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SUMMARY:Listening for the Poem
DESCRIPTION:This workshop engages poetry through a listening practice. \n\n\n\nListening shifts attention away from prosaic sense-making and toward poetic meaning-making. Through listening\, we can quiet our inner editorial voice\, make unexpected leaps of thought\, create new patterns of association\, and attune to the fullness—the timbre\, tone\, and sway—of any given moment. \n\n\n\nDeveloping a listening practice also carves out dedicated time\, space\, and attention for writing. Listening permits an encounter between you and your voice\, which emerges when you do not self-consciously construct it. Listening halts self-critical chatter\, allowing you to tune in to your natural rhythms\, embodied knowledge\, and inner language. \n\n\n\nYou will be invited to engage in a directed listening experience\, on your own time\, before each workshop. During this experience\, you will compose the poems that will be brought into workshop\, which will be spent reading new poems aloud and providing feedback on one another’s writing. The idea is that you will bring in new work during each session to share\, with writing taking place on your own time. Consequently\, this is a writing-intensive workshop. Short readings and audio files will be assigned\, and participants will need a recording device for one exercise (phone is OK). \n\n\n\nThe workshop will fully engage the intellect and life experiences of all the writers in the room as we talk shop about craft\, poetics\, and more. New work is privileged to demonstrate the limitless potential we have within us to create poetry—the potential to hear poetry in everyday life. \n\n\n\nJay Ritchie is an English PhD candidate at McGill University and holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Listening in Many Publics (Invisible Publishing\, 2024)\, which was a finalist for the QWF’s A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry\, and Cheer Up\, Jay Ritchie (Coach House Books\, 2017). He has taught creative writing at UMass and Bishop’s University. His writing and music have appeared in Maisonneuve\, SAND\, on CBC Radio One\, WMUA Amherst\, Frozen Section Radio\, at the PHI Centre\, and he performs expanded poetry readings using portable cassette players and field recordings.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/listening-for-the-poem/2025-03-12/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Blue Metropolis: 2025 Spring Program Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 12\, 2025\, 4:30 pm ETHôtel 10\, Espace Godin10 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Montreal\n\n\n\nJoin us as we unveil the 2025 program of the Blue Metropolis Festival. We can’t wait to share with you the highlights of this year’s edition. Be among the first to discover our line-up of guests and the highlights of our spring edition. \n\n\n\nAfter the unveiling of the programming\, stick around for the launch of the Spring issue of Montreal Review of Books\, with readings by Rachel McCrum\, Oana Avasilichioaei and Leila Marshy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView on blue Met Website
URL:https://qwf.org/event/blue-metropolis-2025-spring-program-unveiling/
LOCATION:QC
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Festival
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SUMMARY:Montreal Review of Books Spring 2025 Issue Launch
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 12\, 2025\, 6:00 pm ETHôtel 10\, Espace Godin10 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Montreal\n\n\n\nThe Montreal Review of Books launches its Spring 2025 issue on Wednesday\, March 12th at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke Street West) in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival! Following the festival’s 2025 programming announcement\, join us in Espace Godin for refreshments and readings by Leila Marshy (My Thievery of the People\, Baraka Books)\, Rachel McCrum (La belle-mère / The Stepmother\, l’Hexagone) and Oana Avasilichioaei (Chambersonic\, Talonbooks). \n\n\n\nThe Blue Metropolis press conference will begin at 4:30 p.m.\, followed by a wine reception at 5:15 p.m.\, and mRb readings beginning at 6:00. The authors will be available to sign books after the readings. Admission is free. \n\n\n\nFor those unable to attend in person\, readings will be live-streamed on our YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/Qmvu6tSMBIA
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-review-of-books-spring-2025-issue-launch/
LOCATION:Hotel 10\, 10 Sherbrooke Street West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 4C9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Make It Make Sense: Writing Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Writing a story about something that really happened seems like it should be easy: after all\, compared to something like fiction\, a lot of the work is already done for you. You already know what happens! But as anyone who has attempted to make art about their own life and experience can attest\, the practice can feel a lot more complicated when you actually get down to it. Life doesn’t always make sense — but a good story has to. \n\n\n\nLed by Tara McGowan-Ross\, the author of the Hilary Weston Prize-shortlisted memoir Nothing Will Be Different\, Make It Make Sense is a workshop that engages directly with the complicated questions that can