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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Playwrights on Palestine/Israel
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, June 28 at 6 p.m. EDT for the first in a series of Writers Out Loud digital events exploring Palestine and Israel. \nPlaywrights Rimah Jabr\, Stephen Orlov\, and Samah Sabawi sit down with guest host Zachary Couture for a conversation about their arts practice and its connection to the situation in Israel and Palestine. This is the first in a series of two online events in 2021 exploring Israel and Palestine through the eyes and work of writers. \nClick here to register for the Zoom link. \n  \nAbout the Writers: \nRimah Jabr is a theatre director\, playwright and Ph.D. student in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University. Rimah studied theatre-making at the RITCS in Brussel. She wrote several plays that were produced in Belgium\, Canada and Palestine; Including “High Heels and Stuffed Zucchini”\, and ‘Raya’ for young audiences. In Toronto\, she co-wrote and co-performed “Two Birds One Stone” with Natasha Greenblatt. Rimah is currently an artist in residency at The Theatre Centre in Toronto to develop “Broken Shapes” with visual artist Dareen Abbas. She made an audio drama “This is Not what I want to tell you”\, wrote “Ghurba”- a play for children-\, and co-writes “When you are free\, I’ll be free” with Johnny Wideman. In film\, she is co-writing the feature film “Deluge” with filmmaker Grace Wang. During the pandemic\, Rimah made her first short film “The day I shall pray”\, and she created This Gen Podcast with Why Not Theatre launched in June 2021. \nStephen Orlov is an award-winning dramatist\, whose plays have been showcased in such theatre centres as London\, Chicago and Montreal.  He co-edited with Melbourne-based Palestinian playwright\, Samah Sabawi\, their award-winning Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas\, the first anthology worldwide of drama\, prose or poetry by Jewish and Palestinian writers. In 2018\, Stephen’s play Sperm Count\, was a finalist of QWF’s inaugural Drama Prize\, and its sequel\, Birthmark enjoyed sold-out shows during Teesri Duniya Theatre’s premiere run. In 2016\, Guernica Editions published Freeze\, his hit at the Centaur Theatre. Other plays include Isolated Incident\, co-written with Rahul Varma\, Salaam-Shalom\, and Bow Ties. Stephen is now completing Engagement\, Birthmark’s sequel and the third of his dual-Diaspora trilogy. Stephen has served on the executives of Playwrights Guild of Canada and Playwrights Canada Press. He leads workshops on script writing\, most recently for PGC\, QDF\, National Arts Festival of St. Lucia\, and Osher Institute at Dartmouth College. \nSamah Sabawi is an author\, playwright and poet. A recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally\, Samah’s theatre credits include the critically acclaimed and award-winning plays Tales of a City by the Sea and THEM. In 2020 Samah received the prestigious Green Room Award for Best Writing in the independent theatre category and was shortlisted for both the NSW and Victorian Premiere Literary Awards. Samah co-edited along with Stephen Orlov the anthology Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas\, winner of the Patrick O’Neill Award and she co-authored I Remember My Name: Poetry by Samah Sabawi\, Ramzy Baroud and Jehan Bseiso\, edited by Vacy Vlazna\, winner of the Palestine Book Award. Samah hosts the webinar/podcast series The Book Room and has recently received a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University for her thesis  ‘Inheriting Exile\, transgenerational trauma and the Palestinian Australian Identity.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-playwrights-on-palestine-israel/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210704T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210704T160000
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SUMMARY:Spark: A Generative Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This generative workshop will provide sparks to ignite new projects and constructive feedback to shape your writing past the first draft stage. If this year has been one of repose and stillness the intention with this workshop is to ignite the dark; discover new connections and try exercises designed to improve your prose. We will read\, write and share (if you choose to) in the first session and the second will be devoted to giving feedback. Participants are encouraged to take some time to edit their drafts between sessions and to be prepared to give feedback to their peers. If you’ve been stuck in a rut or simply need to come to a writing space with intention where you can connect to other writers; this workshop is for you. Robert Frost said “writing a poem is discovering\,” with a series of exercises that celebrate the unexpected and play with language we will engage and create together. All levels welcome as we will all be working with fresh\, first drafts generated during the workshop.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/spark-a-generative-workshop/2021-07-04/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
