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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 9\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pmFree\, In PersonQWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount)\n\n\n\nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-21/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 17\, 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-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note 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. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-17/
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CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers' Room #1
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 21\, 8:00pm-11:00pmAux Angles Ronds (5333 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nA night for Montreal writers to meet up in the same room. \n\n\n\nPoets\, critics\, fiction writers\, novelists\, cartoonists\, literary translators\, matadors of “creative nonfiction\,” screenwriters\, playwrights\, ghazal-heads\, students\, et cetera. Tout le monde est bienvenu.No readings\, no cover charge\, no books for sale. \n\n\n\nMeet writers you’ve read\, writers you’ll one day read\, other writers who sit like you and rearrange words on a line. \n\n\n\nBring a writer friend with you!  \n\n\n\nWriters visiting from out-of-town are welcome. \n\n\n\n8-11pm only \n\n\n\nCash bar (coffee/snacks also for sale) \n\n\n\nIn the back room at Aux Angles Ronds \n\n\n\nHosted by Sean Michaels on behalf of the Writers’ Union of Canada
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-room-1/
LOCATION:Aux Angles Ronds\, 5333 Saint-Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T1S5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Networking
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SUMMARY:Prose/Craft: Talk and Make with Speculative Fiction Writers
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 22\, 2024\, 7:00 pmOnline (Get Tickets)\n\n\n\nUrsula Whitcher\, whose debut collection North Continent Ribbon is released August 20th from Neon Hemlock Press (https://www.neonhemlock.com/)\, has assembled a cavalcade of crafty writers to celebrate their release. Please join them as they discuss the craft of speculative fiction with Marie Vibbert\, Erin Barbeau\, Kristen Koopman and Michael J. DeLuca\, all while speculating on the realities of fibercraft. This event is free but please RSVP on TicketSource to receive the Zoom link. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nOn Nakharat\, every contract is a ribbon\, and every ribbon is a secret\, braided tight and tucked behind a veil. Artificial intelligence threatens the tightly-woven network. Stability depends on giving each machine a human conscience—but the humans are not volunteers. In the midst of strife\, individual people struggle to hold onto their jobs and protect their lovers\, those trusted few who could draw back the veil. A collection of linked short stories originally published in Asimov’s and other fine venues. Includes an original novelette\, “A Fisher of Stars.” \n\n\n\nAbout Our Guests\n\n\n\nUrsula Whitcher is a writer\, poet\, and mathematician who grew up around mountains and now lives near the southern shores of Lake Huron. Ursula’s shorter work may be found in Asimov’s Science Fiction\, Analog\, and the Deadlands; the collection of interwoven stories North Continent Ribbon is published by Neon Hemlock Press. Find more links and social media at yarntheory.net. \n\n\n\nHugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared in top magazines like Nature\, Analog\, and Clarkesworld\, and been translated into Czech\, Chinese and Vietnamese. Her debut novel\, Galactic Hellcats\, was long listed by the British Science Fiction Award and her work has been called “everything science fiction should be” by the Oxford Culture Review. She also writes poetry\, comics\, and computer games. She’s the worst women’s professional football player you’ve ever met. By day she is a computer programmer in Cleveland\, Ohio. \n\n\n\nMichael J. DeLuca is the author of THE JAGUAR MASK\, a debut novel out from Stelliform Press in August 2024. His novella NIGHT ROLL was a finalist for the Crawford Award in 2020. He is the publisher of Reckoning\, a journal of creative writing on environmental justice.He operates the indie ebooksite Weightless Books. His short fiction has been appearing since 2005 in venues such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies\, Apex\, Mythic Delirium\, Fusion Fragment\, and Three-Lobed Burning Eye. He lives amid post-industrial woodlands north of Detroit with partner\, kid\, cats\, and microbes. \n\n\n\nErin Barbeau (ze/zir) is a nonbinary science fiction author and entomologist. When Erin isn’t poking caterpillars\, they can be found enjoying alternative fashion and illustration. Zir work has appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction and several academic journals. \n\n\n\nKristen Koopman is an academic\, writer\, and nerd. Her interests include blatant escapism\, overanalyzing anything and everything\, playing with dogs\, and garlic. She is definitely not two smaller Kristen Koopmans in a trenchcoat.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/prose-craft-talk-and-make-with-speculative-fiction-writers/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 23\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pmFree\, In PersonQWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount)\n\n\n\nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-20/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 31\, 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-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note 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. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-18/
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CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 6\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pmFree\, In PersonQWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount)\n\n\n\nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-22/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Writing for Documentary Film
