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SUMMARY:Launch of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin the Encore Poetry Project for the launch of the second edition of The Encore Poetry Anthology; In Dialogue. There will be readings by contributors\, charcuterie\, and live music! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-the-encore-poetry-anthology-in-dialogue/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tearoom\, 5326 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance,Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry and the Tiny Sea in the Ear
DESCRIPTION:The tiny sea in the earand the moth wing in the mind\, which wait.— Don McKay\, “Early Instruments” \n\n\n\nThis workshop invites participants to explore our “early instruments” of imagination and experience through the language of poetry. \n\n\n\n“The excitement of metaphor\,” writes Don McKay\, “stems from the injection of wilderness into language.” Add to this idea the excitement of any element of poetic making. \n\n\n\nDuring these eight weeks\, we will draft and develop poems that tap the surprise of tension and release\, tease out what’s wild in the everyday\, refresh expectation and sharpen expression. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, we will respond to each other’s poems and work with one or more prompts. In most sessions we will look briefly at a strong contemporary poem and consider what we might borrow from it as a springboard to our writing. \n\n\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \n\n\n\nSusan Gillis (she/her) has taught Creative Writing at Concordia University and John Abbott College\, and has led poetry workshops with QWF\, Los Parronales (Chile)\, Blue Met\, in schools and in the community. Her four books have been nominated for several awards; Volta (2002) was awarded the A.M. Klein Prize. She is a founding member of the collaborative poetry group Yoko’s Dogs (Whisk\, 2013; Rhinoceros\, 2016; Caution Tape\, 2021). Her most recent book is Yellow Crane (Brick 2018). She works as a freelance editor and mentor.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-and-the-tiny-sea-in-the-ear/2024-10-10/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\, 5:00 pm\n\n\n\nVancouver author Caroline Adderson will be reading from her Giller long-listed collection of short stories A Way to Be Happy at Librairie Paragraphe\, 2220 McGill College Avenue\, Thursday October 10th at 5pm.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-a-way-to-be-happy-by-caroline-adderson/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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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/2024-10-09/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Hooked: Writing Compelling YA Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to unveil the gripping storyteller within you and keep readers turning those pages! Dive into an exciting eight-week workshop focused on techniques to captivate young adult readers. We’ll look at everything from crafting vibrant characters and heart-pounding conflicts to honing structure and pacing in YA fiction. \n\n\n\nFor our first session\, bring along a favorite YA novel to share with the group. By week two\, be sure to have the first chapter of your work-in-progress (up to 10 pages) for some feedback exchange. By the end of the workshop\, you’ll have a roadmap to your story\, completed scenes\, and an inciting hook for your novel-in-the-making. \n\n\n\nEach session will incorporate a mix of writing prompts\, critique sessions\, exploration of writing techniques\, sneak peeks into YA literature\, and lively group discussions. We’ll be reading various writing styles\, structuring vibrant dialogue\, and feeling all the YA vibes. We’ll even take a sneak peek into the Canadian publishing world. \n\n\n\nValuable feedback from both the workshop leader and your fellow writers on your opening chapter will keep you motivated and inspired. Together\, we’ll work at captivating readers. \n\n\n\nDon’t forget your writing tools for each session. All writers\, whether seasoned pros or fresh faces\, are welcome! Short story\, graphic novel and prose writers\, you’re invited too! \n\n\n\nThe following Suggested readings will sharpen your writing skills\, but are not necessary for the workshop: \n\n\n\nCorner-Bryant\, Helen\, and Kathryn Price. On Editing: How to Edit Your Novel the Professional Way. John Murray Learning\, 2018. \n\n\n\nProse\, Francine. Reading like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them. HarperCollins\, 2009. \n\n\n\nStrunk Jr\, William. The Elements of Style: Classic Edition. Spectrum Ink\, 2018. \n\n\n\nTruby\, John. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Faber and Faber\, 2008. \n\n\n\nLea Beddia is the author of Take Off! (Rebel Mountain Press) and Outta Here (Lorimer). She is also a storyteller\, appearing regularly on stage with Confabulation. Born and raised in Montreal\, she now teaches in Joliette\, Quebec\, where she lives with her husband and three children. With a passion for supporting literacy among young adults\, especially for striving readers\, Lea is releasing two fresh YA novels set to hit bookshelves in 2025 and 2026. Find out more at www.leabeddia.com\, or say hi to Lea Beddia on Facebook or Instagram @BeddiaLea.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hooked-writing-compelling-ya-fiction/2024-10-09/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character
