BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Quebec Writers' Federation - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Quebec Writers' Federation
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://qwf.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Quebec Writers' Federation
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20220313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20221106T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230405T145631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230405T195055Z
UID:10003360-1683032400-1683039600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:How to Pitch the Media
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Session: April 27\, 2-3:30pm (No registration limit)In-Person Session: May 2\, 1-3pm (Registration currently full)Free for all QWF members \n\n\n\nQWF is pleased to offer this free workshop with CBC Montreal’s Debbie Hynes\, Manager of Communications\, Marketing & Brand. \n\n\n\n“How to Pitch Your Work to CBC” will give you practical\, hands-on advice on how to get your work out to the media\, with a particular focus on CBC. You’ll learn what producers expect (and want) in a pitch\, how to market your work to media outlets\, and how to craft a pitch that sets you and your story apart.  \n\n\n\nThis workshop is offered two times: once online and once in person. The in-person workshop will be held at the CBC Montreal offices and is limited to 12 participants. The virtual workshop will be held over Zoom and does not have an attendance limit. The content of both sessions is essentially the same\, but the in-person workshop will be a bit more hands-on\, given the nature of the format. \n\n\n\nTo Register for a Virtual Spot on April 27: \n\n\n\n(1) Send an email to Riley at riley@qwf.org with the subject line “How to Pitch the Media – Virtual Registration.” Make sure that your email includes both your name and email address.  \n\n\n\n(2) A Zoom link will be sent out a few days prior to the session. \n\n\n\nTo Register for an In-Person Spot on May 2: \n\n\n\nIn-person registration is now closed. If you are interested in this workshop\, please register for a virtual spot. \n\n\n\nImportant: This workshop is free for all QWF members. QWF membership status will be checked for both virtual and in-person participants. Not yet a member? Learn about being a member here!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/how-to-pitch-the-media/2023-05-02/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/profile-1-e1680706707387.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230109T170626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T170629Z
UID:10003274-1683136800-1683144000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Joys and Pitfalls of Memoir
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the hazards and rewards of writing a personal memoir. Throughout the eight weeks\, we will look at ways to produce a compelling narrative out of the chaos of the past. We’ll discuss the tremendous value of research\, but we’ll also consider whether research can sometimes handicap a project. We will explore the creation of a narrative voice. And we will ask if and how a writer knows that a memoir has achieved its ideal focus and shape. \n\n\n\nEach participant will be expected to produce one or two finished (or near-finished) pieces of writing. They could be either stand-alone essays or excerpts from a longer work. I will provide a detailed response to these pieces\, and other participants in the workshop will be asked to give their feedback too. A good portion of time each week will be spent on a discussion of the work submitted by participants. Throughout the workshops\, I plan to emphasize the crucial importance not just of remembering but of rethinking and rewriting.  \n\n\n\nIn the remainder of each session\, we will examine and debate issues that memoir-writing brings to the fore. We will delve into some thorny issues that memoirs often raise: the unreliability of memory\, an author’s urge to justify\, and the sense of hurt and betrayal that a memoir may provoke in other people. I will ask the participants to read selected materials (none of them too lengthy) as a basis for discussion.   \n\n\n\n“Memoir\,” for the purposes of this workshop\, can include small-scale personal essays as well as longer\, more ambitious texts. The participants may choose to focus on a particular relationship\, place\, or time. But the pieces they submit for discussion should all be personal in nature\, and unless there are unusual reasons to the contrary\, they should make use of the first-person pronoun. Memoir can be a demanding form; it allows the author no place to hide. Yet it can be immensely rewarding to write. \n\n\n\nThe overall aim is to equip participants with more awareness\, more skills\, and more confidence in their own work.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-joys-and-pitfalls-of-memoir-2/2023-05-03/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AbleyPHOTO-credit-John-Kenney.jpeg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221215T172340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T172545Z
UID:10003233-1683144000-1683151200@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Ghost at the Heart of a Short Story
DESCRIPTION:A man down on his luck has moved everything he owns out onto his lawn\, and for no reason anybody can articulate\, he pawns some of it to two young passersby; in northern Ontario\, a woman whose cancer is in remission lets a teenaged boy\, half her age\, kiss her on a floating bridge—she doesn’t know why; in a hotel room in Wenatchee\, a man has a strange\, galvanizing sexual encounter with a bare-knuckle boxer\, and it leaves him more sure of himself\, or more sure of his past\, or more sure of who he might yet become. But if you asked him what had changed\, he wouldn’t be able to tell you. \n\n\n\nThere is something ineffable in every good short story\, something that cannot bepinned down\, a question—perhaps insignificant—whose answer is not merely unknown\, but unknowable\, and whose presence haunts us long after we’ve put a story down. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is a guided discussion about the plot\, characters\, point of view\, structure\, and language (the mechanics or “craft”) of participants’ short stories\, as well as an investigation of each story’s aboutness\, patterns\, emotional plot\, and central question(s)—that is\, all those hard-to-define elements that make fiction what it is. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, the workshop aims to foster community among the attendees\, to bring together \n\n\n\nwriters of similar skill and drive\, and to encourage the kind of creative energy that crackles \n\n\n\nbetween new practitioners. \n\n\n\n Some Learning Objectives \n\n\n\n\nCritical reading\, and the ability to identify the roots of a story’s problems\, particularly with regard to dramatic structure and conflict. Conversely: the ability to identify the roots of a story’s successes\, especially when it seems intangible or difficult to pin down.\n\n\n\nClose reading\, even of your own work\, for strongest possible sentences. (They are\, after all\, the building blocks of fiction.)\n\n\n\nImmersing yourself in\, and engaging with\, literature among a cohort of people who are similarly immersed and engaged in literature; enjoying it.\n\n\n\n\nIn our first meeting\, we will establish a schedule\, review workshop etiquette\, spend some time meeting each other\, and do a few writing exercises. From then on\, each session will consist of detailed discussion and feedback of participants’ stories. The goal\, always\, is to offer the writer of each story constructive suggestions to help them improve the story and their craft. We are\, I always say\, in this together. \n\n\n\nIn preparation: Please bring a short story you’ve written of no more than 2500 words to the first session. \n\n\n\nD. W. Wilson is the author of Once You Break a Knuckle\, a collection of short stories\, and Ballistics\, a novel. His work has appeared in lit mags across the globe\, and in 2011 he won the BBC National Short Story Award for “The Dead Roads.” Since then he has been shortlisted for numerous fiction prizes\, and has won the CBC Short Story Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize. He taught creative writing at the University of Victoria and Brandon University\, as well at literary festivals such as the London Short Story Festival and Wordfest.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-ghost-at-the-heart-of-a-short-story/2023-05-03/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wilson-Photo_cr_Samantha-Hart-e1671124812955.jpg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221215T181429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T181432Z
