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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 25\, 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-11/
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CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Festival Montréal Mystère / Montréal Mystery Festival
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the inaugural Montreal Mystery book festival in downtown Montreal\, where the worlds of French and English literature meet. This event brings together English and French language writers for a weekend dedicated to the mystery and thriller genres. We’ll delve into intricate plots\, intriguing characters\, and the power of storytelling. Set against the vibrant backdrop of downtown Montreal\, this festival celebrates the blend of languages\, cultures\, and the timeless appeal of mystery fiction. \nJoin us at the Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal on May 24-25\, 2024 for your opportunity to hear and meet crime\, mystery and thriller writers from Quebec\, the rest of Canada and beyond!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/festival-montreal-mystere-montreal-mystery-festival/
LOCATION:Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal\, 475 Boul. de Maisonneuve E.\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2L 5C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Headlight Anthology Issue 25: Launch and Readings
DESCRIPTION:Thurs\, May 23\, 2024\, 7:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin the Headlight editorial team from Concordia’s graduate English department and fifteen incredible readers both from Concordia and from the broader Montreal literary community! Follow Headlight on Instagram for more info: @headlight_anthology
URL:https://qwf.org/event/headlight-anthology-issue-25-launch-and-readings/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Phil Hall and Mark Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 22\, 20247:30 pm ETThe Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nThe Word Bookstore is hosting an in-person event with Phil Hall and Mark Goldstein. Please join them as read from their new books with Beautiful Outlaw Press.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-reading-with-phil-hall-and-mark-goldstein/
LOCATION:The Word Bookstore\, 469 Milton Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1W3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Headshot Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Interested in seeing what it takes to have a professional headshot done? The Community Digital Arts Hub has you covered. Take advantage of the Professional Headshot Clinic at the CDAH\, and walk away with training in photography and lighting as well as a new headshot. \n\n\n\nThe first half-hour is a group workshop that includes guidance on perfecting your pose and expression for that killer headshot\, learnings on lighting techniques that will make you look stunning\, and invaluable insights into what makes a headshot truly stand out for your website or portfolio. \n\n\n\nAfterwards\, participants will receive at minimum one photo from their sitting\, which will be edited by CDAH resident photographer Pantea Pezeshkan. \n\n\n\nDon’t forget to bring two changes of outfits that represent your professional style! \n\n\n\nLocation: CDAH\, 460 Sainte-Catherine West\, Suite #511 \n\n\n\nPrice: $30 (Regular)\, $20 (QWF Members)\, $15 (QWF Student Members)
URL:https://qwf.org/event/headshot-clinic/
LOCATION:Community Digital Arts Hub\, 460 Saint-Catherine St W\, Suite 511\, Montreal\, H3B 1A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Music & Poetry with Melanie Power\, Ranee Lee\, and Svens Telemaque
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 21\, 2024\, 7:30 pmPresbyterian College Chapel (3495 University St.\, McGill University\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nAn evening of music and poetry with Melanie Power\, Ranee Lee\, and Svens Telemaque. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRANEE LEE is now celebrating over 40 years in Montreal\, Quebec\, where she enjoys a successful\, multi-faceted career as one of Canada’s most popular jazz vocalists\, an award-winning actress\, a songwriter\, and a proud author of children’s books. Ranee has recorded thirteen albums for Justin Time\, a proud discography of acclaimed recordings that feature some of the finest jazz musicians of our time among its sidemen. \n\n\n\nMELANIE POWER is the author of Full Moon of Afraid and Craving (McGill-Queen’s University Press\, 2022). Her work has appeared broadly in literary journals such as The Malahat Review\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, Poetry Ireland Review\, Prairie Fire\, Grain Magazine\, Southword Journal\, and elsewhere. Her poems have been shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize\, Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest\, as well as longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. She is currently pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in oral history and literature at Concordia University. Born and raised in Newfoundland\, she now lives in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke). \n\n\n\nSVENS TELEMAQUE is an activist\, a spoken word artist\, a prisoners’ right’s advocate and so much more. A man who had walked the side of life which could have endangered his well being\, turned over a new leaf through poetry. Svens travels the world speaking at different engagements worldwide with his program Broken Crayons Still Colour. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, email reception@pcmtl.ca