DESCRIPTION:Do you watch documentaries?  \n\n\n\nWould you like to direct a short film? \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn how to craft a brief documentary film proposal. \n\n\n\nYou do not need any filmmaking experience. You do need a great story and a few ideas about how you want to tell it. \n\n\n\nWorkshop #1 will start with an introduction to the key elements of a documentary film proposal\, such as the POV (point of view)\, the protagonists\, the dramatic arc\, and universal themes. Relevant documentary film excerpts will be screened to reinforce these points. Then we’ll discuss some of the issues that you need to consider in order to move from a great idea to a serious proposal. At the end of the workshop\, you will be invited to create a draft one-page proposal of your film project before the next session. \n\n\n\nDuring Workshop #2\, participants will present their draft film projects to the group. Each presenter will have an opportunity to ask the group for honest and respectful feedback regarding ethical and/or creative issues. Whenever relevant\, I will share some of my personal documentary filmmaking experiences; for instance\, how and why certain scenarios were modified during the development stage. Finally\, I will provide information regarding “next steps.” Whether you want to learn how to conduct further research on a particular topic or how to access filmmaking equipment so you can start experimenting with images\, I will help steer you in the right direction. \n\n\n\nA born storyteller\, Megan Durnford (she/her) is a Montreal-based writer and documentary filmmaker. Her latest documentary film\, Last Respects\, won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at the 2023 Hot Docs International Film Festival. \n\n\n\nAfter 15 years of writing for periodicals\, multimedia projects and nonfiction books\, Megan made her first foray into documentary film with Just a Lawn (2007)\, a short documentary about the dark side of “perfect” lawns. In 2011\, Megan directed Une brique à la fois\, an affectionate portrayal of four Quebec adult LEGO builders. This 45-minute documentary was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award (Documentary Arts/Culture) at the Yorkton Film Festival and was broadcast on Canal D in Quebec. In 2018\, Megan directed I Am Still Your Child. This documentary film\, about the impact of parental mental illness on children\, was broadcast on national CBC. Megan has studied documentary film at the Summer Institute of Film and Television in Ottawa and at IDFAcademy in Amsterdam. \n\n\n\nHer latest writing projects include profiles of documentary filmmakers Julien Elie and Justine Harbonnier for POV magazine and a nonfiction book for children\, entitled Our Plastic Problem\, for Orca Book Publishers.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-for-documentary-film/2024-09-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T170000
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SUMMARY:Sophie Escabasse Launches Taxi Ghost: 5 à 7
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024\, 5:00-7:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin Librairie D+Q\, Random House Graphic\, and Sophie Escabasse to launch TAXI GHOST\, the new graphic novel from the author of The Witches of Brooklyn. Stop by for drawing activities\, snacks\, and to have your books signed by the author! \n\n\n\nWHEN: Wednesday September 11th\, 5 à 7 pmWHERE: Espace Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard O \n\n\n\nPreorder the book here: https://mtlshop.drawnandquarterly.com/item/wCIDqQu6pg9phUtuqaDe7w \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel\, a young girl’s first period brings an unexpected gift: the ability to see ghosts! As she meets these spectral visitors\, she uncovers her family’s secret lineage of mediums\, while learning about the power of compassion and community. \n\n\n\nAdèle just wants to spend her winter break at the library\, cozied up with her favorite books\, and completely forgetting abut her friends who are all traveling to warmer climates. Unfortunately\, life has other plans…not only does Adèle get her first period…but she learns she comes from a long line of mediums! \n\n\n\nAnd if seeing ghosts wasn’t enough of a surprise\, Adèle learns that not only can she interact with them\, but apparently\, they’ve been using her sister’s car to get around the city for years! When the ghosts won’t leave her alone Adèle starts to get to know about them and their problems. Maybe helping them out will be just what she needs for an exciting winter break! \n\n\n\nFrom Sophie Escabasse\, the author of the beloved Witches of Brooklyn\, comes a brilliant graphic novel that explores growing up and the importance of standing up for what you believe in. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSophie Escabasse lives in Montreal with her husband and three children and their black cat\, Terrence. Previously from Brooklyn\, Sophie travels constantly and is thrilled to talk about her love of stories with school and bookstores. She has illustrated many books for middle-grade readers\, including her bestselling graphic novel series Witches of Brooklyn. She has been a graphic novel lover for as long as she can remember\, and she enjoys fun and expressive characters. Find her on instagra at @essoffi \n\n\n\nEspace Drawn & Quarterly Accessibility information:\n\n\n\n\nOur event 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\nThere is one non-gendered bathroom.\n\n\n\nIt is not a sober space\, our events sometimes offer alcohol.\n\n\n\n Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any accessibility needs we can accommodate (for example\, saving you a seat if you have mobility needs) for you to be able to enjoy our events\, worry-free\, and feel free to contact us for any concerns you may have \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly would like to acknowledge that our events and bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home\, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. It has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/sophie-escabasse-launches-taxi-ghost-5-a-7/
LOCATION:Espace Drawn and Quarterly\, 176 rue Bernard Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Business Skills for Creative Souls Artists’ Conference: From Passion to Profit
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 12\, 2024\, 12:30-5:30 pm \n\n\n\nAttention Artists! Dive into a transformative journey at the Business Skills for Creative Souls Artists’ Conference: “From Passion to Profit”! \n\n\n\nTransform your artistic passion into a thriving business! Hosted by Sonali Karnick (Host of CBC’s All in a Weekend)\, Yes Montreal’s Business Skills for Creative Souls Artists’ Conference: From Passion to Profit will take you on an inspiring journey\, from creativity to commercial success. Engage with industry leaders\, learn essential business strategies\, and discover how to monetize your art without compromising your vision. Network with like-minded creatives\, gain practical insights and leave equipped with the tools to turn your artistic dreams into a reality. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this incredible day of inspiration and networking! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://qwf.org/event/business-skills-for-creative-souls-artists-conference-from-passion-to-profit/
