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SUMMARY:Writing Contemporary Short Fiction with Siavash Saadlou (Online course)
DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Fridays\, June 12–July 31\, 6:30–8:30 p.m. ET \nThis intensive\, 8-week online workshop is designed for writers who want to break away from conventional narrative formulas and master the sharp\, subtext-driven landscape of contemporary short fiction. Moving past predictable plots\, we will analyze the technical mechanics of stories that feel alive\, dangerous\, and emotionally bruising. To anchor our craft lectures\, we will closely study the machinery of some of today’s most acclaimed contemporary voices\, reading award-winning work by Jamel Brinkley\, Jhumpa Lahiri\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, Emma Binder\, and Amber Caron. Each two-hour session pairs deep-dive structural analysis of these authors’ stories with immediate\, high-stakes writing sprints. This is a hands-on workshop. You will draft live\, dissect craft machinery\, and workshop your own fiction in a rigorous\, supportive environment modeled on top-tier MFA programs. By looking closely at how today’s masters engineer desire\, proximity\, and domestic friction\, you will learn to build short fiction that lingers long after the final sentence. \nMaximum number of participants: 12\nStandard Registration: $295 CAD\nQWF Members: $250 CAD \nAbout the instructor:\nSiavash Saadlou is a 2026 Rising Star\, selected by Writers’ Trust of Canada. His short stories\, essays\, and works of translation have appeared in Ploughshares\, Massachusetts Review\, and New England Review\, among other journals. He is the winner of numerous literary contests\, including the 2025 Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction\, the 2024 McNally Robinson Booksellers Creative Nonfiction Prize\, and the 2023 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize. \nView syllabus. \nTo register\, or if you have questions\, email Siavash Saadlou at siavash.saadlou@gmail.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-contemporary-short-fiction-with-siavash-saadlou-online-course/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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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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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:QC
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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
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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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