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June 28: Launch of No Brainer by Lea Beddia
Call for Submissions: Spoken Word - Quebec Writers' Federation
Tattered Covers: 60+ Reading and Open Mic
Youth Mentorship Program
Call for Workshop Proposals for 2027
2026 QWF Mentorship Reading
2026 QWF Awards: Submissions
May 27: Lunch & Learn—EnRoute
June 6: Speed-Dating for Children's and YA Authors and Publishers
Five Questions for: Lea Beddia
Displaced | Quebec Books Collection
May 26—Writers Out Loud: Chanel Sutherland and H. Nigel Thomas
May 24—Writers Out Loud: Writing the Eastern Townships
Call for Applications: 2026 Fresh Pages Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche - Quebec Writers' Federation
Six Non-Fiction Books with Really Great Stories | QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors
April 29: 2026 Annual General Meeting
Call for Applications: Executive Director
Mar 24: Lunch and Learn—Writing Medicine Authentically in Speculative Fiction
Call for Applications: Operations Manager
Where I Want To Be and Why: Montreal
Call for Applications: 2026 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship - Quebec Writers' Federation
March 3: Lunch and Learn with Public Lending Right
Creative Play for Writers (Online)
Creative Play for Writers (In Person)
Hustle Life Balance: How to Thrive as a Freelancer
Call for Applications: Indigenous Editor—Quist Magazine
Fresh Pages Workshop Scholarships for Underrepresented Writers and Playwrights - Quebec Writers' Federation
The 2026 QWF Mentorship Pairs
Feb 3: Lunch & Learn with: Confabulation
Montreal Environmental Reading: January 24
Thaioronióhte Dan David – 1952-2026: A Tribute
Spring 2026 Workshops
Jan 13: Lunch & Learn with QWF
QWF Board of Directors
2025 QWF Literary Awards: Photos
Five Questions for: Fred Anderson
Dec 6-7: Read Quebec Book Fair
Nov 25: Online Film and Discussion on Ageism
The Winners of the 2025 QWF Literary Awards
Dispatches from Ireland: "The Fool" by H Felix Chau Bradley
Nov 18: Lunch & Learn with SODEP
Tickets: 2025 QWF Awards Gala, Nov 10
5 Questions for: Fred Anderson
2025 carte blanche Prize finalists
Deadline Extended: The 2026 Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation - Quebec Writers' Federation
Dispatches from Ireland: "Lake Ritual" by H. Felix Chau Bradley
Jan Draper wins the 2025 Judy Mappin Community Award - Quebec Writers' Federation
Nov 5: Words & Music Show: The Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize Finalists
Call for Applications: 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers
Call for Applications: Karin Montin Mentorship in Literary Translation
The 2025 College Writers Award Finalists - Quebec Writers' Federation
QWF-ERA E-Waste Collection Drive - Quebec Writers' Federation
The 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists - Quebec Writers' Federation
Oct 14: Lunch and Learn with QWF
Call for Applications: 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers
Poetry in Concert: Composition, Voice, Performance
Anti-Colonial Book Collection by Samir Shaheen-Hussain
2026 QWF Mentorship Program
Writing for Young(er) Readers, age 12 to 20 - Quebec Writers' Federation
Sept 23: Lunch & Learn with CultureBrew.Art
Sept 24: Writers Out Loud: Romantasy
Workshop: Building a Better Short Story Collection
Official Languages Day: Uniting Around Canadian Books
Fall 2025 Writing Workshops
Sept 1: Words & Music Show: We Look Good in Black—Fashioning Resistance
5 Questions for: Donald Winkler
Aug 26: Lunch & Learn with CALQ
Aug 25: Words & Music Show ft. Tranna Wintour
Pride Reads: Selections from the Violet Hour Book Club
Five Questions for: Veena Gokhale
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Judy Mappin Community Award - Quebec Writers' Federation
July 22: Lunch & Learn with QWF
Five Questions for: Veena Gokhale
Fresh Pages Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche
Quebec Books Collection | We Love Montréal on t'aime | QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors
QWF Annunal Picnic
Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize: Call for Submissions
