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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \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 begins. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are registered but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-62/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:STORIES FROM CANADA’S NORTH / A LA RENCONTRE DU NORD CANADIEN
DESCRIPTION:In 2006\, author Hélèna Katz left her familiar Mile End neighbourhood for life on a small alpaca farm in the Northwest Territories. New experiences such as learning to scrape a moosehide from a group of Dene women captivated her. Dealing with bears on her lawn was more challenging. Shopping that requires a 10-hour drive to pick up both the mundane and the unusual – such as little frozen mice for a community member’s pet snake – amused her. \nHélèna’s latest book\, Dispatches from Canada’s North\, shares more than 40 stories about the joys and challenges of living in the North. Her bilingual Montreal launch at Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler in Mile End will include stories from the book and photos of some of the places to which she has travelled in the North.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/stories-from-canadas-north-a-la-rencontre-du-nord-canadien/
LOCATION:5434 avenue du Parc\, Bibliotheque Mordecai-Richler\, 5434\, avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Cloud Circuit album launch
DESCRIPTION:Join poet Deanna Radford and musician Jeremy Young\, aka Cloud Circuit\, on Saturday\, June 20\, for the launch of their debut full-length album of spoken word and sound on Watch That Ends the Night Records. The duo will be marking the vinyl release of the album and performing as part of this year’s Watch That Ends the Night Records showcase at Montréal’s Suoni Per Il Popolo festival. The event will include performances by labelmates: Lacopo\, pinksnail\, aniqa dear\, and Michael Cloud Duguay with Andrew Mackelvie. Cloud Circuit’s album will be available digitally on Bandcamp as of Friday\, June 12. \nSaturday\, June 2o\, 2026\nDoors: 7:30 pm\, performances start: 8:00 pm\nTickets: $15+ fees & taxes advance\, $22 at the door. 18+.\nLa Sotterenea\, 4848 boul St-Laurent\, Montreal\, QC (basement of La Sala Rossa) \nhttps://cloudcircuit.ca\nhttps://cloudcircuit.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-circuit\nhttps://watchthatendsthenight.bandcamp.com/music
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cloud-circuit-album-launch/
LOCATION:La Sotteranea\, 4848 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T150000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \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\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you registered for the session but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-62/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T150000
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SUMMARY:Tattered Covers: 60+ Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Tattered Covers\, a reading and open mic featuring writers aged 60+. \nAfter a film screening and discussion on ageism that we held in November 2025\, we realized it was high time for us to shine a spotlight on some of the wonderful older writers in our community. Hosted by Jim Olwell\, Tattered Covers will feature short readings by four writers aged 60+. Afterwards\, five open-mic readers will have four minutes each to read or perform their work. Free and open to all. Open-mic slots are reserved for QWF members aged 60+\, but all are welcome to attend. \nRequests for the open mic slots will be taken during the Zoom meeting once the event starts. They will be assigned on a first-come\, first-served basis or\, if there are too many sign-ups all at once\, by lottery. Show up right at 2:00 p.m. for the best chance of getting a slot! \nWhether you’re looking to hear from some of QWF’s most experienced writers or you’re hoping to share your own work with a live audience\, we look forward to seeing you. \nOnline via Zoom. Register to get the Zoom link. \nThe Host\nPhoto: Paule Morency\nJim Olwell was born and raised in New York City\, where he organized The Irish Arts Center from 1972 to 1978\, which was the subject of his memoir\, The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen\, published in 2024 with FriesenPress. He worked professionally for 23 years at the CLSC NDG/Benny Farm as Community Organizer and was made a member of La Societe des Grands Citoyens by the CDN/NDG Borough in 2013. He worked as well with the McGill Middle East Program in Peace Building and Civil Society. He has published two chapbooks of poetry—Crossings in 2016 (Iron Rabbitt Bindery) and Pensions in 2019 (Snow Press)—with a third\, Long Time Coming\, due in 2027. In 2015\, he co-founded and ran Speakup: The Montreal Interactive Poetry Exchange until 2020\, and he co-founded The 2 Susans Poetry Circle\, now in its eleventh year. \n\n \n\nThe Readers\n \nPeter Richardson is the author of