UID:10003241-1683223200-1683230400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing the TV Pilot
DESCRIPTION:In this eight-week workshop\, Montreal-based screenwriter Allen Markuze will give you the tools to be able to write a TV pilot. He’s going to do so by asking and helping answer the following… \n\n\n\n\nWhat is your TV series about?\n\n\n\nIs your idea sustainable?\n\n\n\nWhat happens episode to episode?\n\n\n\nWhat’s the theme of your show?\n\n\n\nWhat are some similar shows?\n\n\n\nWho are your characters?\n\n\n\nIs your pilot going to be a premise episode or an episodic episode?\n\n\n\nWhat is a three-act structure and five-act structure?\n\n\n\n\nThese intimate sessions will involve a mixture of group discussion\, critical analysis of TV pilots and shows\, and workshopping participants’ own ideas with the goal of completing their own TV pilot. Ideas will be workshopped in groups as well as one-on-one with the workshop leader and fellow participants. \n\n\n\nAllen Markuze is an award-winning screenwriter who has taken part in writers rooms and has written for a variety of live-action and animation TV shows that have aired on the likes of Netflix\, Disney\, Nickelodeon\, Hulu\, and CBC. Before embarking on a screenwriting career\, Markuze spent several years working in LA at Dan Halsted’s company\, Manage-ment\, where he helped manage a roster of writers from shows such as Mad Men and Breaking Bad\, and on feature films like Friday Night Lights and Wall Street. Prior to that\, he worked as an assistant to screenwriter Janus Cercone (Leap of Faith with Steve Martin). Markuze’s foray into the entertainment industry began as a development intern in LA at Underground Films (FX’s Snowfall) where he read countless scripts\, books\, and plays\, and eavesdropped on A LOT of conversations.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-the-tv-pilot/2023-05-04/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Markuze-PHOTO.jpg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221215T182413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T182414Z
UID:10003249-1683230400-1683237600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Biography\, Autobiography\, and Ghostwriting
DESCRIPTION:The basic tools of biography and autobiography are the same\, and this workshop will show how you can write any life in a meaningful and engaging way. \n\n\n\nThe first challenge is learning how to put lives in a larger context. This means researching the times and places the subject lived in\, then weaving their individual narratives with all of their complex personal relationships\, into the larger world. We will learn how to do this with the use of the illuminating details that bring people and places to life. \n\n\n\nWe will also look at the sub-category of ghostwriting\, where you are writing a first-person biography and\, in a sense\, become the person you are writing for\, internalizing their thoughts and feelings as you use all of the tools at your disposal to tell their story as if was your own. \n\n\n\nGhostwriting also happens to be a field where a writer can make a decent living in Canada\, and at the end of the course\, we will look at the business side and what goes into a ghostwriting contract. \n\n\n\nOne thing you soon discover in writing biographies of any kind\, including ghosting an autobiography\, is the truth of the cliché that everyone has a book in them. At least in the sense that all of our stories—following our lives along the trajectories of time and space and meeting and beating challenges—are worth telling. As a writer you discover that it is a privilege to write someone else’s life. \n\n\n\nIdeally\, you will be working on biographical or autobiographical material of your own in the class\, but this is not necessary. If you are working on a text now or if you are simply planning one for the future\, I look forward to meeting you in the spring of 2023 and exploring the writing of lives together. \n\n\n\nPeter McFarlane has written 4 nonfiction books of his own and five ghostwritten books\, as well as more than 100 newspaper and magazine features. He has specialized in Indigenous history and politics and has worked on several CBC radio programs as a researcher and on-air contributor. He is currently completing another ghostwritten book and a new work of his own nonfiction.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/biography-autobiography-and-ghostwriting/2023-05-04/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/McFarlane-selfie-rotated-e1671128468704.jpeg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230526T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221122T182042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T182044Z
UID:10003171-1683504000-1685145599@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange 2023
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange offers emerging Indigenous artists professional development and space for artistic exchange on a current or upcoming dramaturgy project\, with a focus on on-the-land engagement as a way of locating stories. \nThis program provides reciprocal mentorship and community building\, and you are encouraged to apply with a partner\, mentor\, or collaborator. \nIndigenous dramaturgies; as artistic ceremony\, as political resistances\, and as community-building\, are under studied and under supported. In this program we will discuss and explore your roles in deeper detail\, with the support of faculty and with cultural facilitators for on-the-land engagement sessions. This program includes daily check-ins as a group to share in creative processes and showcase your work in order to look to yourselves\, your cultural realities\, relationships\, and teachings as ways that navigate your artistic practice. \n*Financial Aid of up to 100% of tuition fee\, meal and accommodation fee is available for this program. All accepted participants will receive the financial aid package. \nProgram Dates: May 8 – 26\, 2023\nApplication Deadline: February 15\, 2023\nLearn more and apply online: http://bit.ly/3tPly6S
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-dramaturgies-exchange-2023/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IA180316_DSC8007_Indigenous-Dramaturgies.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221215T184153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T142140Z
UID:10003250-1683568800-1683576000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Art of Literary Translation