DESCRIPTION:The memoir used to be a large and weighty book\, often written by a man of power\, once he had stepped out of the limelight (or been cast out of it). Presidents and prime ministers wrote memoirs; the common people did not. \n\n\n\nFlash-forward to the present. People have discovered that they had and still have lives worth writing about. The classic memoir was about the exercise of power in times of crisis. The current memoir is often about a period of time during which the writer learned something about themselves. Which should make all of us potential memoirists. \n\n\n\nThe form contains a number of moral traps and rough spots. How much fiction can you put in a memoir? What happens when you forget something\, or misremember? How much can you reveal about yourself and others before you cross a line you might regret? \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at several examples of memoir\, from Harry Crews to Kyo Maclear and others. With Crews\, his story begins before his birth; is that still memoir? Mark Abley’s travel story is clearly designed to tell as little as possible about its author. In sociologist mode\, Daniel Allen Cox brings in a slew of outside sources to bolster his self-inquiry. Where do we want to situate ourselves? \n\n\n\nThat\, of course\, will depend on our inquiries. A memoir can be about someone else – how you did or did not live with that person. Memoirs can spring from a mystery – but not always. All of them involve the writer wanting to achieve greater self-understanding\, which means we have to turn ourselves into a character to do it. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be a mixture of reading one another’s projects and proposals\, and considering excerpts from other books. Participants are free to submit material a week or two before the first workshop. This material will be part of class discussions. Please submit to David.Homel@concordia.ca. For the first submission\, please do not go beyond 5 or 10 standard pages. See you there! \n\n\n\nDavid Homel wrote 13 works of fiction – historical novels\, murder mysteries and domestic fiction – before his first memoir in 2020\, and he has gone on to work in that form since. The experience as a memoirist continues to bear upon his novel-writing\, enriching and expanding it. The moral aspects of the art of memory and disclosure continue to attract him\, along with the paradox of turning himself into a character in order to get at the truths of his past lives. He has also worked as a journalist and a documentary filmmaker\, both assets for memoir writing\,
URL:https://qwf.org/event/memoir-turning-yourself-into-a-character/2024-10-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Poet’s Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to write poetry but have trouble getting started? Are you interested in stepping outside of your comfort zone to generate new pieces? This workshop will help you to develop your voice as a poet by kindling your creativity with the support of a variety of writing tools\, prompts\, poetic forms\, and other techniques. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, participants will be presented with some combination of readings\, writing constraints\, or guided prompts. These will include assignments to write new pieces using different poetic forms including ekphrastic poetry (verse inspired by visual art)\, erasure/blackout poetry\, OULIPO games\, centos\, prose poems\, and haiku. Participants will be encouraged to share their writing results and will have a chance to discuss each other’s poems.  \n\n\n\nBy the end of this 8-week generative poetry writing workshop\, participants will have a chance to produce a portfolio of approximately 8 new pieces of creative work. \n\n\n\nGreg Santos is a poet\, editor\, and educator. His most recent book is Ghost Face (2020) and he has published several other poetry collections. His writing has appeared in CBC First Person\, The Walrus\, Geist\, AGNI\, The Best American Poetry Blog\, and World Literature Today. He has worked with the QWF’s Writers in the Community Program\, Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters\, Poetry in Voice\, and the Thomas More Institute to spread the joy of verse and creative writing to diverse communities. He is the Editor in Chief of the QWF’s online literary journal carte blanche. He is an adoptee of Cambodian\, Portuguese\, and Spanish heritage. Greg lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal with his wife and two children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-poets-toolbox/2024-10-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 8\, 12:00–1:15 pm ETOpen to all—register for Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking to learn more about QWF\, what we do\, and how we can help you as a writer? \n\n\n\nJoin us for the next Lunch & Learn with QWF! \n\n\n\nIn this quarterly online orientation session\, we’ll provide a deep dive into our many programs and services and how we can help you in your writing journey. Whether you’re new to QWF\, want to learn about a particular program\, or simply want to meet the team\, we welcome you to join us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiley Palanca (Membership Services Coordinator) will discuss QWF programs and services for emerging and aspiring writers\, including our mentorship program\, Shut Up & Write writing sessions\, and writing workshops. \n\n\n\nLori Schubert (Executive Director) will explain QWF programs and services for more established writers\, including the Writers in the Community program\, the Hire a Writer Directory\, and the QWF Awards. \n\n\n\nJohn Wickham (Communications Officer) will provide a brief tour of the website\, highlighting sections and resources that are particularly useful to QWF members. \n\n\n\nFree and open to all. We hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nTo get the Zoom link: Fill out the registration form. You’ll receive the Zoom link by email shortly thereafter. \n\n\n\nIf you have trouble registering or joining the meeting\, contact John at john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLunch & Learn with QWF is our quarterly orientation series to welcome new members and provide an overview of QWF’s activities. The next one after October 8 will be in January 2025. Learn more about our Lunch & Learn series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs close one hour before the event begins. To get the Zoom link after RSVPs close\, please contact John Wickham at john@qwf.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-learn-with-qwf-oct-2024/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,QWF Events
