Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted March 22nd, 2011
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites artists from all disciplines to attend a free seminar, presented by the Montreal Artists Legal Clinic (CJAM) at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre auditorium, 1200 Atwater Avenue (between Ste Catherine and Tupper, metro Atwater) Westmount, QC on Friday, April 8th from 12:00 to 1:00.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted March 21st, 2011
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
An evening to raise funds for the Red Cross’s earthquake relief efforts in Japan and New Zealand.
Sponsored by Alfred Dallaire Memoria
FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2011, 6-8 PM
Salon B bibliocafé, 4231 Saint-Laurent Blvd.
Featuring artists from countries along the seismic zone known as the Pacific Ring of Fire:
Cleo Paskal (Canada), Shelagh Plunkett (Canada), Elise Moser (US/Canada), Alice Petersen (New Zealand) and the poetry of Aspasia Worlitzky (Chile/Canada), Maya Khankhoje (Mexico), Aimée Paradis (Canada), Rodrigo Sandoval (Chile/Canada), Lady Rojas (Peru), and, appearing for Proyecto Cultural Sur, Tito Alvarado (Chile) and Francisco Belmont (Mexico) with flautist and shinobue player Yuki Isami (Japan), and singer Aya Aikawa (Sendai, Japan)
International writers living in Montreal are pleased to announce a benefit evening to help raise funds for the Red Cross in earthquake-stricken Japan, and Christchurch, New Zealand. Many of us have travelled, many of us are immigrants; we all know how difficult it is to be away when natural disaster strikes the people and the countries that we love. “Readings from the Ring of Fire” is a gesture of solidarity and support on the part of international writers living in Montreal for quake-stricken Japan and for the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
This event would not be possible without the kind sponsorship of Alfred Dallaire Memoria. This event is registered with the Canadian Red Cross.
All donations will go to the Canadian and New Zealand Red Cross funds for earthquake relief. Admission is free.
For more information, contact Alice Petersen, 514-277-1395 or lilkiwi [at] videotron [dot] ca
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted March 20th, 2011
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The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec and the Quebec Writers’ Federation present New York publishing guru Mike Shatzkin on The Future of Books.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted March 6th, 2011
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Stranger In A Fresh Green World: A Weekend Writing Retreat For Poetic Souls Who Adore Nature And Walking
Friday, May 20, 5:00 p.m. to Sunday May 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Manoir d’Youville 498, boul. d’Youville, Île Saint-Bernard Châteauguay, QC
Workshop leader:Shelley A. Leedahl
Cost: $260 for QWF members; $285 for non-members — single room (shared bathroom) & six meals included
Deadline for Registration & Payment:March 18, 2011
Maximum number of retreat participants: 12
For more information, or to register: 514-933-0878 or info [at] qwf [dot] org
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted February 9th, 2011
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Stranger In A Fresh Green World: A Weekend Retreat for Poetic Souls Who Adore Nature and Walking
Friday, May 20, 5:00 p.m. to Sunday May 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Manoir d’Youville
498, boul. d’Youville, Île Saint-Bernard
Châteauguay, QC
Workshop leader: Shelley A. Leedahl
Cost: $260 for QWF members; $285 for non-members — single room (shared bathroom) & six meals included
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted February 9th, 2011
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Amy Wilkins, Assistant Manager, Digital Content and Social Media at Harlequin Enterprises Inc. will be delivering a presentation on the tools and techniques Harlequin uses as one of the most innovative digital publishers/marketers in the world. She will touch on Harlequin’s e-publishing program, top tips for marketing online, and Harlequin’s new digital imprint, Carina Press.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted January 25th, 2011
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Maya Assouad, marketing manager for Véhicule Press, will be conducting an intensive, hands-on follow-up session to her highly successful 2010 web marketing workshop. Receive personalized feedback in this half-day class!
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted November 8th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Join Tim Grantham, Front Runner Training’s DITA Program Manager, as he shows you how to get all the benefits of DITA – higher quality, lower costs, faster time to market – without the pain. Like most organizations, your company is probably still using Microsoft® Word® for documentation – and paying for it in extra costs as writers struggle with Word’s “features”, editors re-work what the writers have managed to complete, and Web site managers and translators re-format for new channels and other languages. DITA – the open, international standard for technical and business communications – promises to strip all that waste away. But DITA seems so complicated: XML, schemas, specializations, content management systems… how to get there from here? Tim shows you where to start, how to make every step pay off, and how to know when you have arrived. And all in plain language, without jargon or tech-speak.