LOCATION:St. Jax\, 1439 St. Catherine street west\, montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Networking,Panel
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SUMMARY:Heather O'Neill Launches The Capital of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:September 12\, 2024\, 7:00-9:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin Heather O’Neill\, Drawn & Quarterly\, and HarperCollins Canada to launch THE CAPITAL OF DREAMS\, a breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O’Neill. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place at 7 pm on Thursday September 12th at La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St Laurent Blvd. \n\n\n\nThe author will appear in conversation with Laurel Sprengelmeyer of Little Scream and there will be a book signing following the presentation. \n\n\n\nPoster by Arizona O’Neill. \n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/101361/orders/new#/BUY THE BOOK: https://shorturl.at/JRsZw \n\n\n\nFourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders\, the old myths of trees that come alive and fairies who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one\, from the clarinetists to the cabaret singers\, is as revered as Sofia’s brilliant mother\, the writer Clara Bottom. How can Sofia\, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths\, ever hope to win her mother’s love? \n\n\n\nWhen the country’s greatest enemy invades\, and the Capital is under threat\, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest\, and Sofia runs for her life\, losing her mother’s most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war\, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns\, colliding with soldiers\, survivors and other lost children\, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival. \n\n\n\nIn this stunning dark fairy tale of a novel\, Heather O’Neill reveals once again her mastery of language that is as delicious as cake and as serious as a gunshot. \n\n\n\nHeather O’Neill is a novelist\, short-story writer and essayist. Her most recent novel\, When We Lost Our Heads\, was a #1 national bestseller and a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. Her previous works include The Lonely Hearts Hotel\, which won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and CBC’s Canada Reads\, as well as Lullabies for Little Criminals\, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night\, and Daydreams of Angels\, which were 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. O’Neill has also won CBC’s Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal\, she lives there today. \n\n\n\nThe Sala Rossa is located on the second floor (there are 38 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. We have a Hearing Assistance System on the FM dial at 101.1 FM. Please email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any accessibility needs we can accommodate.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/heather-oneill-launches-the-capital-of-dreams/
LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 14\, 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-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note 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. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-19/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Writing for Documentary Film
DESCRIPTION:Do you watch documentaries?  \n\n\n\nWould you like to direct a short film? \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn how to craft a brief documentary film proposal. \n\n\n\nYou do not need any filmmaking experience. You do need a great story and a few ideas about how you want to tell it. \n\n\n\nWorkshop #1 will start with an introduction to the key elements of a documentary film proposal\, such as the POV (point of view)\, the protagonists\, the dramatic arc\, and universal themes. Relevant documentary film excerpts will be screened to reinforce these points. Then we’ll discuss some of the issues that you need to consider in order to move from a great idea to a serious proposal. At the end of the workshop\, you will be invited to create a draft one-page proposal of your film project before the next session. \n\n\n\nDuring Workshop #2\, participants will present their draft film projects to the group. Each presenter will have an opportunity to ask the group for honest and respectful feedback regarding ethical and/or creative issues. Whenever relevant\, I will share some of my personal documentary filmmaking experiences; for instance\, how and why certain scenarios were modified during the development stage. Finally\, I will provide information regarding “next steps.” Whether you want to learn how to conduct further research on a particular topic or how to access filmmaking equipment so you can start experimenting with images\, I will help steer you in the right direction. \n\n\n\nA born storyteller\, Megan Durnford (she/her) is a Montreal-based writer and documentary filmmaker. Her latest documentary film\, Last Respects\, won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at the 2023 Hot Docs International Film Festival. \n\n\n\nAfter 15 years of writing for periodicals\, multimedia projects and nonfiction books\, Megan made her first foray into documentary film with Just a Lawn (2007)\, a short documentary about the dark side of “perfect” lawns. In 2011\, Megan directed Une brique à la fois\, an affectionate portrayal of four Quebec adult LEGO builders. This 45-minute documentary was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award (Documentary Arts/Culture) at the Yorkton Film Festival and was broadcast on Canal D in Quebec. In 2018\, Megan directed I Am Still Your Child. This documentary film\, about the impact of parental mental illness on children\, was broadcast on national CBC. Megan has studied documentary film at the Summer Institute of Film and Television in Ottawa and at IDFAcademy in Amsterdam. \n\n\n\nHer latest writing projects include profiles of documentary filmmakers Julien Elie and Justine Harbonnier for POV magazine and a nonfiction book for children\, entitled Our Plastic Problem\, for Orca Book Publishers.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-for-documentary-film/2024-09-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:A Caribbean Celebration: Rhymes & Riddim!