URL:https://qwf.org/event/music-poetry-with-melanie-power-ranee-lee-and-svens-telemaque/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College will host Mary Dean Lee  reading from her debut poetry collection\, “TIDAL”\, and Derek Webster from “NATIONAL ANIMAL”. They will also have a dialogue about the challenges of writing about strong emotions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:A Complete Read-Through of G
DESCRIPTION:G is a sound. Phonetically\, it is represented as [χ]—and corresponds to خ in the Arabic alphabet—a guttural resonance shared between Afrikaans and Persian. Poets Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi composed G collaboratively as an act of hospitality into their languages and now they will read through the entire translingual collection\, activating the playful linguistic connections and shifts. Join them for a matinee performance\, Saturday\, 18 May\, at articule (6282 St-Hubert\, Montreal). Doors open at 230pm and the reading starts at 3pm. Books will be available at a discounted rate.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-complete-read-through-of-g/
LOCATION:Articule\, 6282 rue St-Hubert\, Montreal\, QC\, H2S 2M2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Confabulation presents: Coincidence — Stories of happy accidents\, remarkable connections and falling out of sync
DESCRIPTION:Confabulation Montreal presents: “Coincidence — Stories of happy accidents\, remarkable connections and falling out of sync.” \nFriday May 17\, 2024 @ 20h\nLa Sala Rossa 4848 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec H2T 1R5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/confabulation-presents-coincidence-stories-of-happy-accidents-remarkable-connections-and-falling-out-of-sync/
LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 17\, 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-14/
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\, May 11\, 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-9/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication
DESCRIPTION:As in all of my workshops\, speculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story\, an excerpt from a larger work\, a script\, speculative poetry\, a comic\, or graphic novel excerpt. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will consist of ten sessions so as to give each participant the opportunity to workshop their piece twice: once for initial feedback and a second time once revisions have been made. We will begin by having each workshop member introduce themselves and their project\, including their intentions. Following these introductions\, I will give a brief presentation on different vectors of analysis in evaluating a piece\, including: \n\n\n\n\n         story\, plot arc\, and pacingworldbuildingcharacter\, POV\, voice\, and tonedescriptions and other issues of language and writing qualitytheme and meaning/intention\n\nbeginnings and endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn week 1\, we will workshop a very short story that participants should read before we meet: Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” In discussing this story\, participants will have the opportunity to practice both the workshopping method and vectors of analysis that we will be employing during subsequent sessions. \n\n\n\nIn weeks 2 through 9\, we will workshop two to three submissions at each session. There will also be discussions and exchanges on a topic or topics related to one or more of the vectors of analysis mentioned in the first session. These topics will not be determined in advance\, but will flow organically from the submissions discussed that particular week. \n\n\n\nThe last session will be reserved for an in-depth presentation on maximizing your chances of publication\, including a list of resources\, and a guest presentation by a speculative fiction publisher. I will also answer any new questions that may have arisen in previous sessions. \n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom\, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop\, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition. \n\n\n\nSu J  Sokol is a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction as well as an editor. Xe is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum\, long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and optioned for a film; Run J Run; and Zee\, a finalist for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Les lignes invisibles\, the French translation of Cycling to Asylum\, was published in 2022 by VLB Imaginaire. Sokol’s short fiction and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-master-class-readying-your-work-for-publication/2024-05-09/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Unlock Your Filmmaking Dreams: A Short Film Screenwriting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is not just about dreaming—it’s about doing. It’s about equipping you with the tools to transform your creative ideas into compelling short films. Here’s what you can expect to gain from this cooperative experience: \n\n\n\nLearn the fundamental skills of crafting engaging and impactful short film screenplays; the principles of character development\, plot structure\, and dialogue that will make your narrative resonate. Gain insights into the anatomy of a successful screenplays\, receive hands-on guidance on structuring your ideas\, ensuring your story flows seamlessly from start to finish and receive constructive feedback in a safe environment designed to cultivate a supportive community of fellow aspiring writers. \n\n\n\nAs you share your thoughts and insights\, you will develop the skill of giving and receiving positive\, constructive feedback to elevate your work and cultivate a supportive community of fellow writers. This will allow you to