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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-2/2024-10-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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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/2024-10-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Writing Real Life for Children: Conjuring Up Creative Non-fiction for Young Readers
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, Oct 6\, 10:30am-4:30pmOpen to allLimited to 12 participantsHybrid Workshop* \n\n\n\nFrom a solid foundation of facts\, unleash your fancy…  \n\n\n\nThis workshop offers a framework for writers of any level of experience to explore their own passions\, interests\, and experiences through the concise format of a picture book manuscript. \n\n\n\nWhat fascinates you—and how can you write it to spark enthusiasm and imaginations among our children and youth? \n\n\n\nOver the course of the day\, we will  \n\n\n\n\nexamine superb examples of creative non-fiction picture books\, and\n\n\n\nengage in guided writing exercises that will encourage you to define your own key messages\, through topics such as current events\, history\, biography\, travel/culture\, science\, math\, art\, music\, movement\, sports\, family stories… \n\n\n\n\nYou’ll come away with inspiration\, drafted ideas\, and a plan to bring your creative non-fiction picture book manuscript to completion. \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\nRaquel Rivera’s books for children and young adults have won the QWF Prize for Children’s and YA Literature twice; been nominated for the Red Cedar Book Award\, Silver Birch\, Forest of Reading awards and the Rocky Mountain Book Award; and were selected for CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (starred selection)\, USBBY Outstanding International Books)\, and Quill & Quire’s “Best of 2007.” Raquel has lived and worked in Washington DC\, Kuala Lumpur\, Singapore\, Barcelona\, and Toronto (where she was born and raised as a first-generation Canadian). Raquel’s own mixed heritage inspires her search for new ways of thinking and dreaming. Cultures in cooperation is the theme that runs through her writing. \n\n\n\n\nhttp://raquelriverawashere.com\n\n\n\nhttp://artistsinspire.ca\n\n\n\nhttp://hireawriter.ca\n\n\n\nhttp://facebook.com
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 4\, 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-24/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Art of Being Irish in Hell's Kitchen: A Memoir on the Organizing of the Irish Arts Center in New York City\, 1972-78\, by Jim Olwell
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 2\, 2024\, 5:00-7:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nYouth is not wasted on the young. It is their learning playground for their early dramas. They learn who they are and who they are becoming\, by trying something new or not trying\, by succeeding or failing and usually both. \n\n\n\nIn the 1970s New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood\, then a slum\, these young Irish and other Americans created an environment where they could learn\, by supporting and learning from each other and by being inclusive. They taught each other and learned from skilled artists how to play music and dance\, how to act and do theatre\, how to sing songs they loved. They learned how to build an organization\, their own arts and cultural organization\, by their own doing.  \n\n\n\nThey were tin whistle players and uilleann pipers\, not to mention fiddlers and dancers\, penniless artists and aspiring poets\, hundreds of volunteers and dreamers of dreams. \n\n\n\nThat early activity helped initiate a vibrant\, living Irish culture there in New York and the US. 50 years later\, a magnificent new multi-faceted Irish Arts Center was built on 11th avenue in Manhattan right around the corner from and connected to in the back their original building on west 51st street \n\n\n\nThis memoir on how it all began is written by an Irish American from the Bronx who was the second director and 6 year organizer at the Center. He fell in love with a young French Canadian modern dancer from Montreal on a grant to study with Merce Cunningham\, and in 1978 he moved here to be with her. They had 2 bilingual children who were born and live here. He spent his professional life here as a community organizer with the CLSC Benny Farm where he helped citizens create organizations and services they needed and did not have. Author Jim Olwell will be launching his new memoir at the Benny Library in NDG in September. \n\n\n\nThis is a free event.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-art-of-being-irish-in-hells-kitchen-a-memoir-on-the-organizing-of-the-irish-arts-center-in-new-york-city-1972-78-by-jim-olwell/
LOCATION:Benny Library 6400 Monkland Ave.\, 6400 Monkland Ave.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Quebec\, H4B1H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character
