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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Narrative Non-fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. Limited to 12 participants.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2020-03-19/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T190000
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Little Women
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club\, hosted by Arwen Low. March’s pick is LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott. Pizza will be served. All attendees must have the assigned book\, or one book in the assigned series. \nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5–all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. Please note we do not have the space to have parents and kids!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-little-women/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200309T173755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T173755Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read: Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys
DESCRIPTION:Shani Mootoo & Helen Humphreys: A Reading & A Conversation \nPresented by Concordia’s Writers Read\, SAGE (Student Association for Graduates in English) & the Department of English\n7 – 9 pm\, Friday March 20th\, 2020\nYork Amphitheatre\, EV-1.605\, Main Floor\nEV Building\, 1515 St. Catherine W\, Concordia University\nMap: https://www.concordia.ca/maps/sgw-campus.html?building=EV \nWheelchair accessible\nGender neutral bathrooms: S3.408\, S2.408\, 1.42\, 2.406\, 2.608\, 3.408\, 3.608 \nShani Mootoo is the much-loved author of the novels Cereus Blooms at Night \, which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and longlisted\nfor the Man Booker Prize; He Drown She in the Sea \, which was longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award; and Valmiki’s\nDaughter \, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She immigrated\nto Vancouver more than thirty years ago\, and now lives near Toronto. Her new novel\, Polar Vortex Book*hug Press) is out this month. \nHelen Humphreys is the award-winning author of eight novels\, four works of creative non- fiction\, and four books of poetry. Her\nwriting has been published internationally and optioned for film\, theatre\, opera\, and television. She lives and writes in Kingston\,\nOntario.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-read-shani-mootoo-helen-humphreys/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, EV Building\, York Amphitheatre\, EV-1.605\, Main Floor\, 1515 St. Catherine W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191206T172316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T223607Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Love and Intimacy in Fiction: Setting the Scene
DESCRIPTION:“One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere\, but to the next stroke of lightning.”\n– Alice Munro  \nAll levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \n  \nAre your characters stuck at first base? Maybe you’ve been trying for months to create tasteful romantic tension\, but your revisions seem to be getting tawdrier instead. Love and sex in fiction are challenging to write: We’re striving to find the perfect chemistry between voice\, language\, pacing\, plot\, and setting\, and the measurement of each is never the same from one situation to the next. Just as it takes time in real life for intimacy to grow between people\, it takes more than a few lines in a short story or pages in a novel to develop genuine narrative intimacy. \nThis workshop will provide participants with creative and technical tools to write anything from smoldering eye contact between strangers on a subway to harrowing mid-novel breakup sex between critical characters. We’ll look at a variety of print and digital media\, and everyone will be encouraged to act as a reader as well as a writer—that is\, to share ideas and offer constructive feedback. Participants will leave the workshop with an expanded\, specialized lexicon and the confidence to know when to be nuanced in their writing and when to be explicit. \nThis workshop is not a genre “how-to” for romance or erotica\, but a fun\, holistic survey of tools and techniques writers can use to craft believable and compelling intimacy in any fictional context. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-love-and-intimacy-in-fiction-setting-the-scene/2020-03-23/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200228T213523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T213551Z
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SUMMARY:Andy Verboom launches DBL w/ Klara dP\, Tara MR\, & Jessie J
DESCRIPTION:Does poetry remind you of trying to shake someone’s hand with a sex toy? YOU’RE NOT ALONE. \nJoin Andy Verboom and the best celebrants imaginable–Klara du Plessis\, Tara McGowan-Ross\, and Jessie Jones–at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for the launch of Verboom’s sixth poetry chapbook\, DBL\, published by Knife Fork Book at Artscape Youngplace. \nDBL’s double-headed sonnets—in which endings become funhouse mirrors\, event horizons\, and corsets all at once—explore the distances between and within bodies. There will be more than one double-headed dildo.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/andy-verboom-launches-dbl-w-klara-dp-tara-mr-jessie-j/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191206T183817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191206T193422Z
UID:10002084-1584993600-1585000800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - From Idea to Script to Screen
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Sabrina Reeves\n12 participants. \n  \nThis workshop will help you adapt your ideas into scripts for TV\, Film\, Video\, Web series\, etc.\, and also show you how to craft pitches and other creative documents designed to attract producers and broadcasters to your material. In addition\, you will receive advice as to which avenues to venture down in terms of seeking potential funding and/or professional representation and/or producing partners for your projects. \n  \nTopics covered will include: \n  \nSetting realistic writing goals; how to break down and analyze a script; the importance of feedback; analysis of produced work; story\, structure\, conflict\, character\, dialogue; the importance of rewriting and how to go about it; pitching; riders\, indemnity waivers\, non-disclosure agreements; contracts\, agents\, lawyers; development funding; and budgeting (time & money). \n  \nRecommended reading: film scripts of all genres and lengths
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-from-idea-to-script-to-screen/2020-03-23/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T202359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T202359Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Inventing the Truth: The Art of Personal Writing
