NetWords Issue #8
Back to school, back
to work, back to NetWords! Our fall issue brings you up to date on all of the
happenings for writers and enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto Area. Visit us at the PWAC booth at Word on the Street!
Editor, NetWords PWAC Toronto Chapter
Professional Writers Association of Canada
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Note: All events are held in Toronto unless otherwise stated.
September Events
"The Joy of Writing, a Writer's Workshop" for those who want to write
Starting Tuesday September 8, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Bobcaygeon, ON
The sessions will be held the second and forth Tuesday of each month and will guide would-be writers to write their; memoirs, anecdotes, poetry, fiction, historic events, to-do books, family happenings with photo albums, love stories, plays, murder mysteries, and whatever else may be of interest. Classes will feature Guest Speakers from time to time. The goal of this group is to encourage, with guidance, those who wish to write.
Cost: $30 for the season, September to July
Location: Kawartha Settlers' Village in the Henderson House, 85 Dunn Street
Bobcaygeon. ON
Call Comrie Palmer at 705-731-0054
Writer's Guild, Bobcaygeon
Begins Monday, September 14, noon to 2:00 p.m.
The Writer's Guild will meet every month on the second and forth Monday.
Cost: $30 for the season, September to July
Location: Kawartha Settlers' Village in the Henderson House, 85 Dunn Street,
Bobocaygeon, ON
Call Comrie Palmer at 705-731-0054
Reading Night at CJ's Café in Oakville
Wednesday, September 16, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Featured writers are those who have been published in Brian Henry's Quick Brown Fox newsletter or graduated from Brian Henry's "Intensive" or "Extreme" writing course.
Cost: FREE!
Location: CJ's Café, 2416 Lakeshore Rd. W., Oakville
Registration:brianhenry@sympatico.ca to reserve a spot
Halton Peel Communicators' Association presents A Speed Networking Event
Thursday, September 17, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
This event launches the 2009/2010 year. Expand your business contacts, learn about HPCA, or find a
professional communicator to complete a project. Light refreshments will be
served. Bring plenty of business cards!
Location: Paradiso Restaurant, 2041 Pine St., Burlington
Cost: FREE for HPCA members. Guests are welcome. A $20
fee will be charged (this amount may be applied to membership if you decide to
join).
Contact marnie@communicationartistry.ca by September
10.
PWAC Toronto Chapter presents half-day professional development workshops with Corporate copywriter and author Steve Slaunwhite
Saturday, September 19
Workshop #1: 9 a.m. to noon
How to Make Your Breakthrough into Big Business Writing
Workshop #2: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Boosting Your Business Savvy: How to Negotiate, Manage Clients and Get Paid
Cost: PWAC members/students, $40/half day or $75/full day;
Non-members $60/half day or $100/full day
Location: PWAC National Headquarters, 215 Spadina Ave.
Register online with PayPal at www.pwactoronto.org
RSVP/Info s.aschaiek@pwactoronto.org
Writers & Editors Network Presents Breathing Life Into Biographies with Elizabeth Macleod
Saturday, September 19, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Elizabeth MacLeod is the award-winning author of more than 35 books for children. For many years, Liz has also been an editor of books and magazines for adults and children. Advance registration required.
Cost: WEN members, $15; non-members, $18
Location: Canadiana Restaurant and Banquet Hall (near the Kipling subway)
Contact 905-824-5035 or Emickeytc@sympatico.ca or
Register online http://www.wenetwork.org/breakfast-networking.html
Words Alive Literary Festival 2009
Sunday, September 20
Words Alive celebrates a rich literary heritage and provides a showcase for local and Canada-wide authors. One day of author readings, public readings, workshops, panel discussions and storytelling including poetry with music and art will allow you to travel with new voices to different lands and have the opportunity to become a part of their human experience.
Cost: $5
Location: Sharon Temple, 18974 Leslie St., East Gwillimbury
Visit http://www.wordsalive.ca/
An Opportunity to Be a Bigger Part of Words Alive Literary Festival 2009
Sunday, September 20
Words Alive organizers are looking for volunteers, including people who are interested in introducing authors and poets and storytellers. They are also seeking a new committee member to be part of one of the fastest-growing literary festivals in Ontario.
Contact: email vstone@wordsalive.ca or call directly at 905-895-9988.
Plasticine Poetry
Sunday, September 20, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: The Central
To see more details and RSVP, visit http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=120577294139&mid=103df2aG208a9b68G32084f6G7
Kingston WritersFest Hosts Four Days of Literary Readings, Book Panels, Onstage Interviews and Master Classes for Writers
September 23 to 26
See Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Michael Crummey, Anne Michaels, Mark Sinnett and Erika Ritter, along with some 20 other writers for the fourth annual Kingston WritersFest. There will also be master classes for both seasoned and emerging writers on writing humour and memoirs, writing for children, and self-publishing.