"Descend" by Chanel Sutherland
Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Call for QWF Workshop Proposals for 2026
Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize: Call for Submissions
The 2025 Max Margles Writer in Residence is: H Felix Chau Bradley! – Quebec Writers' Federation
June 7: The Neighbourhood
June 10: Lunch & Learn with Morrin Centre
2025 QWF Mentorship Reading
Billetterie - Boxoffice
La belle-mère / The Stepmother
May 13: Lunch & Learn with the mRb
Five Questions for: Kate Lavut
May 6: Writers Out Loud—A Night of Trans Joy
April 22: QWF Annual General Meeting
To Care for the Earth: In Conversation with Alice Irene Whittaker - Blue Metropolis
Teesri Duniya: Keffiyeh/Made in China
Quebec Books Curator Contest
Daniel Levitin's 10 Books About Musical Creativity
Call for Submissions: 2025 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize
April 5: Systems for Writers
March 25: Lunch & Learn with ELAN - Registration Form
Call for Applications: 2025 Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche
Call for Applications: The 2025 Max Margles Writing Residency
QWF Awards: Call for Submissions Overview
Appel de candidatures : Personne adjointe
Call for Applications: 2025 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship
Roslyn & Max Margles Young Writers' Contest
Call for Proposals: StoryScaping Workshops
Elder Queer (2SLGBTQIA+) Storytelling Workshop
Feb 25: Lunch and Learn with Throw! Poetry Collective
Pyramid Campaign 2025: Donate
Winter-Spring 2025 Workshops
Montreal Gazette: Library got it wrong: Language law does not apply
CTV News: Montreal shouldn’t have cited language law when it refused space for English book club
Five Questions for: H. Nigel Thomas
Book Launch: A Different Hurricane by H. Nigel Thomas
Illuminated Grant Writing
Jan 14: Lunch & Learn with QWF
Chronicling the Days: Dispatches from a Pandemic—Now 50% Off – Quebec Writers' Federation
The Winners of the 2024 QWF Literary Awards
5 Questions for: Christopher DiRaddo
Read Quebec Book Fair
Dispatches from Ireland by Aimee Wall, Part Two
CTV News: Literary gala highlights Quebec's thriving English writing culture
Dispatches from Ireland by Aimee Wall, Part One
2024 QWF Awards Gala Photos
Public Consultation on Arts and Culture in Montreal
2024 carte blanche Prize Finalists
Nov 20: Lunch & Learn: Video Game Writing with Jill Murray
2024 QWF Awards Gala
AE Unréal: Call for Submissions
Christopher DiRaddo Wins the 2024 Judy Mappin Community Award
The 2024 College Writers Award Finalists
The 2024 QWF Literary Awards Finalists
Five Questions for: Greg Santos – Quebec Writers' Federation
Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship: Call for Applications
Yolk Literary Oktoberfest
Le Mentorat Jean Antonin Billard ATTLC/QWF en traduction littéraire : appel de candidatures
Finalists: 2024 QWF Awards
2025 QWF Mentorship Program: Call for Applications
Governor General’s Literary Awards
Register for: Lunch and Learn with QWF
Fall 2024 Workshops
Sept 23: Info Session with UNEQ
September 16: Rhymes & Riddim'!
September 18: Lunch & Learn with Montreal Fringe
Writing Real Life for Children
Pursuing the Erotic
Your Life in Verse: A Spoken Word Poetry Workshop
Writing for Documentary Film
Writing Matters
Now Hiring: Writers-in-the-Community Workshop Facilitators
Erin Lindsay and Stephanie Merulla Win “One Planet, Countless Wor(l)ds” Grants! – Quebec Writers' Federation
August 7: Lunch & Learn with Turret House
Call for Nominations for the 2024 Judy Mappin Community Award – Quebec Writers' Federation
Self-Publishing 101: A Roundtable Discussion, July 11
QWF Annual Picnic: July 14
Lunch & Learn with QWF
Call for Submissions: 2024 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize
You May Be Feeling: Podcast by Caitlin Murphy
Quist Managing Editor: Call for Applications
Quist Poetry Editor: Call for Applications
2024 Max Margles Writer in Residence: Aimee Wall
June 9: 2024 QWF Mentorship Reading
June 6: Black Youth Out Loud: Where They Stood
May 29: Summer Karaoke 5 à 7
How I Wrote This: Jenny Erpenbeck
June 4: Lunch & Learn with carte blanche
