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SUMMARY:Excavating Memories
DESCRIPTION:Fred Anderson in conversation about his memoir “Eyes Have Seen: From Mississippi to Montreal\, A Memoir (Baraka Books\, Montreal (2025)
URL:https://qwf.org/event/excavating-memories/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Info Session with UNEQ: Update on the Status of the Artist Act
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 17\, 20257:00 pm ETFree\, Open to AllOnline—Register for Zoom Link\n\n\n\nIn partnership with QWF\, the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) will be leading a virtual information session in English for writers to learn more about UNEQ and their role in negotiating collective agreements for writers in Quebec. \n\n\n\nFollowing the accreditation of UNEQ with respect to Act S-32.1 (Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts\, cinema\, recording\, literature\, crafts\, and the performing arts\, also known as the Status of the Artist Act)\, UNEQ President Pierre-Yves Villeneuve will explain UNEQ’s progress so far negotiating standard contracts between Quebec publishers and writers. He will outline the main issues that UNEQ will be negotiating (see List of Demands) and explain the financial implications of UNEQ’s new role for writers who publish in Quebec (see Membership Fees and Union Dues: Information). A question period will follow.  \n\n\n\nRegister to get the Zoom link. \n\n\n\nThis session will be recorded and published on QWF’s YouTube channel.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Act Respecting the Professional Status of Artists (S-32.1)\n\n\n\nAdopted in June 2022\, the Act Respecting the Professional Status of Artists is intended to bring together the provisions governing the professional status of artists working in visual arts\, film\, recording arts\, arts and crafts\, performing arts\, and literature. As such\, it allows UNEQ to negotiate collective agreements that set minimum working conditions for writers and literary artists. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the Act and its impact on writers\, watch the recording of our previous Info Session with UNEQ\, from 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/info-session-with-uneq-update-on-the-status-of-the-artist-act/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Joint Book Launch: Su J Sokol and Rich Larson
DESCRIPTION:Join Su J Sokol and Rich Larson for a double book launch at Librairie Joie de livres. \n\n\n\nSu J Sokol will be launching Five Points on an Invisible Line\, the unplanned yet long-awaited sequel to Cycling to Asylum\, as well as the republication of an updated version of Cycling under its new title of Invisible Line.  \n\n\n\nRich Larson will be relaunching his flash collection The Sky Didn’t Load Today and Other Glitches. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate: September 18\, 2025 \n\n\n\nTime: 5:00 pm ET
URL:https://qwf.org/event/joint-book-launch-su-j-sokol-rich-larson/
LOCATION:Joie de livres\, 5163 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Double Book Launch: Just a Minute and Christmas Weekend by Monique Polak
DESCRIPTION:Join author Monique Polak for the launch of her two new books: Just a Minute: Why Humans Tell Time\, co-authored with Kirstie Hudson (Orca Book Publishers); and Christmas Weekend (Linda Leith Publishing). Books available for purchase and to sign by the author.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/double-book-launch-just-a-minute-and-christmas-weekend-by-monique-polak/
LOCATION:Biblio Café\, 5853 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: We're Somewhere Else Now by Robyn Sarah
DESCRIPTION:Join Robyn Sarah for the launch of her new poetry collection\, We’re Somewhere Else Now: Poems 2016–2024 (Biblioasis)\, at Librairie Bertrand Bookstore in Montreal. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nIn her first collection of new poems in a decade\, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous. \n\n\n\nWe’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change\, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into\, “lit room to lit room.” \n\n\n\n“[Hers] are the sort of metaphors that in their clarity of sense\, image\, and sound create spaces for meaning otherwise impossible to articulate.”—Anita Lahey\, The Walrus \n\n\n\nWe’re Somewhere Else Now is available for purchase at The Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton\, Montreal).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-were-somewhere-else-now-by-robyn-sarah/
LOCATION:Librarie Bertrand\, 430 Rue St-Pierre\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 19\, 2025\, 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you registered and can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org to notify us.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-in-person-45/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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