four collections of poetry. His most recent book is Bit Parts for Fools (Goose Lane Editions\, 2013). Sympathy for the Couriers (Véhicule Press\, 2007) won the QWF’s 2008 A.M. Klein Award. His poems have been in Poetry\, The Sonora Review\, The Fiddlehead and The Malahat Review among others. He recently finished a fifth manuscript\, titled\, Tiara of Fish Heads. A former airport worker at both Mirabel and Trudeau Airports\, he lives in Montreal (Tiohtia:ke). \n\n \n\nJanet Torge lives in Montreal and is always looking for new adventures. She’s been a television documentary producer\, a prenatal teacher. an overnight talk-show host at CFCF Radio\, traffic reporter and Radio Noon host at CBC Montreal\, a columnist at the Montreal Gazette\, and co-founder of the first rape relief centre in Canada. She recently trained as a Death Doula and is also the author of Dear Sam\, a book about the death of her son\, and I Can’t Believe I’m Old: Essays on Aging\, published in May by Linda Leith Publishing. \n\n \n\nDorothy W. Williams\, Ph.D.\, specializes in Black Canadian history. She has authored books and contributed to scholarly and academic publications. In 2006\, she established Blacbiblio.com Inc. to create a comprehensive record of their historical presence in the country. Then in 2016\, she launched the bilingual ABC’s of Canadian Black History Kit to facilitate the teaching of Canada’s unknown Black history. With her unique historical knowledge\, Dr. Williams has consulted on films\, plays\, tv documentaries\, and radio productions. She has acquired 20+ years of work in community development\, and decades as a volunteer archivist within the community. Her Sankofa Archives and Collection is now the foundation of her research in history\, identity and race\, art history\, gender\, family\, history of medicine\, biography\, community development\, entrepreneurship\, and education. Dr. Williams is a retired professor from Concordia University’s Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability. \n\n \n\nPhoto: Louise Abbott\nAlice Zorn has published three novels: Arrhythmia (NeWest Press\, 2011)\, Five Roses (Dundurn Press\, 2016)\, and Colours in Her Hands (Freehand Books\, 2024). Five Roses was shortlisted for the 2017 Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award\, as well as translated into French as Le rosier de la Pointe. Colours in Her Hands was selected as the featured title for the 2025 One Book\, One Community program in Athabasca. Her collection of short stories\, Ruins & Relics\, was a finalist for the 2009 McAuslan Quebec Writers’ Federation First Book Prize. Her most recent book of short fiction\, Mind the Gap\, was published by NeWest Press in 2026. She has twice placed first in Prairie Fire’s Fiction Contest and won the 2013 Manitoba Magazine Award for Fiction. She participated in the Banff Writing Studio\, and was both a mentee (2004) and a mentor (2015) in the Quebec Writers’ Federation Mentorship Program. Originally from Ontario\, she has been living in Montreal since 1986. \n\n \n\nRegister for Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tattered-covers-60-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Member Meetup,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T140000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: No Brainer by Lea Beddia
DESCRIPTION:Join Lea Beddia for the launch of her new book\, No Brainer (Orca Book Publishers). \nAbout the Book\nLiv is happy in her joggers\, sports T-shirts and no bra. \nShe doesn’t like tight jeans and doesn’t feel comfortable in a bra. But one boy in her gym class\, Jerry\, harasses Liv with rude comments about her breasts. When she stands up to him\, Liv is the one who finds herself in trouble. Even though her clothes fit the dress code\, her principal insists that Liv wear a bra to gym class. It’s unfair and Liv refuses to give in to the demand. \nGossip flies around the school as Liv stands up to Jerry and the school administration. Then a “free the boobs” campaign is started to demean Liv\, and she and her friend Mia decide to take a stand. They create a poster to encourage girls to wear what they want without shame\, but Liv is sent to the principal’s office once again and is told that her poster will be taken down before the school’s open house. But Liv isn’t going to stand down. There are no school rules that dictate girls must wear bras. Why can’t girls wear what they want without being shamed? \nThis short novel is a high-interest\, low-reading-level book for teen readers who are building reading skills\, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-no-brainer-by-lea-beddia/
LOCATION:Livres Babar Books\, 46 Avenue Ste Anne\, Pointe-Claire\, Quebec\, H9S 4P8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260704T123000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \nRegister for the session by filling out the RSVP form below. \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 begins. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are registered but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-63/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T150000