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will explore literary translation from French to English: fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, and songs. \n\n\n\nWe will look at contemporary literature from Quebec and France\, as well as some older (nineteenth- and twentieth-century) texts. Sources may include Gabrielle Roy\, Anne Hébert\, Annie Ernaux\, and Samuel Archibald. We will start by looking at an excerpt of a literary text in French and reading a published English translation of it. What difficulties (such as euphony\, voice\, word play\, and verb tense) did the translator face\, and how successful were they? At each meeting\, there will be time to produce your own translations\, often in groups. We will read our work aloud and comment on difficulties and strokes of inspiration. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to translate a further passage from the same work (or from another) as a homework assignment for the next meeting. The corrected assignments provide individual feedback and lead to discussion of the issues encountered. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of the workshop\, you’ll be asked to present a passage you have translated from a work you have chosen\, commenting on the issues it presents\, and describing ways of solving these issues. This is an ideal opportunity to begin or pursue a project you intend to submit to a publisher. Jonathan Kaplanskywon a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen)for the University of Nebraska Press. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane (Orca\, 2023) and Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere (Guernica\, 2022). He has sat on the juries for the translation category of the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the John Glassco Translation Prize and recently translated the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-art-of-literary-translation-2/2023-05-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/093-e1680531874307.jpg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T192048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T192051Z
UID:10003375-1683828000-1683828000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Helen Molesworth in Conversation with Jarrett Earnest
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 11\, 2023 at 6 PMCinéma du Musée1379-A Sherbrooke Street WestPresented by ART SPEAKS\n\n\n\nArt Speaks is proud to present a conversation between Helen Molesworth and Jarrett Earnest\, which will focus on Molesworth’s impressive career and trajectory in the art world as a thinker\, writer and curator. \n\n\n\nHelen Molesworth is a writer and a curator based in Los Angeles. She recently hosted Death of an Artist a 6-part podcast about the intertwined fates of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta. She was the originating host of the podcast “Recording Artists” with The Getty. She is also the host of PROGRAM\, streamed interviews with artists and writers hosted by the David Zwirner Gallery. Her major museum exhibitions include: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art; Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957; Dance/Draw; This Will Have Been: Art\, Love & Politics in the 1980s; Part Object Part Sculpture\, and Work Ethic. She has organized monographic exhibitions of Ruth Asawa\, Moyra Davey\, Noah Davis\, Louise Lawler\, Steve Locke\, Anna Maria Maiolino\, Josiah McElheny\, Kerry James Marshall\, Catherine Opie\, Amy Sillman\, and Luc Tuymans. She is the author of numerous catalogue essays and her writing has appeared in Artforum\, Art Journal\, Documents\, and October. The recipient of the 2011 Bard Center for Curatorial Studies Award for Curatorial Excellence\, in 2021 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 2022 she was awarded The Clark Art Writing Prize. \n\n\n\nJarrett Earnest is a writer and curator living in New York City. He is the author of What it Means to Write About Art: Interviews with Art Critics (2018) and editor of The Young and Evil: Queer Modernism in New York\, 1930-1955 (2020)\, Painting is a Supreme Fiction: Writings by Jesse Murry\, 1980-1993 (2021) and Devotion: today’s future becomes tomorrow archive (2022). His criticism has been published in magazines and exhibition catalogs around the world\, and appears regularly in the New York Review of Books. His new collection of photographs and writing\,Valid Until Sunset\, will be out this fall.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/helen-molesworth-in-conversation-with-jarrett-earnest/
LOCATION:Cinema du Musée\, 1379-A Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MolesworthEarnest-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T193342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T193345Z
UID:10003376-1683831600-1683831600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:T. Liem launches SLOWS:TWICE
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 11 at 7:00 pmLa Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\n\n\n\nJoin T. Liem at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly at 176 rue Bernard O at 7 pm on Thursday\, May 11th for the launch of their new poetry collection SLOWS:TWICE! The evening will feature readings by Trynne Delaney\, Alexe Perry-Cox and Lauren Turner\, a conversation\, Q&A and signing. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Books will be available for purchase at the event and the author will sign copies of their book. \n\n\n\nPlease note that we are asking all guests to wear masks at this event. Masks will be available free of charge upon entry. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nBackward and forward: a double book of mirrored poems about identity in all its forms. \n\n\n\nThis is a book of slow hours\, days\, and years—how they can collapse into one another\, how it can feel like we are living one day repeating itself. From within this collapse\, the speaker seeks connection everywhere. They visit their father’s birthplace\, Jogjakarta; they listen to a stranger’s phone call at the Motel 6 in Alberta; they linger in the so-called ethnic aisle of the grocery store. From all of these places the speaker is discouraged but tries to imagine a future joyously incomprehensible to the present. \n\n\n\nSlows: Twice is a collection of revisions and repetitions. Every poem in one half of the book has an alternate version\, or a mirror poem\, in the other half. Lines\, words\, images\, and forms are reused and reflected in a kind of palindrome\, so the book can be read from front cover to back cover\, or vice versa. In this way\, Liem considers how language shapes identity over time and how the speaker’s position in relation to language might be revised. The poems are tied to themes of work and labor\, consumption and waste\, family and home\, as other shapers of identity and relationships. The act of revising and repeating – slowly – is meant to be a resistance to efficiency\, a resistance to being an always-productive body under capitalism. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nT. Liem was born and raised in Vegreville\, Alberta\, and now lives in Montreal\, Quebec. They are the author of OBITS. (2018)\, which was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award\, and won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award as well as the A. M. Klein Prize. Their writing has been published in Catapult\, Apogee\, Plenitude\, the Boston Review\, Grain\, Maison- neuve\, Best Canadian Poetry 2018 and 2019\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\n\nOrganizers encourage the wearing of masks at events.\n\n\n\nEvent space uses StopGap.ca ramps in an effort to encourage accessibility. Both the step at the entrance\, followed by a half step and a door have StopGap ramps. The door opens inward and is not automated. Once inside\, there are no additional steps.\n\n\n\nIt is not a sober space\, our events sometimes offer alcohol.\n\n\n\n\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/t-liem-launches-slowstwice/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SLOW-TWICE.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T194426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T194532Z
UID:10003378-1683833400-1683837000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Susan Lloy Launches: Nothing Comes Back