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SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song\nThursday July 8\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free\nJames Dunnigan\, Susan Elmslie\, Ariela Freedman\, Ilona Martonfi\, Drea Lake\, Barry Webster\, Tamara Nazywalskyj\, Sivan Slapak \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nemail events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook link: fb.me/e/4pzbOo3g9
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-7/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T175723Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3-2021-07-10/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T193000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210702T143235Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Playwrights on Palestine/Israel II
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation between Arthur Milner and Ehab Lotayef \nTwo extraordinary writers sit down together to converse on the situation in Palestine and Israel as it connects to their arts practice and activism. This is the second in a series of online events in 2021 exploring Palestine and Israel through the eyes and work of writers. \nPresented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation. \nREGISTER HERE. \nArthur Milner\nArthur Milner is a playwright and theatre director. His most recent play is Getting to Room Temperature\, “a hard-hitting\, sentimental and funny one-person play about death.” Facts\, a murder mystery set in the West Bank\, premiered in Ottawa in 2010 and\, in 2013\, toured ten cities in Palestine and Israel in Arabic translation. Facts has also been produced in London\, the U.K.\, and Istanbul (in Turkish). Arthur was Artistic Director of Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company and has worked as a dramaturge across Canada. He writes on politics and culture for inroadsjournal.ca and has taught theatre at Concordia and Carleton universities\, University of Ottawa\, University of Calgary and\, soon\, the University of Regina. He now lives in Regina where his wife\, Jennifer Brewin\, is Artistic Director of Globe Theatre and where he and Rania Al-Harthi recently read the poems of Mahmoud Darwish for the Globe’s Art Out Loud Festival. \nEhab Lotayef\nEhab Lotayef is a Canadian IT Manager\, poet\, writer\, and community activist of Egyptian origin.  He has published a bilingual poetry collection\, To Love a Palestinian Woman (TSAR 2010)\, and the CBC produced his play Crossing Gibraltar in 2006.  His writings also appear in many anthologies and zines\, and he has written numerous Op Eds on various subjects for various Canadian papers over the years. \nEhab is deeply involved in social and community work\, including campaigns against the sanctions and war on Iraq\, opposing the blockade of Gaza\, and advocating for Native Rights. Over the years he has served on the boards of the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy\, the Muslim Council of Montreal\, Muslim Schools of Montreal\, the Canadian Arab Federation\, Fair Vote Canada\, and Teesri Duniya Theatre\, as well as on the Board of Governors of McGill University. He is currently on the boards of Montreal City Mission and QWF.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-playwrights-on-palestine-israel-ii/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T133000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210618T162534Z
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SUMMARY:"Lunch and Learn" with Fabled Films Press
DESCRIPTION:Fabled Films/Fabled Films Press is a children’s publisher based in New York City with offices in Montreal.  Fabled is currently soliciting writers and editors for its reimagined Classics Collection\, where BIPOC/#ownvoices writers of communities marginalized by race\, gender\, orientation\, and disability reimagine works from the Victorian canon as contemporary\, middle-grade fiction. An example from this collection is Pippa Park Raises Her Game\, based on Dickens’ Great Expectations by first-time author Erin Yun. \nPlease join author and Fabled Films creative director Tracey Hecht for a discussion and Q&A of this opportunity as well as upcoming projects for the press.  All attendees will be invited to submit applications for review and consideration. \nRSVP below. Zoom details will be sent out a day before the event.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fabled-films-lunch-and-learn/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T175738Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3-2021-07-24/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210727T200936Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song \nThursday August 5\, 2021    7 PM to 9 PM Free \nLouise Dupré\, Ilona Martonfi\, Mike Di Sclafani\, \nJocelyne Dubois\, Brian Campbell\, \nClayton Bailey\, Maria Caltabiano\, Kate Lavut \n  \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West \nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ \nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442 \nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \n*email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook link:\nfb.me/e/1LmdTrcv8