Cost: $75, includes admission to all onstage events, including the Margaret Atwood performance. (Master classes and the Book Lovers Box Lunch not included.)
Festival tickets online at www.kingstongrand.ca, or call 1-800-265-1593.
Location: The Holiday Inn Waterfront. 2 Princess St., Kingston
Visit www.kingstonwritersfest.ca
PWAC Cheers with Peers New Member Welcome!
Thursday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m.
PWAC Toronto Chapter invites all members, especially newbies, to mix and mingle with fellow professional writers and members. This event is also open to non-members. Join us on the patio at The Rivoli.
Cost: FREE to attend! (Pay your own tab.)
Location: The Rivoli, 334 Queen St. W.
How to Write & Sell a Romance Novel; An Editor & An Author Tell All
with Brian Henry and Lynda Simmons
Saturday, September 26, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Learn the "secret formulas" and how to brainstorm a storyline. Find out how much money romance authors earn and where the best opportunities to get published are now.
Location: Four Corners Library, 65 Queen St. E., Brampton
Cost: $41 in advance or $45 at the door
Registration: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Word on the Street
Sunday, September 27, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Word On The Street is a national celebration of literacy and the written word. Don't forget to visit the PWAC booth!
Location: Queen's Park
Cost: FREE
Visit http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto
Constant Dissatisfaction: Google's Approach
to Understanding New Media
with Jonathan Lister, Managing Director
and Head, Google Canada.
September 30, 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Registration from 4:30 to 5 p.m.
The dress code is business casual.
Location: Fleck Atrium, Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto, 105 St. George St.
Cost: Public $99 plus GST.
Rotman and University of
Toronto alumni Fee $79 plus GST.
Register www.rotman.utoronto.ca/events (by noon on September 30)
Exploring Creative Writing with Brian Henry
September 30 to November 25
Wednesday afternoons, 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave., Burlington
OR
Wednesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Sheridan United Church, 2501 Truscott Dr., Mississauga
In this course, you'll explore different forms of writing and different techniques. You'll try short story writing, memoir writing, children's writing, travel writing and more. The course features a combination of lecture and discussion, exercises and sharing - all designed to help you find yourself as a writer.
Cost: $120: advance registration only.
Registration: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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Note: All events are held in Toronto unless otherwise stated.
October Events
What's Next for News: A Conversation About the Future of
Journalism with Clay Shirky of New York University and Globe and Mail communities editor mathew Ingram and others.
Friday, October 2, 6:00 p.m.
Join this important debate about media and the public
interest. Hear the best minds
in journalism think aloud about how news will evolve and how news gatherers
will adapt.
Location: Room 72, 350 Victoria St.
Visit www.ryerson.ca/alumnigroups/journalism/whats_next_for_news.html
Wordstock 2009: Journalism Tools in the New Universe
Saturday, October 3, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Registration and welcome from 8:30
a.m. to 10 a.m.
Two streams of five seminars each, Wordstock is
bringing in one of the world's most popular new media experts, Robb Montgomery,
CEO of Visual Editors Inc. in Chicago. Montgomery will have a two-hour seminar
on multi-media and social media reporting and Twitter for journalists.
Cost: $75 ($50 if you are a member of the Ryerson Journalism
Alumni Association or an accredited journalism student)
Location: Ryerson School of Journalism, Gould and Church Streets
Visit www.ryerson.ca/alumnigroups/journalism/workstock.html
The East End Writers' Group Presents How to Get Published; An Editor and Agent Tell All with Brain Henry and Alisha Sevigny
Sunday, October 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
If you dream of becoming a published author, this workshop is for
you. It covers everything from getting started to getting an agent, from writing
a query letter to writing what the publishers want. Bring your questions. Get the inside scoop on
getting published.
Special Option: You may bring a draft of a query
letter you might use to interest an agent or publisher in your book. You don't
need to bring anything, but if you do, 3 copies would be helpful.
Cost: $45 paid in advance, $50 pay at the door
Location: World's Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward Street (one block north of Dundas St, just west off Yonge St.)
Email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Writers & Editors Network Presents Step Into the Spotlight: How to Catapult
Your Brand, Your Book or Yourself Into A Starring Role! with TSUFIT
Saturday, October 17, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
After 10 years as a Dean's List litigation lawyer, TSUFIT left law for the
limelight, performing comedy on national television and gaining international
attention for her debut music CD. TSUFIT is now a marketing strategist who
coaches entrepreneurs and CEOs to be stars.
