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SUMMARY:Translating Quebec
DESCRIPTION:8 Mondays\, 8 to 10 p.m. \nMarch 14 to May 2\, 2022 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants. \n  \nThis workshop is aimed at anyone interested in exporting Quebec French to an English audience. Using the translator’s own experiences in the field as a springboard\, the workshop will address the challenges—and fun!—of translating both a language and a culture. Participants will be encouraged to draw on their own well of cultural knowledge\, and discussions are expected to be lively. We’ll tackle translation theory with a comparative reading of published translations; we’ll talk about the role of the church in contemporary Quebec French; we’ll take a look at media content and dip into the art of subtitling. Each week\, participants will be given short selections to translate and workshop together. The focus of the workshop will be on translating what people speak\, so don’t be afraid to make yourself heard! \n  \nParticipants will be asked to reflect upon their own relationship to English and Quebec French as they develop the linguistic flexibility to navigate the challenges of translating from one to the other. Knowledge of both languages is mandatory\, but participants are not required to have any formal translation experience. \n  \nArielle Aaronson has published nine translations including titles of fiction\, nonfiction\, young adult fiction\, and children’s literature. Her translation of Marie-Renée Lavoie’s Autopsy of a Boring Wife was longlisted for the 2021 Canada Reads book of the year. She has subtitled feature films shown across Quebec as well as content currently available on Netflix. She lives in Montreal with her husband and three children. \n  \nFacebook: Arielle Aaronson \nhttps://www.arielleaaronson.com/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/translating-quebec/2022-03-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Journey into Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:8 Tuesdays\, 6 to 8 p.m. \nMarch 15 to May 3 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n  \nIn this workshop\, participants will step out of their comfort zones and onto the stage. \n  \nObjectives include learning about the history of spoken word and its place within the wider world of poetry\, understanding some of the stigma surrounding spoken word and slam\, and increasing appreciation for the craft of writing for performance. \n  \nResource materials include but will not be limited to text\, audio\, and video from some of the best known and most beloved poets in Canada and the U.S. Participants will be expected to watch and/or listen to poems\, discuss form and poetic devices\, create original work\, and share with the group. \n  \nPoetry as creative catharsis\, democratization\, and act of rebellion will be examined. \n  \nPerformance tips such as mic use and engagement with the audience will also be discussed. \n  \n  \nDeanna (DNA) Smith is a poet\, performer\, teaching artist\, and social-justice advocate. Her artistic work is rooted in her experience as a fifth-generation Canadian who thinks in two languages and her exploration of identity as the descendent of kidnapped and exploited Africans. Deanna is a former Montreal Slam Champion and is currently the VP of the Throw Poetry Collective. She is eagerly anticipating a return to the stage with the Kalmunity Vibes Collective. Deanna has a background in Linguistics and Speech-Language Pathology. She has a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing\, and is currently pursuing another in Social Justice\, Diversity\, and Inclusion.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-journey-into-spoken-word/2022-03-15/
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SUMMARY:Mining Personal History to Enrich Our Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:8 Tuesdays\, 8 to 10 p.m. \nMarch 15 to May 3 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n“Some of these stories are closer to my own life than others are\, but not one of them is as close as people seem to think.” — Alice Munro\, from her Introduction to The Moons of Jupiter \n  \nWhen we write fiction\, it seems inevitable that we will\, at one point or another\, be asked a certain\, probing question: How much of that story is true? \nOften\, we deflect rather than answer\, and make some great show of asserting our story is fiction and\, therefore\, not true. But by this time we are already squirming inside\, feeling caught out. But caught out at what? That we have committed some sort of fraud? As if writing fiction from personal experience were cheating\, like peeking at the answers we’ve scrawled on the palm of our hand in advance of the test? \nIn this workshop\, seeking out kernels of truth from our own lives will be encouraged. We will embrace personal history for what it is: a fruitful mine for our short fiction. This is not\, however\, a study in autobiography. Personal experience can be a jumping-off point\, the spark that sets our fictional stories in motion. It can also serve as adornment; a place from which to extract vivid details that enhance our fiction\, to help our made-up stories feel alive. Yes\, sometimes