For additional information see the STC Southwestern Ontario chapter website.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted October 14th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
MONTREAL SEMINARS
Fall-Winter Seminars 2010-11
Title: The Secrets of Syntax
Date: November 5, 2010
Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Place: Hotel Ruby Foo’s (www.hotelrubyfoos.com)
Address: 7655, boul. Décarie, Montreal
Instructor: Frances Peck
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted October 3rd, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
The American Medical Writer’s Association (AMWA) invites you to our next networking meeting entitled:
How to ensure your web site never makes you any money as a freelancer
Andy Gural presents a tongue in cheek talk about how to improve your web presence. Members and non-members are both welcome to this discussion.
When:
Wednesday, October 6th at 6:45 pm
Where:
La Milsa Poisson
1431 Bishop, Montreal (just North of St. Catherine)
514-282-6666
Click here to go to the AMWA page about this event.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted September 30th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
The Quebec Writers’ Federation and l’Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécoare delighted to invite you to:
Reading: Un acte d’amour / Lire : An Act of Love
October 12, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Sala Rossa
4848, St. Laurent Boulevard
Montreal, QC
Admission: $5
QWF and UNEQ members: $3
Lori Schubert
Executive Director
Quebec Writers’ Federation
514-933-0878
www.qwf.org
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted September 20th, 2010
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Have you ever had a product delayed because required deliverables were late or incomplete?
Have late design changes ever raised manufacturing or quality issues?
Do you wish there was a way to reuse the knowledge in your CAD models to improve critical processes in your company outside engineering and design?
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted September 14th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Writing with the Bear/Bare and Soul/Sole
Offered by the Quebec Writers’ Federation in partnership with the Département d’études anglaises de l’Université de Montréal.
This workshop is for the courageous person who isn’t afraid of entering the dark. Learn how to use unique tools to enrich and develop your writing; the medicine wheel, the awareness wheel, and the genogram and community tree for character development. You will learn to trust your emotional life, address your fears, and work through writer’s block in a secure and safe manner. Exercises presented will be hands-on and directed toward your creative work. Braid your awareness with the methods presented in this workshop.
Louise Bernice Halfe, or Sky Dancer, was raised on the reserve, Saddle Lake, although not exclusively. Beyond her family’s control, Louise and her siblings were transferred from home to residential school. She later graduated with a Bachelor of social work and has a sub-specialty in addictions counseling. She is also a facilitator. Sky Dancer enriches her writing career with these skills, using them to move people from the perceived “writer’s block.” She served as Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate for two years and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, Northwest Territories, and abroad. She has served as keynote speaker at numerous conferences. Her books, Bear Bones and Feathers, Blue Marrow and The Crooked Good, published by Coteau Publishers have all received numerous accolades and awards.
Workshop fee: $35
Maximum enrolment: 12, first come, first served
Contact the QWF office to register: info [at] qwf [dot] org or 514-933-0878
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted September 14th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
What’s the Story? A Fiction Workshop for Young Writers
This workshop is open to Secondary I, II, and III students from any secondary school. Maximum of 12 participants. Two scholarships covering the workshop fee are available.
To Register, or for more information, call 514-933-0878 or email info [at] qwf [dot] org. Please call to check availability of a spot before sending in your cheque!
Do you find yourself writing stories in your head? Maybe you’re one of those mysterious writers with a secret stash of tales locked away in a file no one sees but you. In this dynamic workshop, we’ll talk about what glows in your story, as well as how to kick it up a notch. Participants will gain inspiration from sharing and talking about each other’s work, as well as bringing in samples of some of their favourite published stories by writers they admire. Together, we’ll break short story craft down into key elements, such as voice and point-of-view (who’s talking?), character (who’s who), action (what’s happening?) dialogue (let’s talk), and setting (where it’s at). Springboards will get your creative juices flowing and catalyze new material. To practice public speaking and presenting, we will read our work aloud to one another for feedback.
Ami Sands Brodoff is an award-winning novelist and short story author. Her latest work, the novel, The White Space Between, about a mother and daughter grappling with the impact of the Holocaust, is the winner of the 2009 Canadian Jewish Book Award for fiction. Ami is also the author of the volume of stories, Bloodknots, short-listed for the Re-Lit Award and the novel, Can You See Me? which focuses on a family struggling with schizophrenia. An excerpt of that book was nominated for The Pushcart Prize. Ami has won fellowships to Yaddo, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Ragdale Foundation, The St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Malta and writes for The Globe and Mail, Quill and Quire, The Gazette, as well as national magazines. She is currently at work on a new novel.