Cost: $15 WEN members; $18 Non-WEN members.
Location: Canadiana Restaurant and Banquet Hall (Six Points
Plaza, 5230 Dundas St. W., near the Kipling subway).
Contact: 905-824-5035 or mickeytc@sympatico.ca
Register at http://www.wenetwork.org/breakfast-networking.html
Magazines Canada Business Media Summit
Tuesday, October 20
The seminal event for Canada's Business Media Professionals
cultivates collective business media strategies that work! It features a
presentation by an international business media superstar, Jonah Bloom, Editor,
Advertising Age, New York. Come explore Canadian and world views on the
opportunities and challenges facing the vital business media sector.
Cost: $25 for members $50 for non-members
Location: 1 King St. W.
Visit http://secure.magazinescanada.ca/events/register.php?id=29
Email: courses@magazinescanada.ca
PWAC Toronto Chapter Presents For
the Love of Writing: Exploring Memoir, Novel, Short Story & Creative Non-fiction
Forms
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Registration starting at 7:00 p.m.
7:30
p.m. to 9 p.m. Seminar and Q & A, Post-seminar
social to occur at local pub or lounge - location TBA at event
Cost: FREE for
PWAC Members/Students, $15 for Non-members
Location: Room 106, Health Sciences building at University of
Toronto, 155 College St.
IABC 2009 Employee Communication Conference
October 22 and 23
With IABC's annual Employee Communication Conference,
you'll have the rare opportunity to learn how your peers are delivering real
business value, pushing the envelope in employee communication with social
media tools and using big, bold approaches to lead their organizations through
these extraordinary times.
Location: Le Méridien King Edward, 37 King St. E.
Visit: www.iabc.com/education/ec/index.htm
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Contests
3-Day Novel Contest: Last Day to Register!
Submission deadline: September 6
The 32nd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest is only
one day away! Which, of course, means there's only one more day to register. This
year's contest will take place September 5-7, 2009. Registrations must be
postmarked by September 6.
Prizes: First prize, publication; second prize, $500; and third prize, $100 (plus prizes for shortlisted entrants)
Cost: $50
Information and registration: www.3daynovel.com
Review Fuse Poetry Contest
Contest Type: Poetry
Submission deadline: September 25, 2009
Length: 50 lines or fewer
Theme: Open
To enter, sign up for Review Fuse (it's free), upload your entry and choose "Poetry Contest" as the category, submit your entry for peer critique, and complete assigned reviews of other entries (four for free members, three for premium). Bonus: All participants will receive three peer critiques of their entry.
Prizes: $100
Cost: FREE
Website: http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/06/poetry-contest-september-2009/
Quattro Books Presents The 2010 KEN KLONSKY Novella Contest
Contest type: Fiction
Submission deadline: September 30, 2009
Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts (15 000 to 42 000 words) as part of its Spring or Fall 2010 Publication List. Prize is a full publishing contract, with country-wide distribution.
Cost: $15 (reading fee)
Website: http://www.quattrobooks.ca/submission.html
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SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE A group of writers and scientists has launched the Science Media Centre of Canada to improve the status and standards of science reporting.
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Writers' Groups and Meetings
Join a group to gain inspiration, support, job leads or just a change in routine.
Writers' Meetups
Meetup.com is an online service that helps people organize community meetings among individuals with a common interest.
Visit www.meetup.com to learn more about groups in your area. Indigo Books & Music Inc. is an official Meetup Venue Partner, providing comfortable and convenient venues at selected Indigo, Chapters and Coles locations across Canada, and The World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto.
East End Writers' Group
Wednesday, September 30
Wednesday, October 28
(and each last Wednesday of the month from January to June and September to November)
This writing critique group welcomes new writers. Bring your short story,part of your novel, personal essay, memoir, play, poetry, etc.to read for constructive criticism.
Cost: No admission fee, but bring a wheat-free snack.
Location: St. Clair Ave. E. and O'Connor Dr.
Society of Environmental Journalists hosts Pub Nights on the first Tuesday of every month with guest speakers and informal discussions about environmental journalism and other subjects of interest. All interested in environmental journalism and issues welcome!
Gather between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; speaker at 8:00 p.m.
Location: Upstairs bar at Harbord House (halfway between Spadina and Bathurst on Harbord)
RSVP: Email SEJpubnight@saunderseditor.com
Weekly Writers' Workshop at U of T
Critique, discussion, creation and marketing of original poetry and prose. Workshop features guest authors and is involved in literary events and publications.
Fridays at 6:00 p.m.
Location: Hart House, University of Toronto's St. George Campus
Cost: FREE
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