articulate your vision effectively\, convey the essence of your screenplay with impact and hone the art of pitching your ideas confidently and persuasively. \n\n\n\nHow to apply? \n\n\n\nSubmit your CV\, a paragraph detailing your previous creative writing experience and a paragraph describing the story you would like to develop as a screenplay of no more than ten script pages – equivalent to ten minutes of screen time. Adaptations of stories from other forms is encouraged. Send all your submissions materials in one email to Riley at riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Jacob Potashnik” by Friday\, February 16. \n\n\n\nThrough a series of ten\, two-hour sessions\, you will identify and refine the core elements of your story and develop your ideas and receive constructive group feedback. You will progress from story idea to an outline\, treatment\, a dialogued version\, to your final draft screenplay. There is an emphasis on oral presentation of ideas and active participation for all participants. \n\n\n\nSeize Your Spot! Spaces are limited\, so act now to secure your place in this exciting QWF Short Film Screenwriting Workshop. \n\n\n\nJacob Potashnik is a screenwriter and producer and line-producer of documentaries\, television series\, commercials\, web content and films of every genre. In 2019\, Jacob co-produced\, “Pink Lake\,” a feature film which screened at international festivals in Vancouver\, Hamilton\, and Durban. Jacob won the WGC award for the best screenplay for\, “Stardom\,” co-written and directed by Denys Arcand. He is the author of\, “The Golem of Hampstead\, and Other Stories\,” a collection short-listed for the QWF/Concordia University First Book prize.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unlock-your-filmmaking-dreams-a-short-film-screenwriting-workshop/2024-05-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Exploring Childhood Through Stories: Writing Picture Books and Early Chapter Books
DESCRIPTION:This is a workshop for writers interested in writing picture books and early chapter books\, and also for illustrators who would like to hone their writing skills. \n\n\n\nWriting a good picture book requires the storytelling ability of a novelist and close attention to a clear\, simple\, and often poetic language pared down to arrive at the essential. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop we will explore: \n\n\n\n\nVisual literacy as well as verbal literacy\, since picture books and early readers rely heavily on both.\n\n\n\nShort writing exercises in class to inspire ideas\, to reignite the emotions of childhood\, and to revisit the landscapes of childhood.\n\n\n\nLonger writing exercises at home.\n\n\n\nReading and studying picture books for their structure and the balancing act of words and pictures.\n\n\n\nRevising\, editing\, and submitting manuscripts\, including the state of the children’s book publishing industry and new technologies.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants should emerge with one or two drafts of a picture book or a first chapter of an early reader. \n\n\n\nBring one or two of your all-time favorite picture books to the first meeting. Be prepared to present each book\, read a short passage and explain why it appeals to you. \n\n\n\nBring writing materials. We will be doing short writing exercises that will test your imagination and creativity and awake the visual awareness of childhood. \n\n\n\nIf you have a picture book manuscript in progress that you would like to submit for discussion and comments\, please send a copy (four pages maximum) to riley@qwf.org by March 1. The subject line should read “For Marie-Louise Gay.” \n\n\n\nMarie-Louise Gay studied graphic design at L’institut des arts graphiques\, animation at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School\, and illustration at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. She has written and/or illustrated over seventy books for children: board books\, picture books\, and chapter books. Her books have been published in twenty languages and have won many awards. \n\n\n\nShe has also written three puppet plays for which she created the sets\, puppets\, and costumes. Marie-Louise worked as a creative consultant on the scripts and animation of the television series that was created based on her Stella and Sam books. Over the years she has given writing and illustration workshops to children and adults.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/exploring-childhood-through-stories-writing-picture-books-and-early-chapter-books/2024-05-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Getting and Working with a Literary Agent
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 7\, 202412:00–1:30pmOnline\, via Zoom (RSVP below to receive Zoom link)\n\n\n\nWhat exactly is a literary agent? Do you need an agent? How do you get one? And what is it like to be represented by one? \n\n\n\nDemystify the role of the literary agent by attending the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s next Lunch and Learn event. Sarah Barracco\, a working literary agent from Le monte-charge culturel\, will lead us in this hour-and-a-half session\, where she’ll go over the various ways agents function in the writing and publishing world. You are invited to bring all your questions. \n\n\n\nCome join us on Tuesday May 7\, from 12-1:30pm online via Zoom. Secure your spot by clicking on the RSVP button below\, and a Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nRSVPs are now closed. To get the Zoom link\, please contact John Wickham at john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\nThis session will be recorded and the recording will be published on YouTube. \n\n\n\nThe Facilitator\n\n\n\n\nSarah Barracco holds degrees in International Relations and Art History and boasts a decade of experience in the design and production of cultural events. In 2021\, she joined the literary agency Le monte-charge culturel\, now serving as an associate. She represents the work of eighteen writers in Canada and abroad. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVPs are now closed. To get the Zoom link\, please contact John Wickham at john@qwf.org.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-getting-and-working-with-a-literary-agent/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 3\, 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-12/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication
DESCRIPTION:As in all of my workshops\, speculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story\, an excerpt from a larger work\, a script\, speculative poetry\, a comic\, or graphic novel excerpt. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will consist of ten sessions so as to give each participant the opportunity to workshop their piece twice: once for initial feedback and a second time once revisions have been made. We will begin by having each workshop member introduce themselves and their project\, including their intentions. Following these introductions\, I will give a brief presentation on different vectors of analysis in evaluating a piece\, including: \n\n\n\n\n         story\, plot arc\, and pacingworldbuildingcharacter\, POV\, voice\, and tonedescriptions and other issues of language and writing qualitytheme and meaning/intention\n\nbeginnings and endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn week 1\, we will workshop a very short story that participants should read before we meet: Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” In discussing this story\, participants will have the opportunity to practice both the workshopping method and vectors of analysis that we will be employing during subsequent sessions. \n\n\n\nIn weeks 2 through 9\, we will workshop two to three submissions at each session. There will also be discussions and exchanges on a topic or topics related to one or more of the vectors of analysis mentioned in the first session. These topics will not be determined in advance\, but will flow organically from the submissions discussed that particular week. \n\n\n\nThe last session will be reserved for an in-depth presentation on maximizing your chances of publication\, including a list of resources\, and a guest presentation by a speculative fiction publisher. I will also answer any new questions that may have arisen in previous sessions. \n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom\, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop\, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition. \n\n\n\nSu J  Sokol is a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction as well as an editor. Xe is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum\, long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and optioned for a film; Run J Run; and Zee\, a finalist for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Les lignes invisibles\, the French translation of Cycling to Asylum\, was published in 2022 by VLB Imaginaire. Sokol’s short fiction and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-master-class-readying-your-work-for-publication/2024-05-02/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Launch of Here & Now\, Volume 2: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing
DESCRIPTION:Here & Now Volume 2 features the work of more than 50 writers. This book raises awareness about the queer Italian-Canadian reality\, helping to break down barriers and encourage inclusion. The literary artists featured in Here & Now\, Volume 2 include Amber Dawn\, Julian A M.P.\, Michael Belcher\, Scott Belluz\, Tina Biello\, Anthony Bonato\, Gaspare Borsellino\, Anna Camilleri\, Jessica Carpinone\, Giuseppe Caruso\, Samantha Civitarese\, Rachele Clemente\, Paul Coccia\, Emilio Colalillo\, Liana Cusmano\, Selena Di-Filippo\, Vee Di Gregorio\, Julia-Rose DiPalo Christopher DiRaddo\, John Di Stefano\, Michael D’Itri\, Nikki Donadio\, Konrad Eisenbichler\, Matthew Fox\, Paolo Frascà\, Steve Galluccio\, Julia Gerbasi\, Melissa Giacomini\, Milena Gioia\, Nicole Haldoupis\, Elio Iannacci\, Erica Lenti\, Benedetto Magagnin\, Ariana Magliocco\, Angelina Mazza\, Steff(ania) Juniper Mendolia\, Monica Meneghetti\, Anna Nobile\, Maria-Hélèna Pacelli\, Anthony Portulese\, Ryan Pulcini\, Giulio Recchioni\, Jeremy R. Saunders\, Heather Sdao\, Christopher Sisca\, Samantha Titcombe\, Celeste Turner\, Vic Valente\, mickey vescera. https://bluemetropolis.org/event/book-launch-here-now-volume-ii-an-anthology-of-queer-italian-canadian-writers-2024/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-here-now-volume-2-an-anthology-of-queer-italian-canadian-writing/
LOCATION:Librairie n’était-ce pas l’été\, 6792 St Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Unlock Your Filmmaking Dreams: A Short Film Screenwriting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is not just about dreaming—it’s about doing. It’s about equipping you with the tools to transform your creative ideas into compelling short films. Here’s what you can expect to gain from this cooperative experience: \n\n\n\nLearn the fundamental skills of crafting engaging and impactful short film screenplays; the principles of character development\, plot structure\, and dialogue that will make your narrative resonate. Gain insights into the anatomy of a successful screenplays\, receive hands-on guidance on structuring your ideas\, ensuring your story flows seamlessly from start to finish and receive constructive feedback in a safe environment designed to