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.
Online: “How to Get Published,” with a literary agent as a guest speaker.
Probably in April or May. Details to come.
In-person: “Writing Your Life & Other True Stories,” Saturday, May 3,
Niagara-on-the Lake. Details here.
Online: “How to Build Your Novel” with guest New York Times bestselling author
Kelley Armstrong, Sunday, July 20. Details here.
Weekly Writing Courses
“Writing Personal Stories and Other Nonfiction”
Online: Tuesday afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m.
April 1 – May 27 (or to June 3 if the class fills up. No class April 29)
In-person: Thursday evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.
April 3 – May 22 (or to May 29 if the class fills up)
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, 3455 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, Ontario
Details of both the online and in-person classes 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.