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-inventing-the-truth-the-art-of-personal-writing/2020-03-24/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T182338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T185051Z
UID:10002127-1585159200-1585166400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Writing Long: The Novel
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-writing-long-the-novel/2020-03-25/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200213T165305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T165426Z
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: The Overstory
DESCRIPTION:The New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn and Quarterly staff members. The book club meetings take place every 4-6 weeks\, and are open to all. \nFor our February 26th meeting\, we will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss THE OVERSTORY\, by Richard Powers. The evening will be hosted by Drawn & Quarterly Production Assistant Megan Tan! \nJoin us for discussion and drinks!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-the-overstory/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191209T183654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T183836Z
UID:10002101-1585166400-1585173600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - The Writer’s Tune-Up: Create with Courage
DESCRIPTION:For all those looking for a practical\, hands-on workshop of generative prompts to get your wheels turning\, your creative engine humming\, and new projects out of the blocks.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-the-writers-tune-up-create-with-courage/2020-03-25/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T163738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T203143Z
UID:10002117-1585245600-1585252800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Poetry Workshop: Tentacular Thinking & Writing
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-poetry-workshop-tentacular-thinking-writing/2020-03-26/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200220T175127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T175240Z
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SUMMARY:Montreal Review of Books Spring Issue Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the Spring 2020 issue of the Montreal Review of Books! Grab your free copy of the Spring mRb\, along with refreshments and readings by local authors. With readings/presentations by Kaie Kellough (Dominoes at the Crossroads)\, K.B. Thors (Vulgar Mechanics)\, and Sherwin Tjia (Plummet). \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-review-of-books-spring-issue-launch/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200309T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T150515Z
UID:10002225-1585249200-1585256400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:GRATUITE \nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\n3 Poètes \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ \nToutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\nLa poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\nLe poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nAmenez un ami et recevez un livre gratuit!\nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails. \nFREE EVENT \nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\n3 Poets \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT \nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems\nPoet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\nPoet reads poem a final time \nBring a friend and receive a free book!\nVisit our Facebook page for more details.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-6/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191209T193533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T195712Z
UID:10002109-1585252800-1585260000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Narrative Non-fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. Limited to 12 participants.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2020-03-26/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T195202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T195202Z
UID:10002135-1585389600-1585411200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - How to Edit Your Own Prose Like a Professional Editor
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-how-to-edit-your-own-prose-like-a-professional-editor/2020-03-28/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200329T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200329T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200310T184156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T184156Z
UID:10002232-1585504800-1585512000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project - Canisia Lubrin\, Klara du Plessis\, Monika Rinck
DESCRIPTION:The Atwater Poetry Project is delighted to present readings and conversation with CANISIA LUBRIN\, KLARA DU PLESSIS\, and MONIKA RINCK on Sunday\, March 29.\nThe event is FREE and everyone is welcome. Books by the poets will be for sale (cash only). This is a co-presentation with Goethe-Institut Montreal and VERSe Ottawa. Hosted by Rachel McCrum. \n* \nThe reading will take place in the Atwater Library and Computer Centre auditorium\, which is located on the second floor\, up two flights of stairs. Unfortunately\, the library doesn’t have an elevator (but it’s coming in June 2020…). There is a single-stall gender-neutral washroom and a multi-stall women’s washroom both next to the auditorium. \nAtwater Poetry Project is committed to being a safer space and anti-oppression space. We ask all guests to be respectful and non-discriminatory toward others within the reading space and in the Library where the series is located. Violent\, discriminatory or harmful behaviour will not be tolerated. \nWe acknowledge that this reading series takes place on unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka people in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \nAtwater Poetry Project is made possible by the ongoing support of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre and from the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-canisia-lubrin-klara-du-plessis-monika-rinck/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200330T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200330T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191206T172316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T223607Z
UID:10002077-1585591200-1585598400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Love and Intimacy in Fiction: Setting the Scene