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 7:30 PM on Thursday\, May 11th\, for the launch of Susan Lloy’s new short story collection\, Nothing Comes Back!The event will take place in-store\, and is free. Please note that we still ask people to wear masks in the Argo. As seating is limited\, RSVPs are encouraged; click here! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nAge is the great divider. One side fused of fire and lust\, the other undetected like fallout. The characters in this collection have been plucked and blown through time like pollen on the wind\, often rooting themselves in foreign landscapes both beautiful and adverse\, sometimes altered\, yet always unyielding\, ripe for transformation. Nothing Comes Back is a deeply captivating collection by a major literary talent working at the top of her craft. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nAuthor of the two short story collections But When We Look Closer (2017) and Vita (2019)\, as well as the children’s book Coo and the Loo (2021)\, Susan E. Lloy has dozens of international publication credits to date. Currently working on a fourth collection\, Susan continues to write about characters existing on the edges of ordinary life. She lives in Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/susan-lloy-launches-nothing-comes-back/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-design27.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T190540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T190543Z
UID:10003373-1683914400-1683914400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening: The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 12\, 6:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Choosing Joy Collective pleased to invite you to join us\, and share with your platform\, a one-time documentary screening of the award-winning documentary Seeds of Vandana Shiva\, which tells the remarkable story of an ecofeminist activist and her plight for global food justice. The screening will take place May 12th at 7:00pm at the Caribbean Food Factory.   \n\n\n\nAbout the Film\n\n\n\nHow did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva\, how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture\, rose to prominence in the seed saving and organic food movements\, and is inspiring an international crusade for change. \n\n\n\nThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva documentary shows how the battle against multinational agribusiness has become an international struggle between two visions for feeding the world: The first\, a multinational corporate model of chemically dependent monoculture that rewards a capitalist imperative of profit and growth. And the other: ‘Earth Democracy\, that honors ecology\, biodiversity\, sustainability and community—what Dr. Shiva demonstrates is the only way forward for the future of food. (Vandanashivamovie.com\, 2021)  \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6pm\, the screening begins at 7 pm.   \n\n\n\nLight food & snacks will be available for purchase.  \n\n\n\nTickets are available at the door in limited quality. To guarantee a seat\, buy your ticket on Eventbrite.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/film-screening-the-seeds-of-vandana-shiva/
LOCATION:The Caribbean Food Factory\, 5311 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1Z5\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Seeds-of-Vandana.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230502T143438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T155532Z
UID:10003370-1683972000-1683981000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 13\, 10:00 am-12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. A Zoom link will be sent out a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 11025 – 1030: Break1030 – 1055: Writing 21055 – 1100: Break1100 – 1125: Writing 31125 – 1130: Break1130 – 1155: Writing 41155 – 1200: Break1200 – 1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-25/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shut-Up-Write.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T190950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T190953Z
UID:10003374-1683979200-1683984600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Many Definitions of Family: Reflecting and Journalling with Christopher DiRaddo
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 13\, 12:00-1:30 pmFree\, online via Zoom\n\n\n\nFamily is such an important part of our culture; it plays a large role in the stories we tell. But which family stories are not being told? And what does it mean to be a part of a family? How do we create honest depictions of those we share our lives with? In this workshop\, we will reflect on what makes a family and explore what more can be done to expand that representation.  \n\n\n\nMontrealer Christopher DiRaddo is the author of the novels The Geography of Pluto and The Family Way. He is also the founder and host of The Violet Hour Reading Series & Book Club. \n\n\n\nOffered by Accenti Magazine as part of the Workshops to Express Creativity: Engaging Canadian Seniors series.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-many-definitions-of-family-reflecting-and-journalling-with-christopher-diraddo/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Chris-Diraddo-Accenti-May-13.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="Accenti Magazine":MAILTO:accenti@accenti.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20221215T184153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T142140Z
UID:10003251-1684173600-1684184400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Art of Literary Translation
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will explore literary translation from French to English: fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, and songs. \n\n\n\nWe will look at contemporary literature from Quebec and France\, as well as some older (nineteenth- and twentieth-century) texts. Sources may include Gabrielle Roy\, Anne Hébert\, Annie Ernaux\, and Samuel Archibald. We will start by looking at an excerpt of a literary text in French and reading a published English translation of it. What difficulties (such as euphony\, voice\, word play\, and verb tense) did the translator face\, and how successful were they? At each meeting\, there will be time to produce your own translations\, often in groups. We will read our work aloud and comment on difficulties and strokes of inspiration. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to translate a further passage from the same work (or from another) as a homework assignment for the next meeting. The corrected assignments provide individual feedback and lead to discussion of the issues encountered. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of the workshop\, you’ll be asked to present a passage you have translated from a work you have chosen\, commenting on the issues it presents\, and describing ways of solving these issues. This is an ideal opportunity to begin or pursue a project you intend to submit to a publisher. Jonathan Kaplanskywon a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen)for the University of Nebraska Press. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane (Orca\, 2023) and Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere (Guernica\, 2022). He has sat on the juries for the translation category of the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the John Glassco Translation Prize and recently translated the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-art-of-literary-translation-2/2023-05-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/093-e1680531874307.jpg
GEO:45.4886431;-73.5864377
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue Room 3 Westmount QC H3Z 1X4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3:geo:-73.5864377,45.4886431
