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SUMMARY:Winter Writers Residency 2024
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe Winter Writers Residency is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat\, reconnect\, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room\, and a small private studio\, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks\, performances\, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThe three-week Winter Writers Residency will provide writers space for the creative exploration of their writing practice. This self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life. Delve deep into your creative project and take advantage of the artistic community of your peers around you. \nThe program provides optional teaching from faculty members and professional guests\, Q&A sessions\, public events\, and one-on-one consultations with mentors. Public readings\, and group sessions led by guest mentors will explore techniques\, aspects\, and devices that writers may find useful in their practice. \nThe first two weeks focus on mentorship and consultations with faculty\, the third week allows self-directed time for further work on manuscripts and peer community.  \nThe Winter Writers Residency allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. All program elements are optional. \nWho should apply?\nWe welcome writers of all ages\, backgrounds\, and all gender identities and expressions. Writers in all creative genres are invited to apply. The program is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated time to work on a project in any genre. \nWinter Writers Residency 2024 only accepts projects that are being written in English. \nThis program is not open to applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year\, nor to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming. \nApplication Deadline: September 06\, 2023\nProgram Dates: January 15 – February 02\, 2024\nLearn more and apply online: https://bit.ly/3oXG5av \n*Financial Aid of 100% of tuition and 50% of food and accommodation is available for this program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/winter-writers-residency-2024/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, January 22\, 20248:00 pm EST (Doors: 7:30 pm)Casa del Popolo (4873 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nJoin us for the January 2024 edition of the Words & Music Show\, featuring the three winners and one finalist of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize.  \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clark (Winner\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nCaitlin Murphy (Winner\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nSvens Telemaque (Finalist\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nDeb Vanslet (Winner\, 2023 Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\n\nHosted by poet\, trumpet player\, and community worker Jason “Blackbird” Selman. \n\n\n\nTickets will be available at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clarke is a slam poet based in Tio’tia:ke. He is the president of the Throw! Poetry Collective\, which showcases competitive yet friendly bilingual poetry slams every 1st Saturday at Le Basement. He has a master’s degree in educational technology and is also a musician\, livestreamer\, and martial artist. For his piece “Survival Mechanisms\,” he was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nCaitlin Murphy is a writer\, director\, and dramaturg. She has performed in one-woman shows\, stand-up and sketch comedy\, and a web-series she created called Mothers Try. Caitlin has also written and directed plays and short films. She was a finalist for the 2022 QWF Spoken Word Prize\, and for her piece “All the Screams\,” she was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nSvens Telemaque has a unique perspective on life and challenges the average perception of circumstances\, faith\, and emotion. After relocating to Montreal in 2007\, he co-founded L’art Selah\, a poetry collective\, and released his first book\, Pen of a Ready Writer Vol.1\, in 2014. For his piece “Out of Space\,” he was a finalist for the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nDeb Vanslet is a media artist\, storyteller\, and writer. Her videos explore storytelling and performance. Deb hosted Dykes on Mykes\, CKUT-FM for 16 years. She is a co-producer of Confabulation\, live storytelling. She won the 2015 carte blanche Prize (“Self-Serve”)\, and “Ghost Station” was published in The Malahat Review. For her piece “Laughter in the Rain\,” she was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Host\n\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman is a Montreal-born poet\, trumpet player and community worker. He is the author of The Freedom I Stole (2007\, Cumulus Press) and Africa As A Dream That Travels Through My Heart (2016\, Howl) and co-editor of the poetry anthology Talking Book (2006\, Cumulus Press)\, which chronicles the writings of Kalm Unity Vibe Collective (of which he is a founding member). He has done extensive poetry workshops in schools and community groups across the Montreal area. His work is grounded in the themes of ethnomusicology\, surrealist expression\, love\, and the intersection of masculinity and emotional vulnerability.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-show-january-2024/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Slam,Words and Music
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with YES
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 23\, 202412:00–1:30 pm ESTYES Montreal (666 Sherbrooke Street West\, Suite 700\, Montreal) or Online (via Microsoft Teams)Free\, Registration Required (RSVP below)\n\n\n\nPresenting the Youth Employment Services (YES) Montreal! \n\n\n\n“You know art. YES can help you to sharpen your business skills.” \n\n\n\nYES is a non-profit\, community-driven English-language service provider that has been helping Quebecer artists develop skills needed to succeed in the creative world. In this Lunch & Learn\, YES Artist Business Coach Caroline Gauthier will be presenting the programs and services YES offers for writers and other artists. \n\n\n\nFrom artist coaching\, to educational panels\, to workshops on taxes and contracts\, YES is an invaluable hub for writers and artists. \n\n\n\nCome join us on 23rd of January from 12nn-1:30pm at YES Montreal (666 Sherbrooke Street West\, Suite 700) for this informative presentation. After the presentation\, interested folks are invited to stay for mingling and free one-on-one consultations. \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to join in-person\, you can also attend the event virtually via Microsoft Teams. A link to join the meeting will be sent out the day before. (Note that you do not need to install a separate program on your device: you can run the Teams meeting via your normal internet browser.) \n\n\n\nTo secure your spot\, please RSVP using the button below. You will have the option of indicating whether you will be attending in-person or virtually.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-yes/
