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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T190000
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SUMMARY:Seth Launches Clyde Fans
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed cartoonist Seth for a discussion and book signing to launch Clyde Fans\, his highly-anticipated masterpiece. Clyde Fans follows Abe and Simon Matchcard\, two brothers whose lives are defined by their doomed family business\, selling oscillating fans in a world switching to air conditioning. Seth’s incisive storytelling and gorgeous urban landscapes are showcased in this epic yet intimate time capsule of the mid-century capitalist dream. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR:\nSeth is a cartoonist\, illustrator\, and book designer. He has published a dozen graphic novels with Drawn & Quarterly\, including George Sprott\, It’s A Good Life\, If You Don’t Weaken\, and Wimbledon Green. His comics have also appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, Best American Comics\, and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including on the cover of the New Yorker. He is Lemony Snicket’s partner for the series All the Wrong Questions. \nIn 2014 he was the subject of a National Film Board documentary entitled Seth’s Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph\, Canada\, with his wife Tania and two cats in a house he has named Inkwell’s End.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/seth-launches-clyde-fans/
LOCATION:5364 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, QC H2T 1S1\, 5364 St Laurent Blvd\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T 1S1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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SUMMARY:Mayfest Reading at Argo
DESCRIPTION:Mayfest Reading at Argo Thursday\, May 23\, 2019 \n$6 on the door \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \nApril Ford\, Ilona Martonfi\, \nEmily Jones\, Zav Levinson\, \nMike Di Sclafani\, Andrea Lake (music)\, \nBarry Webster\, Colleen Gray\, \nAlejandro Saravia \n  \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mayfest-reading-at-argo/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T230000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190509T161056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T161056Z
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SUMMARY:Throw Poetry Collective Season Finale! feat. yes the poet
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://qwf.org/event/throw-poetry-collective-season-finale-feat-yes-the-poet/
LOCATION:The Diving Bell Social Club / Club Social Le Scaphandre\, 3956 Boul St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1Y3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190515T163310Z
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show
DESCRIPTION:Curated by the inimitable Ian Ferrier\, the Words and Music Show is the QWF’s literary cabaret. It usually takes place the third Sunday of the month at Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent. It started in 2000\, and is Montreal’s longest running spoken word\, poetry\, literature\, performance\, and music show featuring top names from this city and across the country. \n\n\n$7/FREE for QWF Members! \n\n\nThis Sunday May 19th is one of our deepest and most eclectic shows. \n-Wicked guitarist Ananda X. Suddath\n-More from the life of John Arthur Sweet\n-Movement by Rae Bowhay\n-Poems by Rabbi Ronnie Cahana (w Jay Alexander Brown)\n-Words and music by Creatures of the Ice Age\n(Louise Campbell w. Ian Ferrier) \nThis show needs to be experienced. \nDoors 8PM; show 9PM
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-words-music-show/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events,Series,Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T190000
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CREATED:20190509T161906Z
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SUMMARY:Breathing Space / Reprendre son souffle
DESCRIPTION:Breathing Space is a summer evening series for short readings and performances in any language. In-progress\, experimental\, or unfinished work is welcome\, new collaborative work is enthusiastically encouraged\, trying things out is invited. What we hope is to create room to be unsure and that be okay. \nThere will be a mix of scheduled readers\, and six sign-up spots available on the day. Readings will be approximately 5 minutes. \nHosted by Aaron Boothby & Rachel McCrum. \n// \nReprendre son souffle est une série de lectures et de performances qui a lieu durant l’été. Qu’elle que soit la langue\, les créations en chantier ou en cours d’écriture sont les bienvenues. Et les collaborations inédites sont vivement encouragées. On veut créer un espace où il est permis d’essayer des choses\, où l’incertitude et le risque ont leur place. \nIl y aura un mélange de poètes invité.e.s et d’inscriptions le jour même. Les lectures dureront environ 5 minutes. \nVenez avec des ami.e.s pour participer\, écouter\, faire des rencontres. On a hâte! \nAnimé par Aaron Boothby & Rachel McCrum. \n.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/breathing-space-reprendre-son-souffle/
LOCATION:depanneur cafe\, 206 Rue Bernard O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K4
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T200000
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SUMMARY:All-Day Women's Writing Retreat with Lise Weil