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to QWF members \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\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you registered for the session but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-63/
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:20260829T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T170000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of Carrying War\, a memoir-in-essays
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome!\nLive Music and munchies \nGuest reading by novelist Brent Van Staalduinen\, author of Peace Thieves (Thistledown Press\, 2026).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-of-carrying-war-a-memoir-in-essays/
LOCATION:Gillygooly Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T150000
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SUMMARY:21st Annual Lac Café Retreat\, September 11-13\, 2026\, Rawdon\, QC
DESCRIPTION:A women’s writing weekend (non-binary writers welcome)\, open to experienced writers of fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry and all in-between genres. The retreat is designed to help you bring what you are writing into alignment with what wants to be written\, for the sake of all creation. In a quiet natural setting by a pristine lake\, we will open ourselves to whatever wants to speak through us\, in conscious alliance with both nonhuman and human intelligences. As our deepest knowing often shows up in our dreams\, we will begin each day with dreamwork.\nWe’ll be staying in chalets beside a small lake in a quiet wooded area ten minutes north of Rawdon\, which is just over an hour north of Montreal. There will be time off in the afternoon for hiking\, boating\, swimming. Vegetarian meals will be shared in the main cabin. Cost for the weekend is $300 Can which includes a single room and meals. Cost is lower for shared rooms and tenting.\nIf interested please send statement of interest and writing sample (no more than 10 pages) to lweil22@gmail.com\nLise Weil has over forty years’ experience teaching writing in both academic and alternative settings. www.liseweil.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/21st-annual-lac-cafe-retreat-september-11-13-2026-rawdon-qc/
LOCATION:Quebec
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T210000
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SUMMARY:2026 Knowlton Literary Festival - October 15-17\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Frank Nixon is delighted to announce that he will be participating in the 2026 Knowlton Literary Festival in Knowlton (Lac-Brome)\, Quebec\, on October 15\, 2026. \nAn author and former journalist with deep roots in Quebec’s Eastern Townships\, Frank spent many years covering the people\, places\, and events that shape life in the region. A graduate of McGill University and Concordia University\, he contributed hundreds of articles to community newspapers throughout the Townships. \nHis debut novella\, Wayward Voices\, draws on those experiences. Set in the fictional town of Wayward\, the story follows a disgraced Montreal reporter seeking refuge in a small Eastern Townships community while confronting the mistakes\, memories\, and relationships that continue to haunt him. \nFrank looks forward to meeting readers and discussing the inspiration behind Wayward Voices at this year’s festival. \nLearn more at www.franknixon.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2026-knowlton-literary-festival-october-15-17-2026/
LOCATION:Brome Lake Books\, 45 Lakeside\, Knowlton (Lac-Brome)\, QC\, J0E1V0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T220000
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SUMMARY:2026 QWF Awards Gala
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 9\, 2026\n\n\n\nSave the date! On the evening of November 9\, the Cabaret Lion d’Or in Montreal will transform into a spellbinding celebration of literary excellence in Quebec. Join us as reveal the winners of the 2026 QWF Literary Awards in the categories of fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, first book\, translation\, playwriting\, spoken word\, and children’s and young adult literature. \n\n\n\nDetails to come. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2026-qwf-awards-gala/
LOCATION:Cabaret Lion d’Or\, 1676 Ontario St East\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2L1S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Ireland Castle Writing Retreat 2027
DESCRIPTION:Join CMarie Fuhrman (workshop leader) for a week in an Irish castle\, November 5-12\, 2027. Details: https://www.nature-culture.net/ireland-castle-retreat-2027
URL:https://qwf.org/event/ireland-castle-writing-retreat-2027/
LOCATION:Drumcollogher\, County Limerick\, Ireland\, Springfield Castle\, Drumcollogher\, County Limerick\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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