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QWF Featured Member Kate Lavut released a trailer for her upcoming graphic memoir, DUDE, WHERE'S MY BOOB? 👇 Watch it on YouTube 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0O...

The 2025 QWF Mentorship Reading is almost here! 🤩 On June 1, we'll hear the mentees of this year's cohort read from their works in progress. Tickets are sold out, but we hope you'll join us in spirit if not in person! qwf.org/event/2025-q... #QCLit #QuebecLit #QCwriters #writingmentorship

Introducing QWF's latest featured member, playwright and graphic memoirist Kate Lavut! QWF Membership Services Coordinator Riley Palanca spoke to Kate about her work, her influences and career as an artist, and what’s next for her: qwf.org/five-questio...

You're invited to #WritersOutLoud A Night of Trans Joy! Join us on May 6 at 7 pm at Pulp Books & Cafe for an evening of literary conversation and community connection. RSVP on Facebook to tell us you're coming! www.facebook.com/share/1AW7Ac...

🚨 Calling all playwrights! 🚨 National Theatre School of Canada's Public Classes are now open for registration—an excellent chance for seasoned and beginner writers alike. Courses start April 22 for Beginner Playwriting and Playwriting from Adaptation. Visit ent-nts.ca/en/public-cl... for more info.

Do you LOVE giving book recommendations? Enter our Quebec Books Curator Contest! Each month from May to the end of the 2025, we'll showcase a new collection of 6-10 Quebec books curated by a QWF member. Learn more about the contest: qwf.org/announcing-t... #QCWriters #WritersQuebec #QuebecLit

Join us for our #LunchAndLearn with @elanqc.bsky.social next Tuesday, March 25, 12-1 pm ET! ELAN Director of Programming Nick Maturo will discuss ELAN's many programs and how writers and artists can benefit from them. Free, open to all. Register for the Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...

Are you an aspiring #BIPOC writer or photographer? Don't miss our editorial mentorship opportunity at carte blanche, QWF's online literary magazine. This year, mentorship is with carte blanche Photography Editor Shaney Herrmann. Includes an $800 honorarium. Learn more: qwf.org/call-for-app...

The 2025 Max Margles Writing Residency is now open to applications! Taking place October 6-25 at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, the residency includes a $2,300 stipend and covers travel, accommodation, meals, and more. Learn more: qwf.org/call-for-app...

We're hiring! / #NousRecrutons! La Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) est à la recherche d’une personne bilingue adjointe à la production d’un projet immersif multimédia : qwf.org/appel-de-can...

Deadline extended for the Roslyn & Max Margles Young Writers' Contest! If you know a kid who loves to write, share the contest and encourage them to enter by March 17: csllibrary.org/iguana/www.m...

Dawson Reads is hosting a reading tomorrow with author Alexander MacLeod, alongside 2024 QWF College Writers Award finalist Clara Frey!

Tomorrow! Don't miss Throw President @bewyrd.bsky.social's deep dive into all of Throw's events and activities. 👇

Calling all #BIPOC aspiring literary artists! Our 2025 #FreshPages Guest Curatorship is now accepting applications from QC-based artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour to curate the September edition of our #WordsAndMusicshow. Includes an $800 honorarium. 👇 qwf.org/call-for-app...

We're #hiring! We're seeking new workshop facilitators for our #StoryScaping 2025-2026 program. Each workshop is six hours long and pays $1000 plus costs of travel, meals, and accommodation. Deadline to apply is March 2. 👇Learn more at the link 👇 qwf.org/call-for-pro...

Come one come all to our #LunchAndLearn with Throw! Poetry Collective. Tuesday, February 25th at noon, join us on Zoom to hear Throw! President @bewyrd.bsky.social tell us about Throw!'s monthly #openmic and #poetryslam events. Get the Zoom link 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Are you 50+ and part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community? Do you have a story to tell? Join us for Elder Queer #Storytelling, an eight-week #writingworkshop with award-winning theatre creator Mary Ellen MacLean. Open to all levels of writers and storytellers! 👉 qwf.org/product/elde...

Here’s a peek at our upcoming releases for 2025! Pre-order these now at the link in our bio, and start the year with unforgettable stories! Here’s to a year of great books ahead! 🎉✨

The 2025 #WritersInTheCommunity Pyramid Campaign begins today! Writers in the Community (WIC) has a powerful impact on young people's lives. Help make a difference by donating to the campaign today: qwf.org/donate

Thanks @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social for the interview about how the Violet Hour Book Club wasn't able to rent a library space due to a misinterpretation of Bill 96's language restrictions. We're hopeful the upshot is something like this won't happen again! www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... #QCWriters

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