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SUMMARY:Mining Personal History to Enrich Our Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:8 Tuesdays\, 8 to 10 p.m. \nMarch 15 to May 3 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n“Some of these stories are closer to my own life than others are\, but not one of them is as close as people seem to think.” — Alice Munro\, from her Introduction to The Moons of Jupiter \n  \nWhen we write fiction\, it seems inevitable that we will\, at one point or another\, be asked a certain\, probing question: How much of that story is true? \nOften\, we deflect rather than answer\, and make some great show of asserting our story is fiction and\, therefore\, not true. But by this time we are already squirming inside\, feeling caught out. But caught out at what? That we have committed some sort of fraud? As if writing fiction from personal experience were cheating\, like peeking at the answers we’ve scrawled on the palm of our hand in advance of the test? \nIn this workshop\, seeking out kernels of truth from our own lives will be encouraged. We will embrace personal history for what it is: a fruitful mine for our short fiction. This is not\, however\, a study in autobiography. Personal experience can be a jumping-off point\, the spark that sets our fictional stories in motion. It can also serve as adornment; a place from which to extract vivid details that enhance our fiction\, to help our made-up stories feel alive. Yes\, sometimes we write about what happened\, but we strive to write about what could have happened. \nWe will explore writing exercises that\, through examination of objects\, activities\, places\, and time\, can help us draw from our personal experiences and observations for the enrichment of our stories. We will also workshop one another’s short fiction in a respectful and supportive environment. \nRecommended reading: Prior to our first session\, please read “The Turkey Season” by Alice Munro\, from her short story collection The Moons of Jupiter. The story can also be found online with a Google search\, on the website of The New Yorker. \n  \nMark Paterson is the author of the short story collections Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair\, A Finely Tuned Apathy Machine\, and Other People’s Showers\, all from Exile Editions. His work has won the 3Macs carte blanche Prize\, Geist magazine’s Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest\, and the Atwater Library’s 150 Words for 150 Years contest. In 2020\, his story “To Disappear Around Here” was runner-up for The Puritan’s Thomas Morton Prize. \nwww.markpaterson.ca \nhttps://twitter.com/apathymachine \nhttps://www.instagram.com/paterson.mark/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/mark.paterson
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mining-personal-history-to-enrich-our-short-fiction/2022-03-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:A Journey into Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:8 Tuesdays\, 6 to 8 p.m. \nMarch 15 to May 3 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n  \nIn this workshop\, participants will step out of their comfort zones and onto the stage. \n  \nObjectives include learning about the history of spoken word and its place within the wider world of poetry\, understanding some of the stigma surrounding spoken word and slam\, and increasing appreciation for the craft of writing for performance. \n  \nResource materials include but will not be limited to text\, audio\, and video from some of the best known and most beloved poets in Canada and the U.S. Participants will be expected to watch and/or listen to poems\, discuss form and poetic devices\, create original work\, and share with the group. \n  \nPoetry as creative catharsis\, democratization\, and act of rebellion will be examined. \n  \nPerformance tips such as mic use and engagement with the audience will also be discussed. \n  \n  \nDeanna (DNA) Smith is a poet\, performer\, teaching artist\, and social-justice advocate. Her artistic work is rooted in her experience as a fifth-generation Canadian who thinks in two languages and her exploration of identity as the descendent of kidnapped and exploited Africans. Deanna is a former Montreal Slam Champion and is currently the VP of the Throw Poetry Collective. She is eagerly anticipating a return to the stage with the Kalmunity Vibes Collective. Deanna has a background in Linguistics and Speech-Language Pathology. She has a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing\, and is currently pursuing another in Social Justice\, Diversity\, and Inclusion.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-journey-into-spoken-word/2022-03-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Translating Quebec
DESCRIPTION:8 Mondays\, 8 to 10 p.m. \nMarch 14 to May 2\, 2022 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants. \n  \nThis workshop is aimed at anyone interested in exporting Quebec French to an English audience. Using the translator’s own experiences in the field as a springboard\, the workshop will address the challenges—and fun!—of translating both a language and a culture. Participants will be encouraged to draw on their own well of cultural knowledge\, and discussions are expected to be lively. We’ll tackle translation theory with a comparative reading of published translations; we’ll talk about the role of the church in contemporary Quebec French; we’ll take a look at media content and dip into the art of subtitling. Each week\, participants will be given short selections to translate and workshop together. The focus of the workshop will be on translating what people speak\, so don’t be afraid to make yourself heard! \n  \nParticipants will be asked to reflect upon their own relationship to English and Quebec French as they develop the linguistic flexibility to navigate the challenges of translating from one to the other. Knowledge of both languages is mandatory\, but participants are not required to have any formal translation experience. \n  \nArielle Aaronson has published nine translations including titles of fiction\, nonfiction\, young adult fiction\, and children’s literature. Her translation of Marie-Renée Lavoie’s Autopsy of a Boring Wife was longlisted for the 2021 Canada Reads book of the year. She has subtitled feature films shown across Quebec as well as content currently available on Netflix. She lives in Montreal with her husband and three children. \n  \nFacebook: Arielle Aaronson \nhttps://www.arielleaaronson.com/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/translating-quebec/2022-03-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:A Literary Conversation with Author Mikhail Iossel
DESCRIPTION:in collaboration with the Westmount Public Library \nJoin author Mikhail Iossel for a discussion about his book Love Like Water\, Love Like Fire\, winner of the QWF’s 2021 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Iossel’s twenty stories of Soviet childhood and adulthood\, dissidence and subsequent immigration\, are filled with wit and humor even as they describe the daily absurdities of a fickle and often perilous reality and being a Jew in the Soviet Union. \nYour vaccine passport and personal ID are required to attend this event. For more information on the vaccine passport visit quebec.ca.\nPlease note that this event may take place online as the health situation evolves. We will contact you should this change occur. \nIf you do not have an email address\, call 514 989-5355. \nFor more information\, contact Daniel Míguez de Luca at 514 989-5530 or dmiguez@westmount.org. \nRegister for Free on Eventbrite
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-literary-conversation-with-author-mikhail-iossel/
LOCATION:Westmount Public Library\, 4626 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1G1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:2022 Authors and Artists Festival
DESCRIPTION:Free and Online: Authors and Artists festival February 26-27\, 2022 . Headline speakers: Ross Gay\, John Francis\, Jillian Hishaw\, Dina Gilio-Whitaker. Rahawa Hailie & Latria Graham. All BIPOC speakers on the topic of Writing the Land. Poets from the Writing the Land project include Alice B. Fogel\, Angela Vasquez\, CMarie Fuhrman\, Paul Richmond\, JuPong Lin\, Maiah Merino\, Katherine Hagopian Berry\, and Candace Curran. Please join us!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2022-authors-and-artists-festival/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Creating a Universe with Words