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-8/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210807T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210807T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T175743Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3-2021-08-07/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210728T173844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T150529Z
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SUMMARY:Disability Series #3: QWF Poetry and Prose Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This year\, the Quebec Writers’ Federation hosted its first poetry and prose workshop specifically inviting writers who identify with the disability experience to gather. Now the workshop facilitator\, some participants\, and other writers from the Montreal region will share a program of poems\, prose\, and dramatic writing. \nThe event will take place over Zoom on Thursday\, August 12th\, at 7 PM. Everyone is welcome; the event is free and captioning will be available! Registration via Eventbrite is required. \nWe’re thrilled to co-host this in conjunction with the QWF\, who will be recording the Zoom event and posting it later on their YouTube channel so as to make the event more accessible to those who might not attend the day of. For privacy reasons\, we will ask for mics to be muted until the Q&A section\, and invite you to only have cameras on if you’re comfortable with being part of the recording. \nEnjoy this opportunity to hear new work by disabled writers in English from Quebec. We have works in print by some of these writers in the store already\, and for anything else in print\, we’ll be happy to special-order it for you! Featured authors will include (more to be confirmed): \nBára Hladík is a writer\, artist and facilitator born to Czech migrants in Sinixt Territory. Her work can be found in Hamilton Arts & Letters Canadian Disability Poetics Issue\, and more. Book of Mirrors (2019)\, her micro-chapbook of reflections on degenerative disease was selected for the Ghost City Press microchap series. She is the founding editor of Theta Wave. barahladik.com \nMadelaine Caritas Longman is a writer and PhD candidate living in Tiotià:ke (Montreal). Her poetry has appeared in Room\, Prism\, Grain\, and elsewhere. Her collection The Danger Model explores the relationships between art\, identity\, and chronic illness\, and received the QWF’s Concordia University First Book Prize. https://madelainelongman.com/ \nAmbica Sharma is Montreal-based and involved in theater\, dance\, poetry\, and broadcasting. She has presented performance poetry at multiple platforms in North America since 2015. She writes in her mother tongue Hindi\, and also is writing in English and contributing to local publications. She manages and curates the Kabir Poetry Club. https://www.centrekabir.com/en/poetry-club \nseeley quest is a trans disabled writer\, organizer\, and environmentalist\, in Montreal since 2017\, who led the QWF workshop. From the US\, sie presented with the Sins Invalid project 2007-15. Hir script “Crooked” is in At the Intersection of Disability and Drama: A Critical Anthology of New Plays. Not on social media\, find hir via email at https://questletters.substack.com. \nPamela Vaccariello is a Montreal-based writer\, currently pursuing a BA in Creative Writing at Concordia University. Her poetry has been published in Dawson College’s S.P.A.C.E. magazine and Creations literary journal. Her work often explores disability and the body. \nimage by: funkyjunkinteriors.net
URL:https://qwf.org/event/disability-series-3-qwf-poetry-and-prose-showcase/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T193000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud - Pride Edition