impede creativity when writing about real life. What makes memoir different from other kinds of nonfiction? Why does writing about yourself honestly so often feel like lying through your teeth? What are the ethics of writing about other people? And what gives me the right\, in our complicated global environment\, to take up space telling my own story at all? \n\n\n\nThis workshop aims to foster a sense of confidence and capacity in a genre that is both highly marketable arts entertainment and powerful personal reflective practice. Participants will be asked to think critically about memoir from the perspective of both writer and reader in a discussion-based environment that features short lectures\, collaborative dialogue\, peer editing\, and revision to foster a sense of ease in one of the most fraught and risky modes of self-expression. \n\n\n\nMake It Make Sense is designed for writers of all skill levels who feel they are psychologically blocked in their memoir-writing practice. Participants will be encouraged to develop a solid foundation of confidence and understanding so that they can live with the sense of uncertainty (or even danger) that often makes this genre so challenging and exciting. Participants will be required to write a short piece for peer editing and workshop with their cohort and encouraged to revise that same piece based on feedback. Not all revised pieces will be workshopped.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/make-it-make-sense-writing-memoir/2025-03-11/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:So You’ve Written a Novel – Now What?
DESCRIPTION:The first time I typed THE END on a manuscript\, I didn’t know what to do next. There’s a lot of information and encouragement on HOW to write a book\, but not a lot on what to do after you’ve written the thing. And the advice you find online can be woefully misleading\, confusing\, or at its very worst —fraudulent. \n\n\n\nThis 8-week workshop aims to fully lay out the roadmap to traditional publishing for someone who’s finished\, or is close to finishing a fiction manuscript. The journey of getting your story from your laptop to an actual book you can pick up at Indigo follows a very specific series of steps. From landing an agent\, to signing with a publisher\, to contract details\, this course will take you\, in minute detail\, through every step\, with a centerpiece intensive workshop formulating your all-important Query Letter\, along with details on crafting your logline and your pitch kits. \n\n\n\nDesigned for absolute newbies to the world of publishing\, this workshop will offer you tips and tactics to maximize your chances at every step\, and by its end you should have the knowledge and confidence to approach this perilous enterprise knowing exactly what you need to do next. Because typing THE END is only the beginning. \n\n\n\nThere is no submission required prior to the first session\, but participants will be expected to write loglines and query letters and share them with the group as the workshop progresses. They will also be expected to read and critique each other’s work. \n\n\n\nToronto-born\, Montreal-based writer and illustrator Sherwin Sullivan Tjia has written many odd and eclectic books. Their 2005 collection of pseudohaikus\, The World is a Heartbreaker\, was a finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s A. M. Klein Award. Their 2010 graphic novel\, The Hipless Boy\, was a finalist for the Doug Wright Award for best emerging talent\, as well as being nominated for 4 Ignatz Awards. Their 2011 Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style book from the POV of a housecat entitled You Are a Cat! won that year’s Expozine Award for best English-language book. Their latest graphic novel entitled Plummet is about a woman who wakes up one day to find herself in literal\, perpetual freefall. It was optioned for animation and named one of CBC Books’ “Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2019.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/so-youve-written-a-novel-now-what-2/2025-03-11/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Craft Meets Magic: The Alchemy of Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Is there an art form more maddening than the short story? Demanding the complexity of a novel\, the lyricism of a poem\, and the economy of a joke\, the work is tedious and the rewards  (for most of us) are slim. Still\, for us cursed few\, the short story is an addictive nut to crack. After all\, there’s little more thrilling than the prose of a writer who can do more with a handful of pages than most can do with 300. The complexity of a novel! The lyricism of a poem! The economy of a joke! \n\n\n\nJoin us\, if you dare\, for an 8-week workshop where participants will share and critique each other’s work with an eye towards craft. Specifically\, we will ask ourselves questions like\, “What are characters made of?” “How is a plot built?” “Do I really need to describe everything?” \n\n\n\nEqually important to studying these questions will be putting them aside\, as we celebrate and cultivate the magic that makes art artin the first place–that intangible whatever that defines our passion for fiction. After all\, what else do we have to keep us warm as we trudge through draft to draft? \n\n\n\nAs time allows\, we’ll also read stories by published authors like ZZ Packer\, Donald Barthelme\, Jhumpa Lahiri\, Joy Williams\, and George Saunders. Participants