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230502T181956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T154730Z
UID:10003372-1684238400-1684242000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 16\, 12:00–1:00 pmOnline via ZoomTo register: RSVP below \n\n\n\nLooking to connect with a community of like-minded writers? Whether you’re a new member of the Quebec Writers’ Federation or just curious about what we offer\, join us for an engaging virtual lunchtime session with QWF! \n\n\n\nOur knowledgeable staff members are passionate about supporting writers at all stages of their careers\, from emerging wordsmiths to seasoned scribes. During this session\, we’ll give you a deep dive into all of our programs and services\, so you can get a better understanding of how QWF can support you on your writing journey. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re interested in taking part in our writing workshops and mentorship programs\, applying for our literary awards\, or attending our events to connect with fellow writers and industry professionals\, QWF has the resources and support you need to take your writing to the next level. We’re excited to meet you and look forward to welcoming you to our vibrant literary community! \n\n\n\nRiley Palanca (Membership Services Coordinator) will be discussing QWF’s many programs and services geared toward emerging and aspiring writers\, including our mentorship program\, Shut Up & Write writing sessions\, and writing workshops. \n\n\n\nLori Schubert (Executive Director) will be explaining QWF programs and services for more established writers\, including the Writers in the Community program\, the Hire a Writer Directory\, and the QWF Awards. \n\n\n\nJohn Wickham (Communications Officer) will provide a brief walkthrough of the website\, highlighting sections and resources that are particularly useful to QWF members.  \n\n\n\nThere will be time for questions at the end of the session. \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days before the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: As this is a virtual event\, you can join us from the comfort of your own home via Zoom. You’ll be able to interact with QWF staff and other attendees in real-time\, and have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about what QWF has to offer.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-learn-with-qwf/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/QWF-Lunch-Learn-banner-2-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230511T205929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T205933Z
UID:10003388-1684263600-1684263600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Daniel Allen Cox launches I Felt the End Before It Came in conversation with Heather O'Neill
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 16\, 7:00 pmIn person and livestreamed\n\n\n\nJoin Daniel Allen Cox in conversation with Heather O’Neill for the launch of I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness\, which has been referred to by the latter author as “hugely entertaining\, open-hearted\, and insightful… a joy to read from start to finish.” The event will take place at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly at 176 rue Bernard O at 7 pm on Tuesday\, May 16th\, and will feature a reading\, a conversation\, Q&A and signing. \n\n\n\nThis event will be ASL interpreted. It is free and open to all. Books will be available for purchase at the event and the author will sign copies of their book. \n\n\n\nPlease note that we are asking all guests to wear masks at this event. Masks will be available free of charge upon entry. \n\n\n\nThe event will also be livestreamed on Drawn & Quarterly’s YouTube account—link to come. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nDaniel Allen Cox grew up with firm lines around what his religion considered unacceptable: celebrating birthdays and holidays; voting in elections\, pursuing higher education\, and other forays into independent thought. Their opposition to blood transfusions would have consequences for his mother\, just as their stance on homosexuality would for him. \n\n\n\nBut even years after whispers of his sexual orientation reached his congregation’s presiding elder\, catalyzing his disassociation\, the distinction between “in” and “out” isn’t always clear. Still in the midst of a lifelong disentanglement\, Cox grapples with the group’s cultish tactics—from gaslighting to shunning—and their resulting harms—from simmering anger to substance abuse—all while redefining its concepts through a queer lens. Can Paradise be a bathhouse\, a concert hall\, or a room full of books? \n\n\n\nWith great candour and disarming self-awareness\, Cox takes readers on a journey from his early days as a solicitous door-to-door preacher in Montreal to a stint in New York City\, where he’s swept up in a scene of photographers and hustlers blurring the line between art and pornography. The culmination of years spent both processing and avoiding a complicated past\, I Felt the End Before It Came reckons with memory and language just as it provides a blueprint to surviving a litany of Armageddons. \n\n\n\nAbout the Participants\n\n\n\nDaniel Allen Cox is the author of I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness. His essays have appeared in Electric Literature\, Literary Hub\, Catapult\, TriQuarterly\, The Malahat Review\, The Rumpus\, Maisonneuve\, and elsewhere. His essay “The Glow of Electrum” was named Notable in Best American Essays 2021 and was a finalist for a 2021 National Magazine Award. Daniel is the author of four novels\, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award\, the Ferro-Grumley Award\, and the ReLit Award. He is past president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation and lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nHeather O’Neill is a novelist\, short-story writer and essayist. Her most recent bestselling novel\, The Lonely Hearts Hotel\, won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and CBC’s Canada Reads. Her previous work\, which includes Lullabies for Little Criminals\, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night and Daydreams of Angels\, has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction\, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. She has won CBC’s Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal\, O’Neill lives there with her daughter.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/daniel-allen-cox-launches-i-felt-the-end-before-it-came-in-conversation-with-heather-oneill/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DA-Cox.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230512T184040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T184415Z
UID:10003389-1684317600-1684328400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:A Gathering of Waters: A Writing Workshop with Mary Soderstrom & Font
DESCRIPTION:“There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water\, yet for attacking things that arehard and strong there is nothing that surpasses it\, nothing that can take its place.” Lao Tzu\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 17\, 10 am-1 pmFree\, Online\n\n\n\nWriter Mary Soderstrom (author of Against the Seas: Saving Civilisation from Rising Waters and the novels River Music and After Surfing Ocean Beach) will be leading an online writing workshop to explore our relation with the power and wonder of water\, in particular the great gathering of waters that is the St. Lawrence River and its estuary. Writings from the workshop will be published in Font magazine in June 2023. \n\n\n\nTo reserve a place\, please email Rachel McCrum at font@fontmag.ca. Priority will be given to residents of Lower St Lawrence and the surrounding area
