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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four 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 and an arts council program officer will 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 must have an original literary arts project in mind. \n\n\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\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, multidisciplinary artist and producer. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her debut novel Book of Wings (Véhicule 2021) won the 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize\, was on the 2022 CBC Canads Reads Longlist\, and was one of Quill & Quire’s 2021 Books of the Year. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she has performed in over a dozen countries and released several studio albums and videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013\, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. Director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word residency and VP of The Quebec Writers’ Federation\, she is at work on an Afrofuturist film premiering in spring 2023 and a French translation of her novel. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-3/2023-02-04/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Literary Conversation with Baharan Baniahmadi
DESCRIPTION:With Baharan BaniahmadiHosted by Shelley PomeranceIn collaboration with QWF \n\n\n\nJoin author Baharan Baniahmadi for a discussion about her book Prophetess\, winner of the QWF’s 2022 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Prophetess is an unflinching allegorical novel that explores trauma\, women’s rights\, and religious tradition in Iran.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-literary-conversation-with-baharan-baniahmadi/
LOCATION:Westmount Public Library\, 4626 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1G1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Muslim Awareness Week
DESCRIPTION:Free\, in-person event. \n\n\n\nThe Quebec Writers’ Federation and Muslim Awareness Week (MAW—2023) invite you to a special panel featuring authors Toula Drimonis and Ehab Lotayef in conversation with Montreal Gazette columnist Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed. Featuring Guest of Honour Frank Baylis\, M.P. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nFariha Naqvi-Mohamed is a television and print journalist and the founder and editor-in-chief of CanadianMomEh\, the number one diversity blog in Canada. Fariha made history as the first woman to wear the hijab on Quebec television in her role as a video journalist for CityNews Montreal.  \n\n\n\nToula Drimonis is a Montreal-based opinion columnist\, news producer and writer\, with a focus on politics\, social justice\, immigration\, and women’s issues. In 2022 she published her first book\, We\, the Others: Allophones\, Immigrants\, and Belonging in Canada. \n\n\n\nEhab Lotayef is a Canadian poet\, writer\, community activist\, and IT Manager of Egyptian origin. As a poet and writer\, Ehab published a bilingual poetry collection\, To Love a Palestinian Woman in 2010. His play\, Crossing Gibraltar\, was produced by the CBC in 2006. \n\n\n\nFrank Baylis is a professional engineer\, business entrepreneur\, film producer\, and former Parliamentarian. He is well known for his leadership in promoting equality and fair treatment for all Canadians. As a Member of Parliament\, Frank was a founding member of the Parliamentary Black Caucus\, which develops constructive community policies and works to address systemic\, anti-black racism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-muslim-awareness-week/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Writers Out Loud
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four 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 and an arts council program officer will 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 must have an original literary arts project in mind. \n\n\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\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, multidisciplinary artist and producer. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her debut novel Book of Wings (Véhicule 2021) won the 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize\, was on the 2022 CBC Canads Reads Longlist\, and was one of Quill & Quire’s 2021 Books of the Year. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she has performed in over a dozen countries and released several studio albums and videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013\, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. Director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word residency and VP of The Quebec Writers’ Federation\, she is at work on an Afrofuturist film premiering in spring 2023 and a French translation of her novel. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-3/2023-01-28/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Write Here\, Write Now -- New Anthology Competition
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us on Sunday 22nd January\, at 1.30pm\, for the Zoom launch of our new book anthology competition.  \nWrite Here\, Write Now is seeking submissions of short work in any genre and on any theme. The deadline is April 11th\, 2023\, and those accepted will be published in a paperback and ebook format in September 2023. \nAt the Zoom launch\, you will have the opportunity to find out more about the competition\, get information on the submission details\, meet the editorial board\, and ask any questions you may have about the project.  \nAbout the anthology editor:\nRebecca Welton is a writer and editor. She was shortlisted for the Fresher Prize in short stories\, and currently runs creative writing workshops for WHWN and BULLA. She is the editor of Hope and Resilience in the Time of Covid\, an anthology of community writing and artistry. Rebecca is both a developmental editor and a qualified copyeditor. She works with writers to craft their work into the best version possible. \nWrite Here\, Write Now is supported by Bishop’s University Lifelong Learning Academy. \nBishop’s University is located on the Traditional and Unceded Territory of the Abenaki People.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-here-write-now-new-anthology-competition/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
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SUMMARY:Book Publishing Explained for Writers
