CANCELLED: Public Reading - Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman
2025-02-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Bishop’s University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1M 1Z7, Canada
NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled and may be rescheduled.

As part of the Ogden Glass Lecture Series and the Morris House Reading Series, Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman will come to Bishop’s University to read from and speak about their award-winning book, The Valley of the Birdtail, and answer questions about it.

Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
2025-02-15 10:00 - 12:30 | Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
Saturday, February 15, 2025, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link

Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?

Register below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique, participants write in 25-minute bursts, with 5-minute breaks in between.

This event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.

The Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session.

Please note that these sessions are designed for silent writing, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work.

10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5

To receive the Zoom link, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session.

Note: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP, RSVPs are closed.

Illuminated Grant-Writing
2025-02-15 10:30 - 14:30 | QWF Office, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, Westmount, QC, H3Z 1X4, Canada
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.”

Tawhida 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.
