Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available

Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available If you are part of an English or Creative Writing department, guild, or community we encourage you to forward this email to your colleagues, students—and fellow writers. Dear fellow writers and instructors of creative writing: You are a writer—you know what it’s like to spend a lot…

Call for Papers: A Symposium on Manitoba Writing

Call for Papers: A Symposium on Manitoba Writing to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba May 10-12, 2012, organized by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild (MWG), you are invited to take part in a Symposium on Manitoba Writing in spring 2012. Proposals for papers on all aspects of…

Announcing….. THE GERALD LAMPERT & PAT LOWTHER AWARDS SHORTLIST

April 4, 2011, Toronto:  The League of Canadian Poets is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2011 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards.  Congratulations to the authors for their fine work and many thanks to the jurors for their hard work on this year’s awards. Winners of these awards will be announced during a…

PEIWG Annual General Meeting, Workshop, and Open Mic

The PEI Writers’ Guild announces its Annual General Meeting, Workshop, and Open Mic event to be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011.   Co-sponsored with the Department of English at UPEI, and made possible with support from the Community Cultural Partnership Program of the PEI Department of Tourism and Culture, the Workshop WRITING FOR CHILDREN…

CCWWP conference registration now open

Dear Colleagues, Early bird registration for the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) conference in October 2010 is now open! Please go to http://www.regonline.ca/CCWWP2010. We encourage you to register as soon as possible, to take advantage of the early bird rate, and to assist the organizing committee in planning and budgeting. You can also download…

PEIWG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

You are invited to the 21st PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) Annual General Meeting being held on Saturday, April 24th, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Sean Wiebe’s house at 31 Edinburgh Drive, Charlottetown. Items on the agenda are the Chair’s report, Treasurer’s report, Ratification of Board Members, Island Literary Awards, and Funding Issues. We will also…

Network – Learn – Grow

The Atlantic Magazines Association is proud to present its second annual MagazinesEast 2010. Atlantic Canada’s premiere professional development and networking conference for the publishing industry. Don’t miss this year’s exciting line-up of speakers on topics like branding, marketing, editorial, website sales, typography, and much more. Register before March 15th and you could win an iPod…

Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs

Dear Fellow Creative Writing Instructors: Many of you may remember an email in November 2008 from the University of Calgary Creative Writing Faculty proposing to form an organization of Canadian creative writing instructors. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and included many concrete proposals. As a result, our committee has expanded and decided to pursue the…

The Great Cape Breton Book Club

The Great Cape Breton Book Club June 5 – 7, 2009 Meet kindred book lovers at the Keltic Lodge’s colossal book club weekend. Come to laugh, share stories and meet new friends, all while enjoying a great piece of Nova Scotia literature. This visits book selection is Ava Comes Home by Lesley Crewe . Arrive…

Cultural Forum 2009: The Business of Culture

WHEN: May 8, 2009 – Charlottetown – PEI The Cultural Human Resources Sector Council is inviting interested parties to the second annual forum for PEI’s cultural sector to be held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts on May 8, 2009. The Business of Culture will feature a full day of workshops, panel discussions, networking…