compelling stories.

19 Nov

Write Now: A Playwriting Intensive to Jumpstart Your Play

This 8-week workshop is designed to get your play out of your head and onto the page. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises and reading scripts aloud, it will allow playwrights to take their scripts to the next level.

19 Nov

Gay Reads Book Club: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Join the Gay Reads book club to discuss classic and contemporary literature by LGBTQ2IA+ More info Read more

19 Nov

the lawn chair soirée

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

20 Nov

‘Get Lit’ – Grand Slam de Traduction//Grand Translation Slam

GRAND SLAM DE TRADUCTION // GRAND TRANSLATION SLAM Space: L’Agora Deux duos de traducteurs·trices More info Read more

20 Nov

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.

20 Nov

NaNoWriMo Workshop 3: The Play and Work of Writing a Picture Book

Discover the joys and challenges of writing a picture book through a hands-on workshop More info Read more

20 Nov

Lynda Barry + Chris Ware in Conversation

Librairie Drawn & Quarterly presents LYNDA BARRY + CHRIS WARE in conversation Tickets: Book More info Read more

20 Nov

GET LIT Salon du Livre 2019: The Violet Hour

Mercredi 20 novembre 2019 19h15 – 20h00 – 45 min Space: Grande place   More info Read more

20 Nov

Accent Open Mic

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

20 Nov

GET LIT: Salon du Livre 2019 – Rapid-Fire Reading, Ricochet Writing

Mercredi 20 novembre 2019 20h00 – 21h00 – 1 heure Space: Grande place   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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