DESCRIPTION:Cost: $90 (including lunch and light supper) \nThis is to confirm that the spring retreat will take place on Saturday May 18th\, Lunar Beltane\, with full Scorpio Moon. (The park will be green\, I promise.) Non-binary people welcome. For experienced writers in all genres. Designed to help generate new material and move you deeper into existing work. \nThe retreat will begin at 11AM and end around 8PM . As always\, we will begin with dreamwork and then move into writing exercises. We will break for lunch\, a light supper and an afternoon walk. \nCost for the day is $90\, unless you contact me to work out another arrangement.  A $40 deposit will secure your place.  You can send it by etransfer using my email address (lweil22 [at ] gmail [dot] com\, or mail it to 1028 Laurier E.\, Montreal H2J 1G6.   Please let me know as soon as you can once you know you can definitely make it. \nLise Weil\, Ph. D.\, teaches in Goddard College’s Graduate Institute and has over  thirty years’ experience teaching writing in both academic and alternative settings.  www.liseweil.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/all-day-womens-writing-retreat-with-lise-weil/
LOCATION:Parc Laurier\, 1028 Laurier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000
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SUMMARY:A Night With Writers (Festival Accès Asie & Teesri Duniya)
DESCRIPTION:  \nTo compliment the exhibition BRIDGES OF HOPE presented at the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec\, Festival Accès Asie and Teesri Duniya Theatre bring you A NIGHT WITH WRITERS\, a free literary event. \nThe evening offers an opportunity to meet and hear from some of the best\, Montreal-based\, South Asian Canadian writers for readings and a discussion with the audience: Rana Bose\, Jaswant Guzder\, Rahul Varma and Anita Anand\, with moderator Veena Gokhale. \nThe event is an integral part of the Bridges of Hopes exhibition\, which celebrates the work of a group of visible minority visual artists who remain largely invisible to society\, in general\, and are not included on the dominant art scene.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-night-with-writers-festival-acces-asie-teesri-duniya/
LOCATION:Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec\, 615 avenue Ste-Croix\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4L 3X6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190515T162149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190515T162801Z
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SUMMARY:The Lawn Chair Soiree
DESCRIPTION:A special edition of the lawn chair soiree with Invited Guests\nUne édition spéciale de la lawn chair soirée avec les invités \nHarleen Bhogal\nChristopher di Raddo\nMike Di Sclafani\nIan Ferrier\nDevon Gallant\nHorace Goddard\nHugh Hazelton\nRachel McCrum\nMaguy Métellus\nWanda Potrykus\nH. Nigel Thomas\nErika White \nIt’s time to hear from the people who organize and convene Reading / Spoken Word Series in Montreal. \nIl est temps d’entendre les personnes qui organisent et convoquent les nombreuses séries de lectures / Spoken Word à Montréal. \nThere will be no Open Mic at this event\nbut all of the June 20th soiree will be OPEN MIC ! \nIl n’y aura pas un Micro ouvert à cet événement\nmais toute la soirée du 20 juin sera un Micro ouvert ! \nThank you for showing your appreciation to our venue hosts by buying some refreshments. \nVeuillez montrer votre appréciation à nos hôtes en achetant des rafraîchissements. Je vous remercie.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lawn-chair-soiree/
LOCATION:Art Lounge Montreal\, 160 Rue Viateur E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190509T163047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T163047Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic #10 at Argo Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:It’s your time to shine! We’ll be hosting our tenth open mic night since our reopening. Come share stories\, poetry\, music\, or whatever suits your fancy! Let us know you’re planning to come at events [a] argobookshop.ca – we try to accommodate walk-ins\, but if you want to be sure of a spot\, please let us know in advance. But you can also take your chances coming the day of to lay it on us! See you there.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/open-mic-10-at-argo-bookshop/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T213000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T164144Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:$6 \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Song \nPaul Serralheiro\, Musician/writer performs regularly with the Mojo Vipers\, Organique Mynds & Shortest Longest Day\, & has published widely. \nIlona Martonfi\, her latest poetry title is The Snow Kimono (Inanna\, 2015). Forthcoming\, Salt Bride (Inanna\, 2019). The Tempest (Inanna\, 2020). \nStephen Morrissey has published nine books of poetry. His latest title is A Private Mythology (Ekstasis Editions\, 2014). www.stephenmorrissey.ca. \nMike Di Sclafani\, A multidisciplinary artist\, author of Vultures (2017). Spoken word album Apothecary (2019). mikedisclafani.com \nerika white founder of Twigs & Leaves\, & broken rules press. Poetry found in selected chapbooks & quarterlies. \nRaymond Filip’s 7th book\, Rivers Applaud Forever (Guernica Editions\, 2018)\, contains the texts of his “say then play” spoken-word and music recitals. \nBrian Campbell\, poet/singer-songwriter/editor/translator\, latest collections\, Shimmer Report & Passenger Flight. briancampbell.ca \nMaxianne Berger’s Winnows\, an erasure of Moby Dick\, was shortlisted for the Haiku Society of America’s 2017 Merit Book Awards. \nCatherine Chandler\, Unapologetic writer of accentual-syllabic\, formal poetry in the vernacular\, her fifth book\, Pointing Home\, forthcoming this fall. \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi\nHosted with Mike Di Sclafani \n“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the League of Canadian Poets.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-reading-series/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Centre\, 350 Avenue Victoria\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 2N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190513T131638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T131638Z
