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| The Search for Heinrich Schogel by Martha Baille, published by Pedlar Press |
113 Bond
Street
St. John’s
NL
Pedlar
Press publishes
innovative, contemporary Canadian fiction & poetry, the occasional
literary nonfiction title, works that preserve and extend the literary
tradition that values experimentation in style & form.
Writers include Sara Tilley, Joanna
Page, Maureen Hynes, Soraya Peerbaye, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Martha Baillie,
Kate Cayley, Emily McGiffin, Jan Zwicky, Stan Dragland, Aaron Peck, Anne
Golden, Anne Fleming, Ronna Bloom, Barry Dempster, Aga Maksimowska, and Maureen
Scott Harris.
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| Monica Kidd |
Beth Follett has been the publisher and
one-woman show behind Pedlar Press for 23 years but as of August 1, 2018, she’ll
be joined by Monica Kidd who will take on the roles of Acquisitions Editor and
Production Manager.
Beth and Monica are also authors
themselves. Read an interview with Beth here.
Visit Monica’s website here and read
about her joining Pedlar Press here.
If you’re interested in getting published, soon or
somewhere down the road, don’t miss upcoming How to Get Published workshops on Saturday, Aug 18, in Collingwood with
literary agent Paige Sisley (see here)
and Saturday, Nov 17, in Mississauga with literary agent Stephanie Sinclair
(see here).
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| Tanaz Bhathena |
If you’re interested in Writing for Children & for Young Adults, Brian Henry will lead a mini-conference with Yasemin Uçar, senior
editor at Kids Can Press, children’s author Kira Vermond, and YA author Tanaz
Bhathena, Saturday, Sept 22, in Oakville (see here),
a Writing Kid Lit weekly course on Friday afternoons, Oct 5 – Nov 30
in Toronto (see here), and a Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshop Saturday, October 12, in Sudbury
(see here).
For updated listings of Writing for
Children & for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes,
see here (and scroll down).
Also coming soon: Writing Conflict: Fight scenes, Dialogue
scenes & Love scenes, Saturday, Sept 15, in Toronto (see here),
and Writing and
Revising, Saturday,
Sept 29, in St. Catharines (see here).
New: November
at the Briar’s Writing Retreat, Friday,
Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 4. Three days to put up your feet, recharge your creative
batteries, and get some great writing tips – all in the supportive company of
your fellow writers. Details here.
This September, Brian is leading a full roster of
courses, Introductory to Intense (Details of all six courses here):
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| Kid Lit author Jennifer Mook-Sang |
Welcome to Creative Writing, Thursday, afternoons, Sept 27 - Nov 9, in Oakville.
See here.
Writing Personal Stories, Thursday evenings, Oct 4 – Nov 29, in
Burlington. Sees here.
And Intensive
Creative Writing, offered
in three locales:
Tuesday afternoons, Sept 25 – Nov 27 (first
readings emailed Sept 18), in Burlington. See here.
Wednesday evenings Sept 26 – Dec 5 (first readings emailed Sept 19), in Georgetown. See here.
Friday mornings Sept 28 – Nov 30 (first
readings emailed Sept 21), in Toronto. See here.
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and
workshops here.
See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including writing
workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park,
Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Cambridge,
Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB,
Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York
Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
Navigation tips: Always check out the
labels underneath a post; they’ll lead you to various distinct collections of
postings. Also, if you're searching for a literary agent who represents a
particular type of book, check out this
post.
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