cultivate a supportive community of fellow aspiring writers. \n\n\n\nAs you share your thoughts and insights\, you will develop the skill of giving and receiving positive\, constructive feedback to elevate your work and cultivate a supportive community of fellow writers. This will allow you to articulate your vision effectively\, convey the essence of your screenplay with impact and hone the art of pitching your ideas confidently and persuasively. \n\n\n\nHow to apply? \n\n\n\nSubmit your CV\, a paragraph detailing your previous creative writing experience and a paragraph describing the story you would like to develop as a screenplay of no more than ten script pages – equivalent to ten minutes of screen time. Adaptations of stories from other forms is encouraged. Send all your submissions materials in one email to Riley at riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Jacob Potashnik” by Friday\, February 16. \n\n\n\nThrough a series of ten\, two-hour sessions\, you will identify and refine the core elements of your story and develop your ideas and receive constructive group feedback. You will progress from story idea to an outline\, treatment\, a dialogued version\, to your final draft screenplay. There is an emphasis on oral presentation of ideas and active participation for all participants. \n\n\n\nSeize Your Spot! Spaces are limited\, so act now to secure your place in this exciting QWF Short Film Screenwriting Workshop. \n\n\n\nJacob Potashnik is a screenwriter and producer and line-producer of documentaries\, television series\, commercials\, web content and films of every genre. In 2019\, Jacob co-produced\, “Pink Lake\,” a feature film which screened at international festivals in Vancouver\, Hamilton\, and Durban. Jacob won the WGC award for the best screenplay for\, “Stardom\,” co-written and directed by Denys Arcand. He is the author of\, “The Golem of Hampstead\, and Other Stories\,” a collection short-listed for the QWF/Concordia University First Book prize.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unlock-your-filmmaking-dreams-a-short-film-screenwriting-workshop/2024-04-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Exploring Childhood Through Stories: Writing Picture Books and Early Chapter Books
DESCRIPTION:This is a workshop for writers interested in writing picture books and early chapter books\, and also for illustrators who would like to hone their writing skills. \n\n\n\nWriting a good picture book requires the storytelling ability of a novelist and close attention to a clear\, simple\, and often poetic language pared down to arrive at the essential. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop we will explore: \n\n\n\n\nVisual literacy as well as verbal literacy\, since picture books and early readers rely heavily on both.\n\n\n\nShort writing exercises in class to inspire ideas\, to reignite the emotions of childhood\, and to revisit the landscapes of childhood.\n\n\n\nLonger writing exercises at home.\n\n\n\nReading and studying picture books for their structure and the balancing act of words and pictures.\n\n\n\nRevising\, editing\, and submitting manuscripts\, including the state of the children’s book publishing industry and new technologies.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants should emerge with one or two drafts of a picture book or a first chapter of an early reader. \n\n\n\nBring one or two of your all-time favorite picture books to the first meeting. Be prepared to present each book\, read a short passage and explain why it appeals to you. \n\n\n\nBring writing materials. We will be doing short writing exercises that will test your imagination and creativity and awake the visual awareness of childhood. \n\n\n\nIf you have a picture book manuscript in progress that you would like to submit for discussion and comments\, please send a copy (four pages maximum) to riley@qwf.org by March 1. The subject line should read “For Marie-Louise Gay.” \n\n\n\nMarie-Louise Gay studied graphic design at L’institut des arts graphiques\, animation at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School\, and illustration at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. She has written and/or illustrated over seventy books for children: board books\, picture books\, and chapter books. Her books have been published in twenty languages and have won many awards. \n\n\n\nShe has also written three puppet plays for which she created the sets\, puppets\, and costumes. Marie-Louise worked as a creative consultant on the scripts and animation of the television series that was created based on her Stella and Sam books. Over the years she has given writing and illustration workshops to children and adults.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/exploring-childhood-through-stories-writing-picture-books-and-early-chapter-books/2024-04-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Eighty Thousand Steps
