Writing Retreats
Spring Writers’ Retreat at Elm Hurst Inn & Spa
Friday, April 25 – Monday, April 28. Details here.
June in Algonquin Writers' Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort in Algonquin
Park
Friday, June 13 – Monday, June 16.
September in
Algonquin Writers' Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort
in Algonquin
Park, Friday, Sept 12 – Monday, Sept 15. Details here.
Writing workshops:
Online: “Writing for children and for young adults,” with Patricia Ocampo,
senior editor with Kids Can Press, Saturday, March 1. Details here.
In-person: “Writing Your Life & Other True Stories,”
Saturday, May 3, Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. Details here.
Online: “How to Get Published,” with Bridgette Kam of Westwood Creative Artists
Saturday May 31. Details here.
Online: “How to Build Your Novel” with guest New York Times bestselling author
Kelley Armstrong, Sunday, July 20. Details here.
The Writers
Federation of New Brunswick presents:
Brian Henry on “Writing Your Best” (Other topics to be determined)
Saturday, Sept 27 – Sunday, Sept 28, Moncton, New Brunswick. Details to come
Weekly Writing Courses
“Writing Kid Lit”
~ Picture Books to Young Adult Novels
Online: Wednesday evenings, 7 – 9
p.m.
July 2 – August 13 {or to Aug 20 if it fills up}. Details here.
“Writing Personal Stories”
Online: Tuesday afternoons 1 – 3
p.m.
July 8 – August 19. Details here.
Writing Conference
In-person: Prairie Horizons Conference
~ for everyone interested in writing Kid Lit
Friday, May 16 – Sunday, May 18
at the Park Town Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Details here.
in between. The "Welcome to Creative Writing" and "Writing Personal Stories" courses
are a great place to start. If you have your own writing project in progress, such as short stories,
memoirs, or a novel, you'll benefit from an "Intensive Creative Writing" course.