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 16\, 2024\, 8:00 pmLa Sotterenea (4848 St. Laurent Blvd\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nIntroducing the next edition of the Words & Music Show! \n\n\n\nA Caribbean Celebration: Rhymes and Riddim! will be a vibrant night brought to life by artists who embody the sound\, rhythm\, and spirit of the Caribbean. Join us in a celebration of Caribbean heritage and the history\, resilience\, and pride that come with it. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nKym Dominique-Ferguson\n\n\n\nFaith Paré\n\n\n\nInGroove\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman\n\n\n\n\nHosted and curated by the winner of the 2024 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship\, Jayda Smith. \n\n\n\nTickets available at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\nKym Dominique-Ferguson is a hard-working Montreal-based writer and spoken word artist whose work bridges literature and performance. As one of the four primary writers of BLACKOUT: The Concordia Computer Riots\, Ferguson significantly contributed to capturing the essence of the students’ point of view of the 1969 Sir George Williams affair\, offering a vital historical perspective. His debut solo play\, Dear Black Man\, supported by a Canada Council for the Arts grant\, explores themes of identity\, Black family and resilience\, with a successful stage reading showcasing his emerging prowess as a playwright. \n\n\n\nIn addition to his literary achievements\, Ferguson is the founder and Artistic Director of Madpoetix Productions\, a significant contributor to Montreal’s spoken word scene. Under his leadership\, the organization produced and hosted influential events like The Phenomenal 5IVE\, the Madpoetix Soirée Open Mic and their latest offering Inside Madpoetix Studios. His innovative spirit is also reflected in his recent works-in-progress such as the Caribo-Futuristic novel Echoes of Anancy and the theatre play Uncle Jimmy: A Discussion between James Baldwin and Trayvon Martin. Ferguson’s diverse contributions continue to enrich the spoken word community and the literary landscape. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFaith Paré is a poet of Afro-Guyanese ancestry. She has performed at national arts centres including the Art Gallery of York University\, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse\, and the Winter Garden Theatre\, and served as curator of the Atwater Poetry Project from 2021 to 2023. Faith is the winner of the 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in Poetry from the Writers’ Trust of Canada\, and was the inaugural awardee of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship under the guidance of Gillian Sze. She is currently at work on her first collection of poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInGroove is a musical formation firmly rooted in reggae\, dub & dancehall while branching off into different afro-Caribbean sounds. Joey Shanahan on keyboards\, Neil ”Bass-One” Benskin on bass\, and Jahsun on the drums round out this trio of experienced reggae ambassadors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman is a Montreal-born spoken word artist\, poet\, and trumpet player. He is the author of The Freedom I Stole (2007\, Cumulus Press) & Africa as a Dream That Travels Through My Heart (2016\, Howl). He creates and facilitates poetry workshops in schools across the Montréal area and beyond. His work is inspired by music from the African diaspora\, surrealist expression\, love\, and intersectional masculinity. \n\n\n\n\nYour Host\n\n\n\n\nJayda Smith\, a Belizean international student in Montreal\, integrates her Afro-Caribbean heritage into her poetry and creative non-fiction\, reflecting her Belizean Creole roots. Jayda regularly attends open mic events hosted by McSway Poetry Collective\, a poetry club at McGill University of which she is an active member\, dedicated to fostering poetry spaces both on and off campus. Her love for poetry and performance has sparked an interest in event curation\, focusing on showcasing poetry\, spoken word\, and sound\, reflecting her cultural tapestry and commitment to artistic expression. She enjoys writing haikus to summarize each day.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-rhymes-riddim/
LOCATION:La Sotteranea\, 4848 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Words and Music
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Mitch Albom
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 17\, 2024\, 7:30-9:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nThe Chevra is honoured to present the internationally renowned and nine time NYT best-selling author\, journalist\, screenwriter\, playwright\, radio and television broadcaster and philanthropist\, Mitch Albom who joins us to speak about his latest book\, The Little Liar. \n\n\n\nMitch Albom is an internationally renowned and nine time NYT best-selling author\, journalist\, screenwriter\, playwright\, radio and television broadcaster and and philanthropist. His  books have collectively sold more than 40 million copies worldwide; have been published in 51 territories and in 48 languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies. In 2006\, he founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit\, an organization for major health\, housing and education initiatives for Detroit’s most underserved citizens\, which also includes a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to fund them. He also operates a home and school in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti\, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife\, Janine\, in Michigan.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/an-evening-with-mitch-albom/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Montreal Fringe