DESCRIPTION:This extraordinary group of writers who all have new work out this year sit down with host Liana Cusmano for a conversation about their literary arts practice and new books: Christopher DiRaddo’s novel The Family Way (Véhicule Press 2021)\, Helen Chau Bradley’s short story collection Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press\, coming October 2021)\, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch’s poetry collection The Good Arabs (Metonymy Press\, coming September 2021). \nHelen Chau Bradley is the author of Automatic Object Lessons (House House Press\, 2020) and Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press\, 2021). Their essays\, stories\, and reviews have appeared in carte blanche\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Entropy Magazine\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, and elsewhere. They host the Strange Futures book club\, a bi-monthly discussion group that focuses on BIPOC speculative fiction\, via Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. \nChristopher DiRaddo\nChristopher DiRaddo is the author of two novels: The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto. Since 2014\, he has worked to create a space for LGBTQ literature in Montreal—producing and hosting the Violet Hour reading series and book club. \nEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a queer Arab poet living in Tio’tia:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, GUTS\, carte blanche\, The Shade Journal\, The New Quarterly\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC poetry prize in 2019. You can find them on Instagram and Twitter @theonlyelitareq. Their first book\, knot body\, was published by Metatron Press in 2020\, and their upcoming book\, The Good Arabs\, will be published by Metonymy Press in September 2021. \nGuest Host: Liana Cusmano \nWriter\, poet\, filmmaker\, and arts educator Liana Cusmano (Luca/BiCurious George) is the 2018 and 2019 Montreal Slam Champion and runner up in the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship. A participant in the 2019 Spoken Word Residency Program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, their poems and short stories have been published in anthologies and literary magazines. Liana has performed their work in English\, French\, and Italian\, and given readings in Montreal\, Lisbon\, and Shanghai. They wrote the short film “La Femme Finale\,” screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival\, and wrote and directed the award-winning “Matters of Great Unimportance\,” screened at the 2019 Blue Metropolis Festival. Their work explores heritage\, queerness\, and mental health. Liana is the 2020/2021 President of the Green Party of Canada. Their first novel\, Catch & Release\, will be published by Guernica Editions in 2022. \nRegister here!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-pride-edition/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210821T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210821T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T192243Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3-2021-08-21/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210825T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210825T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
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SUMMARY:In Honour of Naim Kattan
DESCRIPTION:An evening of dialogue with Pierre Nepveu (literature) and Norman Cornett (religious studies). \nFollowed by a relaunch of FARIDA and refreshments. \nHosted by Guernica Editions & Rosi Maria DiMeglio \n25 August 2021\n6 PM – 8 PM\n99 Chabanel W.\,\nSuite #215\, Montreal \nFree and open to the public. \nFor reservations contact: \ninfo.professornormancornett@gmail.com  \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/in-honour-of-naim-kattan/
LOCATION:99 Chabanel W.\, Suite #215\, 99 Chabanel W.\, Suite #215\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210901T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210707T143724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210707T143724Z
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SUMMARY:Evening with an Agent
DESCRIPTION:Writeaways invites you to our premiere First Wednesday Event Evening with an Agent\n \nJeff Kleinman\nFolio Literary Management\nWednesday\, September 1\, 2021\n8:00-9:00 pm\, Eastern Time\nZoom \nHow do literary agents work their magic? Join us for an open conversation with Jeff Kleinman of Folio Literary Management to discover how agents find writers and work with them to transform manuscripts into published books. \nThis evening is designed to be a backstage pass to help you understand what it takes to find an agent\, what agents are looking for\, how agents pitch books to publishers\, and how to create successful relationships between writers and agents. \nBring your questions\, but please leave your pitches behind. \nThis event is sliding scale. Pay at your own comfort level. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/evening-with-an-agent/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210904T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210904T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T175751Z
UID:10002665-1630749600-1630758600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3-2021-09-04/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210823T223750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T223750Z
UID:10002768-1631127600-1631131200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Baraka Books launches Maker by Jim Upton\, in conversation with Elise Moser.
