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 (plus a $5 materials fee for Radio workshop)
Two-hour Saturday workshop $20
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.
Note that there is a small service charge for the convenience of paying through Paypal - to pay $170, send $176. To pay $150, send $155. To pay $80, send 83. To pay $75, send $78. To pay $20, send $21. For any other amounts, 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
Fall Session 2008
Please note that these workshops are part of the Fall 2008 series and are no longer open for registration. The next workshop series will be held in Spring 2009 - the schedule will be posted in early February 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
- FEATURE AND TELEVISION SCRIPTWRITING
- MONDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — October 6 to December 1 (no meeting Oct. 13)
- Led by Gerald Wexler, best screenplay Genie winner for Margaret’s Museum; writer for multiple episodes of TV series, The Hunger, produced by Tony and Ridley Scott.
- LOVELY AS TREES: WRITING ON NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- MONDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — October 6 to December 1 (no meeting Oct. 13)
- Led by Martin Silverstone, co-founder of Canadian Wildlife and Wild magazines, writer for EXPLORE and Harrowsmith CountryLife; editor of The Atlantic Salmon Journal.
- CREATIVE NON-FICTION: THE ART OF FACT
- TUESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — October 7 to November 25
- Led by Elaine Kalman Naves, two-time winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, winner of two Canadian Jewish Book Awards and of a Canadian Literary Award for Personal Essay.
- CHAPTER ONE (OR EVEN TOLSTOY HAD TO START SOMEWHERE)
- TUESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — October 7 to November 25
- Led by Joel Yanofsky, winner, 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.
- TALES FOR TEENS: WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- WEDNESDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — October 1 to December 3 (no meeting Oct. 8 or Nov. 19)
- Led by Monique Polak, author of eight YA novels, four selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s “Our Choice” list; and Lori Weber, author of five YA novels, three on the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s “Our Choice” list, and on one the American Library Association’s best books list.
- FICTION: PUTTING LIFE INTO LANGUAGE
- WEDNESDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — October 1 to December 3 (no meeting Oct. 8 or Nov. 19)
- Led by H. Nigel Thomas, author of seven books including three novels and a collection of short stories. Short-listed for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
- EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POETRY (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
- THURSDAYS, 6 to 8 p.m. — October 2 to November 27 (no meeting Oct. 9)
- Led by Carolyn Marie Souaid, author of five books of poetry, winner of the David McKeen Award and finalist for the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Poetry editor for Signature Editions.
- THE SHORT STORY SPRINT: FROM THE START POSITION TO THE FINISH LINE
- THURSDAYS, 8 to 10 p.m. — October 2 to November 27 (no meeting October 9)
- Led by Marci Denesiuk, author of The Far Away Home, co-winner of the 2005 McAuslan First Book Prize.
SPECIAL INTENSIVE SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Full-day Saturday workshop times include a break for lunch.
- SONG-WRITING TONIC
- SATURDAY, October 4, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Led by Connie Kaldor, Juno-winning singer/songwriter with nine albums; called "one of Canada's most significant contemporary folk performers" (Billboard Magazine).
- RESEARCH & RIGHTS CLEARANCE: BOOKS, FILM, VIDEO & MUSIC LYRICS
- SATURDAY, October 25, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Atwater Library Auditorium
- Led by Elizabeth Klinck, "Queen of Canadian film researchers." Has researched for hundreds of international documentaries that have won Emmy, Gemini, Peabody and Academy Awards; has taught at Ryerson; led research and rights clearance workshops in Canada and abroad. Recently nominated for an Emmy and received the FOCAL UK Lifetime Achievement Award.
- WRITING FOR CHILDREN’S MAGAZINES: GETTING STARTED
- SATURDAY, November 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Led by Anne Renaud, author of four children’s books; short-listed for the Silver Birch Award, the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award and the Red Cedar Book Award. Has published over 100 articles, poems, crafts projects and stories in children’s magazines.
- WRITING FOR THE EAR: THE UNIQUE POWER OF RADIO
- SATURDAY, November 22, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Held in room 2.409 of the Journalism and Communication Studies Building, Loyola Campus, Concordia University.
- Led by Peter Downie, award-winning CBC national and regional radio and television host for over 30 years (Midday, Man Alive, As It Happens, Morningside and Cross Country Check-Up); produced and hosted weekly radio documentary series Tapestry; Winner, 2007 Michael Monty Memorial Award for Excellence in Broadcast Teaching, awarded by the Canadian Radio Television News Directors Foundation.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Eight-week workshops: $170 per course ($150 for QWF members) • All-day Saturday workshops $75 each (plus a $5 materials fee for Radio workshop) • Two-hour Saturday workshop $20 • 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. Note additional Paypal fees - to pay $170, send $176. To pay $150, send $155. To pay $80, send 83. To pay $75, send $78. To pay $20, send $21. For any other amounts, 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.