we write about what happened\, but we strive to write about what could have happened. \nWe will explore writing exercises that\, through examination of objects\, activities\, places\, and time\, can help us draw from our personal experiences and observations for the enrichment of our stories. We will also workshop one another’s short fiction in a respectful and supportive environment. \nRecommended reading: Prior to our first session\, please read “The Turkey Season” by Alice Munro\, from her short story collection The Moons of Jupiter. The story can also be found online with a Google search\, on the website of The New Yorker. \n  \nMark Paterson is the author of the short story collections Dreamers and Misfits of Montclair\, A Finely Tuned Apathy Machine\, and Other People’s Showers\, all from Exile Editions. His work has won the 3Macs carte blanche Prize\, Geist magazine’s Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest\, and the Atwater Library’s 150 Words for 150 Years contest. In 2020\, his story “To Disappear Around Here” was runner-up for The Puritan’s Thomas Morton Prize. \nwww.markpaterson.ca \nhttps://twitter.com/apathymachine \nhttps://www.instagram.com/paterson.mark/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/mark.paterson
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mining-personal-history-to-enrich-our-short-fiction/2022-03-15/
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SUMMARY:Pitching on Paper: Creating a TV Series Proposal
DESCRIPTION:Six Wednesdays\, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. \nMarch 16 to April 20 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nYou’re armed with a great elevator pitch for a new television\, documentary or digital series idea\, and your friends\, family and colleagues have encouraged you to pitch it to a broadcaster. The challenge is to move that idea from the confines of your creative imagination and into a well-structured and detailed concept. \n  \nIn this 6-week workshop participants will expand\, develop\, structure\, break down\, and build up show ideas into full-blown proposals\, ready to present to a network or production executive. \n  \nFor those who don’t have a show idea at the ready\, the first workshop will help you get those creative juices flowing to take a concept through the development process. \n  \nWeek 1 – Elevator Pitch \nThe idea. \n  \nWeek 2 – First Page \nThe beginning is crucial. \n  \nWeek 3 – Structure  \nHow it works. \n  \nWeek 4 – Writing  \nGiving it life. \n  \nWeek 5 – Rewriting \nThe perfect life. \n  \nWeek 6 – The Full Pitch \nIt’s showtime. \n  \n  \nJennifer McAuley has produced and written hundreds of hours of television for over 30 years and developed new series and concepts for production companies throughout North America. Her most recent credits include Restoration Garage\, My Worst Nightmare and Million Dollar Genius. She is currently working with Cineflix Montreal on Patrick Ayree’s Wild World for Love Nature. \n  \nAs past head of production and development with various companies in Toronto\, and executive producer with CBC and TVO\, Jennifer has received and evaluated hundreds of pitches\, and consulted on numerous TV show ideas. She has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism. \n  \nwww.filltheframe.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pitching-on-paper-creating-a-tv-series-proposal/2022-03-16/
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SUMMARY:Narrative Non-Fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. \nMarch 16 to May 4 \n  \nThis workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or  published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. \n  \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nNarrative non-fiction took off in the 1960s\, when writers like Tom Wolfe\, Joan Didion\, and Gay Talese started using the techniques of fiction writers to tell true stories. Sometimes called New Journalism\, the genre exploded when fiction writers like Truman Capote and Norman Mailer switched over to non-fiction\, attaining major critical and popular praise. The ever-increasing demand for non-fiction writing highlights readers’ desire to connect with stories that make sense of their surroundings. \n  \nNarrative non-fiction blends reporting\, research\, and storytelling. In this workshop we’ll learn about how to write scenes that are true to life. Instead of simply stating what happened\, we’ll explore how to create a scene\, as a screenwriter or novelist might. Your task will be to impose a narrative on reality – and make it interesting to readers. We’ll talk about the techniques behind writing about your own experience\, and about documenting other people’s lives. We’ll discuss what constitutes non-fiction – and what doesn’t. We’ll speak about how to get access to places off-limits to most civilians\, how to approach interesting characters\, and how to interview them. We’ll also speak about mining rich veins of source material from dusty old books\, or weird scientific studies\, or unusual academic treatises. \n  \nEach of you will be asked to present one piece of writing to the group\, which will be workshopped by the group. (Participants will read and discuss each other’s writing.) I will also hand out some examples of narrative non-fiction to illustrate what it is we’re speaking about. These will also inform and inspire your own work in the workshop. No advance work is required for the workshop\, but do have an idea of what you’d like to work on in our time together. In our second session\, we’ll be discussing what each student plans on workshopping.  \n  \n  \nAdam Leith Gollner is the author of The Book of Immortality\, The Fruit Hunters\, and Working in the Bathtub: Conversations with the Immortal Dany Laferrière. The former editor of Vice Magazine\, his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, The Paris Review\, Travel + Leisure\, and The New Yorker online.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2022-03-16/
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SUMMARY:Write to Thrill
DESCRIPTION:8 Thursdays\, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. \nMarch 17-May 5 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nHave you always wanted to write a thriller? Need help completing one you’ve already started? This is the workshop for you! Whether it’s a domestic noir or the CIA is chasing down your main character\, we’ll spend eight weeks together working on plot\, characterization\, twists\, dialogue\, prose\, and pacing. By the end of the workshop you’ll have a solid foundation for your novel. Participants should come to the workshop with a premise for their thriller in mind. After the first session\, two participants a week\, if they’re comfortable\, will receive feedback on their writing from the instructor and the other class participants \n  \nCatherine McKenzie is the Globe & Mail Bestselling author of 13 novels\, including I’ll Never Tell\, Fractured\, and The Good Liar. She lives in Montreal\, Quebec\, where she writes full time after having retired from practicing law after twenty years.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/write-to-thrill/2022-03-17/
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SUMMARY:The Lawn Chair Soirée
DESCRIPTION:A Night of Mystery and Suspense with Invited Guests: Russell Brooks\, Louise Carson\, Anne Fotheringham\, Patricia Raybon\, and Robin Philpot presenting a reading from Richard King’s last novel. We will honour the memory of Richard King at this time. Open Mic\, too.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-lawn-chair-soiree-5/
LOCATION:Zoom: get link at lawnchairsoiree@gmail.com\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Forms and Frames – A Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:8 Thursdays\, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. \nMarch 17-May 5 \n  \nOpen to all. \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \n  \nWhat’s the difference between poetry and prose? One big difference is form—the shapes and sounds a poem makes using line breaks\, rhyme\, alliteration\, and a whole host of other devices. But while it’s a defining component of poetry\, form can seem complex and intimidating. Even the most experienced poets may still struggle to distinguish a Pantoum from a Villanelle or accurately parse the metre of a poem. \n  \nThankfully\, a complete mastery of form is not necessary to enjoy—or write!—poetry. A basic understanding of form\, however\, can give the poet a whole new set of tools with which to make their meaning clear. \n  \nFor many poets\, the artificial and sometimes arbitrary rules of formal poetry signal a loss of choice. This workshop aims to show that\, on the contrary\, the adoption of a form reveals several private decisions around values\, preferences\, and intent. The “rules” of a form can be followed faithfully\, but they can also be rejected\, subverted\, or broken completely. Those decisions are matter of personal expression\, not unlike subject or image\, and allow the poet another layer of individuality and disclosure. \n  \nForms and Frames focuses on artificial forms as a means of expression\, subversion\, and creative generation. Particpants will discuss and practice a small selection of artificial forms from a diverse range of traditions\, including the Pantoum\, the Haibun\, and the Pas-de-Deux. These forms have been chosen specifically because they have (in the Anglo-Canadian context\, at least) no set metre. While some small discussion of metre may be necessary during the course of the workshop\, no prior knowledge of\, or experience with\, forms or metres is necessary! Through discussion of these and other artificial forms\, guided exercises\, free-writing\, and voluntary critique\, participants of all experience and skill-levels will discover how to make the frame work for them. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPatrick O’Reilly is a writer from Renews\, NL\, now living in Montreal. A former poetry editor of The Antigonish Review\, his poetry and criticism has appeared in Numéro Cinq\, untethered\, Maisonneuve and others\, as well as In/Words Press’s 30 under 30 anthology. Patrick’s first chapbook\, A Collapsible Newfoundland\, was released by Frog Hollow Press in 2020.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/forms-and-frames-a-poetry-workshop/2022-03-17/
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