DESCRIPTION:Forced to forego her dream of swimming in the Olympics\, Nicole Fortin finds work in a Montreal aerospace plant to support herself and her daughter. Drawn into a bitter labour conflict that stretches workplace and family ties to the breaking point\, she finally comes into her own in this vivid account of industrial strife. \n“Jim Upton’s page-turning novel Maker is a fast-paced look inside the anatomy of a bitter strike in Montreal’s aerospace industry. The author brilliantly captures the tensions and fears that run through the minds of every striking worker and the enormous pressure loaded onto the shoulders of every bargaining committee member. An excellent read!” Sid Ryan\, Former President of the Ontario Federation of Labour \nTo register please write to Blossom Thom at liteventrsvp@gmail.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/baraka-books-launches-maker-by-jim-upton-in-conversation-with-elise-moser/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210818T145641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210818T145641Z
UID:10002766-1631214000-1631221200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song\nKelly Norah Drukker\, Ilona Martonfi\, Harry Rajchgot\, Kasia Van Schaik\, Lp Camozzi\, Michael Foy\, Sarah Burgoyne\, Jerome Ramcharitar\nThursday September 9\, 2021 7 PM to 9 PM Free\nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/\nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman 514.931.3442\nCurator Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nemail events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link \nFacebook event: Fb.me/e/4pCc4Nfhu
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-9/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210907T143156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T143156Z
UID:10002774-1631260800-1631466000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Weekend Writeaway at Home
DESCRIPTION:The weekend-long workshop has all the elements of a typical Writeaway\, combined with a few twists to bring the liveliness of an in-person Writeaway to Zoom. The weekend includes writing time\, workshops\, exercises to inspire you\, craft discussions\, brainstorming\, consultations\, readings and optional cocktails and meals (with drink and dinner recipes from Italy\, France and New Mexico sent to you in advance!) Design the schedule that fits you best. Want opportunities to talk with smart people about the craft of writing? You’ve got it. Need feedback–or just more time to hunker down and write? It’s yours.\nParticipation limited to eight.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/weekend-writeaway-at-home/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T110000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20201214T191308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T190826Z
UID:10002503-1631350800-1631358000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing with the River
DESCRIPTION:Open to all who can comfortably walk on uneven ground. \n\n\n\nLimited to 8 participants. \n\n\n\nA small group of writers will walk the Verdun shore of the St. Lawrence River\, known as Kaniatarowanénhne in the language of the Kanien’keha:ka\, with time to sit and write outside. \n\n\n\nThe physical and mental work of walking stimulates creativity. Participants will be guided in focusing observing eyes and imaginations\, surrounded by the growing and living things of the season—grasses\, trees\, herons\, snails\, red-winged blackbirds. With sessions spread over a month\, we will attend to changes in the air\, water\, plants and animals\, and the quality of light. \n\n\n\nParticipants will choose spots along the river where they can observe\, contemplate\, and write as they are moved to do\, singly or in small groups. You do not have to do “nature writing\,” although you can—bring a work in progress\, any genre\, or start something new by the water. Writing prompts and exercises will be available for those who like a little kickstart. \n\n\n\nWe will consider issues of craft and writing practice. A few short readings will be offered; you will have the opportunity to share work for feedback. \n\n\n\nSturdy shoes (there may be mud) and layered clothing that can get dirty are required. Sunhat and/or sunglasses\, water\, and your preferred writing tools (laptops not ideal) will make the workshop safer\, more enjoyable\, and more productive. If masks are recommended by public health authorities\, participants will be required to wear them except when sitting or walking alone.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-with-the-river/2021-09-11/
LOCATION:St. Lawrence River in Verdun\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T150000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210907T143656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T143656Z
UID:10002778-1631368800-1631372400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:A Special Story Time: Gillian Sze & Michelle Lee present "My Love for You is Always"
DESCRIPTION:Vroman’s Live presents a special story time with Gillian Sze & Michelle Lee presenting My Love for You is Always.\nRegistration is free!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-special-story-time-gillian-sze-michelle-lee-present-my-love-for-you-is-always/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210830T155644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T155725Z