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-gathering-of-waters-a-writing-workshop-with-mary-soderstrom-font/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/St._Lawrence_River_Saguenay–St._Lawrence_Marine_Park-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T195628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T195631Z
UID:10003380-1684350000-1684350000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Giller Power Panel: The End is Nigh—Apocalyptic Canadian Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 17\, 7:00 pmOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\nListen in as these writers share their literary visions for the end of the world. \n\n\n\nModerated by Omar El Akkad\, the panelists include authors Larissa Lai\, Thea Lim\, Saleema Nawaz and Waubgeshig Rice
URL:https://qwf.org/event/giller-power-panel-the-end-is-nigh-apocalyptic-canadian-fiction/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Panel,Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/355b1241-1b7a-471e-97c1-67d037ac35f8.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T193900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T194606Z
UID:10003377-1684436400-1684436400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Eliza Robertson launches I Got A Name in conversation with Kasia Van Schaik
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 18 at 7 pmLa Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\n\n\n\nJoin Eliza Robertson at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly at 176 rue Bernard O at 7 pm on Thursday\, May 18th for the launch of her new book I Got A Name! The evening will feature a reading\, a conversation with Kasia Van Schaik\, Q&A and signing. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Books will be available for purchase at the event and the author will sign copies of their book. \n\n\n\nPlease note that we are asking all guests to wear masks at this event. Masks will be available free of charge upon entry. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nA vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women\, while tracking the once-cold trail of a murderer still at large. \n\n\n\nKrystal Senyk was the kind of friend everybody wants: a reliable confidant\, a handywoman of all trades\, and an infectious creative with an adventurous spirit. Most importantly\, she was tough as nails. So when her best friend needed support to leave her abusive husband\, Ronald Bax\, Krystal leapt into action. \n\n\n\nBut soon Krystal became the new outlet for Bax’s rage. He terrorized and intimidated her for months on end\, and finally issued a chilling warning to her and his ex-wife: the hunt is on. Krystal was scared but she was smart: she reached out to the RCMP for a police escort home. The officer brushed her off. \n\n\n\nBax’s threat had been all too real. At 29 years old\, the woman who seemed invincible—who was a beloved sister\, daughter\, and friend—was shot and killed at her home in the Yukon. Ronald Bax disappeared without a trace. \n\n\n\nThree decades later\, Eliza Robertson has re-opened the case. In compelling\, vibrant prose\, she works tirelessly to piece together Krystal’s story\, retracing the dire failings of Canadian law enforcement and Bax’s last steps. I Got a Name uses one woman’s tragic story to boldly interrogate themes of gender-based violence and the pervasive issues that plague our society. In this riveting true-crime story about victimhood\, power\, and control\, Robertson examines the broken system in place\, and asks: if it isn’t looking out for the vulnerable\, the threatened\, the hunted—who among us is it protecting? \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nEliza Robertson attended the University of Victoria and the University of East Anglia\, where she received the 2011 Man Booker Scholarship. In 2013\, she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and was a finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize and Journey Prize. Her novel Demi-Gods won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Her first story collection\, Wallflowers\, was shortlisted for the East Anglia Book Award and selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice. In 2015\, she was named one of five emerging writers for the Writers’ Trust Five x Five program. She lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\n\nWearing a mask is encouraged at all D&Q events\n\n\n\nEvent space uses StopGap.ca ramps in an effort to encourage accessibility. Both the step at the entrance\, followed by a half step and a door have StopGap ramps. The door opens inward and is not automated. Once inside\, there are no additional steps.\n\n\n\nIt is not a sober space; our events sometimes offer alcohol
URL:https://qwf.org/event/eliza-robertson-launches-i-got-a-name-in-conversation-with-kasia-van-schaik/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/I-Got-a-Name-Launch.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T194957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T195001Z
UID:10003379-1684522800-1684530000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Everything for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 19\, 7:00-9:00 pmArgo Bookshop\n\n\n\nJoin us on Friday\, May 19th as we welcome authors M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi along with Helen Hudson to discuss their novel of revolutionary science fiction\, Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune\, 2052-2072!The event begins at 7 pm and is free and open to all. It will take place in-store; please note that masks are required at the Argo. As space is limited\, RSVPs are recommended via Eventbrite by clicking here. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nBy the middle of the twenty-first century\, war\, famine\, economic collapse\, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world’s governments. In the 2050s\, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism—New York City. This book\, a collection of interviews with the people who made the revolution\, was published to mark the twentieth anniversary of the New York Commune\, a radically new social order forged in the ashes of capitalist collapse. \n\n\n\nHere is the insurrection in the words of the people who made it\, a cast as diverse as the city itself. Nurses\, sex workers\, antifascist militants\, and survivors of all stripes recall the collapse of life as they knew it and the emergence of a collective alternative. Their stories\, delivered in deeply human fashion\, together outline how ordinary people’s efforts to survive in the face of crisis contain the seeds of a new world. \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors\n\n\n\nM. E. O’Brien writes and speaks on gender freedom and capitalism. Everything for Everyone was her first book\, coauthored with Eman Abdelhadi. Her second book\, Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care\, will be out from Pluto in June 2023. She co-edits two magazines\, Pinko\, on gay communism\, and Parapraxis\, on psychoanalytic theory and politics. She works as a therapist\, and is pursuing training as a psychoanalyst. \n\n\n\nEman Abdelhadi is an academic\, artist and activist based in Chicago who writes and thinks at the intersection of gender\, sexuality\, politics\, and identity. She is co-author of “Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune\, 2052-2072\,” a revolutionary sci-fi novel published in 2022 with Common Notions Press. Her academic work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and covered by press outlets such as the Washington Post\, Associated Press\, and NPR.  Abdelhadi received her PhD in Sociology in 2019 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.  \n\n\n\nThe authors will be joined by discussant Helen Hudson. Helen Hudson has been involved in movements for social liberation for over 30 years\, mostly while living in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. Her work has included antiracist\, feminist\, and queer organizing; eco-justice work; student activism; anarchist movement building; prisoner solidarity and migrant justice.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/everything-for-everyone/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Everything-for-Everyone.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T200904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T200907Z
