The Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) was created in 1998 to promote and encourage literary arts and to represent the interests of English language writers living in Quebec. We organize an annual literary awards ceremony; we communicate with all levels of government; we increase public awareness of literary arts and institutions through public activities; and we encourage dialogue between anglophone and francophone literary communities.

QWF grew out of the strong roots put down by the Federation of English Writers of Quebec (FEWQ) and the Quebec Society for the Promotion of English Language Literature (QSPELL).

Most of all, the Quebec Writers' Federation is you. We're always ready to welcome any new members.

What We Do
In order to promote and encourage English language writing and writers in Quebec, QWF is involved in a wide range of activities, publications and programmes. They include:

• A Mentorship program that pairs emerging writers with established authors on writing projects
• Writing workshops to hone skills, such as travel-writing, marketing for freelancers, novel-writing, poetry, songwriting, writing for children, etc.
• Writers in Schools and Writers in CEGEPS programs, which bring
  authors into the education system;
• Writers Out Loud, a regular book club meeting that features
  conversations with internationally acclaimed fiction, non-fiction and poetry authors from Quebec;
• QWrite, a quarterly newsletter with information on literary events, programs, contests and news from members;
• Housing a book collection of all former QWF Award winners, dating to 1988, at the Atwater Library in Montreal;
• Maintenance of a growing database of all English language Quebec writers and their books on the web.
• List of books, stories and articles by Quebec English-language writers on the topic of Home, in its broadest sense.

  FEATURES

Mary Soderstrom, Vice President
1200, avenue Atwater
Montreal, QC H3Z 1X4
Tel: 514-933-0878 Fax: 514-934-2485
E-mail: qspell@total.net
www.qwf.org