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 2:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise\, CBC\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nCBC presents a first-of-its-kind literary experience\, powered by you. Eighty Thousand Steps is a cinematic podcast/audiobook specially designed to listen to while you walk and starring international bestselling author Denise Chong. Writer Crystal Chan presents this work\, inviting the audience to step into the shoes of a refugee and journey into a land of fable and mystery. Participants enjoy a guided tour where they can listen to the show together. The tour features several stops\, where the author goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative process and the story behind the story. This tour offers insights into oral and intergenerational storytelling\, diaspora and migrant literature\, and writing political and personal works as embodied experiences. Bring along your smartphone\, earbuds or headphones. Throughout the festival\, participants can enjoy the full show at cbc.ca/eightythousandsteps and an author discussion between Crystal Chan and Denise Chong in our virtual programming. A family-friendly event (single admission price for an adult with two children under 12). \n\n\n\nRain date: Sunday\, April 28th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nWith the support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise.  \n\n\n\nParticipants: Crystal Chan\, Denise Chong \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 2:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Meeting point and departure in the lobby \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/eighty-thousand-steps/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Writing/Righting the World
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 2024\, 1:00 pm EDT\n\n\n\nby Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF)\, Metropolis Bleu\n\n\n\nIn this event\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda\, Linda Morra\, about their award-winning book\, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.  \n\n\n\nA live recording of a Getting Lit with Linda podcast episode with writer/host\, Linda Morra  \n\n\n\nIn partnership between the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and the Quebec Writer’s Federation \n\n\n\nParticipants: Andrew Stobo Sniderman\, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) \n\n\n\nHost: Linda Morra \n\n\n\nLanguage(s): English \n\n\n\nDate and Time: Saturday\, April 27th\, 2024\, 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Hôtel 10 – Salle Saint-Laurent \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent on BlueMetropolis.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-righting-the-world/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing Residencies!
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever longed to get away to write? Do you have a manuscript that needs uninterrupted time and attention away from your everyday life? Is your writing practice in a rut? Writing residencies are ideal for focusing time on large projects\, meeting other artists\, and re-booting your creative life. \n\n\n\nIn this two-day workshop\, we will explore how writers can benefit from different residency opportunities and how to put forward the strongest application possible. From sharing resources on where to find the best residency experience for your needs to drafting your artist statement\, we will discuss the benefits and pitfalls of both national and international residencies. During the workshop sessions\, we will also touch on available grant funding for residencies. Participants will leave with a shortlist of residencies (with deadlines)\, a draft of an application\, and a submission plan. \n\n\n\nIn the first session we will discuss: \n\n\n\n·      The purpose of residencies \n\n\n\n·      Different kinds of residency experiences and what to expect \n\n\n\n·      Where and how to find out about residencies \n\n\n\n·      Opportunities in Canada and internationally \n\n\n\n·      The basic components of an application \n\n\n\n·      Budgeting for a residency and funding \n\n\n\nBetween sessions\, you will choose a residency and draft your application. At the second meeting\, you will share your project description or artist statement. Through group discussion\, we will hone and help each other strengthen and clarify goals. \n\n\n\nMarcia Walker’s writing has appeared in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reads\, The Chicago Review\, The New Quarterly\, Fiddlehead\, The New York Times\, PRISM International\, Room\, EVENT\, The Globe and Mail\, CBC radio\, and elsewhere. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize\, PRISM’s fiction and non-fiction prize\, and the Writers’ Union of Canada short prose competition. She has attended residencies at Yaddo (U.S.)\, the Banff Centre (Canada)\, Saari (Finland)\, Can Serrat (Spain)\, KH Messen (Norway) and others. Before becoming a writer\, Marcia worked in theatre and as a lawyer. Find her online at www.marciawalker.ca.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-writing-residencies/2024-04-27/
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\, April 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-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-10/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication
DESCRIPTION:As in all of my workshops\, speculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story\, an excerpt from a larger work\, a script\, speculative poetry\, a comic\, or graphic novel excerpt. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will consist of ten sessions so as to give each participant the opportunity to workshop their piece twice: once for initial feedback and a second time once revisions have been made. We will begin by having each workshop member introduce themselves and their project\, including their intentions. Following these introductions\, I will give a brief presentation on different vectors of analysis in evaluating a piece\, including: \n\n\n\n\n         story\, plot arc\, and pacingworldbuildingcharacter\, POV\, voice\, and tonedescriptions and other issues of language and writing qualitytheme and meaning/intention\n\nbeginnings and endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn week 1\, we will workshop a very short story that participants should read before we meet: Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” In discussing this story\, participants will have the opportunity to practice