DESCRIPTION:Two Saturdays: February 19 and 26\, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \nAll are welcome. \nLimited to 12 participants \nI love what Albert Einstein once said about imagination. He said: “Imagination is intelligence having fun.” And that is what this workshop is indeed intended to be: a fast paced\, hands-on workshop based on a series of writing exercises where we will find and surpass the limits that contain our everyday writing universe. We will\, of course\, develop our imagination outside the box and have creative fun. \nSessions will be tailored to meet the needs and interests of the group. They will be combined with lectures to help you gain new insight to construct and complete your personal writing project. We’ll explore ways to reinforce the structure of your existing work\, gain deeper understanding of characters\, fix plot holes\, and tie up storylines. We’ll also work on developing another skill invaluable to any writer: the ability to pinpoint what might not be working—and cut or rework if need be. This workshop is designed to help you stay motivated and focused through the difficult parts of writing and aims to give you the tools to enjoy your writing process (again\, if you fear you are not enjoying it anymore).  The time will be split between discussing technique in published models\, and reading and discussing our own creations. \nCreating a Universe with Words will be a two-session workshop and is intended for experienced and beginner writers alike. You’ll need paper\, pencils and—most importantly—an eraser! We will keep things interactive\, giving short presentations to the group. \n  \nYou will receive links to the texts we will be using as models. Reading them before our start date is strongly recommended.  \n  \nAntolina Ortiz Moore describes herself as a citizen of the world. She was born in Mexico City in 1971. She studied at the French Licée in Mexico City and studied Philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana.  \nShe migrated to Canada in 2000\, then returned to México in 2009\, where she lived in the town of Coatepec. She founded an unschooling project and a non-profit organization that promoted ecological and cultural awareness without barriers. She coordinated the planting of over 11\,000 trees in a mist forest area. In 2017\, due to mounting violence in the area\, she decided to move back to Montreal. \nAntolina´s last novel\, Seda araña\, won the First Mexican Woman´s Short Novel Competition in Mexico (2019)\, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Romulo Gallegos Literary prize in Venezuela (2020) and the Nadal Literary Competition in Spain (one of the most important in Spanish Literature). Her first and second novels received the José Eufemio Lora y Lora & Juan Carlos Onetti international award (in Peru\, 2010). Her first published book was her social work thesis at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico\, with a prologue by Elena Poniatowska; it sold over fifty thousand copies. \nWeb page: https://antolinaortizmoore.com \nInstagram: oantolina \nTwitter: @antolina_ortiz \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/antolina.ortiz/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/creating-a-universe-with-words/2022-02-26/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T123000
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SUMMARY:Copyright Conversation: Zong! The Politics of Translation with M. nourbeSe Philip
DESCRIPTION:PLEO is excited to announce the return of our Copyright Conversations series! Taking Our Voice: Copyright as a Tool to Achieve Equity\, will take a deep dive into the experiences of several artists as they work to navigate complex copyright issues. \nThe first of the series\, planned for Fair Dealing week\, will raise questions of fairness and equity when dealing with issues of translation. PLEO Founder and Legal Director Martha Rans will be joined by writer\, painter and scholar\, Stéphane Martelly\, and Toronto-based poet\, author\, and lawyer M. nourbeSe Philip to discuss Philip’s experience of having her book-length poetry cycle Zong! misrepresented as a result of the text being translated without her consultation. \nRegister Here! \n\n\nAbout M. nourbeSe Philip: \nToronto-based poet\, writer\, and lawyer\, M. nourbeSe Philip has been the recipient of Canada Council awards\, numerous Ontario Arts Council grants and was the recipient of a Toronto Arts Council award. In l988 Philip won the prestigious Casa de las Americas prize for the manuscript version of her book\, She Tries Her Tongue\, for which she also won the Tradewinds Collective prize (Trinidad & Tobago) in both the poetry and the short story categories. \nPhilip’s first novel\, Harriet’s Daughter\, was one of two runners-up in the l989 Canadian Library Association Prize for children’s literature\, and first runner-up in the Max and Greta Abel Award for Multicultural Literature. In 1990\, Philip was made a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry and in 1991 became a McDowell Fellow. In l994\, Philip’s short story\, “Stop Frame” was awarded the Lawrence Foundation Award\, and in 1995 she was awarded the Toronto Arts Award in writing and publishing. \nM. nourbeSe Philip has been recognized for her work as “a revolutionary poet\, writer and thinker” by the Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto which presented her their 2001 “Rebels for a Cause” award. That same year\, Philip was the recipient of the YWCA “Woman of Distinction” award in the Arts. In 2002 she was awarded a Chalmers Fellowship in Poetry and was featured on the Black Heritage Month poster. She has sat as the writer in residence at Toronto Women’s Bookstore and at McMaster University. \nPhilip’s short stories\, essays\, reviews and articles have appeared in magazines and journals in North America and England\, and her poetry has been extensively anthologized. Her work – poetry\, fiction\, and non-fiction\, is taught widely at the university level and is the subject of much academic writing and critique. \nIn 2008\, The Mercury Press and Wesleyan University Press published NourbeSe Philip’s collection of poetry\, Zong!\, an extended 182-page poetry cycle\, composed entirely from the words in the case report\, Gregson vs. Gilbert\, related to the murder of Africans on board a slave ship at the end of the eighteenth century. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Stéphane Martelly: \nWriter\, painter and scholar\, Stéphane Martelly was born in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti. Through a profoundly transdisciplinary approach\, she confronts theory\, critical reflection and art in her work. She has published poetry [La Boîte noire suivi de Départs 2004)] and children’s tales [Couleur de rue\, 1999 and L’Homme aux cheveux de fougère\, 2002]. Her pictorial works are showcased in the digital art book Folie passée à la chaux vive (Madness spent in quicklime) (Publie.net\, 2010). \nHer scholarly work notably includes working in the Montreal-based Life Stories Of Montrealers Displaced By War\, Genocide And Other Human Rights Violations as a researcher and coordinator. She also wrote a monography on Haitian poet Magloire-Saint-Aude (Le Sujet opaque\, 2001) and several articles on Caribbean literature. Her latest essay in research-creation is: Les Jeux du dissemblable. Folie\, marge et féminin en littérature haïtienne contemporaine\, Nota Bene\, 2016. \nHer recent publications are La Maman qui s’absentait (Vents d’Ailleurs\, 2011)\, Inventaires (Triptyque\, 2016) and L’enfant gazelle (Remue-Ménage\, 2018). \nSince 2019 Martelly has held the position of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Arts\, Languages and Literature at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/copyright-conversation-zong-the-politics-of-translation-with-m-nourbese-philip/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poets' Retreat: Healing Ourselves and the Planet