UID:10003381-1684605600-1684605600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Montréal Book Launch: House Within a House and Baby Book
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 20\, 6 pmLibrairie Le Port de tête\n\n\n\nJoin D.M. Bradford\, Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, and Nicholas Dawson for a double book launch in Montréal! Hosted by Michael Nardone. \n\n\n\n**We kindly ask that people mask for this event** \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors\n\n\n\nAmy Ching-Yan Lam is an artist and writer. She is the author of Looty Goes to Heaven (2022) and her poems have been published by Book Works\, Montez Press\, and yolkless press. Baby Book is her first collection of poetry. Lam’s exhibitions\, performances\, and public artworks\, both solo and as part of the collective Life of a Craphead\, have been presented at Seoul MediaCity Biennale\, Eastside Projects\, and Art Gallery of Ontario\, amongst others\, and she has participated in residencies at Macdowell and Delfina Foundation. She lives in Toronto\, which is Mississauga Anishinaabeg treaty territory\, as well as the land of the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat. Lam was born in Hong Kong. \n\n\n\nD.M. Bradford is a poet\, translator\, and editor based in Tio’tia:ke (Verdun). His first book\, Dream of No One but Myself\, won the 2022 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the Gerard Lampert Memorial Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. His forthcoming collection\, Bottom Rail on Top\, will be published in 2023. House Within a House is his first book-length translation. \n\n\n\nBorn in Chile and based in Montréal\, Nicholas Dawson is a writer\, scholar\, and the Literary Director of Éditions Triptyque. He is the author of La déposition des chemins (La Peuplade\, 2010)\, Animitas (La Mèche\, 2017)\, and Désormais\, ma demeure (Triptyque\, 2020)\, for which he received the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and the Blue Metropolis Diversity Prize. He is also the co-author of Nous sommes un continent\, Correspondance mestiza (Triptyque\, 2021\, with Karine Rosso)\, and the editor of many anthologies. \n\n\n\nMichael Nardone is a poet and editor based in Montréal. His works include OEI #98-99: Aural Poetics\, The Ritualites\, Sonic Materialities\, Transaction Record\, and\, with live artist Dana Michel\, Yellow Towel: A Score. \n\n\n\nAbout the Books\n\n\n\nBaby Boy by Amy Ching-Yan Lam \n\n\n\nHouse within a House by Nicholas Dawson\, trans. D.M. Bradford \n\n\n\nDésormais\, ma demeure by Nicholas Dawson
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-book-launch-house-within-a-house-and-baby-book/
LOCATION:Librairie Le Port de tête\, 262 avenue du Mont-Royal Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Double-Book-Launch.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230518T180435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T180439Z
UID:10003391-1684868400-1684868400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival presents: Marusya Nikiforova: Ukraine's Legendary Anarchist Warrior
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 23\, 2023\, 7:00 pmLa Sala Rossa\, Montreal\n\n\n\nNorman Nawrocki’s one-act play Marusya Nikiforova: Ukraine’s Legendary Anarchist Warrior debuts May 23 as part of the Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival.  \n\n\n\nTickets are $20 and include entry to all the day’s performances: \n\n\n\n\nKiltras\, by the Compania Danza JAM (Chile)\n\n\n\nMarusya Nikiforova: Ukraine’s legendary anarchist warrior\, by Norman Nawrocki/Babushka Theatre (Montreal)\n\n\n\nCÍCLICAS: Resistiendo en la (de) (re) construcción\, by Colectiva Tribu (Montreal)\n\n\n\n\nA three-day pass to the entire festival is available for $50. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, click here to visit the festival website.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival-presents-marusya-nikiforova-ukraines-legendary-anarchist-warrior/
LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Marusya-poster-April-19.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T203056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T203059Z
UID:10003383-1684870200-1684873800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Finding the Fun in Children's Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 23\, 7:30-8:30 pmOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNon-fiction is NOT fiction’s boring cousin. Join children’s non-fiction author Rachel Poliquin as she explores the use of fictional elements like character development\, world-building\, and dialogue in non-fiction writing and learn a few tips and techniques to create wildly entertaining and educational books for kids. \n\n\n\nRachel Poliquin writes about all things orderly and disorderly in nature. She particularly likes celebrating unexpected heroes — the lumpy\, the lowly\, and quietly extraordinary. She has written many non-fiction books about animal and nature for children including The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers and The Strangest Thing in the Sea. Rachel lives in Vancouver with her husband and three children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/finding-the-fun-in-childrens-nonfiction/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hackmatack2.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T201548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T201550Z
UID:10003382-1684929600-1684935000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Learn@Lunch: Navigating Bill 96 – Understanding Quebec’s French Language Law
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 24\, 12:00-1:30 pmOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\nAre you wondering about Quebec’s newly approved Bill 96? \n\n\n\nIn this Learn@Lunch\, YES Employment + Entrepreneurship will be discussing the potential impact of Quebec’s new French language law Bill 96 on the labour market. More specifically\, we will examine the effect of these new measures imposed on Quebec English-speaking entrepreneurs\, employees and job seekers who may not have a good command of the French language. \n\n\n\nThis presentation will allow you to better understand the new requirements you may have to face in your job search or in your entrepreneurial journey in Quebec\, with respect to the required use of French. \n\n\n\nGuest Speaker: Hanna El Fishawy\, Avocate en droit du travail et de l’emploi – Employment Lawyer | Plūme inc. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: As a member of the Quebec bar\, Hanna El Fishawy focuses her practice on advising and representing companies across all industries\, big and small\, in the various aspects of employment law. She quickly became conscious of the issues that employers face on a daily basis\, with respect to the management of their employees\, and the conflictual relationship that often ensues. \n\n\n\nHanna makes sure to keep up to date with current employment legislation and ensures that her clients not only understand their current situation\, but also guides them toward decisions that are made in their best interest. \n\n\n\nWith the implementation of Bill 96\, Hanna has invested much time and effort in analyzing it with regards to its impact on both employers and employees in Quebec. \n\n\n\nPre-registration is required. Available as a free online\, live-streaming webinar.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/learnlunch-navigating-bill-96-understanding-quebecs-french-language-law/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/344730723_6174818942638965_196920130564771795_n.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230523T113955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T113959Z
