How to Get Published
An editor & an agent tell all
Saturday, March 7, 2015
If you've ever dreamed of becoming a
published author, this workshop is for you. We’ll
cover everything from getting started to getting an agent, from writing a query
letter to getting your book published. Bring your questions. Come and get ready
to be published!
Special Option: Participants are invited to bring a draft of
a query letter you might use to interest an agent or publisher in your book.
You don’t need to bring anything, but if you do, 3 copies could be helpful.
Guest speaker Olga Filina is a
literary agent with The Rights Factory. Olga will read anything but especially gravitates towards
commercial and historical fiction, great genre fiction in the area of romance
and mystery, nonfiction in the field of business, wellness, lifestyle and
memoir and young adult and middle grade novels with memorable characters.
Fee: 46 paid in advance or 49 if
you wait to pay at the door.
Brian will also be leading “How to Get Published”
workshops with literary agent Martha
Magor Webb on Sunday, May 31, in Windsor (see here)
and Saturday, June 20, in Mississauga
(see here).
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| Getting Rid or Rosie by Lynda Simmons was an international success. This is the cover of the German edtion. |
The Burlington Public Library presents…
How to Build Your Story
An editor & an author give you the
low down
Saturday, March 14, 2015
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Burlington Public Library, Centennial Room, 2331 New Street, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
Burlington Public Library, Centennial Room, 2331 New Street, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
This workshop will show you how
writers plot a novel and
will give you the best tips on writing short stories. We’ll also look at where
to get your stories published and how to win contests. Best yet, you’ll see how
to apply the story-building techniques you’ve learned to your own writing.
Guest speaker Lynda Simmons lives in Burlington, but her novels have been published around the world. To date, she’s published eight novels and has built a reputation for herself as an outstanding comic novelist. When she’s not writing, Lynda teaches creative writing at Sheridan College in Oakville and at Ryerson University in Toronto. At the workshop, she'll share her insights into plotting novels and creating a character arc.
Guest speaker Lynda Simmons lives in Burlington, but her novels have been published around the world. To date, she’s published eight novels and has built a reputation for herself as an outstanding comic novelist. When she’s not writing, Lynda teaches creative writing at Sheridan College in Oakville and at Ryerson University in Toronto. At the workshop, she'll share her insights into plotting novels and creating a character arc.
Fee: 46 paid in advance or 49 if
you wait to pay at the door.
Brian will also lead “How to Build Your Story”
workshops Saturday, April 25, in Thessalon (details to come), Saturday, May 9,
in London (see here),
and Saturday, May 30 in Guelph (see here)
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| Copernicus Avenue by Andrew Borkowski |
How to Write
Great Characters
and “From Fact to Fiction: Writing What You Know”
and “From Fact to Fiction: Writing What You Know”
With Brian Henry and Andrew Borkowski
Saturday,
March 28, 2015
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cyril Clark Branch, Brampton Library, 20 Loafer’s Lake Lane, Brampton, Ontario (Map here)
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cyril Clark Branch, Brampton Library, 20 Loafer’s Lake Lane, Brampton, Ontario (Map here)
Whatever
you're writing ~ fiction or nonfiction ~ readers will care about your story only
if they care about your people. In this workshop, you'll learn techniques for
creating fictional characters and depicting real people. You’ll learn how to
breathe life into the page so that your characters start telling you how the
story should go.
Guest speaker Andrew J. Borkowski is the author of the critically acclaimed debut short
story collection, Copernicus Avenue. Published
by Cormorant Books, Copernicus Avenue won
the Toronto Book Award and was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
for short fiction. His work has been published in Grain, The New Quarterly,
and in Storyteller magazine. His short story “Twelve Versions of Lech” was a
selection for the Writer’s Trust/McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize.
For his segment of the workshop, Andrew will speak on “From Fact to Fiction: Writing What You Know” and will discuss how he worked his experiences growing up in Toronto’s Polish Community into award-winning short fiction.
Fee: 46 paid
in advance or 49 if
you wait to pay at the door.
Note: Five weekly writing courses for beginners to advanced will be
starting in April. See details of all five here. Read reviews of Brian's workshops and courses here.
Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors.
See
Brian’s full schedule here, including writing workshops
and creative writing courses in Barrie, Brampton, Bolton, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge,
Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton,
Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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