Upcoming Events in Kingston, Ontario

“How to Make Yourself Write"

August 25
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Lions Club, 935 Sydenham Road, Kingston. (Map here.)

Let's get motivated! This workshop is designed to help you find the time and the inspiration to write. No more staring at a blank screen. Come to this workshop and give yourself a kick-start, and then learn how to keep going. This creativity workout will get your words flowing and help you make the breakthrough into the next level of writing.

Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing teacher for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published.

Fee: $32.74 + 13% hst = $37 paid in advance
or $35.40 + 13% hst = $40 if you wait to pay at the door.

To reserve your spot, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

For more information, phone Sara at the Ontario Writers 

Network: 613-547-1419

Brian Henry's blog: 
http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/

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Kingston WritersFest 2012 

 

                  Speaking Volumes 

Michael Ondaatje, author of the Booker nominated The Cat’s Table, kicks off Kingston's readers and writers festival, September 27 to 30. 60 authors take the stage, including Vincent Lam, John Vaillant, Kelley Armstrong, Pasha Malla, Teju Cole, Andrew Westoll, Steven Heighton. 

40 events over 4 days: readings, onstage conversations, book-lovers lunch, Saturday Night Speakeasy, Festival Field Trips for youth. In the Writers Studio, 12 master classes for emerging and established writers in poetry, memoir, fiction, kidlit, mystery, and playwriting.  

Don't miss Kingston Reads: Battle of the Books, where ten local luminaries defend their favourite books. Free Kids on Sunday family programming and Afternoon Delight Authors Tea. 

For author profiles and special promotions, visit kingstonwritersfest.ca.  

Tickets on sale at the Grand Theatre Box Office August 16, in person, by phone (613-530-2050) or online kingstongrand.ca/writersfest.

'Scene of the Crime' mystery writers festival

The acclaimed summer mystery writing/reading festival, called 'Scene of the Crime', will return to Wolfe Island again this year!  


What the organizers have said: 


"Prepare to join us on August 11, 2012, when there will be not one but six Grant Allen Award Winners.
The 2012 Grant Allen award for contributions to Canadian crime and mystery writing goes to The Ladies Killing Circle (Joan Boswell, Vicki Cameron, Barbara Fradkin, Mary Jane Maffini, Sue Pike, and Linda Wiken). The inspirational femmes fatales whose award-winning anthologies launched the careers of several of Canada's premiere crime writers.
The Ladies Killing Circle is joined by:

• YS Lee, author of the acclaimed historical mysteries for young adults featuring Mary Quinn
• DJ McIntosh, author of the Mesopotamian Trilogy, featuring John Madison
• John Moss, whose series features Toronto homicide detectives Miranda Quin and David Morgan
• Thomas Rendell Curran, author of the Eric Stride mysteries, set in historical Newfoundland

Join us for a day on bucolic Wolfe Island for author readings, a panel discussion, meet and greet breakfast, lunch, and our famous church supper as well as the award presentation and a guest lecturer on matters criminal."

Sounds FUN!!!

Download the registration form here:  
http://www.sceneofthecrime.ca/pdf/SceneOfTheCrime_Registration-2012.pdf

 The festival also hosts a fun mystery story contest for cash prizes.  Find out more here: 

http://www.sceneofthecrime.ca/pdf/SOTC_2011ContestGuidelines.pdf   

For all the information about the festival, go to main page at 

http://www.sceneofthecrime.ca/

Recent article about the festival:
http://www.thousandislandslife.com/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/855/Wolfe-Island-Scene-of-the-Crime.aspx

Submit a Story to Chicken Soup for The Soul Books

Writing Opportunity 

 Stories wanted by Chicken Soup for the Soul books: 

Choose from a variety of topics, which should all be written from a positive perspective.
Click on the following link for more information:  
http://www.chickensoup.com/form.asp?cid=possible_books