will be asked to read and prepare responses to a short story (distributed from me by email) prior to our first meeting. \n\n\n\nFrankie Barnet is the author of Mood Swings (McClelland & Stewart)\, which was a finalist for the Grand prix du livre de Montréal; Kim: A Novel Idea (Metatron); and An Indoor Kind of Girl (Metatron). Her work has appeared in places such as PRISM International\, EVENT\, Joyland\, The Erotic Review\, and Biblioasis’ Best Canadian Short Stories Anthology. She has an MFA from Syracuse University and lives in Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/craft-meets-magic-the-alchemy-of-short-fiction/2025-03-10/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Novel Essentials: The Art & Craft of Long-Form Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Have you had an itch to write a novel\, but haven’t known how to tackle such a large project? Now is the perfect time to dust off your ideas! This workshop is a boot camp for budding writers eager to turn their novelistic dream into a reality. From iron-clad structures and story tropes to the ins-and-outs of how character motivation pushes a great plot\, this 10-week intensive workshop will impart professional tips and tricks-of-the-trade essential to bringing long-form fiction to life. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will focus on practical knowledge not covered in a typical writing workshop: initial idea development; a deep dive on novelistic structure; how to build the perfect plot; character development and motivation; scene development; and how to handle secondary and tertiary characters\, to name a few. Each week\, you will learn one or more essential techniques and/or theories\, as well as participate in short\, practical exercises that will help you build your novel. As you master the elements\, you will have opportunities to develop and workshop your original novel concepts. \n\n\n\nWhile an emphasis will be placed on long-form writing\, all writers looking to master essential elements of fiction writing are encouraged to attend. You do not require prior workshop experience or an idea for a novel to take this workshop. Participants interested in developing fiction of all kinds are more than welcome! \n\n\n\nL. E. Sterling (Erin Vollick\, also published under L. E. Vollick) is the author of numerous novels spanning contemporary\, Young Adult\, fantasy\, science-fiction\, dystopian and romance genres. Her hit series\, the True Born Trilogy\, was optioned for television\, and True Born\, the first novel in the trilogy\, was recognized internationally with the 2017 Athena Award® in Young Adult literature. With a B.A. and M.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Literature\, Sterling taught creative writing and literature for many years. She has appeared at BookCon NYC\, the LA Times Festival of Books\, and Ad Astra.  
URL:https://qwf.org/event/novel-essentials-the-art-craft-of-long-form-fiction/2025-03-10/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Magic & the Nitty-gritty of Writing Prose
DESCRIPTION:This two-day workshop is for writers of prose (fiction or nonfiction) seeking to make the most of their writing practice and create quality\, publishable work. It is geared to both beginner and intermediate writers. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of two consecutive Saturdays\, the workshop will explore: \n\n\n\n\nThe magic of the creative process\n\n\n\n\nThe impulse to write is personal\, intangible\, and beautiful. It is also often fraught with obstacles\, such as a lack of focus or time\, and fear. The workshop will include a review of bolstering techniques to enhance and energize your writing practice. \n\n\n\n\nThe nitty-gritty of storytelling\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will cover the craft of writing\, with an intensive review of the fundamentals of narrative prose. Topics include characterization and voice\, pacing and structure\, time and setting\, suspense and drama\, and how to refine your work through redrafting and editing with a view to being published. \n\n\n\nOptional: Participants will be invited to submit up to one page (double-spaced) of an opening to a story\, essay\, or chapter. Each submission will be discussed during the final day of the workshop in a friendly\, respectful\, and inclusive manner. \n\n\n\nThere will also be ample opportunities for writers to share their preoccupations and ask questions. By the end of the second Saturday\, participants should leave with a toolkit for pursuing artistic excellence and a strengthened sense of confidence. \n\n\n\nCora Siré is a novelist\, poet\, and short story writer. She is the author of five books\, including Fear the Mirror (Véhicule Press\, 2021)\, a hybrid collection of stories and memoir. Her novel\, Behold Things Beautiful\, was a finalist for the 2017 QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. \n\n\n\nCora’s stories\, essays\, and poems have appeared in many anthologies and magazines in Canada\, the US\, Mexico\, and Europe. Her work has been translated into French and Spanish. Based in Montréal\, she often writes of elsewheres\, drawing on her encounters in faraway places and her family’s history of displacement.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-magic-the-nitty-gritty-of-writing-prose/2025-03-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 7\, 2025\, 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-32/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Poets for the Montreal Tenants' Union (SLAM-MATU)
