Bryn has signed up for two writing workshops at the Victoria Writers Festival.
You could go to the free teen workshop (You must pre-register), remember?
You could go to one of the readings, panels or parties at the festival. It's at Camosun. Have fun!
Or you could go to this talk next Wednesday night:
Susan,
Please come as my guest and bring your students, if this is of interest:
The Great Connect: PWAC Vic* and Friends Big Fall Event
(*Professional Writers Association of Canada, Victoria Chapter)
Are
you in touch these days or alone at your keyboard? Introducing the
Big Fall Event, for PWACers and friends, writer, students and future
writers. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, we'll discuss how we network and
share information with other writers, online or off. What are the best
websites, discussion groups, email lists for writers? How do you reach
editors, publishers, readers, clients and contacts through social media
like Facebook and Twitter? And how do you do all this efficiently,
because most of us don't have an extra few hours to spend. This will
be the focus of our discussions at the Great Connect, featuring Ruth
Linka, publisher of Victoria publishers Touchwood Editions, and
including two writer-to-writer sessions before and after her
talk. Ruth, you'll recall, gave an excellent overview of the state of
the publishing industry at our meeting last February. She's been
coaching writers about their networking strategy--with very good
results--since the era when social media was tea with the neighbor
listening to Peter Gzowski. This time, Ruth will be the main event
again, but we writers--PWACers, and we expect, an equal number of
guests--will share information about these issues, for the half hour
before Ruth speaks and the hour or so after at the Ross Bay Pub, a short
stumble from the Garry Oak. Ruth's talk will apply mostly to book
authors, but will also provide solid information for writers of all the
other forms of work our members are involved in. We really hope to
see you--and your writing friends and guests--on October 23. Invite one, two or ten if you like--experienced writers, students,
newbies,
even poets, or aligned folks like photographers, designers and editors.
If you teach a class, invite all your students. We're trying in
particular to attract younger people. Just forward this notice and
invite them. The Garry Oak Room holds 80 people--let's fill it.
Your
loyal executive thought it was time to share our chapter's experience
and one of our best programs of the year with the larger writing world
in Victoria. Among other things, we're hoping to attract some new
members (we have two who just signed up, hopefully you'll meet them on
the 23rd.) Please let us know if you're coming, how many guests
you'll bring, so we know if we need a hire a doorman.
So here’s the basic info:
WHAT: The Great Connect: PWAC Vic and Friends Big Fall Event
WHERE:
Garry Oak Room of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association, 1335
Thurlow (at the back of Sir James Douglas School, a half block from Bill
and Penny's)
WHEN: Wed., Oct. 23
7-7:30 pm: writers meet and greet. Ask a writer you don't know--how do you connect with clients and other writers?
7:30-9 pm: Ruth Linka's inspiring, fact, filled talk: the writer online
Sid TaflerAuthor of Us and Them
You must attend two literary events outside of class.
All writers attend events. You are writers. You attend events.
You know you want to.
These events are suitable for parents so invite Mom or Dad along or poor Uncle Harry who never gets invited to anything and have fun.
You'll probably have an inspiring experience AND you get marks, too.
What do you know, eh?
Toodles.