DESCRIPTION:Join us February 25-27\, 2022 on Zoom for a Poets’ Retreat focussed on healing ourselves and the planet. \nExplore relationships between your writing practice and climate change in these gentle\, restorative\, and inspiring workshops with like-minded poets using their craft to promote change and right relationships between humans and the rest of Nature. Three workshops\, an exclusive poetry reading\, peer writing groups\, discussion with a publisher\, Qigong\, and an opportunity to read in the Authors and Artists festival. 10+ hours of programming: $225 CAD. Payment plans and one competitive\, needs-based scholarship for a BIPOC poet available. Workshops: Artistic Contemplative Practice for EcoJustice (additionally\, Qigong) by JuPong Lin\, performance poet and faculty at Goddard Collage; Tender Witness: Climate Grieving for Poets by Dina Stander\, end of life navigator and poet; Moon Botany by performance artist\, writer\, and disability culture activist  Petra Kuppers. All workshop providers are BIPOC\, as are all headline speakers in the co-occurring Authors and Artists online festival\, whose theme is Writing the Land\, tied to the WTL project (www.writingtheland.org). \nFor more on the Retreat: https://www.nature-culture.net/2022-poet-retreat \nFor more on the festival\, whose headline speakers include poet Ross Gay\, John Francis\, Dina Gilio-Whitaker\, Rahawa Haile and Latria Graham: https://www.nature-culture.net/authors-artists-festival
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-poets-retreat-healing-ourselves-and-the-planet/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T210000
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Night & Day) Dreams
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Tamara Nazywalskj\, Bryan Sentes\, Derek Godin. \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems by email. The poems are also displayed on screen.\nPoet reads their poem\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion.\nPoet reads their poem a final time.\nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-night-day-dreams/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T123000
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SUMMARY:Poetry To See: Creating Visual Poetry Broadsides
DESCRIPTION:Participants will use text and image to create your very own visual poetry broadsides. \nA poetry broadside (or broadsheet) is one sheet of paper printed on one side with a poem. Visual poetry is a growing field wherein poets use linguistic fragments to create poems that are also works of visual art. \nParticipants will create original mixed-media works of art fusing your own poetic texts with your own original visuals\, making unique poem-objects that are both read and seen! \nThrough playful experimentation you will explore various text-making and image-making approaches\, resulting not in an illustrated poem\, but a poem that also derives its meaning and impact through its visual delivery. \nBoth the poetry and the visuals will be created from scratch during the workshop. No art experience necessary\, just a willingness to try things out. \nWe will use collage\, rubber stamps\, stencils\, dry-transfer lettering and any and all non-digital ways of making text. Materials can be found around the house and can be augmented by inexpensive store-bought items. We will provide a list of possible materials so you are prepared. \nThis workshop is FREE but space is limited. To register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. \nCo-presented with the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, and generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-to-see-creating-visual-poetry-broadsides/2022-02-24/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Creating a Universe with Words
DESCRIPTION:Two Saturdays: February 19 and 26\, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \nAll are welcome. \nLimited to 12 participants \nI love what Albert Einstein once said about imagination. He said: “Imagination is intelligence having fun.” And that is what this workshop is indeed intended to be: a fast paced\, hands-on workshop based on a series of writing exercises where we will find and surpass the limits that contain our everyday writing universe. We will\, of course\, develop our imagination outside the box and have creative fun. \nSessions will be tailored to meet the needs and interests of the group. They will be combined with lectures to help you gain new insight to construct and complete your personal writing project. We’ll explore ways to reinforce the structure of your existing work\, gain deeper understanding of characters\, fix plot holes\, and tie up storylines. We’ll also work on developing another skill invaluable to any writer: the ability to pinpoint what might not be working—and cut or rework if need be. This workshop is designed to help you stay motivated and focused through the difficult parts of writing and aims to give you the tools to enjoy your writing process (again\, if you fear you are not enjoying it anymore).  The time will be split between discussing technique in published models\, and reading and discussing our own creations. \nCreating a Universe with Words will be a two-session workshop and is intended for experienced and beginner writers alike. You’ll need paper\, pencils and—most importantly—an eraser! We will keep things interactive\, giving short presentations to the group. \n  \nYou will receive links to the texts we will be using as models. Reading them before our start date is strongly recommended.  \n  \nAntolina Ortiz Moore describes herself as a citizen of the world. She was born in Mexico City in 1971. She studied at the French Licée in Mexico City and studied Philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana.  \nShe migrated to Canada in 2000\, then returned to México in 2009\, where she lived in the town of Coatepec. She founded an unschooling project and a non-profit organization that promoted ecological and cultural awareness without barriers. She coordinated the planting of over 11\,000 trees in a mist forest area. In 2017\, due to mounting violence in the area\, she decided to move back to Montreal. \nAntolina´s last novel\, Seda araña\, won the First Mexican Woman´s Short Novel Competition in Mexico (2019)\, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Romulo Gallegos Literary prize in Venezuela (2020) and the Nadal Literary Competition in Spain (one of the most important in Spanish Literature). Her first and second novels received the José Eufemio Lora y Lora & Juan Carlos Onetti international award (in Peru\, 2010). Her first published book was her social work thesis at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico\, with a prologue by Elena Poniatowska; it sold over fifty thousand copies. \nWeb page: https://antolinaortizmoore.com \nInstagram: oantolina \nTwitter: @antolina_ortiz \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/antolina.ortiz/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/creating-a-universe-with-words/2022-02-19/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T123000
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SUMMARY:Poetry To See: Creating Visual Poetry Broadsides
DESCRIPTION:Participants will use text and image to create your very own visual poetry broadsides. \nA poetry broadside (or broadsheet) is one sheet of paper printed on one side with a poem. Visual poetry is a growing field wherein poets use linguistic fragments to create poems that are also works of visual art. \nParticipants will create original mixed-media works of art fusing your own poetic texts with your own original visuals\, making unique poem-objects that are both read and seen! \nThrough playful experimentation you will explore various text-making and image-making approaches\, resulting not in an illustrated poem\, but a poem that also derives its meaning and impact through its visual delivery. \nBoth the poetry and the visuals will be created from scratch during the workshop. No art experience necessary\, just a willingness to try things out. \nWe will use collage\, rubber stamps\, stencils\, dry-transfer lettering and any and all non-digital ways of making text. Materials can be found around the house and can be augmented by inexpensive store-bought items. We will provide a list of possible materials so you are prepared. \nThis workshop is FREE but space is limited. To register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. \nCo-presented with the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, and generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-to-see-creating-visual-poetry-broadsides/2022-02-17/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220212T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220212T123000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T162440Z