DESCRIPTION:“One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere\, but to the next stroke of lightning.”\n– Alice Munro  \nAll levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \n  \nAre your characters stuck at first base? Maybe you’ve been trying for months to create tasteful romantic tension\, but your revisions seem to be getting tawdrier instead. Love and sex in fiction are challenging to write: We’re striving to find the perfect chemistry between voice\, language\, pacing\, plot\, and setting\, and the measurement of each is never the same from one situation to the next. Just as it takes time in real life for intimacy to grow between people\, it takes more than a few lines in a short story or pages in a novel to develop genuine narrative intimacy. \nThis workshop will provide participants with creative and technical tools to write anything from smoldering eye contact between strangers on a subway to harrowing mid-novel breakup sex between critical characters. We’ll look at a variety of print and digital media\, and everyone will be encouraged to act as a reader as well as a writer—that is\, to share ideas and offer constructive feedback. Participants will leave the workshop with an expanded\, specialized lexicon and the confidence to know when to be nuanced in their writing and when to be explicit. \nThis workshop is not a genre “how-to” for romance or erotica\, but a fun\, holistic survey of tools and techniques writers can use to craft believable and compelling intimacy in any fictional context. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-love-and-intimacy-in-fiction-setting-the-scene/2020-03-30/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200330T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200330T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191206T183817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191206T193422Z
UID:10002085-1585598400-1585605600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - From Idea to Script to Screen
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Sabrina Reeves\n12 participants. \n  \nThis workshop will help you adapt your ideas into scripts for TV\, Film\, Video\, Web series\, etc.\, and also show you how to craft pitches and other creative documents designed to attract producers and broadcasters to your material. In addition\, you will receive advice as to which avenues to venture down in terms of seeking potential funding and/or professional representation and/or producing partners for your projects. \n  \nTopics covered will include: \n  \nSetting realistic writing goals; how to break down and analyze a script; the importance of feedback; analysis of produced work; story\, structure\, conflict\, character\, dialogue; the importance of rewriting and how to go about it; pitching; riders\, indemnity waivers\, non-disclosure agreements; contracts\, agents\, lawyers; development funding; and budgeting (time & money). \n  \nRecommended reading: film scripts of all genres and lengths
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-from-idea-to-script-to-screen/2020-03-30/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200220T171213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T171845Z
UID:10002213-1585681200-1585688400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Tessa McWatt launches Shame on Me
DESCRIPTION:Join Tessa McWatt in conversation as she celebrates the launch of her new book\, Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging! \nSHAME ON ME\nInterrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity\, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself\, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tessa-mcwatt-launches-shame-on-me/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T202359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T202359Z
UID:10002140-1585684800-1585692000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Inventing the Truth: The Art of Personal Writing
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-inventing-the-truth-the-art-of-personal-writing/2020-03-31/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T182338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T185051Z
UID:10002128-1585764000-1585771200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Writing Long: The Novel
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-writing-long-the-novel/2020-04-01/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200213T173710Z
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SUMMARY:Strange Futures Book Club: The Memory Police
DESCRIPTION:The Strange Futures book club focuses on sci-fi and speculative fiction by QT/BIPOC writers. “Strange Futures” speaks to the unknown worlds that are to come–but also to the strangeness that is ascribed to marginalized voices\, and how such strangeness can actually be generative\, challenging\, discomforting\, and revolutionary. Hosted by Helen Chau Bradley\, the book club meetings take place every two months\, and are open to the public. \nOn Tuesday 31 March\, 2020\, we’ll assemble at the Petite Librairie Drawn + Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 PM to talk about The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Join us for discussion and drinks!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/strange-futures-book-club-the-memory-police/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200306T195116Z
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SUMMARY:WRITERS OUT LOUD @ IMAGINATION 2020: LITERARY NOTES
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, the IMAGINATION 2020 FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THE COVID-19 SITUATION.\nModerated by Alison Brunette \nNotewordy Concert\nFor the second year in a row\, QWF’S Writers Out Loud series joins forces with the Morrin Centre and the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec (OSQ) to present a “notewordy” concert. Susan Doherty\, Tess Liem\, and Lindsay Nixon all won QWF prizes in November 2019 for their works of nonfiction and poetry. Tune into their stories\, which are accompanied by music—performed and chosen by the OSQ’s string quartet—that captures the spirit of these prize-winning books. \nAbout the Authors\n \nEducated at Concordia University and Ryerson\, Susan Doherty has worked at Maclean’s Magazine and the International Herald Tribune and has run her own advertising production company for 20 years. After 28 long years in Toronto she returned to Montreal and wrote her debut novel\, A Secret Music (2015). Research for her novel led her to the Douglas Hospital and ten extraordinary years as a volunteer with people suffering from extreme psychosis. The Ghost Garden is the culmination of her work in the excavation of mental illness. Susan’s affiliations include: the YMCA\, the Douglas Institute\, the Royal Conservatory of Music\, the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, and Nazareth House\, a shelter for the homeless and addicted. \n \nTess Liem’s writing has appeared in Plenitude\, Room Magazine\, The Boston Review\, Best Canadian Poetry 2018 and 2019\, the Montreal Review of Books and elsewhere. Her debut collection Obits. (Coach