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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-64/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T200000
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SUMMARY:Accent Open Mic\, Vol. 141
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Sena the Queen and David Koloszyc \nTheme: Luck \nSign up for the open mic at the door.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/accent-open-mic-vol-141/
LOCATION:Bar Le Record\, 7622 Rue St-Hubert\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2R 2N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T180000
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SUMMARY:July Readings with Montreal Authors
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW) and Accenti Magazine invite you to a Books & Biscotti Literary Event\, July 22 from 5 to 6 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.). \nCatanzaro Café\, 2754 St-Charles Blvd\, Kirkland\, QC H9H 3B6 \nFeaturing Montreal authors and poets: \n\nLIANA CUSMANO\nLUCIA DE LUCA\nFRANCESCA LO DICO\nLICIA CANTON\nANNA MERCURI MAIOLO\nHEATHER McGUIRE\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \nRegister at accenti@accenti.ca or 514-329-3254
URL:https://qwf.org/event/july-readings-with-montreal-authors-5/
LOCATION:Catanzaro Café\, 2754 Saint-Charles Blvd\, Kirkland\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H9H 3B6
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Reading,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T203000
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SUMMARY:Youth Book Club at Pulp! Fahrenheit 451
DESCRIPTION:Join Pulp Books summer reading group for teens! We’re reading 2 classics this summer\, starting with Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury on July 22nd\, and followed up with The Giver by Lois Lowry on August 26th. Geared towards teens ages 14-17\, facilitated by Julia Smith-Brake. \nRSVP for FAHRENHEIT 451: https://pulpbooks.ca/events/5770020260722 \nRSVP for THE GIVER: https://pulpbooks.ca/events/5770220260826
URL:https://qwf.org/event/youth-book-club-at-pulp-fahrenheit-451/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T150000
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CREATED:20260626T180605Z
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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-64/
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:20260801T100000
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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-65/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Words & Music—This Is Fine: A Musical Improv Show
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to This Is Fine: A Musical Improv Show. \nPresented in partnership between Unsinkable and QWF’s Words & Music Series\, the show will explore mental health through musical improv\, humour\, and storytelling—creating space for playfulness\, connection\, and collective exhale without taking ourselves too seriously. \nJoin us Saturday\, August 1\, for an evening hosted by Afreina Noor\, featuring five incredible acts: \n\nThe Harold Angels\nHigh Key/Low Key\nJC No Relation\nLe feu qui ne s’éteint pas\nThe Marmaladies\n\nAccessibility Information:  \nThere is a flight of stairs leading to the basement where the venue is located. There is a railing\, and restrooms are on the same level as the venue. \nNo outside food or drinks allowed. \nGet Tickets
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-this-is-fine-a-musical-improv-show/
LOCATION:Monteal Improv Theatre\, 3716 rue Notre-Dame Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4C 1P7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Words and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
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SUMMARY:Violet Hour Literary Series: Peter Dubé Double Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the double launch of reprints of two of Montreal author Peter Dubé’s seminal works: Hovering World (with a new introduction by Daniel Allen Cox) and At the Bottom of the Sky (with a new forward by Trebor Healey). Published by The Library of Homosexual Congress\, an imprint of Rebel Satori Press. Hovering World is the October 2026 selection of the Violet Hour Book Club. \nThis event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP. \nMasks are not required\, but will be provided for free at the door. \nPlease contact us at least a day in advance for elevator access to the store. \nPlease also note that the street in front of the store is under construction. The store is accessible on foot\, but not by car\, and parking in the vicinity is consequently limited. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nPeter Dubé is a multi-genre writer\, translator\, and independent scholar. He is the author\, co-author\, or editor of fourteen books and chapbooks of fiction\, non-fiction and poetry. His most recent publication is the work of literary theory and criticism\, Desire as Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism. His novella\, Subtle Bodies\, an imagined life of French surrealist René Crevel was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award\, and his novel in prose poems entitled The Headless Man\, was shortlisted for both the A. M. Klein Prize and the ReLit award. He was a member of the editorial committee of the contemporary art magazine Espace for 18 years and is currently co-editor of The Philosophical Egg\, an organ of living surrealism. He lives and works in his hometown of Montreal.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violet-hour-literary-series-peter-dube-double-launch/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260807T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260807T150000
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CREATED:20260710T171439Z
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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-65/
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:20260809T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T213000
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SUMMARY:Stage Fright Moment Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Moment Theatre Collective is staging seven original short plays at Théâtre VME\, with performances on August 8 and 9\, curtain at 8 PM.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/stage-fright-moment-theatre/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T123000
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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-66/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T203000
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CREATED:20260714T132513Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Book Club at Pulp! Fahrenheit 451
DESCRIPTION:Join Pulp Books summer reading group for teens! We’re reading 2 classics this summer\, starting with Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury on July 22nd\, and followed up with The Giver by Lois Lowry on August 26th. Geared towards teens ages 14-17\, facilitated by Julia Smith-Brake. \nRSVP for FAHRENHEIT 451: https://pulpbooks.ca/events/5770020260722 \nRSVP for THE GIVER: https://pulpbooks.ca/events/5770220260826
URL:https://qwf.org/event/youth-book-club-at-pulp-fahrenheit-451/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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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
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Roughling
DESCRIPTION:Join Linda Leith Publishing and author Alex Costa for the Montreal launch of THE ROUGHLING\, a fantasy adventure for 8 to 12 year olds!\nAbout the Book\n“You must find the Key. You are the only one who can.”\nWith these words\, Ambrose Peters learns that the bedtime stories his parents told him are real. \nOn his twelfth birthday\, he and his friends Stan and Aurora discover a curious note in the library of his home\, an old estate in the heart of Toronto. When peculiar creatures start turning up\, the three of them stumble on a mysterious world hidden in the wild spaces of their once-familiar city. \nBut Ambrose’s time is running out. With an ancient menace closing in on him\, Ambrose must find the key to save himself\, his friends\, and the extraordinary––and dangerous––new world they only just discovered. \nThe Roughling is an epic adventure teeming with mystery\, friendship\, action\, unforgettable characters and perilous secrets. \nAbout the Author\nAlex Costa has degrees in biology and dentistry from McGill University. Born and raised in the neighbourhood of North Toronto\, she grew up near the ravines that inspired this story. She now lives in Montreal with her husband Mark\, also a dentist\, her two sons\, and a big shaggy dog named Rookie who has excellent teeth. The first in a planned trilogy\, The Roughling is her first novel.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-the-roughling/
LOCATION:WILLS Brewery\, 6729 Avenue de l’Esplanade\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4P9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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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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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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