24 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

25 Oct 15 Nov

Mountain Writing – Self Directed Residency 2023

Overview The Self-Directed Mountain Writing program is a three-week residency for four established writers More info Read more

25 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.

25 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.

26 Oct

Opening the Floodgates: A Short Fiction Workshop

An eight-week workshop designed to help fiction writers open the creative floodgates. Feeling stuck in your writing? You are not alone!

26 Oct

SpeakUp

The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange Poets : Mirabel, Domenica Martinello ​Join us at Phoenix More info Read more

26 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.

28 Oct

Shut Up & Write! with QWF

Saturday, October 28, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link More info Read more

28 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.

28 Oct

Autumn Trad—Transe automnale 2023

Join the Literary Translators Association of Canada (LTAC) on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at 6 pm for their Autumn Trad to celebrate a love of literary translation!

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30 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

31 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. 

 

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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