The Get Publishing Webinar Series is part of a new stream of offerings named after the Get Publishing Communications Society (GPCS), which has ceased to exist as of 2016 and gifted its brand to the Writers' Guild of Alberta. The series aims to continue equipping the audience served by Get Publishing in its decade-plus of existence: writers who want to see their work published."
Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
We use Zoom to conduct our webinars. After you register and pay for the webinar, the link to the webinar will be included in your receipt for payment unless otherwise noted (Note: be sure to complete the payment page, even for free webinars, to make sure that you get the link). The webinars are recorded and available to you for one week after the live session. You will also receive that link via email. Thanks for joining us!
Check out our upcoming webinars by month
Writer Beware: Writing Scams and How to Avoid Them
Where: Webinar, online via Zoom)
When: March 26, 10:00-11:00 AM
Writer Beware, a service of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, has researched every sort of scam, cheat, and outright theft perpetrated on authors for more than 25 years. This webinar will cover some of the most insidious and will give tips on how to avoid them. Topics covered include agent scams, bogus publishers, and terrible contests. Please register for this event; $25 for WGA members, $35 for non-members, $10 for students.
Accessing Past Webinars
Click on the webinar you are interested in and fill out the form at the bottom of the description. After entering your information, you will be directed to a payment page. Following your payment, you will be sent a link to the webinar.
Be sure to fill out the order page even for free webinars – the link to the webinar will be included in the order receipt.
Additional Audio Content: For more great content, check out the available podcast and other audio recordings available here.
Past Webinars
Past webinars will be listed here when available. Keep watching this page for updates.
2021 Online Reading Series
- Charlotte Cameron: Love and Courage in Troubled Times; Hosted by Nancy Bell.
- Karen Spafford-Fitz: Pickpocket; Hosted by Charlotte Cameron.
- Neil Surkan: Unbecoming; Hosted by Berend McKenzie.
- Onyinye Odih: A Mother’s Love; Hosted by Sue Farrell Holler.
- Sharon Butala: This Strange Visible Air: Essays on Aging and the Writing Life; Hosted by Alice Major.
- Dan Martin: An Orphan’s Journey; Hosted by Steven Sandor.
- Robert Proudfoot: Come By Here, My Lord – Seen in a Mirror Dimly. Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 pm
- Jennifer Bowering Delisle: Deriving; Host: Katherine Abbass. This episode of the WGA Online Reading Series is sponsored by University of Alberta Press & Read Alberta.
- Barb Howard: Happy Sands; Hosted by Anne Logan.
- Ali Bryan: The Hill; Host: Heidi Klaassen.
- Beth Sanders: Nest City: How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens; Host: Kelly Shepherd.
- Micheline Maylor: The Bad Wife; Host: Anne Sorbie.