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 18\, 202412:00-1:30pm ETOnline via Zoom (register for Zoom link)\n\n\n\nIntroducing Fringe Montreal! \n\n\n\nThe Montreal Fringe Festival is a festival that hosts a variety of live performances: theatre\, dance\, music\, comedy\, storytelling\, spoken word\, improv\, and more! This annual festival takes place every June\, with the lottery to determine next year’s roster taking place this November. There are over 800 performances and events\, and last year they returned over $3.2M in box office revenue to artists.   \n\n\n\nJoin Amy Blackmore\, Executive and Artistic Director of MainLine Theatre\, the company that produces the festival\, in QWF’s next Lunch and Learn. In this one-and-a-half hour presentation\, Amy will talk about what “fringing” is\, how one can take part in the festival\, and the benefits that joining gives to artists. \n\n\n\nEveryone is invited: whether you’re already in the literary performance scene as a playwright\, storyteller\, or spoken word artist\, or even if you’re mainly from the world of the written word curious about incorporating live performance to your work\, you will definitely learn more about one of Montreal’s most popular summer arts festivals. Several QWF members have found success from the festival\, from Nisha Coleman’s multi-nominated shows “Alright” and “Cornichon” to Kate Lavut’s touring play “A Little Bit Pregnant.” Who knows\, you might join that roster one day! \n\n\n\nFor more information: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.mainlinetheatre.ca/https://www.montrealfringe.ca/https://www.facebook.com/MainLineTheatre/https://www.facebook.com/FRINGEmtl/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to Get zoom Link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-montreal-fringe/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Africa Opened My Heart by Julie Dreyer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 18\, 2024\, 6:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin Montreal-based author Julie Dreyer Wang for the launch of her memoir Africa Opened My Heart.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nThis is a love story. Heading to Uganda to reinvent herself after her husband’s death\, the author sought a new sense of purpose. There\, she worked with AIDS orphans and found Ugandans open-hearted and welcoming. Subsequently\, in Benin\, West Africa\, while serving with the Peace Corps\, she found herself falling in love with one special man and wanting to share what she had with him. A memoir and travelogue\, Africa Opened My Heart provides a thought-provoking look at the challenges of building a more equal world and the joys of finding new love late in life. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nJulie Dreyer Wang was born in England\, and lived in five countries before the age of 21. She started her writing career at the Montreal Gazette\, then moved to New York City and founded Wang Associates Health Communications\, which specialized in health and medicine. She also became an adjunct professor of writing at New York University. \n\n\n\nOn the sale of her business\, realizing there was more to life than making money\, she trained as a landscape designer and designed gardens on the Blue Hill Peninsula of Maine\, as the owner of Blue Poppy Garden. Then\, when her husband died she first went to Uganda to work with AIDS orphans\, then joined the Peace Corps to work in Benin\, West Africa. \n\n\n\nAfrica Opened My Heart describes her time in Africa and the amazing open-heartedness of the people there who profoundly changed her life. She currently co-owns an organic farm in the north of Benin\, and with her partner\, Guillaume\, runs Bio-Benin\, a non-profit that empowers students to earn a living in restaurant cooking\, beer-brewing and organic farming. All proceeds of her memoir go to Bio-Benin.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-africa-opened-my-heart-by-julie-dreyer/
LOCATION:Christ Church Cathedral
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Jacob Wren Launches Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 19\, 2024\, 7:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin Book*hug\, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, and Jacob Wren to launch his latest novel\, DRY YOUR TEARS TO PERFECT YOUR AIM. The author will appear in conversation with poet Alexei Perry Cox and the author will sign following the reading and conversation. \n\n\n\nWHEN: Thursday September 19th\, 2024WHERE: Espace Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Rue Bernard O \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim\n\n\n\nWhat are the best ways to support political struggles that aren’t your own? What are the fundamental principles of a utopia during war? Can we transcend the societal values we inherit? Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim is a remarkably original\, literary page-turner that explores such pressing questions of our time. \n\n\n\nA depressed writer visits a war zone. He knows it’s a bad idea\, but his curiosity and obsession that his tax dollars help to pay for foreign wars draw him there. Amid the fighting\, he stumbles into a small strip of land that’s being reimagined as a grassroots\, feminist\, egalitarian utopia. As he learns about the principles of the collective\, he moves between a fragile sense of self and the ethical considerations of writing about what he experiences but cannot truly fathom. Meanwhile\, women in his life-from this reimagined society and elsewhere-underscore truths hidden in plain sight. \n\n\n\nIn these pages\, real-world politics mingle with profoundly inventive fabulations. This is an anti-war novel unlike any other\, an intricate study of our complicity in violent global systems and a celebration of the hope that underpins the resistance against them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJACOB WREN makes literature\, performances\, and exhibitions. His books include Revenge Fantasies of the Politically Dispossessed; Polyamorous Love Song (finalist for the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and a Globe and Mail best book of 2014); Rich and Poor (finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and a Globe and Mail best book of 2016); and Authenticity is a Feeling. He is artistic co-director of the Montreal-based interdisciplinary group PME-ART. Wren lives in Montreal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly would like to acknowledge that our events and bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home\, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. It has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years. \n\n\n\nEspace Drawn & Quarterly Accessibility information:\n\n\n\n\nOur event 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\nThere is one non-gendered bathroom.\n\n\n\nIt is not a sober space\, our events sometimes offer alcohol.\n\n\n\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any accessibility needs we can accommodate (for example\, saving you a seat if you have mobility needs) for you to be able to enjoy our events\, worry-free\, and feel free to contact us for any concerns you may have
