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
Spring Session 2008
Develop your writing with the mentorship of an acclaimed professional writer and feedback from your peers.
Workshops take place at the QWF office, Suite 3, Atwater Library unless otherwise indicated.
MUSIC – COVERING THE WORLD BEAT
Two Friday & Saturday sessions, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.: March 14 & 15 and March 28 & 29
Interarts, 5143 Blvd. St. Laurent
Workshop leader: John Goddard
Participants will attend live performances, write reviews and benefit from analysis of their writing in a seminar situation.
Topics to be covered:Story Angle: How to find something new to say. Editors: What they need. Publicists: How they can help. Story Types: The interview, the retrospective, the advance story, the review. Story Structure: Why it matters. Honest and Dishonest Feeling: How to avoid hype and stay true to your integrity. PREPARATION - Bring to class a newspaper or magazine music story you think was well done. Bring one you think was poorly done.
John Goddard reports on world music for The Toronto Star; he co-authored Rock and Roll Toronto, a cheeky guide to the city’s historic rock ‘n roll sites. Before joining the Star, he served as National Arts & Entertainment Reporter for Southam News, 1998-99. He has written for Canada’s top magazines, including Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, Equinox, Harrowsmith and Books in Canada.
Application Process: Send a cover letter introducing yourself, your CV, and samples of your writing (max 2,000 words) to: admin@qwf.org. Please write “For Music Criticism Workshop” in the subject line.
Fee: $200, payable to “QWF” (some scholarship help may be made available)
This workshop is part of a new series on writing about the arts sponsored by the Quebec Writers’ Federation, the Quebec Drama Federation and The Rover.
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.
