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21 Mar

Writers Read and The Canadian School for Irish Studies Present Lisa McInerney

Writers Read, a Concordia-based reading series, in collaboration with the Canadian School of Irish … More info Read more
21 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.
22 Mar

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Join us for an in-person session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
23 Mar

Inhabiting the Isolarion: A Psychogeography Poetry Workshop

Using the concept of the isolarion, and practices and techniques from psycho-geography, participants will create a short suite of poems exploring significant places, relationships, communities, cultures, and experiences in their lives, to explore and trace threads running from the past to present to future.
25 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.
25 Mar

Memoir: How to Tell Your Story

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

Exploring Childhood Through Stories: Writing Picture Books and Early Chapter Books

This is a workshop for writers interested in writing picture books and early chapter books, and also for illustrators who would like to hone their writing skills.
26 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.
27 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.
27 Mar

Writers Read Presents Canisia Lubrin and Christina Sharpe

On Wednesday, March 27th, Writers Read will be joined for a reading by Griffin … More info Read more
27 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.
28 Mar

SpeakUp

SpeakUp​ The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange Poets : Norman Cristofoli, Lucia De Luca ​Join … 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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