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SUMMARY:Montreal West Writer's Group at the Library
DESCRIPTION:Everyone has a story to tell. Come listen to 7 new writers give a brief presentation of their prose\, poetry and song. \nPresenting:\nPat Hardt\nKathleen Brouillette\nKim Darlington\nEllen Rubin\nCaroline Dick\nTrish Hewat\nBronia Zaks
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-west-writers-group-at-the-library/
LOCATION:Montreal West Public Library\, 45 Westminster Avenue South\, Montreal West\, Quebec\, H4X 1Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190509T151644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T210414Z
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SUMMARY:Lectures Logos Reading
DESCRIPTION:Maguy Métellus\, Horace Goddard\, and H. Nigel Thomas invite you to the next Lectures Logos Readings. \nThe guest readers are: Adboulaye Gueye\, Cora Siré\, Ian Shaw\, James Olwell\, Marie-Célie Agnant—followed by an open mic. Info 450 465 5209. \nMaguy Métellus\, Horace Goddard et H. Nigel Thomas vous invitent aux prochaines Lectures Logos Readings. \nLes lecteurs/lectrices sont : Adboulaye Gueye\, Cora Siré\, Ian Shaw\, James Olwell\, et Marie-Célie Agnant—suivie d’une session micro-ouverte.Info : 450 465 5209. \nWe thank the League of Canadian Poets\, l’Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois\, the Writers’ Union of Canada\, and The Canadian Council for the Arts for supporting some of the writers participating in this event. \nNous remercions la Ligue des poètes canadiens\, l’Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois\, la Writers’ Union of Canada et le Conseil des arts du Canada de leur appui. à quelques unes-uns des écrivaines et écrivains participants dans cet événement.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lectures-logos-reading/
LOCATION:2741 Notre Dame Street West\, 2741 Notre Dame Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3J 1N9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190513T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190513T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190509T155212Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Susan Doherty's The Ghost Garden
DESCRIPTION:Random House Canada invites you to celebrate the Montreal launch of The Ghost Garden by Susan Doherty.\nBooks will be available for purchase. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.\n\nAbout The Ghost Garden: \nSusan Doherty’s groundbreaking book brings us a population of lost souls\, ill-served by society\, feared\, shunted from locked wards to rooming houses to the streets to jail and back again. For the past ten years\, some of the people who cycle in and out of the severely ill wards of the Douglas Institute in Montreal\, have found a friend in Susan\, who volunteers on the ward\, and then follows her friends out into the world as they struggle to get through their days. \nWith their full cooperation\, she brings us their stories\, which challenge the ways we think about people with mental illness on every page. The spine of the book is the life of Caroline Evans (not her real name)\, a woman in her early sixties whom Susan has known since she was a bright and sunny school girl. Caroline had formed a close friendship with Susan and shared stories from her life; through her\, we experience what living with schizophrenia over time is really like. She has been through it all\, including the way the justice system treats the severely mentally ill: at one point\, she believed that she could save her roommate from the devil by pouring boiling water into her ear… \nSusan interleaves Caroline’s story with vignettes about her other friends\, human stories that reveal their hopes\, their circumstances\, their personalities\, their humanity. She’s found that if she can hang in through the first ten to fifteen minutes of every coffee date with someone in the grip of psychosis\, then true communication results. Their “madness” is not otherworldly: instead it tells us something about how they’re surviving their lives and what they’ve been through. The Ghost Garden is not only touching\, but carries a cargo of compassion and empathy. \nAbout the Author:\nSUSAN DOHERTY is a Montreal writer whose award-winning debut novel\, A Secret Music\, was published in 2015. She worked on staff for Maclean’s\, and freelanced for The International Herald Tribune\, La Tribune de Genève\, and The Independent in London\, and for eighteen years ran her own advertising production company. She has served on the boards of the Royal Conservatory of Music\, the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Nazareth House\, a home for those afflicted by addiction and homelessness. Since 2009\, she has volunteered at the Douglas Institute\, a psychiatric hospital\, working with people living with severe mental illness. She is married to the educator Hal Hannaford\, and has two children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-susan-dohertys/