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space while still in the company of fellow writers over Zoom? \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. \nPlease note 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/shut-up-write-with-qwf-17/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T123000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T162220Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry To See: Creating Visual Poetry Broadsides
DESCRIPTION:Participants will use text and image to create your very own visual poetry broadsides. \nA poetry broadside (or broadsheet) is one sheet of paper printed on one side with a poem. Visual poetry is a growing field wherein poets use linguistic fragments to create poems that are also works of visual art. \nParticipants will create original mixed-media works of art fusing your own poetic texts with your own original visuals\, making unique poem-objects that are both read and seen! \nThrough playful experimentation you will explore various text-making and image-making approaches\, resulting not in an illustrated poem\, but a poem that also derives its meaning and impact through its visual delivery. \nBoth the poetry and the visuals will be created from scratch during the workshop. No art experience necessary\, just a willingness to try things out. \nWe will use collage\, rubber stamps\, stencils\, dry-transfer lettering and any and all non-digital ways of making text. Materials can be found around the house and can be augmented by inexpensive store-bought items. We will provide a list of possible materials so you are prepared. \nThis workshop is FREE but space is limited. To register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. \nCo-presented with the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, and generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-to-see-creating-visual-poetry-broadsides/2022-02-10/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T130000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:January 22\, 29 & February 5\, 2022\, 10am-1pm \n\nOpen to all who have a literary arts project in mind\nLimited to 15 participants\n\nThis series of three workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can make a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. A program officer will also join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec- based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, or established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants should have a clear\, original literary arts project in mind. \n  \nAccess to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and give and receive feedback in a workshop setting. \n  \nTo complete your registration (after using the link below)\, please send a short\, one-sentence description of your current literary arts project to workshops@qwf.org. The subject line should read “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n  \n  \nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, artist\, producer\, and arts educator. Her poetry collections  include Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her first novel\, Book of Wings (2021)\, is fresh from Véhicule Press. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. In 2013\, she received the Golden Beret Award and was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency and vice president of QWF. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she moonlights as a whirling dervish. \n  \nWebsite\nhttp://www.mothertonguemedia.com \n  \n  \nSocials https://www.facebook.com/tanya.evanson https://www.instagram.com/radiasilencia https://twitter.com/semayatavon
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-2/2022-02-05/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T193000
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SUMMARY:Writing As Activism (with French translation)
DESCRIPTION:The Quebec Writers‘ Federation and Muslim Awareness Week invite you to a conversation with Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain\, the award-winning author of Fighting for A Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada\, and Indigenous Human Rights Advocate Ellen Gabriel\, moderated by Ehab Lotayef. \nThe discussion will focus on Dr. Shaheen-Hussain’s book\, for which Ellen Gabriel wrote the Afterword\, on the role writing can play in social change\, and what it means to be an activist writer. \nWe hope you will join us on January 31\, 2022\, at 6:00 PM.\n—\n\nLa Quebec Writers’ Federation et la Semaine de la sensibilisation musulmane vous invitent à une conversation avec le Dr Samir Shaheen-Hussain\, l’auteur primé de Plus aucun enfant autochtone arraché: Pour en finir avec le colonialisme médical canadien\, et la défenseure des droits humains autochtones Ellen Gabriel\, animé par Ehab Lotayef. \nLa discussion portera sur le livre du Dr Shaheen-Hussain\, pour lequel Ellen Gabriel a écrit la postface\, sur le rôle que l’écriture peut jouer dans le changement social et sur ce que cela signifie d’être un écrivain militant. \nUn service de traduction simultanée vers le français sera disponible durant le congrès.\n— \nSamir Shaheen-Hussain has been involved in anti-authoritarian social justice movements – including Indigenous solidarity\, anti-police brutality and migrant-justice organizing – for nearly two decades. He is a member of the Caring for Social Justice Collective and has written or co-written about state violence and health care for several publications (see below). Fighting for A Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada was awarded both the Concordia University First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction by the Quebec Writers’ Federation in November 2021. \nSamir is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University and works as a pediatric emergency physician in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). \n— \nEllen Gabriel has advocated for the collective and individual human rights of Indigenous peoples and sensitized the public on the issues and realities of Indigenous peoples since 1990. In 2004\, Ellen was elected president of the Quebec Native Women’s Association\, a position she held until 2010. \nIn 2005\, Ellen received the Golden Eagle Award from the Native Women’s Association of Canada. In 2008\, she received the International Women’s Day Award from the Barreau du Québec/Québec Bar Association and the Indigenous Women’s Initiative “Jigonsaseh Women of Peace Award” for her advocacy work. \nEllen advocates for gender equity\, the revitalization of Indigenous languages\, culture\, Indigenous self-determination/governance\, and traditions. She lives in Kanehsatà:ke and currently works for the Kanehsatà:ke Language and Cultural Center.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-as-activism/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,QWF Events,Writers Out Loud
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220129T130000
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:January 22\, 29 & February 5\, 2022\, 10am-1pm \n\nOpen to all who have a literary arts project in mind\nLimited to 15 participants\n\nThis series of three workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can make a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. A program officer will also join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec- based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, or established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants should have a clear\, original literary arts project in mind. \n  \nAccess to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and give and receive feedback in a workshop setting. \n  \nTo complete your registration (after using the link below)\, please send a short\, one-sentence description of your current literary arts project to workshops@qwf.org. The subject line should read “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n  \n  \nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, artist\, producer\, and arts educator. Her poetry collections  include Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her first novel\, Book of Wings (2021)\, is fresh from Véhicule Press. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. In 2013\, she received the Golden Beret Award and was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency and vice president of QWF. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she moonlights as a whirling dervish. \n  \nWebsite\nhttp://www.mothertonguemedia.com \n  \n  \nSocials https://www.facebook.com/tanya.evanson https://www.instagram.com/radiasilencia https://twitter.com/semayatavon