DESCRIPTION:This is the first of two workshops to be offered in 2023 on the theme of getting published. Watch for a longer interactive workshop in the fall. \n\n\n\nA veteran of Canada’s book industry will demystify how the publishing process works\, from acquisitions to the finished product to how books get into the market. He will explain the importance of the pitch letter in finding a publisher or agent\, why hitting deadlines is paramount to successful publishing\, and the dual roles of the marketing department and the author’s input in creating a bestseller. He will also share his thoughts on literary agents—and how to find a publisher without one—in a nuts and bolts seminar on the arcane world of book publishing.  \n\n\n\nFormer publisher of House of Anansi Press\, founding publisher of University of Regina Press\, Vice President of Marketing for Margret Atwood’s Longpen\, and Director of Marketing and Publicity at McClelland & Stewart\, Bruce Walsh has published many bestselling and award-winning books in his 30-year career. He is on the boards of Pen Canada and the Port Medway Readers Festival\, is helping to program the Lunenburg Literary Festival\, and is Vice Chair of the Disabilities Committee for the South Shore Libraries.  \n\n\n\nHe is consulting with writers and other book professionals after stepping down as publisher due to illness and can be contacted directly at Kickinghorse@live.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-publishing-explained-for-writers/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four 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 and an arts council program officer will 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 must have an original literary arts project in mind. \n\n\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\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, multidisciplinary artist and producer. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her debut novel Book of Wings (Véhicule 2021) won the 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize\, was on the 2022 CBC Canads Reads Longlist\, and was one of Quill & Quire’s 2021 Books of the Year. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she has performed in over a dozen countries and released several studio albums and videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013\, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. Director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word residency and VP of The Quebec Writers’ Federation\, she is at work on an Afrofuturist film premiering in spring 2023 and a French translation of her novel. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-3/2023-01-21/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Winter Writers Retreat 2023 | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
DESCRIPTION:The Winter Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat\, reconnect\, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room\, and a small private studio\, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks\, performances\, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThis self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life. Delve deep into your creative project and take advantage of the artistic community of your peers around you. This program provides opportunities for consultations with mentors\, and optional group sessions led by guest mentors that allow writers to explore literary tools\, aspects\, and devices that you may find useful in your practice. You may also sign up for additional walks and day trips within Banff National Park as well as campus-wide activities organized by our Participant Resources team. \nThis 13-day residency provides thematic teaching from faculty members\, Q&A sessions\, public events\, and one-on-one workshopping. Instructors will discuss ideas\, experiences\, and obstacles that participants may be encountering with their writing across genre. This flexible program allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. All program elements are optional.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/winter-writers-retreat-2023-banff-centre-for-arts-and-creativity-2/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Winter Writers Retreat 2023 | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
DESCRIPTION:The Winter Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat\, reconnect\, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room\, and a small private studio\, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks\, performances\, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThis self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life. Delve deep into your creative project and take advantage of the artistic community of your peers around you. This program provides opportunities for consultations with mentors\, and optional group sessions led by guest mentors that allow writers to explore literary tools\, aspects\, and devices that you may find useful in your practice. You may also sign up for additional walks and day trips within Banff National Park as well as campus-wide activities organized by our Participant Resources team. \nThis 13-day residency provides thematic teaching from faculty members\, Q&A sessions\, public events\, and one-on-one workshopping. Instructors will discuss ideas\, experiences\, and obstacles that participants may be encountering with their writing across genre. This flexible program allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. All program elements are optional. \nWho should apply?\nWe welcome writers from all backgrounds\, and all gender identities and expressions. Writers in all creative genres are invited to apply. The program is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated time to work on a project in any genre. \nWinter Writers Retreat 2023 only accepts projects that are being written in English. \nThis program is not open to applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year\, nor to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming. \nApplication Deadline: September 21\, 2022 \n*Financial Aid of 100% of tuition and 50% of food and accommodation is available for this program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/winter-writers-retreat-2023-banff-centre-for-arts-and-creativity/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four 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 and an arts council program officer will 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 must have an original literary arts project in mind. \n\n\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\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, author\, multidisciplinary artist and producer. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018)\, and her debut novel Book of Wings (Véhicule 2021) won the 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize\, was on the 2022 CBC Canads Reads Longlist\, and was one of Quill & Quire’s 2021 Books of the Year. With a 25-year practice in spoken word\, she has performed in over a dozen countries and released several studio albums and videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013\, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. Director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word residency and VP of The Quebec Writers’ Federation\, she is at work on an Afrofuturist film premiering in spring 2023 and a French translation of her novel. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-3/2023-01-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Confabulation presents: The Shortest Story XIII
DESCRIPTION:Our annual 2-minute story tradition continues. True stories\, as quick as we can tell them.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/confabulation-presents-the-shortest-story-xiii/
LOCATION:Centaur Theatre\, 453 St. Francois-Xavier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, HZY 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T220000
