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SUMMARY:Quist Issue 1 Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 6\, 20247:00-8:30 pm ET\n\n\n\nQuist\, QWF’s online literary journal for youth\, is celebrating the launch of its first issue! Join us for a fun night of reading\, art\, and mingling at Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe. \n\n\n\nThe issue features the work of incredibly talented Quebec youth (ages 14-21) in fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, and art. The evening will include a lineup of readers and artists whose work is featured in the issue. \n\n\n\nFeaturing readings by: \n\n\n\n\nJessica Bakar\n\n\n\nAlec Barin\n\n\n\nSarah Cunningham\n\n\n\nEve L.\n\n\n\nSnowside\n\n\n\n\nWith art by: \n\n\n\n\nCASM\n\n\n\nVictoria Barrow-Sterngast\n\n\n\nAnastasia Kiknadze\n\n\n\nYon\n\n\n\n\n\nRead Quist Issue 1
URL:https://qwf.org/event/quist-issue-1-launch-party/
LOCATION:Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe\, 3952 Wellington Street\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4G1V3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 7\, 2024\, 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 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\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-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Grant-Writing
DESCRIPTION:This series of four workshops will examine how writers with projects for print\, spoken word\, or storytelling can prepare a strong literary arts grant application. From drafting a project description to balancing a budget\, we will also discuss artistic risk\, impact\, and cultural appropriation. Focus will be on funding programs at the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec\, and an arts council program officer will join us to answer questions. This series is intended for Quebec-based writers at all stages of their practice: emerging\, mid-career\, and established. There will be tasks to complete between sessions and participants must have an original literary arts project in mind.Access to MS Word or similar writing software will be necessary as well as a willingness to share work and exchange feedback in a workshop setting.As soon as they have registered for the workshop\, participants must email a short\, one-sentence description of their intended literary arts project to riley@qwf.org with the subject line “For Tawhida Tanya Evanson.” \n\n\n\nTawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet\, novelist\, artist\, and Ashiq known for her work blending poetry\, orality\, music\, and multimedia. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal\, she performs internationally\, has released several audio recordings\, short films\, and the award-winning 2024 Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE. Evanson has two published poetry collections and her debut novel Book of Wings won the 2022 CAM/Blue Metropolis New Contribution Prize. Her French autotranslation Livre des ailes followed in 2023. Evanson’s work explores themes of African diasporic identity\, Sufi spirituality\, and the human condition\, and she has received acclaim at home and abroad for her captivating performances and unique approach to poetry. She produces multimedia events as Mother Tongue Media\, is recognized for her role as director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word program\, and is current president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation. She moonlights as a whirling dervish. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/illuminated-grant-writing-5/2025-02-08/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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