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-2/2022-01-29/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Womanhood
DESCRIPTION:SpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange \nPoets: Mariana Jiménez\, Emily Tristan Jones\, Jan Jorgensen \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT \nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems by email. The poems are also displayed on screen.\nPoet reads their poem\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion.\nPoet reads their poem a final time. \nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-womanhood/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T145231Z
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SUMMARY:Creatively Exploring Our Relationships with Bodies: A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Have you recently Googled\, “seasonal allergies or COVID\,” or “COVID toes”? Has someone other than a nurse or doctor taken your temperature in the past 18 months? How did you spend those fifteen minutes post-vaccine?\nJoin Rebecca Păpucaru to read and write poems about hypochondria and hypervigilance\, our bodies – but those of others\, too. Authors to respond to may include Billy Collins\, Sylvia Plath\, and others.\nBeginner to advanced\, writers and readers alike are welcome to creatively explore our relationships with our bodies – our ultimate frenemy – through writing prompts and exercises.\n**This workshop will follow the January 21\, 2022 Atwater Poetry Project with Rebecca Păpucaru and Gillian Sze\, 7:00-8:00 pm in the Atwater Library Auditorium.\nRebecca Păpucaru‘s first book\, The Panic Room\, was awarded the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry. Her poetry has appeared in journals in Canada\, the US\, and Ireland\, and been anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English. “Yentas” won The Malahat Review‘s 2020 Novella Prize and was selected for the 2021 National Magazine Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in Grain. Rebecca lives in Sherbrooke\, QC and despite fears of Lyme disease\, hikes regularly.\nTo register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca.\nCo-presented with the Atwater Poetry Project.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/creatively-exploring-our-relationships-with-bodies-a-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:January 22\, 29 & February 5\, 2022\, 10am-1pm \n\nOpen to all who have a literary arts project in mind\nLimited to 15 participants\n\nThis series of three workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can make a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. A program officer will also join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec- based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, or established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants should have a clear\, original literary arts project in mind. \n  \nAccess to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and give and receive feedback in a workshop setting. \n  \nTo complete your registration (after using the link below)\, please send a short\, one-sentence description of your current literary arts project to workshops@qwf.org. The subject line should read “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n  \n  \nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, artist\, producer\, and arts educator. Her poetry collections  include Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her first novel\, Book of Wings (2021)\, is fresh from Véhicule Press. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. In 2013\, she received the Golden Beret Award and was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency and vice president of QWF. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she moonlights as a whirling dervish. \n  \nWebsite\nhttp://www.mothertonguemedia.com \n  \n  \nSocials https://www.facebook.com/tanya.evanson https://www.instagram.com/radiasilencia https://twitter.com/semayatavon
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-2/2022-01-22/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T220000
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SUMMARY:Way Out: Developing Long-Form Fiction Already in Progress
DESCRIPTION:Open by application to writers with a novel or novella in progress \nLimited to 10 participants \n  \nThis workshop is intended for writers who are looking for guidance and encouragement while working on a novel or novella already in progress. Ideally\, you’ll have a significant portion (about 30–50 pages) of your novel or novella already completed\, as well as a solid grasp of the story you’re working on. \n  \nWriting long-form fiction on your own or with few readers can be exhilarating\, but can also leave you with abandoned drafts\, half-written chapters\, and the sinking feeling that there’s no way out. Gaining insight from unbiased readers—myself and the other members of the group—in a supportive\, creative atmosphere will help you identify issues\, clarify your intent\, and find real ways to improve your manuscript. To this end\, our primary focus will be on workshopping sections of each participant’s novel or novella. Each week\, one or two participants will be invited to submit 10–15 pages from their work-in-progress in order to receive feedback and notes from each person in the group. You’ll also be encouraged to include one or two questions about your work with your submission\, and will have the opportunity to engage in informal question and answer sessions in each workshop. \n  \nWorkshopping will be combined with lectures and writing exercises to help you gain new insight to constructing and completing your novel or novella. We’ll explore ways to reinforce the structure of your existing manuscript\, gain deeper understanding of characters\, fix plot holes\, tie up storylines\, and approach publishers and editors. We’ll also work on developing another skill invaluable to any writer: The ability to pinpoint what might not be working—and cut or rework if need be. Because writing a novel or novella takes as long as it takes\, this workshop is designed to help you stay motivated and focused through the difficult parts of writing a long piece and aims to give you the tools to finish your manuscript in your own time.  \n  \nPlease submit the following to workshops@qwf.org\, with the subject line “For Maya Merrick\,” by Monday\, September 13.  \n\nA short summary of your novel or novella (about one or two lines). \n\n\nA maximum of 10 pages from your novel or novella\, double-spaced (if these are not the opening pages\, please include a brief note to let me know where we are in the story).\n\n\nOne or two questions about your novel\, the process of completing a long work\, and/or what to do with it once you’ve finished. \n\nYou will be notified about whether you’ve been selected for the workshop by Monday\, November 20. \nMaya Merrick’s novel\, Sextant (Conundrum Press)\, was released to critical acclaim in 2005\, followed by The Hole Show (Conundrum Press) in 2007. She works with the Quebec Writers’ Federation as a mentor and workshop/master-class facilitator\, has been an instructor at Concordia University’s Centre for Continuing Education\, and has served as the editorial and administrative assistant at Conundrum Press. She is an active writing coach/mentor\, editor\, copyeditor\, and manuscript consultant. Maya is currently completing her third novel\, Colour Radio\, and is working on The Ride\, a book of microfiction.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/way-out-developing-long-form-fiction-already-in-progress/2021-12-09/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211211T213000
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SUMMARY:The Pipeline - A play reading series!
