Research and Narrative Nonfiction with Omar Mouallem WGA, CAA and CNFC Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Literary nonfiction. Creative nonfiction. Long-form journalism. The genre goes by many names, but the goal is the same: writing a strong narrative with compelling characters and a unique voice, without sacrificing the truth. How’s this achieved? With patience, pointed […]
Reading Paul Celan’s Todesfuge in 2018 Three women poets, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Nermeen Youssef, and Anna Marie Sewell, braid Paul Celan’s Todesfuge in German, English, and Spanish—as a fugue. Then Luciana talks about why she chose this poem for them to perform, which leads into thoughtful commentary on the meaning and music of the poem. The […]
Build a Writers’ Platform and Find Your Audience Saturday, September 22 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Online Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Feeling completely overwhelmed when it comes to figuring out what needs to get done (and when!) in order to build your online presence and market your book? What if you could attract droves of engaged […]
How to Edit Your Work with Kimmy Beach Saturday, January 19 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Online Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Kimmy Beach’s sixth book, Nuala: A Fable (UAP, 2017) was shortlisted for the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. She lives in Red Deer where she freelances as an editor and consultant for presses and writers across […]
Saturday, July 7, 2018 10:00 – 11:00 am (mountain time) Online $25 members, $35 non-members Indexing: The Art of Writing Reader-Friendly Indexes for Nonfiction Books Often considered to be a roadmap to the contents of a nonfiction book, a thoughtfully written index can help make the difference between a book being merely entertaining, and being […]
Quirks and Flaws (Character Building) by Tyler Gajda A large part of my experience making fictional characters comes from my time with role-playing games, mostly Dungeons & Dragons. Creating a character in an RPG is precisely the same as when writing fiction. You both have to make very broad decisions about where this person fits […]
Last Day to Register is May 29th! Jump to: Prices | Cancellation Policy | Conference Schedule | Presenter Profiles| Accommodation| Registration Form Prices MEMBER PRICING * June 1 – 3 Full Conference Pass $220 June 1 Friday workshop $35 June 1 Friday evening $25 June 2 OR 3 Saturday or Sunday only $110 * Member […]
ALBERTA LITERARY MAGAZINE SAMPLER-Exclusive Member Offer! Get one issue of each magazine for $25 per year. That’s four different magazines for only $25. Subscribe when you renew your membership, or sign up today using the link below! The Prairie Journal has been publishing the Best in the West, since 1983. It is a literary magazine, so […]
Bridging Cultures Through Writing Multicultural Writing Forum Series Sunday, April 15 2:30 – 4:30 Action for Healthy Communities 100, 10578 – 113 Street, Edmonton FREE Hosted by Edmonton Chinese Writing Club and Writers’ Guild of Alberta Moderated by Dr. Leilei Chen, four multicultural writers speak about why they chose to be a writer, the meaning of writing for […]
BORDERLINES WRITERS CIRCLE READINGS Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:00 pm Whitemud Crossing Library (Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211 – 106 Street) FREE The WGA and Edmonton Public Library present an evening of new work from six multicultural, multilingual writers in celebration of the completion of the 2017 Borderlines Writers Circle program. Join Mila Philipzig, Leilei Chen, […]