DESCRIPTION:A benefit night of poetry & music for the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union / Syndicat des locataries Mtl (SLAM-MATU). \n\n\n\nWith:Ahmad Al-khatatAlex SadeumBryan SentesDarby Minott BradfordDeanna RadfordGeorge SlobodzianKelly Norah DrukkerMarilou CraftNorman NawrockiIanna Book (musique ambiante) \n\n\n\nPWYC suggested donation: $5-$20
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poets-for-the-montreal-tenants-union-matu/
LOCATION:Bar Milton-Parc Co-op\, 3714 avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Black Cake\, Turtle Soup\, and Other Dilemmas
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore for the highly anticipated Montreal launch of Black Cake\, Turtle Soup\, and Other Dilemmas! This special event offers a unique opportunity to celebrate literature\, storytelling\, and the voices that shape our cultural narratives. \n\n\n\nEnjoy an evening of live readings\, an engaging discussion\, and a Q&A session with the author\, who will delve into the themes of the book and its powerful storytelling. As we approach International Women’s Day\, this event will spark meaningful conversations about identity\, heritage\, and the experiences of women in literature. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss your chance to meet the author\, get a signed copy\, and connect with fellow book lovers in an intimate and welcoming setting.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-black-cake-turtle-soup-and-other-dilemmas/
LOCATION:Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore\, 2220 McGill College Ave\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 3P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Party
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 6\, 2025\, 3:30–6:00 pm ETGrades 3 to 6; bilingual. Registration required. \n\n\n\nStories are due tomorrow (Friday March 7)! Still need help or inspiration? Submit your story or poem to the Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest\, or write one today with help from author Monique Polak (3:30-5:30). Snacks will be served!  \n\n\n\nNote: The contest deadline has been extended to Monday\, March 17. Everyone who submits is entered to win a Jansport backpack along with all the other great prizes that go with winning the contest!  
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-to-win-young-writers-contest-writing-party/
LOCATION:Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library\, 5851 Cavendish Blvd\, Côte Saint-Luc\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Write to Win! Young Writers’ Contest Writing Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 5\, 2025\, 3:30–5:30 pm ETGrades 3 to 6; bilingual. Registration required. \n\n\n\nCome write or polish your story or poem with help from author Monique Polak\, and we’ll help you get it ready to submit for the contest!  \n\n\n\nNote: The contest deadline has been extended to Monday\, March 17 \n\n\n\nEveryone who submits a story or poem could to win a Jansport backpack along with all the other great prizes that go with winning the contest!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-to-win-young-writers-contest-writing-clinic/
LOCATION:Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library\, 5851 Cavendish Blvd\, Côte Saint-Luc\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Multimedia Art Installation: What Keeps Us Going
DESCRIPTION:Meet 7 CEGEP students who want to share their art installation unveiling “What Keeps Us Going.” Teesri Duniya Theatre is hosting the event at 251 Av. des Pins ouest. Doors open at 1:00 pm. \n\n\n\nBring your kids\, family and friends. Everybody’s welcome! Light refreshments will be served. It’s a community celebration.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/multimedia-art-installation-what-keeps-us-going/
LOCATION:Teesri Duniya Theatre\, 251 avenue des Pins Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1R5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T163000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T183834Z
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SUMMARY:Keeping it Short and Simple
DESCRIPTION:Are you writing about a complex\, niche\, or otherwise sticky topic? Want to reach more readers without compromising on depth? This workshop is for subject-matter experts\, communications workers\, and anyone else who wants to kick jargon to the curb and write clear prose. \n\n\n\nAs a plain language editor\, I regularly support my academic clients in writing about their research so that it’s accessible to the general public. I also coach them in how to pitch story ideas to news editors\, as well as how to make dense\, technical information more approachable to experts in other fields. Drawing on this experience\, I’ll guide workshop participants through a series of exercises to engage with the following key concepts: \n\n\n\n\nDefining an audience(s)\n\n\n\n(re)Framing to focus on what’s most important\n\n\n\nAdjusting tone\, syntax\, and vocabulary without “dumbing down” the text\n\n\n\n\nA majority of the workshop will be dedicated to responding to prompts and partner exercises. The goal is to provide participants with concrete\, actionable feedback they can walk away with and incorporate into their work. For that reason\, ideally\, participants will come with a specific project in mind\, and a 2-page sample (max) of a text they’d like to work on with peer support. \n\n\n\nDanielle Douez is a writer and editor based in Tio:tia’ké/Montreal. She has more than a decade of experience communicating complex ideas to diverse audiences. Previously\, she was an editor at The Conversation US\, where she collaborated with scholars to publish accessible\, research-based analysis on US politics. She has also done research communications for various nonprofits in the US and Canada. Her reporting and creative writing has been published by the Miami Herald\, the Alexandria Times\, How Stuff Works\, Youth Today\, 50 Shades of Black\, and PRISM international.