DESCRIPTION:The Pipeline is Infinithéâtre’s annual public reading series of plays that have come down our development pipeline. Audience feedback takes centre stage as Infinithéâtre invites the public to catch the excitement and share their views on plays that we are considering for production in future seasons\, giving the public a unique opportunity to voice their opinions and directly influence Montréal’s cultural development. All readings are free for the public to attend\, with donations accepted and appreciated. This year’s Pipeline readings series runs from December 9-11th\, at Kin Experience in downtown Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-pipeline-a-play-reading-series/
LOCATION:Kin Experience\, 397 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 2G3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
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SUMMARY:Creating Compelling Non-Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nCreative non-fiction has been breaking out of its niche to become an increasingly central component of the literary scene. For those wishing to enter this vibrant and thriving field\, having one’s work read and constructively critiqued by an established writer and a group of one’s peers is an invaluable experience. Creating Compelling Non-Fiction is precisely such an opportunity.  \n  \nOur workshopping will be done from the ground up. Analysis will be rigorous\, readings will be close\, group feedback will be thorough\, supportive\, and respectful. As workshop leader I will provide advice and critique that is both pertinent to the type of non-fiction being addressed and applicable to the genre as a whole. I’ll strive to provide practical and creative tips drawn from my extensive experience with short- and long-form journalism and book-length non-fiction.    \n  \nAlong the way\, numerous questions will be confronted and addressed: \n  \n\nWhat are the qualities and writing options unique to this form? \nWhat are the lines between non-fiction\, creative non-fiction\, and fiction? \nAre some subjects and narrative strategies better suited to a non-fiction treatment than others? \nWhat distinguishes memoir from autobiography? \nWhat is the writer’s responsibility to factual rigour in non-fiction? \nHow much research is too much research? \nWhat are some of the ways to invest non-fiction writing with the narrative pull of good fiction? \nPrecisely what story does the writer wish to tell? \nWhat are the choices—sentence by sentence\, paragraph by paragraph\, page by page—that will best serve that story\, and lead to effective and engaging non-fiction? \nFinally\, how do writers know when their piece is done?\n\n  \nThroughout the workshop I will stress the mutual\, collective nature of our undertaking. Offering one’s work to the eyes of others is an essential step in the journey of all writers\, and attaining a degree of comfort with that process is its own reward.  \n  \nTo complement and underpin our workshopping\, a short list of works by some of the contemporary masters of the form will be read and discussed. I will emphasize the general importance of reading as deeply as possible\, especially in the area in which one wishes to write; where useful\, I will provide personally tailored suggestions-for-further-reading lists for participants. A guest appearance by a prominent Montreal-based writer and journalist will be incorporated.  \nIan McGillis has been writing about books and visual arts for the Montreal Gazette for more than twenty years. His critically acclaimed novel A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry was shortlisted for the QWF’s Hugh MacLennan Prize For Fiction and McAuslan First Book Prize\, and was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/creating-compelling-non-fiction/2021-12-06/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20210810T181544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204105Z
UID:10002764-1638475200-1638482400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Way Out: Developing Long-Form Fiction Already in Progress
DESCRIPTION:Open by application to writers with a novel or novella in progress \nLimited to 10 participants \n  \nThis workshop is intended for writers who are looking for guidance and encouragement while working on a novel or novella already in progress. Ideally\, you’ll have a significant portion (about 30–50 pages) of your novel or novella already completed\, as well as a solid grasp of the story you’re working on. \n  \nWriting long-form fiction on your own or with few readers can be exhilarating\, but can also leave you with abandoned drafts\, half-written chapters\, and the sinking feeling that there’s no way out. Gaining insight from unbiased readers—myself and the other members of the group—in a supportive\, creative atmosphere will help you identify issues\, clarify your intent\, and find real ways to improve your manuscript. To this end\, our primary focus will be on workshopping sections of each participant’s novel or novella. Each week\, one or two participants will be invited to submit 10–15 pages from their work-in-progress in order to receive feedback and notes from each person in the group. You’ll also be encouraged to include one or two questions about your work with your submission\, and will have the opportunity to engage in informal question and answer sessions in each workshop. \n  \nWorkshopping will be combined with lectures and writing exercises to help you gain new insight to constructing and completing your novel or novella. We’ll explore ways to reinforce the structure of your existing manuscript\, gain deeper understanding of characters\, fix plot holes\, tie up storylines\, and approach publishers and editors. We’ll also work on developing another skill invaluable to any writer: The ability to pinpoint what might not be working—and cut or rework if need be. Because writing a novel or novella takes as long as it takes\, this workshop is designed to help you stay motivated and focused through the difficult parts of writing a long piece and aims to give you the tools to finish your manuscript in your own time.  \n  \nPlease submit the following to workshops@qwf.org\, with the subject line “For Maya Merrick\,” by Monday\, September 13.  \n\nA short summary of your novel or novella (about one or two lines). \n\n\nA maximum of 10 pages from your novel or novella\, double-spaced (if these are not the opening pages\, please include a brief note to let me know where we are in the story).\n\n\nOne or two questions about your novel\, the process of completing a long work\, and/or what to do with it once you’ve finished. \n\nYou will be notified about whether you’ve been selected for the workshop by Monday\, November 20. \nMaya Merrick’s novel\, Sextant (Conundrum Press)\, was released to critical acclaim in 2005\, followed by The Hole Show (Conundrum Press) in 2007. She works with the Quebec Writers’ Federation as a mentor and workshop/master-class facilitator\, has been an instructor at Concordia University’s Centre for Continuing Education\, and has served as the editorial and administrative assistant at Conundrum Press. She is an active writing coach/mentor\, editor\, copyeditor\, and manuscript consultant. Maya is currently completing her third novel\, Colour Radio\, and is working on The Ride\, a book of microfiction.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/way-out-developing-long-form-fiction-already-in-progress/2021-12-02/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20210809T195758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204117Z