DESCRIPTION:The memoir used to be a large and weighty book\, often written by a man of power\, once he had stepped out of the limelight (or been cast out of it). Presidents and prime ministers wrote memoirs; the common people did not. \n\n\n\nFlash-forward to the present. People have discovered that they had and still have lives worth writing about. The classic memoir was about the exercise of power in times of crisis. The current memoir is often about a period of time during which the writer learned something about themselves. Which should make all of us potential memoirists. \n\n\n\nThe form contains a number of moral traps and rough spots. How much fiction can you put in a memoir? What happens when you forget something\, or misremember? How much can you reveal about yourself and others before you cross a line you might regret? \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at several examples of memoir\, from Harry Crews to Kyo Maclear and others. With Crews\, his story begins before his birth; is that still memoir? Mark Abley’s travel story is clearly designed to tell as little as possible about its author. In sociologist mode\, Daniel Allen Cox brings in a slew of outside sources to bolster his self-inquiry. Where do we want to situate ourselves? \n\n\n\nThat\, of course\, will depend on our inquiries. A memoir can be about someone else – how you did or did not live with that person. Memoirs can spring from a mystery – but not always. All of them involve the writer wanting to achieve greater self-understanding\, which means we have to turn ourselves into a character to do it. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be a mixture of reading one another’s projects and proposals\, and considering excerpts from other books. Participants are free to submit material a week or two before the first workshop. This material will be part of class discussions. Please submit to David.Homel@concordia.ca. For the first submission\, please do not go beyond 5 or 10 standard pages. See you there! \n\n\n\nDavid Homel wrote 13 works of fiction – historical novels\, murder mysteries and domestic fiction – before his first memoir in 2020\, and he has gone on to work in that form since. The experience as a memoirist continues to bear upon his novel-writing\, enriching and expanding it. The moral aspects of the art of memory and disclosure continue to attract him\, along with the paradox of turning himself into a character in order to get at the truths of his past lives. He has also worked as a journalist and a documentary filmmaker\, both assets for memoir writing\,
URL:https://qwf.org/event/memoir-turning-yourself-into-a-character/2024-10-01/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Poet’s Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to write poetry but have trouble getting started? Are you interested in stepping outside of your comfort zone to generate new pieces? This workshop will help you to develop your voice as a poet by kindling your creativity with the support of a variety of writing tools\, prompts\, poetic forms\, and other techniques. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, participants will be presented with some combination of readings\, writing constraints\, or guided prompts. These will include assignments to write new pieces using different poetic forms including ekphrastic poetry (verse inspired by visual art)\, erasure/blackout poetry\, OULIPO games\, centos\, prose poems\, and haiku. Participants will be encouraged to share their writing results and will have a chance to discuss each other’s poems.  \n\n\n\nBy the end of this 8-week generative poetry writing workshop\, participants will have a chance to produce a portfolio of approximately 8 new pieces of creative work. \n\n\n\nGreg Santos is a poet\, editor\, and educator. His most recent book is Ghost Face (2020) and he has published several other poetry collections. His writing has appeared in CBC First Person\, The Walrus\, Geist\, AGNI\, The Best American Poetry Blog\, and World Literature Today. He has worked with the QWF’s Writers in the Community Program\, Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters\, Poetry in Voice\, and the Thomas More Institute to spread the joy of verse and creative writing to diverse communities. He is the Editor in Chief of the QWF’s online literary journal carte blanche. He is an adoptee of Cambodian\, Portuguese\, and Spanish heritage. Greg lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal with his wife and two children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-poets-toolbox/2024-10-01/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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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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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
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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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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: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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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: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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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:20240922T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T170000
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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:20240921T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T170000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T180000
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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: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T190000
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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: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: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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