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
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.
THE ART OF WRITING SCIENCE AND NATURE
Saturday, April 12, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1200 Atwater Avenue, Suite 3
Workshop leader: Wayne Grady
Science writing is the lingua franca of the information age. It includes genres as seemingly diverse as the quiet natural history essay, articles on medicine and health, and investigative reporting on such hard-hitting issues as the environment and genetic engineering.
Workshops participants will discuss the hot science topics of the day and their significance – how to talk about science – and how to translate them into writing that is accessible to the average reader while remaining true to the science. Using examples from some of today’s best science and nature writers, we will also learn how to develop an “idea” into a “story,” and how to pitch stories to magazine editors and book publishers.
Other topics to be discussed include research methods and interview preparation, story structure, the difference between magazine, newspaper and book writing, and science writing ethics.
Participants should come to the workshop having thought about and lightly researched an idea for a magazine article or book on a science issue.
Wayne Grady has been a magazine writer and editor for 30 years; he has also written 11 books of nonfiction, most recently The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region; edited 15 anthologies of short fiction and nature writing; and translated 12 novels from the French. He has won numerous National Magazine Awards, three Science in Society awards, and has been shortlisted for four Governor-General's Awards, one of which he won. He is also an adjunct professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia.
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.