UID:10002703-1638216000-1638223200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Creating Compelling Non-Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nCreative non-fiction has been breaking out of its niche to become an increasingly central component of the literary scene. For those wishing to enter this vibrant and thriving field\, having one’s work read and constructively critiqued by an established writer and a group of one’s peers is an invaluable experience. Creating Compelling Non-Fiction is precisely such an opportunity.  \n  \nOur workshopping will be done from the ground up. Analysis will be rigorous\, readings will be close\, group feedback will be thorough\, supportive\, and respectful. As workshop leader I will provide advice and critique that is both pertinent to the type of non-fiction being addressed and applicable to the genre as a whole. I’ll strive to provide practical and creative tips drawn from my extensive experience with short- and long-form journalism and book-length non-fiction.    \n  \nAlong the way\, numerous questions will be confronted and addressed: \n  \n\nWhat are the qualities and writing options unique to this form? \nWhat are the lines between non-fiction\, creative non-fiction\, and fiction? \nAre some subjects and narrative strategies better suited to a non-fiction treatment than others? \nWhat distinguishes memoir from autobiography? \nWhat is the writer’s responsibility to factual rigour in non-fiction? \nHow much research is too much research? \nWhat are some of the ways to invest non-fiction writing with the narrative pull of good fiction? \nPrecisely what story does the writer wish to tell? \nWhat are the choices—sentence by sentence\, paragraph by paragraph\, page by page—that will best serve that story\, and lead to effective and engaging non-fiction? \nFinally\, how do writers know when their piece is done?\n\n  \nThroughout the workshop I will stress the mutual\, collective nature of our undertaking. Offering one’s work to the eyes of others is an essential step in the journey of all writers\, and attaining a degree of comfort with that process is its own reward.  \n  \nTo complement and underpin our workshopping\, a short list of works by some of the contemporary masters of the form will be read and discussed. I will emphasize the general importance of reading as deeply as possible\, especially in the area in which one wishes to write; where useful\, I will provide personally tailored suggestions-for-further-reading lists for participants. A guest appearance by a prominent Montreal-based writer and journalist will be incorporated.  \nIan McGillis has been writing about books and visual arts for the Montreal Gazette for more than twenty years. His critically acclaimed novel A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry was shortlisted for the QWF’s Hugh MacLennan Prize For Fiction and McAuslan First Book Prize\, and was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/creating-compelling-non-fiction/2021-11-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211127T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20211116T193911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T211447Z
UID:10002801-1638032400-1638036000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Found in Translation: An Exchange Among French and English Quebec Writers and Translators
DESCRIPTION:(En français suivant)\n\nWhat’s it like to trans­late anoth­er writer’s work? How does it feel to have your work trans­lat­ed into Eng­lish or French? Does it change your career? Offer new dimen­sions\, open doors\, deep­en under­stand­ing? How strong is the Eng­lish-lan­guage mar­ket for Québé­cois authors? Do fran­coph­o­ne read­ers read Eng­lish Que­bec writ­ers in trans­la­tion? How do you trans­late la par­lure pop­u­laire Québé­coise to Eng­lish? These ques­tions and more will be on the table at a bilin­gual pan­el dis­cus­sion on lit­er­ary trans­la­tion — the process\, the play­ers\, the mar­ket\, the bilin­gual fun of it all — host­ed by the Que­bec Writ­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion at the Salon du Livre de Montréal.\n\n\nQue sig­ni­fie traduire les ouvrages lit­téraires d’autrui? Com­ment se sent-on lorsque notre pro­pre tra­vail fait l’objet d’une tra­duc­tion? Quel impact la tra­duc­tion a‑t-elle sur la récep­tion de l’œuvre par un nou­veau pub­lic? Le marché du livre anglais est-il intéres­sant pour des auteur·rice·s québécois·e·s? Les lecteur·rices·s fran­coph­o­nes lisent-ils des écrivain·e·s anglo-québé­cois? Com­ment bien traduire les spé­ci­ficités lin­guis­tiques fran­co-québé­cois­es? Tous ces ques­tions et d’autres enjeux seront à l’agenda lors d’une table ronde bilingue au sujet de la tra­duc­tion lit­téraire au Québec — le proces­sus\, les joueurs\, le marché\, le saut dans un monde bilingue — par­rainée par la Que­bec Writ­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion au Salon du livre de Mon­tréal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/found-in-translation/
LOCATION:Palais des congrès de Montréal\, 1001 Jean Paul Riopelle Pl\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Z1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20210810T181544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204105Z
UID:10002763-1637870400-1637877600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Way Out: Developing Long-Form Fiction Already in Progress
DESCRIPTION:Open by application to writers with a novel or novella in progress \nLimited to 10 participants \n  \nThis workshop is intended for writers who are looking for guidance and encouragement while working on a novel or novella already in progress. Ideally\, you’ll have a significant portion (about 30–50 pages) of your novel or novella already completed\, as well as a solid grasp of the story you’re working on. \n  \nWriting long-form fiction on your own or with few readers can be exhilarating\, but can also leave you with abandoned drafts\, half-written chapters\, and the sinking feeling that there’s no way out. Gaining insight from unbiased readers—myself and the other members of the group—in a supportive\, creative atmosphere will help you identify issues\, clarify your intent\, and find real ways to improve your manuscript. To this end\, our primary focus will be on workshopping sections of each participant’s novel or novella. Each week\, one or two participants will be invited to submit 10–15 pages from their work-in-progress in order to receive feedback and notes from each person in the group. You’ll also be encouraged to include one or two questions about your work with your submission\, and will have the opportunity to engage in informal question and answer sessions in each workshop. \n  \nWorkshopping will be combined with lectures and writing exercises to help you gain new insight to constructing and completing your novel or novella. We’ll explore ways to reinforce the structure of your existing manuscript\, gain deeper understanding of characters\, fix plot holes\, tie up storylines\, and approach publishers and editors. We’ll also work on developing another skill invaluable to any writer: The ability to pinpoint what might not be working—and cut or rework if need be. Because writing a novel or novella takes as long as it takes\, this workshop is designed to help you stay motivated and focused through the difficult parts of writing a long piece and aims to give you the tools to finish your manuscript in your own time.  \n  \nPlease submit the following to workshops@qwf.org\, with the subject line “For Maya Merrick\,” by Monday\, September 13.  \n\nA short summary of your novel or novella (about one or two lines). \n\n\nA maximum of 10 pages from your novel or novella\, double-spaced (if these are not the opening pages\, please include a brief note to let me know where we are in the story).