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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Throw! Poetry Collective
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 25\, 202512:00-1:30 pm ETFree\, Online—Register for Zoom link\n\n\n\nAre you interested in spoken word? Looking to get more involved in the literary performance scene? \n\n\n\nJoin us for this 90-minute Lunch & Learn session with Throw! Poetry Collective\, one of Montreal’s leading spoken word event organizers. Throw! President Michael “BeWyrd” Clarke will present a high-level overview of the collective\, including their monthly open mics and slam competitions. A Q&A with the audience will follow the presentation. \n\n\n\nFree and open to all.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link\n\n\n\n\nAbout Throw! Poetry Collective\n\n\n\n\nThe Throw! Poetry Collective is comprised of people interested in poetry and performance. Every month\, Throw! organizes competitive yet friendly poetry slams at Montreal’s Le Basement\, featuring an Open Mic\, a Sacrificial Poet\, a Feature Performer\, and randomly chosen judges. For more info\, visit https://throwpoetrycollective.wordpress.com/. \n\n\n\n\nAbout BeWyrd\n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clarke is a slam poet based in Tio’tia:ke (aka Montréal). He won QWF’s Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Award in 2023. He helps produce the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam (CIPS). He has been the President of the Throw! Poetry Collective for nearly a decade. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-throw-poetry-collective/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Author Alexander MacLeod at Dawson College
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 26\, 202512:00 pmDawson College\, 5B.16\n\n\n\nDawson Reads Writer Series features Alexander MacLeod reading\, talking about his work\, and taking questions on Wedensday\, February 26 at noon in 5B.16 (near the Sherbrooke entrance of the college). The event is open to the public. \n\n\n\nQWF College Writers Award finalist and recent Dawson graduate Clara Frey will also be reading. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander MacLeod‘s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Granta\, The Guardian\, and The Globe and Mail. His first collection of short stories\, Light Lifting\, was named a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award\, and the Commonwealth Book Prize. In 2019\, he won an O Henry Prize. His most recent collection\, Animal Person\, was published in 2022 and was recognized as a “Book of the Year” byThe New Yorker\, The Irish Times\, The Globe and Mail and CBC Books. Alexander lives in Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia and teaches at Saint Mary’s University. \n\n\n\nMacLeod holds degrees from McGill University\, the University of Notre Dame\, and the University of Windsor. He currently lives in Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, and teaches at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.  \n\n\n\nIn 2024\, he edited\, with Souvankham Thammavongsa the special thirty-fifth-anniversary edition of The Journey Prize Anthology. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/author-alexander-macleod-at-dawson-college/
LOCATION:Dawson College\, Room 5B.16\, 3040 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, H3Z 1A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:WRITERS' ROOM #3
DESCRIPTION:WRITERS’ ROOM #3: Come and be in a room with other writers. \nNo readings\, no cover charge\, no books for sale. Just poets\, critics\, fiction writers\, novelists\, cartoonists\, literary translators\, “creative non-fiction” freaks\, playwrights\, screenwriters\, writing students\, etc\, gathered together under one roof. \nMeet people you’ve read\, people you’ll one day read\, other people who sit like you and try to put words in order. \nPlease note: there are no scheduled activities at this event\, it is just a room with writers! \nFeel welcome to bring a writer friend with you. Écrivain•e•s français•e•s\, soyez bienvenu•e•s aussi. \nBYOB + snacks to share (nothing will be for sale) \nhosted by sean michaels on behalf of the Writers’ Union of Canad
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-room-3/
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 1\, 2025\, 10:00 am–12:30 pm ETOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister 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. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: 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 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-29/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Keeping it Short and Simple
DESCRIPTION:Are you writing about a complex\, niche\, or otherwise sticky topic? Want to reach more readers without compromising on depth? This workshop is for subject-matter experts\, communications workers\, and anyone else who wants to kick jargon to the curb and write clear prose. \n\n\n\nAs a plain language editor\, I regularly support my academic clients in writing about their research so that it’s accessible to the general public. I also coach them in how to pitch story ideas to news editors\, as well as how to make dense\, technical information more approachable to experts in other fields. Drawing on this experience\, I’ll guide workshop participants through a series of exercises to engage with the following key concepts: \n\n\n\n\nDefining an audience(s)\n\n\n\n(re)Framing to focus on what’s most important\n\n\n\nAdjusting tone\, syntax\, and vocabulary without “dumbing down” the text\n\n\n\n\nA majority of the workshop will be dedicated to responding to prompts and partner exercises. The goal is to provide participants with concrete\, actionable feedback they can walk away with and incorporate into their work. For that reason\, ideally\, participants will come with a specific project in mind\, and a 2-page sample (max) of a text they’d like to work on with peer support. \n\n\n\nDanielle Douez is a writer and editor based in Tio:tia’ké/Montreal. She has more than a decade of experience communicating complex ideas to diverse audiences. Previously\, she was an editor at The Conversation US\, where she collaborated with scholars to publish accessible\, research-based analysis on US politics. She has also done research communications for various nonprofits in the US and Canada. Her reporting and creative writing has been published by the Miami Herald\, the Alexandria Times\, How Stuff Works\, Youth Today\, 50 Shades of Black\, and PRISM international.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/keeping-it-short-and-simple/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Multimedia Art Installation: What Keeps Us Going
DESCRIPTION:Meet 7 CEGEP students who want to share their art installation unveiling “What Keeps Us Going.” Teesri Duniya Theatre is hosting the event at 251 Av. des Pins ouest. Doors open at 1:00 pm. \n\n\n\nBring your kids\, family and friends. Everybody’s welcome! Light refreshments will be served. It’s a community celebration.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/multimedia-art-installation-what-keeps-us-going/
LOCATION:Teesri Duniya Theatre\, 251 avenue des Pins Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W1R5\, Canada
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