UID:10003392-1684956600-1684963800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Recto-Verso
DESCRIPTION:L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal \nPoets: Louise Dupré\, Emmanuel Deraps\, et Jean-Guy Forget \n​Join us at Phoenix Books in NDG (5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec H4A 1X7)\non Wednesday\, May 24th @ 7:30 PM \n​for a poetry reading with a difference\, avec SpeakUp le public est engagé: \nChaque membre de l’auditoire recevra une copie du poème.\nChaque poète lira d’abord leur poème dans la version originale\, puis dans sa version traduite\, suivi d’une discussion de 15-20 minutes.\nLe poète lira leur poème une dernière fois.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-recto-verso-3/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SpeakUp_May20231.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230523T161840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T161843Z
UID:10003395-1685016000-1685016000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:The Writers' Union of Canada Awards Announcement
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 202312 pm EDT on Facebook Live\n\n\n\nJoin The Writers’ Union of Canada for a live announcement of the winners of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers. Please join us to cheer on the finalists and winners! \n\n\n\nThe Danuta Gleed Literary Award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2022 in the English language. The Award consists of cash prizes for the three best collections\, with a first prize of $10\,000 and two additional prizes of $1\,000. This year’s jury comprised authors Jack Wang\, Sally Ito and Cynthia Holz who determined the short list from 23 collections submitted\, some by seasoned writers\, others by authors being published for the first time. This year’s finalists are: \n\n\n\nNada Alic\, Bad Thoughts (Vintage Books)Kathy Friedman\, All the Shining People (House of Anansi Press)Kim Fu\, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century (Coach House Books)Rawi Hage\, Stray Dogs (Knopf Canada)Saeed Teebi\, Her First Palestinian (House of Anansi Press) \n\n\n\nThe Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers aims to discover\, encourage\, and promote new writers of short prose in order to provide opportunity and exposure to developing writers. A $2\,500 prize is awarded to a Canadian writer for the best piece of unpublished prose of up to 2\,500 words in the English language. This year’s Short Prose Jury comprised Doretta Lau\, Tāriq Malik\, and Ann Shortell. \n\n\n\nVisit the Union’s website for more info about the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers: www.writersunion.ca. If you would like to support the work of The Writers’ Union of Canada\, donations are gratefully accepted online at www.writersunion.ca/support.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-writers-union-of-canada-awards-announcement/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TWUC-Awards-Announcement.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230510T204428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T204431Z
UID:10003384-1685039400-1685039400@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Hackmatack Panel with Valerie Sherrard\, Edeet Ravel\, Laura Best\, and host Stephanie Domet
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 6:30 pm EDT (7:30 pm ADT)Online via Zoom\n\n\n\nJoin 2023 Hackmatack award nominees Laura Best (The Family Way\, Nimbus Publishing\, 2021)\, Edeet Ravel (A Boy Is Not a Ghost\, Groundwood Books\, 2021)\, and Valerie Sherrard (Birdspell\, Cormorant Books\, 2021) for a discussion on writing difficult topics for middle grade readers. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Stephanie Domet (AfterWords Literary Festival)\, the authors will explain how their novels tackle difficult issues such as war\, racism\, historical traumas\, mental health\, and strained family relationships. The discussion will offer advice on how to approach tough topics with sensitivity and forethought\, craft an age-appropriate narrative\, and navigate the publishing process.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hackmatack-panel-with-valerie-sherrard-edeet-ravel-laura-best-and-host-stephanie-domet/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Panel,Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hackmatack.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230523T162332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T181453Z
UID:10003396-1685041200-1685044800@qwf.org
SUMMARY:League of Canadian Poets: Quebec/French Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 7-8 pm EDT\n\n\n\nEvents will feature 10-15 poets maximum\, who will read for 3-4 minutes (typically 1-3 poems). No payment is offered for participation; these are casual\, community-building events to help connect poets in similar regions or communities! \n\n\n\nSign up is first come-first served. The first 15 poets to register will be contacted to confirm their availability. All LCP members are welcome to attend our Open Mic series\, but only LCP members who receive confirmation will be allowed to read.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/league-of-canadian-poets-quebec-french-open-mic/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LCP.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230527T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230502T143442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T154648Z
UID:10003371-1685181600-1685190600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 27\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. A Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-26/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shut-Up-Write.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230528T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T110038
CREATED:20230228T185430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T185432Z
UID:10003304-1685286000-1685790000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Writing retreat in idyllic Central Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Make time and space for you and your craft in idyllic Switzerland. Enjoy writing in inspiring surroundings in the supportive company of like-minded people\, and enhance your day with a walk in nature. Your tutor will guide you through daily workshops and discussions on key elements of writing\, such as characterisation\, plot\, point of view\, sense of place and dialogue. The final session will offer a practical approach to various stages of editing. The daily schedule incorporates private writing time. You can view a sample timetable on the website.\nHosted by an author and creative-writing tutor with years of experience (teaching all age groups and levels: from secondary-school pupils to students on Creative Writing undergraduate and Masters degrees).\nAccommodation will be at the intimate Gasthaus Paxmontana (built 1617) which belongs to the nearby Jugendstil-Hotel Paxmontana\, an icon of Art Nouveau listed in the Swiss Historic Hotels directory.\nThe course fee is inclusive of tuition\, accommodation and meals.\nTo learn more\, see website: https://valeriavescina.com/teaching/writing-retreats/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-retreat-in-idyllic-central-switzerland/
LOCATION:Fl\, Gasthaus Paxmontana\, Flüeli-Ranft\, Obwalden\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Gasthaus-Paxmontana-9291.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR