Quebec Writers' Federation

Speculative Fiction: Creating and Writing Alternative Worlds
2021-03-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Workshop details TBA!

SpeakUp: The Indomitable Irishry
2021-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
Poets: Kelly Norah Drukker, Jim Olwell, Rachel McCrum
A POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
Each audience member receives a copy of the poems
Poet reads poems, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem
Poet reads poem a final time
Contact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com

The Three-Act Theory of Life (and Screenwriting)
2021-03-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom

"As on a Holiday" by Bryan Sentes, Cactus Press Chapbook Launch (+ Open Mic)
2021-03-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Online via Zoom
The Accent Reading Series is happy to announce the launch event for Bryan Sentes‘ new chapbook “As on a Holiday” through Cactus Press on March 24th @ 8pm. This event will be followed with an open mic.

Fiction: Reconstructions of Reality
2021-03-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Online via Zoom

Telling Tales: Long-form Journalism for Mainstream Media
2021-03-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom

Beginnings, Openings, Origins: A Poetry Workshop
2021-03-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Online via Zoom

Crafting Kick-Arse Tales for Kids and Teens
2021-03-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Online via Zoom

Story Architecture: A Short-Fiction Workshop
2021-03-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom

The Light Returns March 21st
2021-03-21 20:00 - 21:30 | Online
Sunday March 21st the Words & Music Show is your online welcome to Spring.

Tawhida Tanya Evanson is here with a new book. And catch poems, music, art and dance with:

Emilie Zoey Baker (Australia)
Raymond Jackson (New Orleans)
Marie-France Jacques (Montréal)
Visual Art by Francis Caprani
Verse by Kelsey Nichole Brooks
Music by Ramela Arax Koumrouyane

The Words and Music Show is Montreal’s longest running spoken word poetry, literature, performance and music show featuring top names from this city and across the country.

Sponsored by the Quebec Writers’ Federation, Wired on Words, Casa del Popolo and CKUT 90.3 FM

The Lighter Side of Memoir Writing
2021-03-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-03-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom

PIWWC Global Poetry Zoom: Free the Word!
2021-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
You are invited to a GLOBAL POETRY Zoom!!

When: Mar 21, 2021 10:00 AM Montreal

PIWWC Global Poetry Zoom: Free the Word!
Empowering Women’s Voices:
Poems of Celebration, Solidarity & Longing!

Please Register in Advance for this Webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_1m1tsRQiQBeC5vFq_k3uLw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Thank you!!! See you HERE!!!!

Illuminated Grant-Writing
2021-03-20 12:00 - 14:00, 2021-03-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom

Live (on Zoom) Demo of Scrivener
2021-03-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom
Details TBA!!

Graphic Novel Book Club: Dancing After TEN
2021-03-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Online via Zoom
VIRTUAL BOOKCLUB – VIA ZOOM
Meeting ID: 859 8951 0618
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Join our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online every month to discuss contemporary Graphic Novels!
At our next meeting, Thursday March 18th, at 8 PM ET, we’ll discuss Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber.
Where and How Can I purchase the book?
Find the book here: bit.ly/2ZpdEBM
More info on our webstore here:
http://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq
We Ship Canada-wide!
By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one, independent publishing and retailing, our neighborhood, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.

LAUNCH: Jessi MacEachern, A Number of Stunning Attacks
2021-03-18 19:00 | online
Join for the online launch of A Number of Stunning Attacks by Jessi MacEachern. The poet will be joined by the fellow Montreal writers Klara Du Plessis and Jessie Jones. The event will be hosted by knife | fork | book.
Thursday March 18 at 7 PM EST
Online Event hosted by knife | fork | book
Link will be provided day of the event at knifeforkbook.com
“MacEachern’s poetry demands attention to the stunning beauty of her craft. MacEachern taps into what poetry does best, which is to bypass logical explanations and dive into an emotional core that here sings of strength above all.”—Manahil Bandukwala, Quill & Quire, starred review
“In Jessi MacEachern’s spellbinding (and spellblinding) debut, poems glint like slivers of glass but have the force of shrapnel. Shards of text, taut with significance, are read as if we are loosed in dream.”—Gillian Sze
“Self-examining but never self-absorbed, MacEachern’s poems are saucy and savvy; via a female gaze onto gender and spacings, they pulse with uneasy but hard-won life.”—Erín Moure