House) was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as well as the A.M. Klein Prize in 2019. She lives in Montreal\, Tiotia:ke—unceded Haudenosaunee and Mohawk territories. \n  \n  \nCrédit photo: Stacy Lee\nLindsay Nixon is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux researcher\, curator\, editor\, writer\, and McGill Art History PhD student. Nixon won the prestigious 2019 Dayne Ogilive Prize and the 2019 Concordia University First Book Prize\, and has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award\, an Indigenous Voices Literary Award and several National Magazine Awards. Namely\, Nixon was nominated as the lead editor for the summer 2017 issue of Canadian Art in the “Best Editorial Package” category—an issue on the theme of “Kinship.” They currently hold the position of Editor-at-Large for Canadian Art and previously edited mâmawi­-âcimowak\, an independent Indigenous art\, art criticism\, and literature journal. Nixon’s first book nîtisânak is out through Metonymy Press. \n  \n  \n________________________________________________________________________________________________\nCost\nGeneral Admission: $15\nMorrin Centre Members: $11.25\nStudents: $7 \nFor tickets: https://www.morrin.org/en/events/imagination-2020-literary-notes/ \nBuy a festival pass: https://www.morrin.org/en/events/imagination-2020/ \nFestival pass holders receive:\nFree entry to all author readings and discussions\n25% discount on tickets for:\nBooks & Wine: a book and wine pairing event\, Thursday\, April 2\, 5:30 p.m.\nBooks & Brunch: Sunday\, April 5\, 11:00 a.m\, with Terry Fallis
URL:https://qwf.org/event/imagination-2020-literary-notes/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Performance,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191209T183654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T183836Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - The Writer’s Tune-Up: Create with Courage
DESCRIPTION:For all those looking for a practical\, hands-on workshop of generative prompts to get your wheels turning\, your creative engine humming\, and new projects out of the blocks.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-the-writers-tune-up-create-with-courage/2020-04-01/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T163738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T203143Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Poetry Workshop: Tentacular Thinking & Writing
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-poetry-workshop-tentacular-thinking-writing/2020-04-02/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200227T191807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T181954Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Reading Series : Verse\, Prose & Song \nThursday\, April 2\, 2020 \nIan Ferrier\, Matthew Murphy\, Victoria LeBlanc\, James Dunnigan\,\nWillow Loveday Little\, Mike Di Sclafani\, Audrey Em\, Clayton Bailey\,\nSarah Wolfson\, Maria Caltabiano\, Ilona Martonfi \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West \nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ \nHosted with Moti Lieberman \nArtistic Director \nIlona Martonfi \nilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \n7 PM-9 PM at the door $6 \n“In Celebration of National Poetry Month. We gratefully acknowledge\nthe support of the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the League of Canadian Poets.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-reading-series-verse-prose-song-4/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191209T193533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T195712Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Narrative Non-fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. Limited to 12 participants.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2020-04-02/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200309T150442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T150442Z
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SUMMARY:Young Readers Book Club: The Witch Boy
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Young Readers book club\, hosted by Caleb! This month’s pick is the graphic novel The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag. Pizza will be served. All attendees must have the assigned book\, or one book in the assigned series. \nThis is a book club for young readers\, with a median age of 10-12 or fifth\, sixth and sec 1 grades. Younger kids are welcome if the book is appropriate\, but not younger than 8-9\, please. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide tweens a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. Please note we do not have the space to have parents and kids!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/young-readers-book-club-the-witch-boy/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200404T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200404T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20191210T195202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T195202Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - How to Edit Your Own Prose Like a Professional Editor
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-how-to-edit-your-own-prose-like-a-professional-editor/2020-04-04/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200404T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200405T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105628
CREATED:20200220T171808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T172243Z
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SUMMARY:The Power of Place: Making a Communal Memory Map
DESCRIPTION:In this two-afternoon workshop\, presented by the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, participants will paint\, draw\, stitch and/or appliqué details of a place that evokes personal memories: an old cinema\, your grandmother’s garden\, or another remembered place that is important to you. We will provide a recycled paint tarp for background\, as well as art supplies. Come prepared to share your stories of your chosen place: we will talk with each other while we make a communal tapestry for display at the Atwater Library. Bring any meaningful fabric scraps or other material you might wish to include in your part of the memory map (and don’t mind leaving as part of the communal artwork). No artistic or sewing experience necessary. \nWorkshop leader Kathleen Winter has written novels\, short stories\, and an Arctic travel memoir. She has lived in the UK\, Newfoundland\, and Verdun. She has worked with young people and elders\, making folk textile pieces that celebrate memory\, place and personal story. \nTo register: elise.m@videotron.ca.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-power-of-place-making-a-communal-memory-map/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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