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: A Workshop on Edgy Fiction
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DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all levels of writers who have a prose manuscript they want to work on. \n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be conducted via Zoom. \n\n\n\nUsing tips\, tricks\, and hands-on exercises\, workshop participants will learn about the different types of editing (including developmental editing\, line editing\, copyediting\, and fact checking) and how to see their own work with fresh eyes. \n\n\n\nThrough reading\, discussion\, and exercises\, this workshop will cover: \n\n\n\nHow to see your own work with an editor’s eyeSpotting common problems (info dumping\, “as you know\, Bob” explanations\, insufficient conflict\, misunderstanding genre conventions\, etc.)Understanding character development (goals and motivation)How to make the most out of dialoguePoint of view\, and common problems with point of view (e.g. head hopping)\n\n\n\nThis workshop is geared toward book-length manuscripts\, including short story and essay collections. Applicants must submit an excerpt from their manuscript (maximum 25 pages) along with a short description of the whole project in order to be considered for the workshop. After registering below\, you have until September 9 to send your document(s) to workshops@qwf.org\, with “For Maria Turner” in the subject line. \n\n\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, participants will have an in-depth editorial plan for their manuscript and have a solid understanding of the different types of editing and how to apply them to their own work. \n\n\n\nMaria Schamis Turner is a freelance editor specializing in developmental editing and line editing for fiction and creative nonfiction. She is a founding editor and previous editor-in-chief and creative nonfiction editor of the literary magazine carte blanche. She worked for 10 years on literary projects for CBC Radio\, including as an editor for Canada Writes. She was also the producer of the true story storytelling series This Really Happened and has taught numerous workshops on storytelling\, writing\, and editing. \n\n\n\nTurneredits.com \n\n\n\nTwitter: @turnmaria \n\n\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/turnmaria
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: A Workshop on Edgy Fiction
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SUMMARY:Edit like an Editor: How to Edit Your Own Prose
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all levels of writers who have a prose manuscript they want to work on. \n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be conducted via Zoom. \n\n\n\nUsing tips\, tricks\, and hands-on exercises\, workshop participants will learn about the different types of editing (including developmental editing\, line editing\, copyediting\, and fact checking) and how to see their own work with fresh eyes. \n\n\n\nThrough reading\, discussion\, and exercises\, this workshop will cover: \n\n\n\nHow to see your own work with an editor’s eyeSpotting common problems (info dumping\, “as you know\, Bob” explanations\, insufficient conflict\, misunderstanding genre conventions\, etc.)Understanding character development (goals and motivation)How to make the most out of dialoguePoint of view\, and common problems with point of view (e.g. head hopping)\n\n\n\nThis workshop is geared toward book-length manuscripts\, including short story and essay collections. Applicants must submit an excerpt from their manuscript (maximum 25 pages) along with a short description of the whole project in order to be considered for the workshop. After registering below\, you have until September 9 to send your document(s) to workshops@qwf.org\, with “For Maria Turner” in the subject line. \n\n\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, participants will have an in-depth editorial plan for their manuscript and have a solid understanding of the different types of editing and how to apply them to their own work. \n\n\n\nMaria Schamis Turner is a freelance editor specializing in developmental editing and line editing for fiction and creative nonfiction. She is a founding editor and previous editor-in-chief and creative nonfiction editor of the literary magazine carte blanche. She worked for 10 years on literary projects for CBC Radio\, including as an editor for Canada Writes. She was also the producer of the true story storytelling series This Really Happened and has taught numerous workshops on storytelling\, writing\, and editing. \n\n\n\nTurneredits.com \n\n\n\nTwitter: @turnmaria \n\n\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/turnmaria
URL:https://qwf.org/event/edit-like-an-editor-how-to-edit-your-own-prose/2022-12-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Edit like an Editor: How to Edit Your Own Prose
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all levels of writers who have a prose manuscript they want to work on. \n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be conducted via Zoom. \n\n\n\nUsing tips\, tricks\, and hands-on exercises\, workshop participants will learn about the different types of editing (including developmental editing\, line editing\, copyediting\, and fact checking) and how to see their own work with fresh eyes. \n\n\n\nThrough reading\, discussion\, and exercises\, this workshop will cover: \n\n\n\nHow to see your own work with an editor’s eyeSpotting common problems (info dumping\, “as you know\, Bob” explanations\, insufficient conflict\, misunderstanding genre conventions\, etc.)Understanding character development (goals and motivation)How to make the most out of dialoguePoint of view\, and common problems with point of view (e.g. head hopping)\n\n\n\nThis workshop is geared toward book-length manuscripts\, including short story and essay collections. Applicants must submit an excerpt from their manuscript (maximum 25 pages) along with a short description of the whole project in order to be considered for the workshop. After registering below\, you have until September 9 to send your document(s) to workshops@qwf.org\, with “For Maria Turner” in the subject line. \n\n\n\nBy the end of the workshop\, participants will have an in-depth editorial plan for their manuscript and have a solid understanding of the different types of editing and how to apply them to their own work. \n\n\n\nMaria Schamis Turner is a freelance editor specializing in developmental editing and line editing for fiction and creative nonfiction. She is a founding editor and previous editor-in-chief and creative nonfiction editor of the literary magazine carte blanche. She worked for 10 years on literary projects for CBC Radio\, including as an editor for Canada Writes. She was also the producer of the true story storytelling series This Really Happened and has taught numerous workshops on storytelling\, writing\, and editing. \n\n\n\nTurneredits.com \n\n\n\nTwitter: @turnmaria \n\n\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/turnmaria
URL:https://qwf.org/event/edit-like-an-editor-how-to-edit-your-own-prose/2022-12-22/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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