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/keeping-it-short-and-simple/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 1\, 2025\, 10:00 am–12:30 pm ETOnline 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-29/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T190000
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SUMMARY:WRITERS' ROOM #3
DESCRIPTION:WRITERS’ ROOM #3: Come and be in a room with other writers. \nNo readings\, no cover charge\, no books for sale. Just poets\, critics\, fiction writers\, novelists\, cartoonists\, literary translators\, “creative non-fiction” freaks\, playwrights\, screenwriters\, writing students\, etc\, gathered together under one roof. \nMeet people you’ve read\, people you’ll one day read\, other people who sit like you and try to put words in order. \nPlease note: there are no scheduled activities at this event\, it is just a room with writers! \nFeel welcome to bring a writer friend with you. Écrivain•e•s français•e•s\, soyez bienvenu•e•s aussi. \nBYOB + snacks to share (nothing will be for sale) \nhosted by sean michaels on behalf of the Writers’ Union of Canad
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-room-3/
LOCATION:QC
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T120000
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SUMMARY:Author Alexander MacLeod at Dawson College
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 26\, 202512:00 pmDawson College\, 5B.16\n\n\n\nDawson Reads Writer Series features Alexander MacLeod reading\, talking about his work\, and taking questions on Wedensday\, February 26 at noon in 5B.16 (near the Sherbrooke entrance of the college). The event is open to the public. \n\n\n\nQWF College Writers Award finalist and recent Dawson graduate Clara Frey will also be reading. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander MacLeod‘s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Granta\, The Guardian\, and The Globe and Mail. His first collection of short stories\, Light Lifting\, was named a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award\, and the Commonwealth Book Prize. In 2019\, he won an O Henry Prize. His most recent collection\, Animal Person\, was published in 2022 and was recognized as a “Book of the Year” byThe New Yorker\, The Irish Times\, The Globe and Mail and CBC Books. Alexander lives in Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia and teaches at Saint Mary’s University. \n\n\n\nMacLeod holds degrees from McGill University\, the University of Notre Dame\, and the University of Windsor. He currently lives in Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, and teaches at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.  \n\n\n\nIn 2024\, he edited\, with Souvankham Thammavongsa the special thirty-fifth-anniversary edition of The Journey Prize Anthology. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/author-alexander-macleod-at-dawson-college/
LOCATION:Dawson College\, Room 5B.16\, 3040 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, H3Z 1A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Throw! Poetry Collective
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 25\, 202512:00-1:30 pm ETFree\, Online—Register for Zoom link\n\n\n\nAre you interested in spoken word? Looking to get more involved in the literary performance scene? \n\n\n\nJoin us for this 90-minute Lunch & Learn session with Throw! Poetry Collective\, one of Montreal’s leading spoken word event organizers. Throw! President Michael “BeWyrd” Clarke will present a high-level overview of the collective\, including their monthly open mics and slam competitions. A Q&A with the audience will follow the presentation. \n\n\n\nFree and open to all.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link\n\n\n\n\nAbout Throw! Poetry Collective\n\n\n\n\nThe Throw! Poetry Collective is comprised of people interested in poetry and performance. Every month\, Throw! organizes competitive yet friendly poetry slams at Montreal’s Le Basement\, featuring an Open Mic\, a Sacrificial Poet\, a Feature Performer\, and randomly chosen judges. For more info\, visit https://throwpoetrycollective.wordpress.com/. \n\n\n\n\nAbout BeWyrd\n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clarke is a slam poet based in Tio’tia:ke (aka Montréal). He won QWF’s Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Award in 2023. He helps produce the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam (CIPS). He has been the President of the Throw! Poetry Collective for nearly a decade. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-throw-poetry-collective/
