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.
WRITING THE PAST, OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR RESEARCH IS SHOWING
Saturday, April 12, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1200 Atwater Avenue, Atwater Library Auditorium
Workshop leader: Merilyn Simonds
An intensive workshop on the particular challenges of writing convincing and compelling fiction set in the past. Through examples and writing exercises, participants will explore the issues of research (how much is too much?), finding an original, yet authentic voice, the use and abuse of archaic language and syntax, and the legal/ethical dilemmas involved in shaping real-life characters and events into fiction. The course will cover research sources and techniques as well as tricks for “getting into” historical characters and ferreting out the insidious, hideous beast of anachronism.
This workshop will be useful for serious writers beginning a new project as well as those with a manuscript underway. Writers with a work-in-progress are invited to send no more than a 10-page sample at least 3 weeks in advance. It will be returned on the day of the workshop with detailed comments. If possible, time will be set aside for short personal conferences. Send samples by email to admin@qwf.org by March 21 at the very latest. Please write “For Simonds” in the subject line.
Merilyn Simonds is an award-winning writer whose books include The Convict Lover (set in 1920), a finalist for the Governor General's Award, and the internationally acclaimed story collection, The Lion in the Room Next Door. Her novel, The Holding, set in 1859 and 1990, was on the Canadian Independent Booksellers' bestseller list for six months, and was selected a New York Times Editors' Choice.
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.
