👉 Directeur général or directrice générale : qwf.org/call-for-app...
👉 Directeur ou directrice des opérations : qwf.org/call-for-app...
QWF recrute pour deux poste : Directeur général ou directrice générale et directeur ou directrice des opérations. Il s'agit de deux postes permanents à temps plein – d'excellentes occasions de contribuer à façonner la scène littéraire anglophone du Québec !
QWF is looking to fill two roles: Executive Director and Operations Manager. Both are permanent, full-time positions—and excellent opportunities to shape Quebec's English-language literary scene!
👉 Executive Director: qwf.org/call-for-app...
Our latest #QuebecBooks Collection is here! Curated by Mary Soderstrom, WHERE I WANT TO BE AND WHY: MONTREAL highlights ten local books that either are set in Montreal or point to what makes this city special. 👉️ quebecbooks.qwf.org/collections/...
Join us March 3rd for a Lunch & Learn with the Public Lending Right, which helps authors get paid for their works in public libraries. Learn how authors can register for the program, how payments work, and more: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The position includes:
✅ An $800 honorarium
✅ 8–10 hours of mentorship
✅ A free one-year membership or extension of membership in the QWF
Learn more and apply: qwf.org/call-for-app...
The selected candidate will work under the guidance of 2Spirit Michif multidisciplinary artist and educator @moeclark to curate the September 2026 edition of the Words and Music Show, QWF's musical and literary performance series.
Calling all #BIPOC literary artists!
The 2026 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship is now open to applications from Quebec-based aspiring literary artists who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Apply by March 19!
The 2026 Pyramid Campaign to support the Writers in the Community (WIC) program is now on!
Help make a real difference in a young person's life. The deadline to support the campaign is May 15. Learn more and donate at qwf.org/pyramid-campaign.🔗
Bring fun back into your craft with CREATIVE PLAY FOR WRITERS, an 8-week workshop focused on hands-on experimentation. Register online or in person. 👇️
🚨 Scholarship opportunity for #BIPOCwriters! 🚨
We still have Fresh Pages Scholarships to award for the Spring 2026 Workshop season. Each scholarship covers the full cost of registering for one of our workshops and a free one-year membership in QWF. Open to BIPOC applicants. qwf.org/activities/p...
Introducing: The 2026 QWF Mentorship Pairs!
From February to May, seven emerging writers and one emerging translator will work with their mentors to make the transition to the next stage of their careers, culminating in a public reading in June.
See the pairs 👉️ qwf.org/announcing-t...
🚨#FreelanceWriting workshop! 🚨
Are you looking to earn a living from your writing? Don't miss Hustle Life Balance with Shanthony Exum, a one-day #workshop that will help you avoid common freelancing mistakes to build a profitable—and sustainable—career as a freelancer. 👇
https://ow.ly/15kq50Y6bqU
You're invited to our #LunchAndLearn with Confabulation, Montreal's true-tale storytelling series! If you're interested in storytelling, don't miss it. Free and open to all. Register to get the Zoom link. 👇
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iISczMWKTsG8liYex8raPg#/registration
Warm yourself up amid the cold snap with readings by environmental writers! This free public reading takes place tomorrow, January 24th, 5–8 pm, at Hôtel Gault in Old Montreal. Five open mic spots available at the door! https://www.nature-culture.net/montrealreading
We're #hiring!
Quist—QWF's literary journal featuring the poetry and prose of Quebecers aged 14–21— is seeking an Indigenous editor to help build meaningful connections with young writers from Indigenous communities across Quebec: https://ow.ly/heZT50Y0Peu
The QWF community has lost a much-valued member, adviser, and friend: Thaioronióhte Dan David, who died on Monday, January 12 after a years-long battle with cancer.
QWF's Lori Schubert shares her remembrances of Dan in a tribute to him: https://qwf.org/thaioroniohte-dan-david-1952-2026-a-tribute/
Interested in a workshop that's already full? Make sure you're a QWF member so you get advance notice about our future workshops!
Spring 2026 #WritingWorkshops—now open for registration 🤩
Explore everything from children's picture books and long-form fiction to podcasting and creative play for writers.
Spots fill up fast—so sign up ASAP 👉https://qwf.org/activities/programs/workshops/
Start the new year off strong by attending our first event of the year!
Come meet the team and learn all about our programs and services for writers of all levels, from aspiring to established. Free and open to all.👇
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M6YE5bkiSXi4dheUsZVrzQ
Say hello to the newest additions to QWF's board of directors! 🤩
Rebecca Morris, Antolina Ortiz Moore, and Marcia Walker are the latest members to join the board. Join us in welcoming them! See their bios: https://qwf.org/about-qwf/who/board-of-directors/
This Saturday, join Alexis O'Hara for GENDER-FREE GROUP LOOP, a one-day workshop on literary performance. Learn more and sign up 👉 qwf.org/product/gend...
"Beneath the surface of every name lies a story," writes featured member Fred Anderson, "and beneath every story, a longing to return home. 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘯 traces my journey through the tangled branches of my family tree, social activism, where memory and myth intertwine."
https://ow.ly/qMPl50XBt9H
Join QWF at the Read Quebec Book Fair!
We'll be there the whole weekend, Dec 6-7, at Casa d'Italia, near Jean-Talon Metro Station. Stop by the QWF table to say hi and grab a QWF tote bag—hot off the press! 🤩
https://qwf.org/activities/series-events/read-quebec-book-fair/#current
This Tuesday at 12pm, join us for a free online screening of AGELESS, a new documentary from the Cummings Centre that confronts ageism and its impact. Free and open to all. 👇
"The Fool reminded me that writing is a risk, at least a psychological one, and that if you choose to go on, you have to keep taking the risk..."
H Felix Chau Bradley on their return from the Max Margles Writing Residency in Ireland. 👇
https://ow.ly/UL1c50XvT9A
beyond honored to win the Cole Foundation Translation Prize for our (me + Lénaïg Cariou) co-translation of THE HAND OF THE HAND by Laura Vazquez at the @officialqwf.bsky.social gala last night!!
congratulations to all the winners + nominees; we had marvelous company!!
so this happened: I made first place of the @officialqwf.bsky.social's carte blanche prize with my poem "heart made of bees," and got to bring this beautiful trophy home last night! still feels unreal, and I couldn't be more grateful for this recognition. more on this as soon as I catch my breath 🩷🩷