Quebec Writers’ Federation
514-933-0878
admin [at] qwf [dot] org
www.qwf.org
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted September 2nd, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Workshop leader: Jordan Nardone
Where: rad’a, 841 St-André (corner of Gilford, Laurier metro)
When: Sunday, September 26, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $20 for QWF members; $22 for non-members
This workshop is designed to introduce writers to a simple, effective and practical way to relieve tension, improve posture and breathing, and refresh both the body and mind while at work. With the ancient practice of Yoga as our framework, we will explore techniques and exercises to encourage better posture and relieve the common aches and pains that tend to accompany hours upon hours spent at the computer.
All are welcome! No previous yoga experience is required. Even if you are currently living with an injury you can benefit from this workshop.
Most props (chairs, mats, blankets) will be provided at the yoga studio but please bring your yoga mat if you own one. Please wear comfortable clothing (no jeans please). The workshop will take place in bare feet.
Maximum: 20 participants
Jordan Nardone is a Hatha Yoga instructor and certified Masso-kinesitherapist. She also teaches anatomy to both students and teachers of yoga. Jordan’s extensive training in anatomy and biomechanics has led her to explore the therapeutic applications of yoga, and she delights in teaching others how to use this practice to heal themselves.
To register, call 514-933-0878 and leave a message if there’s no answer. Callers will be registered in order of phone messages.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted August 26th, 2010
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Concodia University is offering a new course in Travel Writing this Fall. The course begins Thursday, September 16, 2010 (6–8pm), and continues for 10 weeks.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted August 13th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
The Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec presents an evening about e-book publishing.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted August 3rd, 2010
Back by popular demand, Mediaville Montreal is organizing another freelancer meet and greet next month. The last event was a strong success — with about 30 freelance professionals in print, video, radio, web and mobile media attending. The next mixer will be Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Irish Embassy Pub.
More than just a social outing, Mediaville intends to is to forge closer ties — especially business ties — between Montreal’s freelance media professionals. As with the first gathering, official attendance is limited, this time to 40 people. The details for RSVPing are below.
Location: Irish Embassy Pub, 1234 Bishop Street (link)
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Admission requirements: freelance media professional status
RSVP: info [at] mediaville [dot] ca
When replying, please include your:
Name:
Professional association:
Website:
Years of freelance experience:
Media: (i.e., print, Web, radio, video, etc.)
Services: (i.e., writing, graphic design, documentary film, etc.)
Sort of work you’re interested in:
Fall professional development seminar
Last fall, Mediaville, in conjunction with its partners, hosted its first event: a half-day, weekend event, with two panel discussions, a workshop and networking party, attended by over 100 local freelancers. We’d like to repeat the experience, and make it even better. We’re looking for a couple, dedicated and resourceful people to help with organization and staffing (note that volunteers get free admission).
If you’d like to help out, volunteers can apply here.
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted May 15th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
Helpless Doorknobs & Other Dramatic Considerations
Written by the Playwrights of the QWF Round Table
Atwater Library Auditorium
Thursday, May 20th
7:30 p.m. Admission free.
Doors open at 7:15 p.m.
Quebec Writers Federation
qwf.org
Non-STC-Montreal Event | Posted May 10th, 2010
Note: This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal. Please contact the event organizers for more details.
The American Medical Writer’s Association (AMWA) invites you to Voice of Experience, our next exciting networking meeting on Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 pm.
Members and non-members are both welcome to this roundtable discussion with a panel of experienced freelance medical writers to help new or aspiring writers, or for freelancers who could use a little mentoring to get on track. We will be sharing our tips and best practices to help you reach your goals to become a successful freelance medical writer. Feel free to invite your friends and colleagues who may be interested. Of course employers looking for freelancers or employees are always welcome!
Some of the topics we will discuss:
Panel composed of: Bruce Wilson, Lara Holmes, Peter MacMillan, and Crystal Kaczkowski
Please RSVP to medicalwriter [at] videotron [dot] ca by 12 pm on Tuesday, May 11th so we know how many chairs to tell the restaurant to set up, but note that you will not necessarily receive a confirmation reply.
We were at this restaurant a few years back and it has its own private room upstairs so will be more conducive for discussion that our last few meetings.
Le Caveau Szechwan
6000, ave. de Monkland
N.D.G.
Montreal, H4A 1G8
Tél. 514.488.2818
(Ask for AMWA reservation)
Crystal Kaczkowski
Freelance Medical Writer/Copywriter
514-585-3077
medicalwriter [at] videotron [dot] ca
www.medwrite.ca
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