LOCATION:YES Montreal\, 666 Sherbrooke Street West\, Suite 700\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A0B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Perspective in Literary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:This five-week workshop will offer a deep dive into the use of perspective in fiction. Storytellers operate in first-person\, second-person\, third-person limited\, third-person omniscient\, and more unusual points-of-view. What distinguishes these perspectives? What are their gifts and limitations? Most importantly\, what can your chosen perspective do for the story you want to tell? \n\n\n\nEach class will open with a discussion of perspective in some published fiction. How close is the narrator to the characters? How does the perspective affect the voice in which the story is told? What is the relationship of the voice to the characters? \n\n\n\nNext\, we will do two writing exercises. The first will be largely generative\, based on the reading. The second will be integrative\, guiding participants to apply what we are learning to their own stories or characters. \n\n\n\nAfter discussing the writing exercises\, we will devote the last part of each class to discussing participant stories. \n\n\n\nOn registration\, participants will receive a packet of published stories or samples to be discussed in the first class; reading for subsequent weeks will be distributed after our first meeting. Participants are encouraged to bring ½-1 page of fiction to share on the first day\, though they may choose instead to share some work generated in class. Subsequently\, each participant is encouraged to submit 3-10 pages of fiction to be discussed by the class with a special focus on perspective. Otherwise\, discussion will be tailored to participant preferences\, with an eye to making discussion as useful to the writer as possible.   \n\n\n\nParticipants should arrive each week having read the assigned stories and their peers’ work (approximately 40 pages). Be prepared to discuss these thoughtfully and with engagement! My goal is to create a space for candid and open-ended discussion. \n\n\n\nParticipants will finish the workshop with greater fluency and command in perspective\, as readers able to discern the subtleties and mechanics of this important aspect of our craft\, and as writers able to choose and employ a storytelling perspective with verve and confidence. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan’s novels have been published in eight countries and shortlisted for various awards\, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her most recent book is Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime (Random House Canada\, 2023). Her short fiction\, essays\, and short translations can be found in Granta\, The Paris Review\, BRICK\, and elsewhere. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas\, she has also served as fiction faculty at the Banff Center\, the Vermont Studio Center\, the Bread Loaf Conferences\, and the low-residency MFA of Fairleigh Dickinson University. More at www.padmaviswanathan.com 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/perspective-in-literary-fiction/2024-01-24/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:January Japan Book Club
DESCRIPTION:January 25\, 7:00-9:00 pmOnline via Zoom (registration instructions below)\n\n\n\nLooking for a book to start your new year with some poetic verve? The Argo Bookshop\, in conjunction with the JET Alumni Association of Quebec and Atlantic Canada\, will be hosting its next Japan Book Club on January 25th.   \n\n\n\nFor this meeting\, we’ll be discussing A Narrow Road to the Interior by Matsuo Basho. This classic work from the famed poet details a trip through late 17th century Japan\, with scenery and anecdotes punctuated with poetry. While the haiku themselves are considered a masterwork\, the travelogue also has inspired many people to follow in Basho’s footsteps and travel through less trafficked country in Japan.   \n\n\n\nJoin us online via Zoom for a lively discussion! Email events@argobookshop.ca for the link. You can read the book in any language. We will be stocking two translations of the book in the store\, but you are welcome to read a different one! You’re also welcome to come if you haven’t read the book\, but there will be spoilers (as much as there can be for a centuries-old poetic travelogue!).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/january-japan-book-club/
LOCATION:QC
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 26\, 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 the first in-person Shut Up & Write session of the year! \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.Note: If there is no option to RSVP\, registration has closed. \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-6/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Confabulation presents : Shortest Story 14
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year. Centaur’s Wildside Festival meets Confabulation’s Shortest Story eventSaturday January 27\, 2024 21h2-minute stories\, told by as many storytellers as we can fit in! \n\n\n\nIf you have a very short true-life story to share\, send us an email \n\n\n\nStories – quick as we can tell them. Come join the chaotic fun!Get your tickets here: https://centaurtheatre.com/shows/confabulation/Centaur Theatre 453 Saint Francois Xavier St Montreal\, Quebec H2Y 2T2
URL:https://qwf.org/event/confabulation-presents-shortest-story-14/
LOCATION:Centaur Theatre\, 453 St. Francois-Xavier\, Montreal\, Quebec\, HZY 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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