UID:10002770-1631732400-1631739600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Baraka Books Launches "Waswanipi" by Jean-Yves Soucy (Reading by Romeo Saganash)
DESCRIPTION:Join Romeo Saganash for a reading from Waswanipi followed by a question-and-answer session. \nIt’s 1963\, Jean-Yves Soucy is 18 and dreams of being a fire warden scanning the boreal forest from a fire tower. But he ends up at an equipment depot between Val-d’Or and Chibougamau. To his delight\, he is located near the Cree community of Waswanipi. With two Cree guides\, including a man named William Saganash\, he will be canoeing through the lakes and rivers of the region. \nOn each encounter with the Crees\, Jean-Yves expects to see a new world. Instead\, he meets a different civilization\, as different from his own as Chinese civilization. Yet he knows nothing about it. \nHe wrote Waswanipi because Romeo Saganash\, son of William\, insisted: “You have to write that\, Jean-Yves. About your relationship with my father and the others\, how you saw the village. You got to see the end of an era.” \n***\nPlease R.S.V.P. at liteventrsvp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/baraka-books-launches-waswanipi-by-jean-yves-soucy-reading-by-romeo-saganash/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T110000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20201214T191308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T190826Z
UID:10002504-1631955600-1631962800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing with the River
DESCRIPTION:Open to all who can comfortably walk on uneven ground. \n\n\n\nLimited to 8 participants. \n\n\n\nA small group of writers will walk the Verdun shore of the St. Lawrence River\, known as Kaniatarowanénhne in the language of the Kanien’keha:ka\, with time to sit and write outside. \n\n\n\nThe physical and mental work of walking stimulates creativity. Participants will be guided in focusing observing eyes and imaginations\, surrounded by the growing and living things of the season—grasses\, trees\, herons\, snails\, red-winged blackbirds. With sessions spread over a month\, we will attend to changes in the air\, water\, plants and animals\, and the quality of light. \n\n\n\nParticipants will choose spots along the river where they can observe\, contemplate\, and write as they are moved to do\, singly or in small groups. You do not have to do “nature writing\,” although you can—bring a work in progress\, any genre\, or start something new by the water. Writing prompts and exercises will be available for those who like a little kickstart. \n\n\n\nWe will consider issues of craft and writing practice. A few short readings will be offered; you will have the opportunity to share work for feedback. \n\n\n\nSturdy shoes (there may be mud) and layered clothing that can get dirty are required. Sunhat and/or sunglasses\, water\, and your preferred writing tools (laptops not ideal) will make the workshop safer\, more enjoyable\, and more productive. If masks are recommended by public health authorities\, participants will be required to wear them except when sitting or walking alone.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-with-the-river/2021-09-18/
LOCATION:St. Lawrence River in Verdun\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210830T155205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T155205Z
UID:10002769-1632337200-1632344400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:QC Fiction Launches "To See Out the Night\," Written by David Clerson & Translated by Katia Grubisic
DESCRIPTION:Join author David Clerson and translator Katia Grubisic as they discuss “To See Out the Night” followed by a reading.\n***\nIn these 12 short stories\, scurrying insects and luminous jellyfish reveal a predatory world of childhood fairy tales\, lurking shadows\, and unrelenting fevers. . . .Throughout\, Clerson draws—and blurs—the lines between man and beast\, life and death\, as characters strive to see out the night. \n***\nPlease R.S.V.P. at liteventrsvp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qc-fiction-launches-to-see-out-the-night-written-by-david-clerson-translated-by-katia-grubisic/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T110000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20201214T191308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T190826Z
UID:10002505-1632560400-1632567600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing with the River