Research and Creation
2021-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom
Open to all.
Limited to 12 participants.
Which comes first, the research or the writing? For many works of fiction and non-fiction, research is an ongoing process with potentially different goals and outcomes depending on where it occurs during the project.
This workshop is for writers who do not necessarily consider themselves to be academics, but who wish to engage in research as part of their creative works for the sake of accuracy and authenticity, and perhaps also to transcend the constraints of what is recognized as possible.
Participants will be introduced to the different forms of research-creation, as well as how to evaluate resources. They will also be presented with scenarios where it may be impossible to confirm a claim, as well as situations where a writer may make the informed choice to work outside of established facts.

Reflective Writing: A Workshop on Cross-Cultural Writing
2021-03-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
Please note this workshop will take place over two sessions:

Session 1: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Session 2: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 @ 1:30-3:00 p.m.

This online workshop is being produced in partnership with the Atwater Writers Exhibition.

All are welcome.

Limited to 15 participants.
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How do you create characters and situations that have a ring of truth to them when the stories you want to tell are not from your own background or culture?

This workshop will give participants a deeper knowledge about the pros and cons of cross-cultural writing and a chance to hear established writers talk about their own experiences with and advice about writing about peoples of other cultures and realities. Participants will be able to access a blog with workshop materials including videotaped interviews and writing examples. The blog will also provide a platform for participants to discuss issues both during and between the workshop sessions and to post writings of their own for feedback.

All you need to bring is curiosity and a sense of exploration.

Registration

This is a FREE workshop. To register, please click here to email Elise Moser.
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Photo: Watsenniostha Valerie David
Dan David says he’s won several awards for feature writing and essays but the one he cherishes the most is for “best storyteller.” He’s a former construction worker, broadcast journalist, magazine writer, and world traveller based (for now) at Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory, near Oka.

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro and Souvankham Thammavongsa in conversation
2021-03-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Join us as we welcome Kazuo Ishiguro and Souvankham Thammavongsa in conversation!
Purchase a copy of Klara and the Sun to receive access to this exclusive virtual event, in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada. Be one of the first 10 to pre-order the book and register for the event to receive an exclusive signed copy!
Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions.
Find the book here: https://bit.ly/3qabpOw
More info on our webstore here:
http://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq
By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one, independent publishing and retailing, our neighborhood, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.

MOUSE EGGS: The Ides of March Issue Launch
2021-03-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Zoom
You are cordially invited to the launch of the “Ides of March” issue of Mouse Eggs. Participating poets include Marc Nerenberg, George Bowering, Carolyn Marie Souaid, Ken Norris, rob mclennan, Christina Shah, Endre Farkas, John McAuley, Ruth Taylor, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Event starts at 2 pm Eastern time on March 14.. Please don’t forget about the “Spring forward” time change.
This issue will be launched/activated immediately following the reading.
Come and be part of the celebration!
Feel free to share the Zoom link with your friends!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://kativik.zoom.us/j/5670685628

Meeting ID: 567 068 5628

The “mouse” the merrier!

Return of the Trickster - Eden Robinson and Cherie Dimaline in Conversation
2021-03-12 20:00 - 21:00 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Join us as we welcome Eden Robinson in conversation with Cherie Dimaline! Purchase a copy of Return of the Trickster to receive access to this exclusive virtual event, in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada.
Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions.
Find the book here: https://bit.ly/3kmc4ud
More info on our webstore here:
http://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq
By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one, independent publishing and retailing, our neighborhood, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
