8 Nov

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.

8 Nov

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.

9 Nov

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!

9 Nov

Mille-Feuille: Writing Layered Nonfiction

Eight Thursdays, Oct 5-Dec 7 (no meeting Oct 26 and Nov 23), 6:30-8:30pmOpen to More info Read more

9 Nov

Encore Poetry Project: Launch of Polyphony

November 9, 2023, 7:00 pmCardinal Cocktails et vins5326 St. Laurent Blvd., Montreal Encore Books More info Read more

9 Nov

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.

11 Nov

Shut Up & Write! with QWF

Saturday, November 11, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link More info Read more

11 Nov

The Sleeping Car Porter (Violet Hour Book Club)

Join us for the next meeting of the Violet Hour Book Club, a reading More info Read more

12 Nov

Writing Historical Non-Fiction

This all-day workshop with best-selling author and journalist Julian Sher takes you through the steps to make your next historical non-fiction project a success.

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13 Nov

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

13 Nov

The 25th QWF Literary Awards Gala: Celebrating 25 Years of Writing Matters

The 25th QWF Literary Awards Gala will be held on Monday, November 13, at Cabaret Lion d’Or

14 Nov

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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