How to Get a Spot in a QWF Workshop
Eight-week workshops: $170 per course ($150 for QWF members)
Quebec City workshop $150
Wakefield workshop and Saturday sessions: $75 each
Arts Journalism workshops $200 (some scholarships available)
Call or email the office to see if there's still space available, and register. Pay for the workshop by cheque, cash or via PayPal.
Pmt by cheque to:
Quebec Writers' Federation
1200 Atwater, Suite 3
Montreal
H3Z 1X4
or by cash at the QWF office (by appointment).
For more information:
(514) 933-0878
info@qwf.org
www.qwf.org
If you're paying with PayPal:
You must contact the office first to get registered. Log on to www.paypal.com and click "Send Money." Recipient's email address is admin@qwf.org In the "Note" box, provide your full name, email address, daytime phone number and the name of the workshop you're registering for.
Note that there is a small service charge for the convenience of paying with a credit card.
Quebec Writers' Federation Workshops
Workshops offered for the fall 2008 session will be posted in mid-August.
Spring Session 2008
Workshops take place at the QWF office, Suite 3, Atwater Library unless otherwise indicated.
Click on Workshop Title for Description
EIGHT-WEEK EVENING WORKSHOPS
- TELLING TALES: FICTION IN ALL ITS FORMS
- MONDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 31 to May 12, with one additional meeting to be scheduled in May
- Led by Ann Charney, award-winning author of novels, short stories, and non-fiction; Officer of French Order of Arts & Letters.
- WRITING FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM: BENDING THE RULES OF THE GAME
- MONDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 3 to April 21
- Led by Paul Cowan, internationally acclaimed filmmaker, writer and cinematographer; Westray documentary won a Genie Award; feature documentary Going the Distance was nominated for an Academy Award.
- THE SECRET LIFE OF POEMS
- TUESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 4 to April 22
- Led by Robyn Sarah, author of seven poetry collections (most recently A Day’s Grace), as well as two collections of short stories and a book of essays of literary criticism.
- STYLE, SUBSTANCE, STORYTELLING: THE ART AND SOUL OF FEATURE WRITING
- TUESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 11 to April 29
- Led by Peggy Curran, 25-year Gazette veteran; winner of the Norman Webster Prize for Writing, CAJ/CIDA Africa Fellowship, and the Canadians for Health Research/Sanofi-Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism.
- CREATIVE NON-FICTION: WHAT IS IT?
- WEDNESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 5 to April 23
- Led by William Weintraub, author of three novels and two non-fiction books; veteran writer/producer/editor for the National Film Board; has written for magazines, radio and television in Canada and Europe.
- SHORT STORY: THE WRITING PROCESS
- WEDNESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 5 to April 23
- Led by Mikhail Iossel, winner of the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Literature and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; anthologized in Best American Short Stories and elsewhere; founding director of Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Nairobi, Kenya.
- MAKE ’EM LAUGH: THE ART OF COMEDY WRITING
- THURSDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 6 to April 24
- Led by David McGimpsey, dubbed “one of Canada’s leading humorists” by Malahat Review and “the city’s funniest writer” by the Montreal Hour. A widely published poet, fiction writer and journalist; his travel writing appears frequently in The Globe and Mail and he has a regular column on sandwiches in EnRoute magazine.
- NON-FICTION: ALL WRITING IS FICTION, NON-FICTION EVEN MORE SO
- THURSDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 6 to April 24
- Led by Will Aitken, whose critical writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Paris Review, Threepenny Review, MacLeans, on CBC Radio and TV, TV-Ontario, BBC Radio, National Public Radio. Author of three novels.
SPECIAL INTENSIVE SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Full-day Saturday workshop times include a break for lunch.
WRITING NON-FICTION FROM DETAIL TO RETAIL- TWO SUNDAYS, March 9 and March 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Held at the Wakefield Library, 20 Valley Drive, Wakefield QC
- Led by Phil Jenkins, national best-selling book author and winner of Canadian Author’s Association Lela Common Award for History; has written for National Geographic Traveller,, Equinox, Heritage Canada and Harrowsmith.
- WRITING THE PAST, OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR RESEARCH IS SHOWING
- SATURDAY, April 12, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Atwater Library Auditorium
- Led by Merilyn Simonds,award-winning author of two historical novels; one a finalist for the Governor General's Award, the other on the Canadian Independent Booksellers' bestseller list for six months and a New York Times Editors' Choice.
- THE ART OF WRITING SCIENCE AND NATURE
- SATURDAY, April 12, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Led by Wayne Grady, author of 11 books of nonfiction; editor of 15 anthologies of short fiction and nature writing; winner, Governor-General's Award, numerous National Magazine Awards, three Science in Society awards.
- WORD/CRAFT: AN INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING AND PRACTICE
- FOUR SUNDAYS, February 24, March 30, April 27 and May 25, 12:00 noon to 3:15 p.m.
- Held at the Morrin Centre, 44 chaussée des Écossais, Quebec City
- Led by Aurian Haller, author of A Dream of Sulphur; international critic; PhD; recently writer-in-residence for the Vancouver Art Gallery; co-winner 2007 Malahat Long Poem Prize.
Arts Journalism Workshops: EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC, AND SO CAN YOU!- Four sessions on the basics of arts journalism, designed to help writers hone their critical skills and break into the media.
- Sharpen your critical skills under the guidance of seasoned journalists in these four-session workshops on how to cover cultural events. Participants will attend live performances and new films, write reviews and benefit from analysis in a seminar situation. Basic principles, professional secrets, tools of the trade, tips on how and where to publish – learn from professionals in the field. Open to students and creative writers with a strong interest in the arts. We will make every effort to help you publish material from this series!
- This workshop series is a collaboration between the Quebec Writers’ Federation, the Quebec Drama Federation and The Rover. Two workshops are being offered by the QWF, and two by the QDF. Click workshop title for details.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Eight-week workshops: $170 per course ($150 for QWF members) • Quebec City workshop: $150 • Wakefield workshop and Saturday sessions: $75 each • Arts Journalism workshops $200 (some scholarships available) • Call to register and for cancellation policy • Payment by cheque to Quebec Writers' Federation, 1200 Atwater, Suite 3, Montreal H3Z 1X4, by PayPal (additional fee-please check with office) or by cash at the QWF office (by appointment).
TO REGISTER, CALL (514) 933-0878
QWF gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts.
