Supporting, Connecting, and Inspiring Quebec Writers

A vibrant and inclusive community organization that develops, supports, and promotes those writing in English in Quebec.

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QWF: Writing in the Margins

Get an inside look at the vibrant world of QWF through the voices of Executive Director Lori Schubert and three engaging members.

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Featured Member

Five Questions for: Fred Anderson

Fred Anderson is a writer, an activist, a finalist for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards, and QWF’s latest featured member.   Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Fred Anderson joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager and became field secretary … More info Read more

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Upcoming activities

18 Apr
QWF Workshop

Solving the Picture Book Puzzle

Led by: Monique Polak

What stories are best suited to the picture book genre? What are the conventions of the picture book? What are the central themes of the picture book? More info

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21 Apr
QWF Event

Lunch & Learn: Delivering and Listening to Land Acknowledgements

Land acknowledgements of today are intended to be an act of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples of the territory upon which non-Indigenous Canadians reside. In this Lunch & Learn, writer Suzanne Keeptwo will highlight essential truths and knowledge for implementing an effective, Iiving, breathing land acknowledgement. She will inspire the creation of impactful land acknowledgements intended to raise awareness about connections to, and responsibilities toward, the land. More info
5 Nov
Event

Ireland Castle Writing Retreat 2027

Join CMarie Fuhrman (workshop leader) for a week in an Irish castle, November 5-12, … More info Read more

Daniel’s support, and particularly his belief in the quality of my work, has been an incredible boon to my writing, leading me to double—nay, triple!—my efforts toward completion. As the mentorship program draws to a close, the memoir is about 70% complete and I have finalized a book proposal that will allow me to start pitching the book to agents and publishers over the coming months.

Emira Tufo, 2024 Mentorship Program

Activities

Writers in the Community

QWF’s Writers in the Community program pairs small groups of young people with a professional writer or literary performance artist who can teach them and, more important, motivate them, to use language to express themselves in productive ways.

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QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors

The QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors is an ever-expanding online directory of over 2000 books by over 1100 Quebec writers publishing books in English.

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carte blanche

QWF’s online literary journal founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop.

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Quist

QWF's online literary magazine for Quebecers aged 14–21.

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