LOCATION:Selwyn House School\, Coristine Hall\, 95 Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Antoine\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Y 2H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T213000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190509T150818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T194031Z
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SUMMARY:Dawson Green Earth Open Mic Vol. 5
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year again! The end of semester means another lovely open mic at our favourite café!\n\nJoin us at 7pm at Shaika Café in NDG for an evening of singing\, poetry\, jokes and more!\n\nWe will be raising money for Stop Alton Gas\, an organization aiming to prevent the completion of the Alton Gas project near Stewiacke\, Nova Scotia.\n\nFor more info\, check out their website:\nhttps://stopaltongas.wordpress.com/\n\nIf you wish to perform at the event\, you can contact us at greenearthclub@dawsonstudentunion.com and we’ll sign you up!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dawson-green-earth-open-mic-vol-5/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T190137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190320T214946Z
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SUMMARY:Just Tell The Damned Story (How To Stop Admiring Your Wonderful Prose And Pay Attention To The Tale You’Re Telling): Novel Writing
DESCRIPTION:Be honest\, now: Why do you read novels? For the brilliance of the writing? The characters? The overarching theme? Profound insights into the nature of the human animal and the relationships and moral principles that guide our lives?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/just-tell-the-damned-story-how-to-stop-admiring-your-wonderful-prose-and-pay-attention-to-the-tale-youre-telling-novel-writing/2019-04-25/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T200000
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SUMMARY:Tentacular Thinking & Writing: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Can we think of form as something other than constraint? What if one’s entire life experience were the constraint\, as it is for the Afro-Cuban poet Kamau Brathwaite? And where is the body in this?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tentacular-thinking-writing-a-poetry-workshop/2019-04-25/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T203600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T200955Z
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SUMMARY:Unstuck: First Chapters And Other Hurdles
DESCRIPTION:While I have no magic formulas—trust me\, there are none—I will focus on the hard work that goes into making a piece of writing better. That means identifying good ideas\, problem-solving\, outlining\, creating scenes\, revising\, then revising some more and learning to accept and assimilate feedback you’ll receive from me and the other participants in the workshop.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unstuck-first-chapters-and-other-hurdles/2019-04-24/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T200000
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SUMMARY:An Unusual Person In A Familiar Room: Intermediate/Advanced Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The short story is a paradoxical literary form. We feel we know what it is and can generally provide a short\, snappy definition of it; however\, short stories often break the rules.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-unusual-person-in-a-familiar-room-intermediate-advanced-short-fiction/2019-04-24/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T194253Z
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SUMMARY:Whose Story Is It? From Prose To Screenplay In 8 Painless Lessons
DESCRIPTION:The goal of our work together is to introduce prose writers to the basic techniques? and\nstrategies that will help them turn their creative prose work into screenplays. It will also\nhelp experienced screenwriters to adapt literary works for the screen.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/whose-story-is-it-from-prose-to-screenplay-in-8-painless-lessons/2019-04-23/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T173148Z
UID:10001673-1556042400-1556049600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Digging Deep: Intermediate Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Memoir\, a sub-specialty of autobiography\, is a form of personal writing that has become\nhugely popular in recent years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/digging-deep-intermediate-memoir/2019-04-23/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190422T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190422T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T192758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T172722Z
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SUMMARY:Chasing The Thread: Beginner/Intermediate Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:A short story often begins in seed-form: a snippet of overheard dialogue\, a line of poetry\, or simply an idea that’s been needling at you\, nagging to be explored.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/chasing-the-thread-beginner-intermediate-short-fiction/2019-04-22/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190422T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T202300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190421T173504Z
UID:10001689-1555956000-1555963200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing YA - That's Easier\, Right?