both the workshopping method and vectors of analysis that we will be employing during subsequent sessions. \n\n\n\nIn weeks 2 through 9\, we will workshop two to three submissions at each session. There will also be discussions and exchanges on a topic or topics related to one or more of the vectors of analysis mentioned in the first session. These topics will not be determined in advance\, but will flow organically from the submissions discussed that particular week. \n\n\n\nThe last session will be reserved for an in-depth presentation on maximizing your chances of publication\, including a list of resources\, and a guest presentation by a speculative fiction publisher. I will also answer any new questions that may have arisen in previous sessions. \n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom\, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop\, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition. \n\n\n\nSu J  Sokol is a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction as well as an editor. Xe is the author of three novels: Cycling to Asylum\, long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and optioned for a film; Run J Run; and Zee\, a finalist for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Les lignes invisibles\, the French translation of Cycling to Asylum\, was published in 2022 by VLB Imaginaire. Sokol’s short fiction and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speculative-fiction-master-class-readying-your-work-for-publication/2024-04-25/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Getting Weird: Crafting Surreal Short Stories
DESCRIPTION:Getting Weird is an 8-week short fiction workshop that focuses on writing strangeness into the everyday\, as a method for exploring and disrupting questions of race\, gender\, sexuality\, climate change\, capitalism\, and other big topics. Participants will read a wide range of writers who delve into the weird\, such as Paige Cooper\, Giada Scodellaro\, Renee Gladman\, Hiromi Goto\, Mariana Enriquez\, Carmen Maria Machado\, and Callum Angus. They will be given an array of writing prompts\, designed to investigate different aspects of surreal fiction\, and will also have the opportunity to give and receive feedback on short pieces of writing. \n\n\n\nWeird fiction contains elements of the eerie\, the uncanny\, and the surreal\, and encourages high levels of playfulness and perceptiveness\, two key elements of compelling storytelling. Weird fiction can also serve as a strong vehicle for writers from underrepresented groups to remake the world in ways that decenter white\, colonial\, hetero-cis-normative worldviews. Prompts will include the following topics: \n\n\n\n\nWeird micro-fiction\n\n\n\nEngaging the senses\n\n\n\nWeirdness at work (parsing the rituals of capitalism and labour)\n\n\n\nGender euphoria/queer weirdos\n\n\n\nReworking ancestral mythologies\n\n\n\nDream logics\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will receive prompts the week before each session (except before the first meeting)\, and will be given a rota (workshopping schedule) in advance. Each participant will have at least one opportunity to submit one piece of writing (up to 2000 words) to the group\, which will be discussed in-session by their peers\, with additional feedback provided by the instructor. These submissions should be based on one or more of the prompts given in the workshop. Participants should be prepared to do the following homework between sessions: responding to writing prompts\, reading one assigned piece of fiction\, providing feedback to their peers. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is open to new fiction writers\, as well as writers who already have a developed fiction practice. Participants should emerge from the workshop with one or two solid short story drafts\, and a confidence in their ability to unsettle the status quo on the page. \n\n\n\nH Felix Chau Bradley is the author of Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press)\, which was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Kobo Rakuten Emerging Writer Prize in 2022; and the chapbook Automatic Object Lessons (House House Press). Their writing has appeared in carte blanche\, ESPACE art actuel\, the Humber Literary Review\, Maisonneuve Magazine\, the Montreal Review of Books\, PRISM International\, Weird Era\, Xtra and elsewhere. They live in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)\, and work as an editor for Metonymy Press\, This Magazine\, and Le Sigh. They were recently awarded QWF’s carte blanche Prize.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/getting-weird-crafting-surreal-short-stories/2024-04-25/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:MacLennan Lecture | Book challenges and their impact on Canadian communities\, a round table discussion (hybrid) 
DESCRIPTION:The Friends of the McGill Library\, in partnership with Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival\, are pleased to present the 2024 Hugh MacLennan Lecture\, a roundtable discussion on book challenges\, the Canadian context\, the power of community action\, and the path forward.  \nPanelists:\n– Michelle Arbuckle\, Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association and the chair of Canada’s Book and Periodical Council\n– Brendan de Caires\, Executive Director of PEN Canada\n– Robin Stevenson\, award-winning Canadian author \nThe discussion will be moderated by librarian Joseph Hafner\, Associate Dean\, Collections at the McGill Libraries. \nThis event is hybrid. Registrants can select in-person or online attendance. A YouTube link will be sent to those who register for virtual attendance. \nThe 2024 Hugh MacLennan Lecture is generously supported by Donald Walcot.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/maclennan-lecture-book-challenges-and-their-impact-on-canadian-communities-a-round-table-discussion-hybrid/