DESCRIPTION:Open to all who can comfortably walk on uneven ground. \n\n\n\nLimited to 8 participants. \n\n\n\nA small group of writers will walk the Verdun shore of the St. Lawrence River\, known as Kaniatarowanénhne in the language of the Kanien’keha:ka\, with time to sit and write outside. \n\n\n\nThe physical and mental work of walking stimulates creativity. Participants will be guided in focusing observing eyes and imaginations\, surrounded by the growing and living things of the season—grasses\, trees\, herons\, snails\, red-winged blackbirds. With sessions spread over a month\, we will attend to changes in the air\, water\, plants and animals\, and the quality of light. \n\n\n\nParticipants will choose spots along the river where they can observe\, contemplate\, and write as they are moved to do\, singly or in small groups. You do not have to do “nature writing\,” although you can—bring a work in progress\, any genre\, or start something new by the water. Writing prompts and exercises will be available for those who like a little kickstart. \n\n\n\nWe will consider issues of craft and writing practice. A few short readings will be offered; you will have the opportunity to share work for feedback. \n\n\n\nSturdy shoes (there may be mud) and layered clothing that can get dirty are required. Sunhat and/or sunglasses\, water\, and your preferred writing tools (laptops not ideal) will make the workshop safer\, more enjoyable\, and more productive. If masks are recommended by public health authorities\, participants will be required to wear them except when sitting or walking alone.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-with-the-river/2021-09-25/
LOCATION:St. Lawrence River in Verdun\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210909T195107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T195107Z
UID:10002781-1632578400-1632585600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch: Hope and Resilience in the Time of Covid
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the launch of “Hope and Resilience in the Time of Covid\,” an anthology of community writing and artistry\, with submissions from adults and children across the world. The launch is scheduled for Saturday\, September 25th\, 2:00-4:00 PM\, an electronic session to be presented on Zoom. \nThe book is a collection of more than 160 contributions in a variety of media\, incorporating short stories\, memoirs\, haiku\, poetry\, photos\, drawings\, and paintings. “Hope and Resilience” is edited by Rebecca Welton with support from an editorial board of writers from the Eastern Townships. Contributors comprise Quebec creatives supplemented by writing and art from other provinces and several foreign countries. \nThis book is a production of the Write Here\, Write Now! project\, originally launched with the support of the federal government’s Canadian Heritage programme and now under the sponsorship of Bishop’s University Lifelong Learning Academy (BULLA).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-hope-and-resilience-in-the-time-of-covid/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210902T173757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T173757Z
UID:10002771-1632859200-1632862800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:APP Online - Jordan Abel & David Bradford
DESCRIPTION:APP Online with Jordan Abel & David Bradford\nTuesday\, September 28\, 2021\n8 – 9pm (ET) \nCrowdcast link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/app-online-jordanabel-davidbradford \nAPP Online is back! For the opening event of our Fall/Winter season\, Atwater Poetry Project Online is delighted to present JORDAN ABEL (Un/inhabited\, Injun – winner of the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize) and DAVID BRADFORD (Nell Zink is Damn Free). Join us on Crowdcast for reading and discussion of their latest works\, NISHGA and Dream of No One But Myself. Hosted by Rachel McCrum.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/app-online-jordan-abel-david-bradford/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210907T144030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T144030Z
UID:10002779-1632942000-1632949200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Baraka Books Launches Bigotry on Broadway\, An Anthology Edited by Ishmael Reed and Carla Blanc
DESCRIPTION:Join Ishmael Reed\, Carla Blank\, and contributors to Bigotry on Broadway for a panel discussion. \n***\nPlease R.S.V.P. at LitEventRSVP@gmail.com\n***\nHow do intellectuals and scholars feel about how members of their ethnic groups are portrayed on Broadway? How would we know? Very few of them have the power to rate which plays and musicals are worthy and which are flops\, and above all\, be heard or read. The American critical fraternity is an exclusive club. \nIn this hard-hitting anthology\, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited a diverse group of informed and accomplishes writers\, both women and men\, who are rarely heard to comment on the long-standing bigotry on Broadway towards many different ethnic minorities. \nContributors include Lonely Christopher\, Tommy Curry\, Jack Foley\, Emil Guillermo\, Claire J. Harris\, Yuri Kageyama\, Soraya McDonald\, Nancy Mercado\, Aimee Phan\, Betsy Theobald Richards\, Shawn Wong\, David Yearsley\, and the editors. \nUnder review are Madame Butterfly\, the Irving Berlin songbook\, Oklahoma\, South Pacific\, Miss Saigon\, Flower Drum Song\, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson\, The Color Purple\, The Book of Mormon\, West Side Story and Hamilton.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/baraka-books-launches-bigotry-on-broadway-an-anthology-edited-by-ishmael-reed-and-carla-blanc/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T110000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20201214T191308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T190826Z
UID:10002506-1633165200-1633172400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing with the River
