How to Get a Spot in a QWF Workshop
Eight-week workshops: $170 per course ($150 for QWF members)
All-day Saturday workshops $75 each
Four week sessions $90
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 (additional fee - please check with QWF office)
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.
Note that there is a small service charge for the convenience of paying through Paypal - please contact the QWF office at 514-933-0878.
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.
Quebec Writers' Federation Workshops
Spring Session 2009
Workshops take place at the QWF office, Suite 3, Atwater Library unless otherwise indicated.
Click on Workshop Title for Description
EIGHT-WEEK EVENING WORKSHOPS
- RE-VISION: SHAPING SHORT STORIES
- MONDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 2 to April 20
- Led by Ami Sands Brodoff, author of two novels, The White Space Between and Can You See Me?, and Bloodknots, a collection of short stories, shortlisted for the ReLit Award; winner, Pushcart Prize; contributor to the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, and national magazines.
- THE MUSIC OF THE SENSES: MAKING YOUR POETRY VIVID
- TUESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 3 to April 21
- Led by Mary di Michele, author of eight books of poetry and two novels; shortlisted for QWF's A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and and The Trillium Prize.
- MEMOIR: THE ART OF PERSONAL WRITING
- TUESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 3 to April 21
- Led by Joel Yanofsky, winner of the QWF's Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, and Canadian Jewish Book Award. Columnist for the Gazette; reviews and articles in Canadian Geographic, Walrus, Village Voice, Chatelaine, and Globe and Mail.
- CREATIVE NON-FICTION: THE ART OF FACT
- WEDNESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 4 to April 29 (no meeting April 8)
- Led by Elaine Kalman Naves, two-time winner of the QWF's Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, winner of two Canadian Jewish Book Awards and a Canadian Literary Award for Personal Essay.
- PITCH, PUBLISH AND GET PAID: HOW TO SUCCEED AS A FREELANCE WRITER
- WEDNESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — March 4 to April 29 (no meeting April 8)
- Led by Craig Silverman, winner, Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, 2008 Canadian Magazine Award; columnist, Globe and Mail, Columbia Journalism Review; published in New York Times, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Report on Business magazine. Author of two books: Regret the Error and Mafiaboy (with Michael Calce).
- SHORT FICTION: 4 WINDOWS AND A DOOR
- THURSDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — March 5 to April 30 (no meeting April 9)
- Led by Peter Dubé, author of At the Bottom of the Sky, a collection of linked stories, and the novel Hovering World. Editor of the anthology Madder Love; editorial board member of Espace Sculpture and contributing editor for Ashé Journal.
SPECIAL INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
- EMPTY-HEADED WRITING
- FRIDAY, March 6, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Front Hall, Main Floor, Newman Centre, 3484 Peel Street (offered in collaboration with the Montreal Zen Poetry Festival)
- Led by Peter Levitt, author of Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom, and ten books of poetry. Winner, Lannan Foundation Literary Award in Poetry; teaches in the UBC Creative Writing Optional Residency MFA Program.
- NON-LINEAR NARRATIVES & MULTI-MEDIA POETICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC LITERATURE
- SATURDAY, March 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Atwater Library, 2nd-floor computer room (Room 2)
- Led by J. R. Carpenter, winner of the 2008 QWF Carte Blanche Quebec Award and two-time winner of the CBC/QWF Quebec Short Story Competition (2003, 2005). Her electronic literature has been presented in Toronto, Finland, and Istanbul, and online. Her first novel, Words the Dog Knows, was published in 2008.
- MONOLOGUE BOOT CAMP: WRITE IT! DEVELOP IT! DELIVER IT!
- SUNDAY, March 15, 3-7 p.m.; FRIDAY, March 20, 1-5 p.m; SATURDAY, March 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; SUNDAY, March 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Off Interarts Studio, 5145 St. Laurent, Montreal
- Led by Bryden MacDonald, acclaimed director, playwright, dramaturge and teacher, shortlisted for Governor General's Award for Drama; nominated for Chalmers and Dora Awards. Plays produced across Canada, U.S. and Europe. Latest play, With Bated Breath, opens at Centaur Theatre on April 21.
- A MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: TIPS ON WRITING FOR THE MAGAZINE MARKET
- SATURDAY, April 18, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Led by Arjun Basu, editorial director of Spafax, overseeing publications in both print and digital media; editor-in- chief of enRoute, Air Canada’s inflight magazine (2001-2007), two-time winner, world’s best in-flight magazine; winner, North American travel magazine of the year; member, National Magazine Awards Foundation board.
- MARKETING AND THE ART OF THE PITCH or PROFESSIONAL SECRETS OF A TRAVEL JOURNALIST
- SATURDAY, May 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Lac-Brome Community Centre 270 Victoria St, Lac-Brome QC
- Led by Cleo Paskal, winner of seventeen major travel writing awards, including—twice—the Grand Prize from the North American Travel Journalists Association; published in The Economist, Sunday Times and Weekly World News; current weekly travel columnist for the Toronto Star.
Upcoming...check back in early fall for the full 2009 fall schedule!
- BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM: THE ART & ENGINEERING OF MAKING A LIVING IN THE WRITING WORLD
- OCTOBER 2009, date TBA
- Led by Sylvia Taylor, Sylvia Taylor Communications; President, Federation of BC Writers
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Eight-week workshops: $170 per course ($150 for QWF members)
All-day Saturday workshops $75 each
Four-week sessions $90 ($80 for members) • Call to register and for cancellation policy • Payment by cheque to Quebec Writers' Federation, 1200 Atwater, Suite 3, Montreal H3Z 1X4, by cash at the QWF office (by appointment) or by PayPal (additional Paypal fees please contact the QWF office at 514-933-0878).
TO REGISTER, CALL (514) 933-0878
QWF gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts.