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\, February 21\, 2025\, 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-31/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can prepare a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec\, and an arts council program officer will join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec-based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, and established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants must have an original literary arts project in mind.Access to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and exchange feedback in a workshop setting.As soon as they have registered for the workshop\, participants must email a short\, one-sentence description of their intended literary arts project to riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, novelist\, artist\, and Ashiq known for her work blending poetry\, orality\, music\, and multimedia. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she performs internationally\, has released several audio recordings\, short films\, and the award-winning 2024 Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE. Evanson has two published poetry collections and her debut novel Book of Wings won the 2022 CAM/Blue Metropolis New Contribution Prize. Her French autotranslation Livre des ailes followed in 2023. Evanson’s work explores themes of African diasporic identity\, Sufi spirituality\, and the human condition\, and she has received acclaim at home and abroad for her captivating performances and unique approach to poetry. She produces multimedia events as Mother Tongue Media\, is recognized for her role as director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word program\, and is current president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. She moonlights as a whirling dervish. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-5/2025-02-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 15\, 2025\, 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-28/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T150000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Public Reading - Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman
DESCRIPTION: NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances\, this event has had to be cancelled and may be rescheduled. \n\n\n\nAs part of the Ogden Glass Lecture Series and the Morris House Reading Series\, Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman will come to Bishop’s University to read from and speak about their award-winning book\, The Valley of the Birdtail\, and answer questions about it.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/public-reading-douglas-sanderson-and-andrew-stobo-sniderman/
LOCATION:Bishop’s University\, 2600 College Street\, Sherbrooke\, Quebec\, J1M 1Z7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T133000
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can prepare a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec\, and an arts council program officer will join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec-based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, and established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants must have an original literary arts project in mind.Access to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and exchange feedback in a workshop setting.As soon as they have registered for the workshop\, participants must email a short\, one-sentence description of their intended literary arts project to riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, novelist\, artist\, and Ashiq known for her work blending poetry\, orality\, music\, and multimedia. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she performs internationally\, has released several audio recordings\, short films\, and the award-winning 2024 Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE. Evanson has two published poetry collections and her debut novel Book of Wings won the 2022 CAM/Blue Metropolis New Contribution Prize. Her French autotranslation Livre des ailes followed in 2023. Evanson’s work explores themes of African diasporic identity\, Sufi spirituality\, and the human condition\, and she has received acclaim at home and abroad for her captivating performances and unique approach to poetry. She produces multimedia events as Mother Tongue Media\, is recognized for her role as director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word program\, and is current president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. She moonlights as a whirling dervish. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-5/2025-02-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 7\, 2024\, 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-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Quist Issue 1 Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 6\, 20247:00-8:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nQuist\, QWF’s online literary journal for youth\, is celebrating the launch of its first issue! Join us for a fun night of reading\, art\, and mingling at Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe. \n\n\n\nThe issue features the work of incredibly talented Quebec youth (ages 14-21) in fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, and art. The evening will include a lineup of readers and artists whose work is featured in the issue. \n\n\n\nFeaturing readings by: \n\n\n\n\nJessica Bakar\n\n\n\nAlec Barin\n\n\n\nSarah Cunningham\n\n\n\nEve L.\n\n\n\nSnowside\n\n\n\n\nWith art by: \n\n\n\n\nCASM\n\n\n\nVictoria Barrow-Sterngast\n\n\n\nAnastasia Kiknadze\n\n\n\nYon\n\n\n\n\n\nRead Quist Issue 1