\n\n\nOne or two questions about your novel\, the process of completing a long work\, and/or what to do with it once you’ve finished. \n\nYou will be notified about whether you’ve been selected for the workshop by Monday\, November 20. \nMaya Merrick’s novel\, Sextant (Conundrum Press)\, was released to critical acclaim in 2005\, followed by The Hole Show (Conundrum Press) in 2007. She works with the Quebec Writers’ Federation as a mentor and workshop/master-class facilitator\, has been an instructor at Concordia University’s Centre for Continuing Education\, and has served as the editorial and administrative assistant at Conundrum Press. She is an active writing coach/mentor\, editor\, copyeditor\, and manuscript consultant. Maya is currently completing her third novel\, Colour Radio\, and is working on The Ride\, a book of microfiction.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/way-out-developing-long-form-fiction-already-in-progress/2021-11-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20211123T163956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T163956Z
UID:10002802-1637866800-1637874000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange \nPoets: Patrick Burman\, Jim Olwell\, Claire Sherwood\, Peter Richardson \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\nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-8/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20210810T150206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204116Z
UID:10002744-1637863200-1637870400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Teen Spirit: Writing YA
DESCRIPTION:Young adult fiction is a genre that has exploded in popularity in the last few decades\, but it is a genre that is often hard to define. Many people want to write stories about adolescence\, with teenaged protagonists. Does that automatically make the work YA? What exactly is YA? That is one of the questions we will seek to answer in this workshop as we look at the genre and talk about what makes it great. YA is exciting\, explorative\, and highly creative\, allowing writers to experiment with novel structure and narrative voice. It is also challenging\, in that the story must be engaging to young readers and speak to them in a way that is never condescending or pedantic. The writer must do all this with plots that are fast-paced and original\, and with characters that are believable and never clichéd. \nIn this workshop\, we will look at the components of the YA novel\, including character\, voice\, plot\, structure\, setting\, dialogue and figurative language. We will also discuss how to generate ideas\, the writing and editing process\, marketing and working with editors.  Participants will learn how to deal appropriately with sensitive topics such as sex\, violence and profanity. We will explore various forms of the YA novel\, such as traditional narrative\, journal form and the verse novel. We will also talk about different sub-genres\, such as fantasy\, historical\, mystery\, reluctant reader\, and others. We will use John Truby’s book\, The Anatomy of Story\, as a support and guide to the process of storytelling. It is recommended that participants purchase this book. \nParticipants will have the opportunity to workshop their own writing on a designated night by sharing up to 20 double-spaced pages with the group. Fellow participants will read the work in advance and offer critiques in a supportive round table forum. Writers can then ask questions on their work and gain valuable advice for revision. \nThe schedule below shows the main topic of each session. Writing exercises\, examples taken from published works\, and discussion will be also part of each session.  \nWeek 1: Introductory session Participants will introduce themselves and their work; they can also share their expectations for the workshop. Lori will introduce herself and her work to the group and provide an overview of the units that will be covered during the upcoming sessions. We will also lay out the workshopping schedule.  \nWeek 2: Plot\, structure\, pacing.  \nWeek 3: Character and voice.  \nWeek 4: Setting\, symbolism and figurative language.  \nWeek 5: Dialogue.  \nWeek 6: Publishing\, submissions\, expectations etc.  \nWeek 7: Workshopping. \nWeek 8: Workshopping. Wrapping up loose ends\, final questions. \nLori Weber is a native Montrealer who has written eight young adult novels\, including Deep Girls and Yellow Mini; a middle grade novel called Lightning Lou; and one picture book\, My Granny Loves Hockey. A ninth young adult novel\, The Ribbon Leaf\, is forthcoming with Red Deer Press in 2022. She has also published poetry\, short fiction\, and essays in various Canadian journals. She taught English Literature and Creative Writing at John Abbott College for twenty-six years\, and has been a QWF mentor five times\, as well as workshop leader several times. She lives in Dorval\, Quebec.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-spirit-writing-ya/2021-11-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211124T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194650
CREATED:20210810T145404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T204116Z
UID:10002736-1637784000-1637791200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Story Technique – A Hands-on Investigation
DESCRIPTION:Open to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n“The only way … to learn to write short stories is to write them\, and then to try to discover what you have done.”  Flannery O’Connor \n  \nThis eight-week workshop will investigate the short story form. Using five truly great realist and speculative short stories as reference\, we’ll do a quick review of the basic building blocks of story-writing: things like detail\, narrative point of view\, and elements of time and place. Then we’ll investigate technical innovations with an eye to attempting something new in our own fiction. Workshop time will be split between discussing technique in published models\, and reading and discussing our own stories.  \n  \nAs soon as you have registered for this workshop\, please submit a single WORD document containing the following information to workshops@qwf.org with the subject line “For Claire Rothman”:  \n\nA short paragraph about yourself.\nA sentence about what you hope to get from this workshop.\n\n  \nStory Technique will be taught online on Zoom. You’ll need a computer and a decent online connection. We will keep things interactive\, with participants pairing up in break-out rooms for one-on-one exchanges\, and also giving short presentations to the group.  \n  \nYou will receive links to the five stories we’ll be using as models. Reading them before our start date is strongly recommended.  \n  \nClaire Holden Rothman is a Montreal writer\, translator\, and fiction editor\, whose third novel\, Lear’s Shadow (2018) won the 2019 Vine Award for Jewish Canadian Fiction and was short-listed for the 2020 Jacob Isaac Segal Award. Other novels include My October (2014)\, shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award and nominated for a Scotiabank Giller prize\, and The Heart Specialist (2009)\, also nominated for the Giller. She has taught fiction workshops at McGill and Bishop’s Universities. For many years\, she taught English literature and creative writing at Marianopolis College in Montreal.  \n  \nwww.claireholdenrothman.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/story-technique-a-hands-on-investigation/2021-11-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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