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Canadian Authors-Toronto & Editors Toronto – Winning Two Gillers: A Conversation with Esi Edugian and Her Editors
Co-presented by Canadian Authors–Toronto, Editors Toronto, and the Creative Writing Program at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. This special event will bring acclaimed novelist Esi Edugyan together with four of her editors — Patrick Crean, Marie-Lynn Hammond, John Sweet, and Jane Warren — for a discussion about the writing and editing of Ms. Edugyan’s two Giller Prize winning novels, Half-Blood Blues (2011) and Washington Black (2018). Have you wondered what it’s like, editorially speaking, to work with an author who has won not one but two Giller Prizes? Would you…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Alberta – On Being Here Now: Writing Change and the Social Subject
The Friday presentation will be an introduction to these subjects, which will be discussed and workshopped in greater length during the Saturday workshop. Cost for Friday presentation: Free for members, $10 for non-members What happens at this moment in time when we work to understand what matters as we think our way through our writing or write our way through our thinking? There are many entrances. The following questions and ideas, small provocations, provide provisional openings. You will bring…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Alberta – On Being Here Now: Writing Change and the Social Subject
What happens at this moment in time when we work to understand what matters as we think our way through our writing or write our way through our thinking? There are many entrances. The following questions and ideas, small provocations, provide provisional openings. You will bring your own aspirations and ideas to our shared workshop table where we will write and share our writing. Dynamic social movements in the past few years have raised the stakes of what it…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Waterloo-Wellington: Critique Circle
Submissions are due by January 13. Please contact waterlooauthors@gmail.com for details or to join.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – NCR Branch: Step by Step to Completion, with Jennifer Mulligan
Are you mired in a mound of half-completed manuscripts or stuck in the middle of a novel you can’t quite finish? Are your notes scattered and all over the place? Accomplished screenwriter, Jennifer Mulligan, leads us in steps she follows to complete her works—steps that adapt to all kinds of writing. http://jennifermulligan.com/
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Niagara workshop – Research: A seductive distraction to writing
This workshop will cover how to make research meaningful to your work in setting, dialogue, plot, descriptions, characters, and more. Susan will guide you through research avenues and strategies for making your work bulletproof. Learn how research can frame your arguments, provide rich anecdotes and impressive data so you can empirically crush the critics. This workshop will improve all your written work no matter the genre. Please book your seat early as space is limited. To register for this workshop,…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Metro Vancouver Victoria group – SPOTLIGHT: Prose Open Mic
Come out for a chance to read your fiction or nonfiction at our SPOTLIGHT prose open-mic event. Sign-up between 6:15 and 6:30 pm. Readings up to 5 minutes each. Featured readers: Howard Stewart, May Wong
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Waterloo-Wellington: Writing With Style workshop
If you do any kind of creative writing, fiction or nonfiction, this workshop is for you. We’ll tackle the nitty-gritty of putting words on paper in a way that will grip the reader’s imagination. You’ll learn how to avoid common errors that drain the life from your prose. And you’ll discover how to make your writing more vivid, more elegant and more powerful. Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Waterloo-Wellington: Critique Circle
Submissions are due by February 10. Please contact waterlooauthors@gmail.com for details or to join.
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Metro Vancouver Victoria group – SPOTLIGHT: Prose Open Mic
Come out for a chance to read your fiction or nonfiction at our SPOTLIGHT prose open-mic event. Sign-up between 6:15 and 6:30 pm. Readings up to 5 minutes each. Featured readers: TBA
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