LOCATION:McGill University\, Leacock Building\, Room 26\, 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 2T7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Remember This: Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Monique Polak launches her latest book for kids\, Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory (Orca). The event is part of the TD-Blue Metropolis 2024 Children’s Festival. Monique’s share of book sales will go to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging. For more information\, contact Livres Babar (514) 694-0380.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/remember-this-book-launch/
LOCATION:Biblio Caf´e\, 5853 Sherbrooke St. W.\, NDG\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:2024 BLUE METROPOLI S INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:Each year the Festival is structured aroundone theme. In 2024\, our theme will be: ”Dreams & Utopias”. Shakespeare inspired us that theme with his famous line ”We are such stuff as dreams are made on”(The Tempest)\, adding\, as you know\, ”and our little life is rounded with a sleep”. Now that’s something to think about. If human life is fragile\, it is also rich in the imponderable\, in mystery\, in everything that escapes material things\, it is rich in dreams\, in short. So many questions arise from that theme\, including this one: Can we have confidence in human beings?\nOnce more\, public discussions\, roundtables\, debates\, readings\, master classes\, and podcasts will provide a rich display for both authors and the public to relish.\n—–\nThe Blue Metropolis Festival is one of the largest multilingual literary events in North America. Each year\, writers from Quebec\, Canada and around the world converge on Montreal for a couple of days. Festivalgoers are treated to live interviews\, roundtable discussions\, public readings\, debates\, master classes\, reading and writing workshops. Every year\, the Festival is structured around several strong themes that bear testimony to a keen social awareness and to a passion for literature in all its richness.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2024-blue-metropoli-s-international-literary-festival/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Speaking Truth to Power: How to Write Non-Didactic Political Poetry
DESCRIPTION:This 8-week poetry workshop focuses on writing poetry that engages with social justice and politics without leaning too far into didacticism and prescriptiveness\, without sounding too preachy or like a chant in a march. This workshop intends to show writers how to subtly pack a punch into a poem that leaves the reader breathless\, surprised\, and moved. We will be doing this by exploring different formal approaches that will help add nuance and singularity to the poems we will be writing. \n\n\n\nEach week\, we’ll be discussing a different formal approach\, including: \n\n\n\n\nDirect address/letter poems\n\n\n\nFiltering through a lens\n\n\n\nWriter as expert\n\n\n\nResearch\n\n\n\nFound poetry/Erasure poetry\n\n\n\nVillanelle\, the ghazal\, and the power of repetition\n\n\n\nExperimental poetry\n\n\n\n\nWe will be doing so by reading and discussing poems that utilize specific formal approaches based on the topic set for the week. Some of the writers we will be reading include Hanif Abdurraqib\, Chen Chen\, Canisia Lubrin\, Trish Salah\, Tommy Pico\, Kay Gabriel\, Dionne Brand\, and Hala Alyan. \n\n\n\nFurthermore\, each week\, workshop participants will be given writing prompts that will help them learn about the different forms and formal approaches discussed. The prompts will guide the participants in attempting to write poems using that week’s form. Finally\, 1-2 writers will have their poems workshopped each week. Attendees will be asked to send in their poems a week in advance so that their peers can start workshopping the pieces at home a week in advance.This workshop is open to poets in any stage of their development\, whether they are new to writing or already have a writing practice. The goal of the workshop is for participants to leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of the ways form and craft can be used to write more impactful and unique poems that engage with social justice and undermine the white\, cis\, colonial patriarchal status quo. This workshop will be especially useful for writers who feel they have something to say but don’t know how to say it.Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a writer\, translator\, and acquisitions editor at Metonymy Press living in Tio’tia:ke. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, The New Quarterly\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. Their book\, knot body\, published by Metatron Press in 2020\, was shortlisted for the QWF Concordia First Book Award\, and their second book\, The Good Arabs\, published by Metonymy Press in 2021\, was received honorary mention for the Arab American Book Awards and the Khayrallah Prize\, and won the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. Their translation of Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay’s La fille d’elle-même from the French was published in Spring 2023. With co-editor Samia Marshy\, they are editing El Ghourabaa\, an anthology of queer and trans writing by Arab and Arabophone writers\, forthcoming Spring 2024.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speaking-truth-to-power-how-to-write-non-didactic-political-poetry/2024-04-24/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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