2024 Pyramid Campaign: Goal Surpassed
Karaoke 5 à 7 at CDAH
Pyramid Campaign: Donate
QWF Board of Directors
Lunch & Learn with Literary Agent Sarah Barracco, May 7
Writing/Righting the World -- Blue Metropolis
How I Wrote This: Episodes
Book Launch: National Animal by Derek Webster
Five Questions for: Derek Webster
Eighty Thousand Steps: Webby Awards
Interview with Sivan Slapak
Words & Music Show, April 17
Call for Applications: 2024 Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche
2024 Max Margles Writing Residency
Dominoes at the Crossroads: Tickets
March 15: Funny Writers Out Loud: On Writing Humour
Lunch & Learn with Katia Grubisic—March 13
Young Writers Contest
Black History Month 2024
Freedom to Read Week, Feb 18-24
Scribbling Stories with Sivan Slapak
One Planet, Countless Wor(l)ds: Call for Proposals
Short Film Workshop: Unlock Your Filmmaking Dreams
2024 Pyramid Campaign
Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship: Call for Applications
One Planet, Countless Wor(l)ds / Une planète, un univers de mots
Writers Out Loud: The Middle East As a Canvas for the
Interview with Daniel Allen Cox
Lunch & Learn with YES Montreal
The Words & Music Show: Jan 22
RSVP: Lunch & Learn with QWF
Workshops — Winter-Spring 2024
Déclaration commune en réponse à un rapport publié par le député Mario Beaulieu
5 Questions for Daniel Allen Cox
Now Hiring: Part-Time Project Coordinator
Holiday Book Giveaway
2023 QWF Awards Gala: YouTube
QWF Awards Gala Photos
Words & Music: Enkonkaratonhase
Solstice Schmoozer
CTV News: Quebec Writers’ Federation celebrates 25 years
Winners: 2023 QWF Literary Awards
Lunch & Learn with Medicine Wheel Publishing
2023 QWF Gala Tickets
2023 QWF Book Prize Finalists
Dispatches from Dublin by Heather O'Neill, Part Two
The Encore Poetry Launch: POLYPHONY
Remembering Ian Ferrier
Nov 8, 12-2 PM: The Writer Is In
2023 College Writers Award Finalists
Read Quebec Book Fair 2023
carte blanche Prize Finalists
Read Quebec Book Fair 2023
Elise Moser: 2023 Judy Mappin Community Award Winner
Writer Is In Pop-Up Writing Booth: Nov 8
Hire a Writer
How I Wrote This Ep. 1: Heather O'Neill
How I Wrote This The Podcast
Literary Oktoberfest, Oct 24
Long Table Discussion: On the Situation in Israel/Palestine
The Writer Is In—Oct 19
2023 QWF Book Prize Finalists
The Art of Rejection with Elissa Bassist
The Writer Is In - Oct 14
2023 QWF Spoken Word Prize Finalists
YouTube: AI & The Future of Writing
Writers Out Loud: Bill 96
The Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers
The 2023 Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche
Creating a Website: Editorial, Graphic Design, Mechanics
2024 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers
2024 Mentorship Program: Call for Applications
Five Questions for: Nisha Coleman
AI & The Future of Writing: Free Event
Interview: Crystal Chan and Julian sher
Shut Up & Write with QWF: Sat, September 16
Fall 2023 Workshops
Book Launch: Rouge by Mona Awad
Become a QWF Member
2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Announcement
Heather O'Neill: Dispatches from Ireland
2023 Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche
Interview with Sean Michaels
QWF Annual Picnic
Heather O'Neill on 2023 Max Margles Writing Residency
Call for Volunteers: Organize QWF's Annual Picnic
Five Questions for Sean Michaels
Do You Remember Being Born? by Sean Michaels
Lunch & Learn with CDAH
Hire a Writer
Shut Up & Write: July 8, 10am-12:30pm
Call for Nominations: 2023 Judy Mappin Community Award
Call for QWF Workshop Proposals 2024
Five Questions for Mirabel
QWF Spoken Word Prize - Submittable
QWF Mentorship Program
2023 QWF Mentorship Reading
Five Questions for: Mirabel
Grand Prix du livre de Montréal
Rana Bose: 2016 Judy Mappin Award Speech
2023 QWF Awards: Submissions
Lunch & Learn—May 16, 12 pm
Shut Up & Write—May 13, 10 am
Five Questions for: Mark Abley—Interview
The Girls of Bathroom B
The Art of Literary Translation: Workshop
The 2023 Max Margles Writer in Residence
2022 QWF Literary Awards Gala
QWF Writes
QWF Website
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