20 Jun

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.

20 Jun
Event

STORIES FROM CANADA’S NORTH / A LA RENCONTRE DU NORD CANADIEN

In 2006, author Hélèna Katz left her familiar Mile End neighbourhood for life on More info Read more

20 Jun
Event

Cloud Circuit album launch

Join poet Deanna Radford and musician Jeremy Young, aka Cloud Circuit, on Saturday, June More info Read more

26 Jun

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.

27 Jun
QWF Event

Tattered Covers: 60+ Reading and Open Mic

Don’t miss Tattered Covers, a reading and open mic featuring writers aged 60+. After More info Read more

28 Jun
Event

Book Launch: No Brainer by Lea Beddia

Join Lea Beddia for the launch of her new book, No Brainer (Orca Book Publishers). More info Read more

4 Jul

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.

10 Jul

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.

29 Aug
Event

Book Launch of Carrying War, a memoir-in-essays

Everyone is welcome! Live Music and munchies Guest reading by novelist Brent Van Staalduinen, More info Read more

11 Sep 13 Sep
Event

21st Annual Lac Café Retreat, September 11-13, 2026, Rawdon, QC

A women’s writing weekend (non-binary writers welcome), open to experienced writers of fiction, nonfiction, More info Read more

15 Oct
Event

2026 Knowlton Literary Festival – October 15-17, 2026

Frank Nixon is delighted to announce that he will be participating in the 2026 More info Read more

9 Nov

2026 QWF Awards Gala

Save the date! On the evening of November 9, the Cabaret Lion d’Or in Montreal will transform into a spellbinding celebration of literary excellence in Quebec. Join us as reveal the winners of the 2026 QWF Literary Awards in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, first book, translation, playwriting, spoken word, and children’s and young adult literature.

 

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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