URL:https://qwf.org/event/jacob-wren-launches-dry-your-tears-to-perfect-your-aim/
LOCATION:Espace Drawn and Quarterly\, 176 rue Bernard Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 20\, 12:30 pm–3:00 pmFree\, In PersonQWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Ave.\, Westmount)\n\n\n\nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-person Shut Up & Write session at the QWF office! \n\n\n\nDo all that writing you’ve been meaning to do\, and meet a few of your fellow QWF members. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n12:30–12:55: Writing 112:55–1:00: Break1:00–1:25: Writing 21:25–1:30: Break1:30–1:55: Writing 31:55–2:00: Break2:00–2:25: Writing 42:25–2:30: Break2:30–2:55: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo register\, RSVP below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to the QWF Office\n\n\n\nOur office is located on the top floor of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, in Room 3. \n\n\n\nAddress: 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3Westmount\, QC H3Z 1X4 \n\n\n\nClosest Metro: Atwater Station \n\n\n\nClosest Bus lines: 24\, 63\, 90\, 104\, 138\, 144\, 150 \n\n\n\nAccessibility:\n\n\n\nThe QWF Office is fully accessible by wheelchair from the side entrance on Tupper Street. Once inside\, there is an elevator to the second floor\, where the QWF office is. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the office location and accessibility.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-23/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Inherited Memories of Partition: A Conversation with Author Aanchal Malhotra
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 20\, 2024\, 6:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin us for a conversation with author Aanchal Malhotra about the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan. Based in Delhi\, Malhotra is the author of three acclaimed books: Remnants of a Separation\, In the Language of Remembering\, and The Book of Everlasting Things.Light snacks will be served. Presented by the Rang Collective\, Teesri Duniya Theatre\, the Bharat Bhavan Foundation\, and Montréal Serai Magazine.  \n\n\n\nPlease email rangcollective@gmail.com for more information.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/inherited-memories-of-partition-a-conversation-with-author-aanchal-malhotra/
LOCATION:Teesri Duniya Theatre\, 251 avenue des Pins Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Panel,Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Communist for the RCMP by Dennis Gruending
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 21\, 3:00-5:00 pm\n\n\n\nOn September 21st\, l’Euguélionne is welcoming author Dennis Gruending for a reading and Q&A about his new book A Communist for the RCMP. The discussion will be moderated by author Merrily Weisbord ! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nFor decades until well into the 1970s\, the RCMP recruited informants to spy on Canadians\, especially anyone who could be considered left-wing or ‘progressive’: communists\, feminists\, gays rights activists\, unionists\, judges\, lawyers\, university professor and students\, indigenous activists\, members of the clergy\, peace activists\, and Quebecois separatists. A Communist for the RCMP: The Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant is the story of Frank Hadesbeck who was paid by the RCMP to infiltrate such groups from 1941 to 1978.  \n\n\n\nDefying every warning given to him by his RCMP handlers\, Hadesbeck kept secret notes. Using these notes\, author Dennis Gruending recounts how the RCMP spied upon thousands of Canadians. Hadesbeck’s life and career are in the past\, but RCMP surveillance continues in new guises. As Canada’s petroleum industry doubles down on its extraction plans in the oil sands and elsewhere\, the RCMP and other state agencies provide support\, routinely branding Indigenous land defenders and their allies in the environmental movement as potential terrorists. A Communist for the RCMP provides an inside account of Hadesbeck’s career and illustrates how the RCMP uses surveillance of activists to enforce the status quo.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-a-communist-for-the-rcmp-by-dennis-gruending/
LOCATION:L’Euguélionne Bookstore\, 1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L 3E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Voice Lessons by Eve Krakow
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 22\, 2024\, 3-5 pmCafé Le Cheval (5320 Queen Mary Road\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nEve Krakow will be launching her book Voice Lessons\, A Memoir in Essays (Guernica Editions) on Sunday\, September 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Café Le Cheval\, 5320 Queen Mary Road. Moderated by Julie Matlin. Snacks and coffee will be available for purchase. All welcome! \n\n\n\nVoice Lessons is a collection of personal essays about an introvert’s struggle to find her voice—as a singer\, a writer\, a mother\, and a human being. Using traditional narrative and hybrid forms\, Eve Krakow explores the early loss of her mother\, her innermost anxieties as a young adult\, the building of family\, the push and pull of heritage and tradition\, and more. Juxtaposing shyness in life with boldness on stage\, these stories expose the deep-seated need for human connection and belonging. \n\n\n\nEve Krakow is a Montreal writer\, translator\, singer and mom. Her stories have appeared in Grain Magazine\, JMWW\, Maisonneuve\, and Shy: An Anthology. Through her writing\, she seeks to reach others by giving form to that quiet yet insistent inner voice. You can discover more about her work at evekrakow.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-voice-lessons-by-eve-krakow/
LOCATION:Café Le Cheval\, 5320 Queen Mary Road\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T190000
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SUMMARY:Info Session with UNEQ: On the Loi sur le statut de l'artiste
