Welcome to the Quebec Books Curator Contest!
We want to hear about your favourite works of English-language literature from Quebec.
Each month from May to December 2025, we'll showcase a new collection of Quebec books curated by a QWF member, highlighting the vibrancy and diversity of the province’s English-language literary scene.
Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Instructions:- Choose 6-10 books from the Quebec Books Database (quebecbooks.qwf.org).
- Prepare a short bio and blurb for your collection (max 120 words each). Your blurb should explain the rationale behind your choices of books and what they have in common, be it a theme, subject, or something else. Include a title for your collection (for example, "Books from the Townships," "Montreal Crime Reads," "Utopian and Dystopian Fiction").
- Fill out this form to send us your proposed collection. You will receive a response two weeks after the deadline.
Rules and Guidelines:- The books you select should have something in common. It could be something as simple as your favourite books by Quebec authors, but we’re more likely to publish a
collection with a cohesive theme, whether it’s books that inspired the last book you wrote, books by authors from one city or region of Quebec, or books about a specific subject or time period. Your creativity is encouraged!
- You must choose books that are already in the database. Use the search features to search for particular authors or book titles. (Tip: Wrap your search term in quotation marks to search for an exact phrase and narrow your search results.)
- You must be a QWF member to participate.
- You cannot include your own books in your collection, but you can mention your books in your blurb or bio.
- You can choose either books that you’ve read or you want to read. You do not have to have read all of them in their entirety.
- Your blurb should be succinct and enticing. We will use the blurb as a description for your collection, so it should do a good job selling these books.
About the Quebec Books DatabaseThe Quebec Books Database is an ever-expanding online directory of books submitted to the QWF Awards. Conceived by QWF as part of the year-long celebration of Montreal as UNESCO’s “World Book Capital,” the project was initially supported by the Montreal World Book Capital Committee and the Department of Canadian Heritage. In November 2023, the database was revamped and relaunched, thanks to a supplemental grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Today, it contains over 2000 books by over 1100 Quebec writers.