DESCRIPTION:Open to all who can comfortably walk on uneven ground. \n\n\n\nLimited to 8 participants. \n\n\n\nA small group of writers will walk the Verdun shore of the St. Lawrence River\, known as Kaniatarowanénhne in the language of the Kanien’keha:ka\, with time to sit and write outside. \n\n\n\nThe physical and mental work of walking stimulates creativity. Participants will be guided in focusing observing eyes and imaginations\, surrounded by the growing and living things of the season—grasses\, trees\, herons\, snails\, red-winged blackbirds. With sessions spread over a month\, we will attend to changes in the air\, water\, plants and animals\, and the quality of light. \n\n\n\nParticipants will choose spots along the river where they can observe\, contemplate\, and write as they are moved to do\, singly or in small groups. You do not have to do “nature writing\,” although you can—bring a work in progress\, any genre\, or start something new by the water. Writing prompts and exercises will be available for those who like a little kickstart. \n\n\n\nWe will consider issues of craft and writing practice. A few short readings will be offered; you will have the opportunity to share work for feedback. \n\n\n\nSturdy shoes (there may be mud) and layered clothing that can get dirty are required. Sunhat and/or sunglasses\, water\, and your preferred writing tools (laptops not ideal) will make the workshop safer\, more enjoyable\, and more productive. If masks are recommended by public health authorities\, participants will be required to wear them except when sitting or walking alone.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-with-the-river/2021-10-02/
LOCATION:St. Lawrence River in Verdun\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210930T152039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210930T152039Z
UID:10002791-1633176000-1633197600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Volume 4 MTL Art Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Volume 4 MTL : Art and the Book\nVOLUME 4 MTL: Art and the Book\, Montreal’s art publishing conference and art book fair\, is coming back September 29 to October 3 both live and through the web!\nThere will be a physical fair at the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT)\, 1201 Saint-Laurent Blvd.\, on Saturday\, October 2 and Sunday\, October 3\, free to the public from noon to 6 pm\, with exhibitors and attendees respecting all safety measures in effect.\nThe very boundaries of what a book can be will be explored in this edition of Volume focusing on the potential of new technologies such as AI\, Augmented Reality (AR) and electronic publishing on books by and about artists.\nAmong the artists participating in the programming are Walter Scott\, Moyra Davey\, Ken Lum\, Annie Descôteaux\, Harry Dodge\, Sky Goodden\, Dana Michel\, Michael Nardone\, Maryse Larivière\, Tanya Lukin Linklater\, Milutin Gubash\, Daniella Sanader\, Fabiola Carranza and Amy Ching-Yan Lam to name but a few ! You can also expect presentations of books and works using Augemented Reality\, an overview of the Mutations: The Book in the Digital Age project by TOPO ( Centre de création numérique )\, as well as more programming in person and through web streaming during Art Book Month in October 2021.\nVolume MTL is an ARCMTL project\, produced in partnership with the SAT and TOPO and made possible in part thanks to the support of SODEC\, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/volume-4-mtl-art-book-fair/2021-10-02/
LOCATION:1201 Saint-Laurent\, 1201 Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 2S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T110000
DTSTAMP:20260410T131127
CREATED:20210810T151415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204202Z
UID:10002745-1633251600-1633258800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Nuts and Bolts of Self-Editing for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Producing crisp\, error-free prose presents a polished image and helps you stand out in a crowd of writers. If you have a great editor\, they’ll appreciate a clean draft. And if you’re working without a net\, editing yourself is crucial. We’ll talk tips and tricks\, whether you’re writing for a publication\, submitting a manuscript\, or re-reading your own words before you hit post.  \n  \nThe goal of this workshop is to give you tools to become a better editor for your own work. We’ll see how to spot glitches\, what to question\, and where to find answers. We’ll cover typos\, grammar\, and usage. We’ll talk common pitfalls and frequent flubs. Toward the end of the workshop\, we’ll put into practice a bit of what we’ve learned: I’ll provide a few brief writing samples and we’ll tackle the editing\, addressing questions as they arise. \n  \nDaniel Shumski is a Montreal-based writer and editor. He has worked as a copy editor at the Chicago Sun-Times and as a digital news editor at the Chicago Tribune. His food and travel writing has brought readers ramen in Tokyo\, pizza in Chicago\, and ice cream in Buenos Aires. As a cookbook author\, he has sold more than 400\,000 copies in Canada and the United States. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University. \n  \nwww.danielshumski.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nuts-and-bolts-of-self-editing-for-writers/2021-10-03/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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