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Saturday, December 5, 2015
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Burlington Central Library, Centennial Room
Burlington Central Library, Centennial Room
Have you ever considered writing your
memoirs or family history? This workshop will introduce you to the
tricks and conventions of telling true stories and will show you how to use the
techniques of the novel to recount actual events. Whether you want to write for
your family or for a wider public, don't miss this workshop.
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. Along
with Cecilia-Anca Popescu, Brian is the
co-author of Bloody Christmas, a memoir of love and revolution, which
is currently under consideration with a literary agent. But his proudest boast is that he has helped
many of his students get published, including our guest speaker, Ross Pennie….
Ross Pennie is
the author of The Unforgiving Tides, a doctor’s
memoir of Papua New Guinea (Manor
House Publishing). Ross also writes medical mystery novels, published by ECW
Press. The first of these, Tainted, came out in 2010 and won Arts Hamilton
Literary Award for Fiction. Ross’s second mystery, Tampered, came
out in 2011, and the third Up in Smoke came out October 16. (Ross's
mysteries are available for sale here).
At the workshop, Ross will speak
on how to turn ordinary life into dramatic material and will answer questions
about how he wrote his memoir and got it published.
Fee: 40.71+ 13% hst = 46 paid
in advance
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
or 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 if you wait to pay at the door
To reserve a spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Note: Don't ever miss a post on Quick Brown Fox. Fill in your email in the box to the right under my bio, and get each post delivered to your Inbox. ~ Brian
Note: Don't ever miss a post on Quick Brown Fox. Fill in your email in the box to the right under my bio, and get each post delivered to your Inbox. ~ Brian
See Brian's full schedule here, including writing workshops and creative
writing courses in Algonquin Park, Barrie,
Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph,
Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga,
Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John,
NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka,
Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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