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 23\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ETOnline via Zoom (register for Zoom link)\n\n\n\nIn partnership with QWF\, the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) will be leading a virtual information session in English for writers to learn more about the Loi sur le statut de l’artiste\, which governs professional working conditions for writers and other literary artists. The session will be led by Geneviève Lauzon\, General-Director of UNEQ\, and Pierre-Yves Villeneuve\, President of UNEQ. Julie Barlow\, former president of QWF\, will moderate the session. There will be time for questions from the audience. \n\n\n\nFree and open to all \n\n\n\nAbout the Loi sur le statut de l’artiste\n\n\n\nAdopted in June 2022\, the Loi sur le statut de l’artiste is intended to bring together the provisions governing the professional status of artists working in visual arts\, film\, recording arts\, arts and crafts\, performing arts\, and literature. As such\, it allows UNEQ to negotiate collective agreements that set minimum working conditions for writers and literary artists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP for ZOOm Link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/info-session-with-uneq-on-the-loi-sur-le-statut-de-lartiste/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Networking,QWF Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T190000
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SUMMARY:Alice Zorn launches Colours in Her Hands
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 24\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ETLibrairie Pulp Books\, Montreal\n\n\n\nBook Launch! Local author Alice Zorn in conversation with Elise Moser for the launch of Alice’s new novel\, Colours in Her Hands. September 24th\, 7PM. Please RSVP to secure your spot. \n\n\n\nAbout Colours in Her Hands: \n\n\n\nWhat is intellectual disability? Ask Bruno\, who is at his wits’ end trying to predict what his sister\, Mina\, will do next. Ask Iris\, who is entranced by the wildly inventive embroidery Mina creates. Ask Gabriela\, who loves Mina and disagrees when Bruno uses Mina’s constant demands as an excuse not to have a child. Meet Mina in her overstuffed Montreal apartment\, surrounded by her treasures. She knows she is the best paper sorter at the recycling plant where she works. She is proud to be diabetic but equally happy to cheat on her diet. The colours she stitches hum with life. Colours in Her Hands is a nuanced and thought-provoking novel about family\, about art\, about questioning the way the world treats those who are different. With an unforgettable voice\, Mina navigates the labyrinth that society sets for her with dignity\, inventiveness\, and aplomb.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/alice-zorn-launches-colours-in-her-hands/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T123000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 28\, 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-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note 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. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-20/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T180000
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SUMMARY:NexGen MultiArts Festival Presents: An Evening of Poetry & Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 28\, 6:00-9:00 pm ET\n\n\n\n“An Evening of Poetry & Reflections” will feature six young upcoming poets who will be reciting in Urdu\, French\, Punjabi\, Hindi\, Arabic\, and English. The session will also include an engaging discussion “Humming Between Homes – A Poetic Conversation.” Some members of the Kabir Centre Poetry Club will also be reciting poetry. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the NexGen MultiArts Festival of Kabir Cultural Centre.  As in the previous years\, the festival is designed to encourage young poets and will witness diversity of poetry. The festival offers a unique multilingual\, multicultural\, multi-generational platform for poets and poetry enthusiasts to appreciate the art of poetry. While shining a spotlight on young talent\, the festival includes multilingual readings by both established and emerging poets and a poetic conversation. \n\n\n\nSamosas will be arranged for those who RSVP early at info@centrekabir.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/nexgen-multiarts-festival-presents-an-evening-of-poetry-reflection/
LOCATION:Espace Custeau\, Le Gesù\, 1200 Bleury Street\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T190000
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SUMMARY:Other Maps Montreal Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, Sept 29\, 2024\, 5:00-7:00 pm\n\n\n\nPlease join us to celebrate the launch of Rebecca Morris’s debut novel OTHER MAPS\, forthcoming September 14th with Linda Leith Publishing. Event hosted by Monique Polak. \n\n\n\nAbout Other Maps\n\n\n\nAnna Leverett is home for her dad’s retirement party\, counting the days until she can leave and sick of reminders that her life has consisted of wrong turns and dead ends. Then a meeting with her ex-best friend Helen raises unexpected questions: What really happened at that New Year’s party back in high school? How true were all those ugly rumours? With Helen at her side\, Anna can finally reckon with her past and chart a course towards a better future. \n\n\n\nA literary fiction #metoo novel set in early 2000’s Guelph\, Other Maps explores truth\, resilience and the ride-or-die friendship between two young women who will support each other at any cost. \n\n\n\n“Morris may steer readers outside their comfort zone\, yet her debut novel has grip\, the road rich with unexpected twists. Here\, friendship is a life-saving light on a young woman’s quest for truth in the aftermath of sexual assault.”— Kimberly Bourgeois\, Montreal Review of Books \n\n\n\n“A beautiful exploration of sisterhood\, memory and the stories we tell ourselves\, Other Maps is both timely and timeless. With a sharp eye for detail and a deep empathy for the messiest among us\, Morris gives us a friendship that you will never forget.”— Julie Lalonde\, author of Resilience is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde \n\n\n\n“Other Maps is a propulsive novel that explores just how fraught the lives of young women can be. From the dangers that plague girlhood to the uncertainties of adulthood\, Rebecca Morris beautifully writes how we reckon with our pasts\, fight for acknowledgement\, and stumble into\, hopefully\, better futures.”— Jen Sookfong Lee\, author of Superfan \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Morris is a Montreal writer. Originally from Guelph\, Ontario\, Rebecca taught high school before turning to writing full time. Her stories have won the Malahat Review Open Season Award for Fiction and the Humber Literary Review’s Emerging Writers Fiction contest. She is a Banff Centre alumna\, recipient of a Canada Council Arts grant and an active member of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. Other Maps is her first novel.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/other-maps-montreal-book-launch/
