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SUMMARY:Weekend Writeaway at Home
DESCRIPTION:The weekend-long workshop has all the elements of a typical Writeaway\, combined with a few twists to bring the liveliness of an in-person Writeaway to Zoom. The weekend includes writing time\, workshops\, exercises to inspire you\, craft discussions\, brainstorming\, consultations\, readings and optional cocktails and meals (with drink and dinner recipes from Italy\, France and New Mexico sent to you in advance!) Design the schedule that fits you best. Want opportunities to talk with smart people about the craft of writing? You’ve got it. Need feedback–or just more time to hunker down and write? It’s yours.\nParticipation limited to eight.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/weekend-writeaway-at-home/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Baraka Books Launches "Waswanipi" by Jean-Yves Soucy (Reading by Romeo Saganash)
DESCRIPTION:Join Romeo Saganash for a reading from Waswanipi followed by a question-and-answer session. \nIt’s 1963\, Jean-Yves Soucy is 18 and dreams of being a fire warden scanning the boreal forest from a fire tower. But he ends up at an equipment depot between Val-d’Or and Chibougamau. To his delight\, he is located near the Cree community of Waswanipi. With two Cree guides\, including a man named William Saganash\, he will be canoeing through the lakes and rivers of the region. \nOn each encounter with the Crees\, Jean-Yves expects to see a new world. Instead\, he meets a different civilization\, as different from his own as Chinese civilization. Yet he knows nothing about it. \nHe wrote Waswanipi because Romeo Saganash\, son of William\, insisted: “You have to write that\, Jean-Yves. About your relationship with my father and the others\, how you saw the village. You got to see the end of an era.” \n***\nPlease R.S.V.P. at liteventrsvp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/baraka-books-launches-waswanipi-by-jean-yves-soucy-reading-by-romeo-saganash/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Writing with the River
DESCRIPTION:Open to all who can comfortably walk on uneven ground. \n\n\n\nLimited to 8 participants. \n\n\n\nA small group of writers will walk the Verdun shore of the St. Lawrence River\, known as Kaniatarowanénhne in the language of the Kanien’keha:ka\, with time to sit and write outside. \n\n\n\nThe physical and mental work of walking stimulates creativity. Participants will be guided in focusing observing eyes and imaginations\, surrounded by the growing and living things of the season—grasses\, trees\, herons\, snails\, red-winged blackbirds. With sessions spread over a month\, we will attend to changes in the air\, water\, plants and animals\, and the quality of light. \n\n\n\nParticipants will choose spots along the river where they can observe\, contemplate\, and write as they are moved to do\, singly or in small groups. You do not have to do “nature writing\,” although you can—bring a work in progress\, any genre\, or start something new by the water. Writing prompts and exercises will be available for those who like a little kickstart. \n\n\n\nWe will consider issues of craft and writing practice. A few short readings will be offered; you will have the opportunity to share work for feedback. \n\n\n\nSturdy shoes (there may be mud) and layered clothing that can get dirty are required. Sunhat and/or sunglasses\, water\, and your preferred writing tools (laptops not ideal) will make the workshop safer\, more enjoyable\, and more productive. If masks are recommended by public health authorities\, participants will be required to wear them except when sitting or walking alone.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-with-the-river/2021-09-18/
LOCATION:St. Lawrence River in Verdun\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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