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
(Details of all
upcoming weekly classes here.)
“Intensive Creative Writing”
Offered online at 3 different times:
Tuesday evenings 6:30 –
9:00
First readings emailed March 25. Classes:
April 1 – June 3 (or to June 10 if the course fills up)
Wednesday afternoons, 12:30 – 3:00
First readings emailed March 19. Classes: March 26 – June
18 (No class April 23 or June 11).
Friday mornings 10:00 –
12:30
Jan 17 –March 7. First readings emailed March
21. Classes: March 28 – June 20
(or to June 27 if the course fills up.
No class April 25, May 16 or June 13)
Details of all three "Intensive Creative Writing" courses here.
“Writing
Picture Books – Intensive”
Online: Wednesdays, 6:30
– 9:00 p.m.
First readings emailed March 19. Classes: March 26 – June 4
(or to
June 18 if the course fills up. No class April 23 or June 11)
“(Not so)
Extreme Creative Writing”
In-person: Thursday
afternoons, 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
First readings emailed March 20. Classes: March 27 – June 5
(or to
June 19 if the course fills up. No class April 24, May 8 or June 12).
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, 3455 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, Ontario
(Map here)
“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. No class April 24 or May 8)
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, 3455 Lakeshore
Rd, Burlington, Ontario (Map here)
Details of both the online and in-person Personal Stories courses here.
(See details of all
upcoming weekly 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.