LOCATION:Monkland Tennis Club\, 4225 Av. Royal\, Montreal\, H4A 2M4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:GOLD: Garden of Literary Delights 2024
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 29\, 2024\, 6:00-8:00 pm\n\n\n\nMark your calendars! Sunday\, September 29\, 2024\, 6-8 pm\, the Kabir Centre for Arts & Culture presents the 4th edition of GOLD–Garden of Literary Delights\, with a stellar cast:  \n\n\n\n\nJanika Oza\, who will read from A History of Burning\, a finalist for the 2023 Governor General’s Award for Fiction and winner of the 2024 Asian/Pacific American Award\n\n\n\n\n\nMariam Pirbhai\, award-winning author and academic\, who will read from her novel Isolated Incident and Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land\, Place and Belonging \n\n\n\n\n\nMuch-loved children’s author Mitali Banerjee Ruths\, who will read from her Party Diaries series.\n\n\n\n\n\nLiterary translator Shahroza Nahrin\, who will introduce her translation of acclaimed Bangladeshi writer Shahidul Zahir’s Life and Political Reality: Two Novellas\, translated from Bangla.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRequested Donation: $5 or more at the door \n\n\n\nSpace limited; please RSVP\, email info@centrekabir.com \n\n\n\nReadings\, Refreshments\, Q&A\, book sale\, giveaways
URL:https://qwf.org/event/gold-garden-of-literary-delights-2024/
LOCATION:Espace Custeau\, Le Gesù\, 1200 Bleury Street\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T200000
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SUMMARY:Writing the Personal Essay
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to see your words on the pages of your favourite newspaper\, magazine\, or website? The personal essay is a subgenre of creative nonfiction that focuses on unique stories with universal appeal told from a first-person perspective. In this 8-week course\, you’ll learn everything from how to generate ideas to how to structure your first and second drafts to how to pitch your completed piece. \n\n\n\nThe course will consist of teacher-led instruction\, at-home readings\, generative in-class writing exercises\, and guided peer feedback. You will also be expected to work on your essay at home\, between classes. By the end of this session\, you will have one completed personal essay. \n\n\n\nWeek 1: What is the personal essay? \n\n\n\nOverview of the genre and generating ideas. \n\n\n\nWeek 2: Structure \n\n\n\nDefining the elements of the personal essay and exploring structure. \n\n\n\nWeek 3: First Drafts\, Part I \n\n\n\nGetting words on the page. \n\n\n\nWeek 4: First Drafts\, Part II \n\n\n\nEmploying techniques from creative writing. \n\n\n\nWeek 5: Revision \n\n\n\nA step-by-step guide for revising your own work. \n\n\n\nWeek 6: Second Drafts \n\n\n\nHow to polish your essay and turn it into something publishable. \n\n\n\nWeek 7: Pitching and Publishing \n\n\n\nHow to find target outlets and write a great pitch. \n\n\n\nWeek 8: Ask-Me-Anything with a Working Editor \n\n\n\nGuest Editor (TBA) and wrap-up.Julie Matlin is a writer with pieces appearing in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Chatelaine\, The Globe and Mail\, Huffington Post\, CBC\, and other publications. She has one screenplay in development and is currently querying an essay collection\, Such a Nice Jewish Girl\, about the intersection of faith\, grief\, and identity\, which was supported by a Canada Council for the Arts grant. She has a weakness for puppies\, naps\, and the music of Jack White. You can follow her on twitter @jmatlin or Instagram and Threads @j.matlin. Portfolio:  www.juliematin.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-the-personal-essay/2024-09-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:The Vivid and Continuous Dream: A Short Story Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In March\, in 1918\, an Olympic swimmer accepts a job rehabilitating the Polio-ravaged legs of a rich young woman\, not knowing the mess of love and wreckage that await their future selves; in Western Australia\, a bullied adolescent watches his high school tormentor drown beneath the surface of an aquifer—he expects reprieve\, but all his life he will sense the boy\, resinous\, in the mist and the warm wet air; in Spokane\, a man embarks on a strange\, galvanizing quest to reclaim an heirloom headdress that once belonged to his grandmother\, and the journey leaves him wondering who he is\, or who he used to be\, or who he might yet become. \n\n\n\nThe best stories ask questions but don’t dare give all the answers; they take the reader on a journey and leave them with a brief sliver of enlightenment. Yes: love is worth the cost to body and soul\, in 1918 as much as now. No: there is no easy escape from regret\, and good people will suffer if they stoop to the level of their abusers. Perhaps what matters is not to complete the task or reclaim our past\, but to reassure ourselves that we tried. \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 writers of similar skill and drive\, and to encourage the kind of creative energy that crackles between new practitioners. \n\n\n\nSome 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\nTo immerse yourself in\, and engage with\, literature among a cohort of people who are similarly immersed and engaged in literature; to enjoy 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 on 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 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 and is currently a fiction mentor for the University of King’s College’s writing MFA.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-vivid-and-continuous-dream-a-short-story-workshop-2/2024-09-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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