Entries Tagged as ‘Outside Events’

June 19, 2008

Party at Sandy Wolofsky’s

Former PWAC Quebec member Sandy Wolofsky is having a party at her cottage in Ste-Agathe-Sud, Sunday, June 29, 2pm til dawn (for those of you keeping track of our event calendar, it’s the day after our chapter summer party.
For all the details, and to RSVP email Sandy at ydnas@wolofsky.com.
P.S. Feel free to pass this on [...]

June 12, 2008

Chocolate tasting!

On Tuesday, June 17, at 7:00 p.m., the Dix Mille Villages in NDG is hosting a chocolate tasting with liqueurs. The cost is $10 and includes three different liqueurs and three luxury chocolates. The store managers will begin the evening with a short presentation on the history of Fair Trade Chocolate. This will be followed [...]

June 10, 2008

Canadian Centre for Architecture lecture

Urgency
Public conversation with Greg Lynn and Yung Ho Chang
In conversation with CCA Director Mirko Zardini
Friday 13 June
Café-causerie from 9 am
Presentation from 10 am to 12 pm
Baile Park
Free admission, no reservation required
Renowned for their innovative projects and thinking, these two major international figures of the architectural world presents issues of vital importance in contemporary practice. The [...]

June 2, 2008

English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) Schmoozer

The Schmoozer - Monday, June 2, 2008
This month ELAN is teaming up with YES Montreal to host the biggest Schmoozer of all time! On June 2, 2008, from 5 to 7 pm at Bistro Origine in the Old Port, ELAN invites participants from the 8th Annual Montreal Self-Employed Artists’ Conference to join ELAN members for [...]

May 15, 2008

The Write Stuff! Networking Event for Montreal Communication Professionals

Do you make a living from your pen or keyboard, or aspire to do so? Then you will not want to miss this opportunity to meet and network with other communication professionals and discover the various organizations supporting them.

Organized by the Montreal Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC-Montreal), this networking event is co-sponsored [...]

May 15, 2008

QWF Schmoozapalooza!

The Panelist’s choices for the Quebec Writers Federation June 2 Schmoozapalooza! – with the texts themselves – are now online at http://qwf.org/events/qwfreads.html. Read them all before coming to the event (details below), and be prepared to help shape English Quebec’s literary history… a little.
The next Quebec Writers’ Federation Schmoozapalooza! invites you to help choose [...]

April 6, 2008

Online Query Clinic

Former PWAC Quebec President Hélèna Katz is offering an online workshop about query writing. Information is below. Please follow up with her directly.
Query Clinic: Making your query letters sing
Open May 5 - 30, 2008
Do you have magazine queries that need some major surgery or perhaps just a little tune-up? Are you puzzled why your pitches [...]

March 31, 2008

Screenwriting Seminar April 19

Below is information about an upcoming screeenwriting workshop being offered by a PWAC member. Please contact her for more information.
Screenwriting Seminar — Paid Workshop
Learn screenwriting basics in just one day during writing coach Elizabeth Johnston’s seminar on April 19 in Montreal or June 8 in Toronto. This is a full day seminar [...]

February 28, 2008

Upcoming events for writers

Below are some upcoming non-PWAC events. Please follow up with the relevant organization for more information.
Canadian Association of Journalists: Free Lunchtime Talk
STÉPHANE ROUSSEL AND JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ROUSSEL ON: QUEBEC, WAR AND AFGHANISTAN
The Montreal chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists will host a discussion with Prof. Stéphane Roussel, UQÀM’s chair of foreign and defence policy, and [...]

February 26, 2008

PWAC’s letter of support for the ERDC

Further to this post about the court hearings currently underway in Montreal, below is the letter of support prepared by our national president and executive director. Craig Silverman, our chapter president, presented the letter in court yesterday but was prevented from reading its contents into the record. He did however get the opportunity to offer [...]