URL:https://qwf.org/event/quist-issue-1-launch-party/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,QWF Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Embodied Writing with Maya Khamala 
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 1st\, 2-5pmEspace Be Bien-Être\, 2240 BeaconsfieldAll are welcome! Limited spots.\n\n\n\nBook here: linktr.ee/heartfire.kundalini \n\n\n\nWriting\, breathwork\, meditation & optional sharing circle \n\n\n\nWriting happens in the body. The more you engage your senses\, the stronger your language. Whatever emotions you spill onto the page are deeply rooted—at the cellular level. \n\n\n\nGet out of your head and into your body so you can write with vital presence. Doing so has the potential to be a deeply empowering and healing act. If you’ve never done breathwork or meditated before\, it really doesn’t matter. If you’re not a writer\, that’s ok too. This workshop is for writers wanting to enhance or expand their practice\, non-writers interested in exploring their potential\, and anyone who feels called to investigate the relationship between body and language. \n\n\n\nOur practice will interweave: \n\n\n\n\nDiscussion\n\n\n\nKundalini breathwork\n\n\n\nStretches\n\n\n\nCreative writing prompts/exercises\n\n\n\nA Kundalini meditation\n\n\n\nAn optional sharing circle\n\n\n\nChai & a sweet snack\n\n\n\n\nWhat to bring: your journal\, a pen\, comfy clothes\, & an open mind. Pens & paper will be available\, as will yoga mats if needed. \n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitator\n\n\n\nMaya Khamala is a lifelong writer of many stripes. From poetry to grassroots journalism to creative nonfiction\, word is her bond. She has also collaborated with visual artists at a loss for words\, and has worked as a freelance copywriter and editor for close to a decade. She has a shiny little MA in Creative Writing to list among her credentials\, and is an emerging novelist to boot. Maya has an extensive background in feminist\, anti-racist and climate justice movements—work that has deeply informed the way she wields words. Aside from being a writer\, she is also a soon-to-be-certified Kundalini Yoga teacher. She got into Kundalini as a way of healing from trauma and its many lifelong manifestations in her body\, as well as to counteract being a writer who sometimes forgets to step away from the keyboard…and take a breath. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook now
URL:https://qwf.org/event/workshop-embodied-writing-with-maya-khamala-2/
LOCATION:Espace Be Bien-Être\, 2240 Beaconsfield\, Montreal\, QC\, Montréal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T103000
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can prepare a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec\, and an arts council program officer will join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec-based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, and established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants must have an original literary arts project in mind.Access to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and exchange feedback in a workshop setting.As soon as they have registered for the workshop\, participants must email a short\, one-sentence description of their intended literary arts project to riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, novelist\, artist\, and Ashiq known for her work blending poetry\, orality\, music\, and multimedia. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she performs internationally\, has released several audio recordings\, short films\, and the award-winning 2024 Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE. Evanson has two published poetry collections and her debut novel Book of Wings won the 2022 CAM/Blue Metropolis New Contribution Prize. Her French autotranslation Livre des ailes followed in 2023. Evanson’s work explores themes of African diasporic identity\, Sufi spirituality\, and the human condition\, and she has received acclaim at home and abroad for her captivating performances and unique approach to poetry. She produces multimedia events as Mother Tongue Media\, is recognized for her role as director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word program\, and is current president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. She moonlights as a whirling dervish. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-5/2025-02-01/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 1\, 2025\, 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-27/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T210000
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SUMMARY:Writers Read & Soliloquies Launch 29.1
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 31\, 20247:00-9:00 pm ET\n\n\n\nJoin Writers Read and the Soliloquies team for the launch of Soliloquies Issue 29.1 at De Stiil Booksellers.Featuring headliners Sean Michaels (Do You Remember Being Born?\, 2023) and Sarah Gilbert (Our Lady of Mile End\, 2023)\, who will be reading some of their work at the event.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-read-soliloquies-launch-29-1/
LOCATION:Librairie De Stiil Bookstore\, 351 Duluth Ave E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1J3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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