DESCRIPTION:Writing for teens is less complex and easier than writing for adults. Right? Wrong. As adults\, we can’t fully know what it’s like to be a teen right now. So we have the extra job of trying to bridge that gap.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-ya-thats-easier-right/2019-04-22/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T190137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190320T214946Z
UID:10001648-1555617600-1555624800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Just Tell The Damned Story (How To Stop Admiring Your Wonderful Prose And Pay Attention To The Tale You’Re Telling): Novel Writing
DESCRIPTION:Be honest\, now: Why do you read novels? For the brilliance of the writing? The characters? The overarching theme? Profound insights into the nature of the human animal and the relationships and moral principles that guide our lives?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/just-tell-the-damned-story-how-to-stop-admiring-your-wonderful-prose-and-pay-attention-to-the-tale-youre-telling-novel-writing/2019-04-18/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T201215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190320T215107Z
UID:10001680-1555610400-1555617600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Tentacular Thinking & Writing: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Can we think of form as something other than constraint? What if one’s entire life experience were the constraint\, as it is for the Afro-Cuban poet Kamau Brathwaite? And where is the body in this?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tentacular-thinking-writing-a-poetry-workshop/2019-04-18/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T200955Z
UID:10001704-1555524000-1555531200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Unstuck: First Chapters And Other Hurdles
DESCRIPTION:While I have no magic formulas—trust me\, there are none—I will focus on the hard work that goes into making a piece of writing better. That means identifying good ideas\, problem-solving\, outlining\, creating scenes\, revising\, then revising some more and learning to accept and assimilate feedback you’ll receive from me and the other participants in the workshop.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unstuck-first-chapters-and-other-hurdles/2019-04-17/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T202818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T193437Z
UID:10001696-1555524000-1555531200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:An Unusual Person In A Familiar Room: Intermediate/Advanced Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The short story is a paradoxical literary form. We feel we know what it is and can generally provide a short\, snappy definition of it; however\, short stories often break the rules.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-unusual-person-in-a-familiar-room-intermediate-advanced-short-fiction/2019-04-17/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T194253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T173007Z
UID:10001664-1555444800-1555452000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Whose Story Is It? From Prose To Screenplay In 8 Painless Lessons
DESCRIPTION:The goal of our work together is to introduce prose writers to the basic techniques? and\nstrategies that will help them turn their creative prose work into screenplays. It will also\nhelp experienced screenwriters to adapt literary works for the screen.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/whose-story-is-it-from-prose-to-screenplay-in-8-painless-lessons/2019-04-16/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190416T200000
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UID:10001672-1555437600-1555444800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Digging Deep: Intermediate Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Memoir\, a sub-specialty of autobiography\, is a form of personal writing that has become\nhugely popular in recent years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/digging-deep-intermediate-memoir/2019-04-16/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T172722Z
UID:10001656-1555358400-1555365600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Chasing The Thread: Beginner/Intermediate Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:A short story often begins in seed-form: a snippet of overheard dialogue\, a line of poetry\, or simply an idea that’s been needling at you\, nagging to be explored.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/chasing-the-thread-beginner-intermediate-short-fiction/2019-04-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T120238
CREATED:20190320T202300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190421T173504Z
UID:10001688-1555351200-1555358400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing YA - That's Easier\, Right?
DESCRIPTION:Writing for teens is less complex and easier than writing for adults. Right? Wrong. As adults\, we can’t fully know what it’s like to be a teen right now. So we have the extra job of trying to bridge that gap.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-ya-thats-easier-right/2019-04-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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