Reading by Donna Morrissey at the Confederation Centre Public Library, Thursday, May 19, 7:00 p.m. The Confederation Centre Public Library and the PEI Writers’ Guild are thrilled to present an intimate public reading by bestselling Newfoundland author Donna Morrissey on Thursday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the Library. Donna Morrissey has written three vivid…
Category: Writing Courses
PEI Screenwriters’ Boot Camp
Starts: Monday June 13, 2011, 09:00AM EDT Ends: Friday June 17, 2011, 05:00AM EDT Event Type: Training/Seminar Location: Haviland Club Charlottetown, PE CA Price: Website: http://www.peiscreenwritersbootcamp.net Industry: media production Keywords: Screenwriting, writing, training, scripts, television, film, transmedia, televisual Intended For: Writers Organization: Island Media Arts Coop Spend a week honing your screenwriting skills with industry…
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…
PEIWG 2011 Workshops
WRITING FOR CHILDREN WORKSHOP Deirdre Kessler: Writing Workshop Facilitator PEI Writers’ Guild 2011 Workshop Series (Central) Co-sponsored with the Department of English at UPEI WHEN & WHERE Saturday, April 30, 2011: UPEI, Main Building, Room 420 Presented before the 2011 PEI Writers’ Guild Annual General Meeting Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (will start promptly;…
PEIWG 2010 Mentorship Program
The Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) is pleased to announce the 2010 Mentorship Program is underway. Three published Prince Edward Island authors, members of the PEI Writers’ Guild, will act as a mentor to an emerging writer (mentee). They are: Deirdre Kessler, educator in creative writing, academic writing, and children’s literature will act as mentor to an…
Kent Stetson writing course
To all PEI Writers: During the month of August, 2010, Governor General Literary Award-winning playwright and novelist Kent Stetson offers his internationally acclaimed 16 hour course in The Character Generated Story in Drama and Prose fiction live and in person to PEI writers at all levels of their practice. The course will take place in Charlottetown, Mondays and Thursdays between 5:00pm and 7:00 pm from…
Piper’s Frith: Writing at Kilmory Resort, October 12 – 16, 2010
The Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland & Labrador invites established and emerging writers to join Jessica Grant (fiction), Mary Dalton (poetry) and Kevin Major (prose) for small-group workshops and one-on-one mentoring. Social evenings and peaceful, stunning surroundings enhance this intensive four-day experience. Piper’s Frith takes place at beautiful Kilmory Resort amidst the wildness of the Burin Peninsula. The…
SeaWords 2010
SeaWords is a 1-week creative writing workshop sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the L.M. Montgomery Institute. The next SeaWords Workshop will be this summer, August 2 – 6, 2010, and will be hosted at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Returning this year we have Jackie Kaiser, one of the top literary agents in…
SPRING WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON GETTING PUBLISHED
SPRING WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON GETTING PUBLISHED The Island Writers Association’s Spring series of Workshops for Writers begins with two sessions that explore the subject of getting your book published to take place in May. In June attention turns to Romance and Children’s writing with workshops presented by Brian Henry of Ontario, who brings 25 years…
The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing
The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing September 2010 January 2011 Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/content/writers _____________________________________________________________________________ The Correspondence Program in Creative Writing, offered by The Humber School for Writers, gives aspiring writers the rare opportunity to work on a novel, book of short stories, volume…
Tatamagouche Centre 2010 Programs
Upcoming programs … Writing in a Time of Exile July 25 – 30; Sun 7pm to Fri 3pm This program offers published and unpublished writers intensive work with your writing; contemplative space; personal conferences; and feedback from facilitators and fellow participants. We also examine writing and social context: How do we deal with class and gender, nationality and…
Transformational Journal Writing Workshop
========================================= Transformational Journal Writing Workshop Facilitated by Dianne Morrow PEI School of the Arts Gulf Shore School, North Rustico July 5 – 9, 2010 ========================================= Have you attended writing workshops where you come home exhausted from the required pre-reading and critiquing of others’ work? This is not one of those. Transformational Journal Writing will help you…
The Writing Pool 