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  • Self-Publishing for New Authors

    Stepping into self-publishing means becoming both an author and a publisher, but what does that really mean? This workshop provides an essential overview of the publishing industry from a self-publisher’s […]

  • Artist-Poet Gathering

    Aurora Town Square 50 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada

    A quarterly meetup between artists and poets in the Aurora Cultural Centre’s galleries in Aurora Town Square’s Homeroom Galleries. Participants are invited to create spontaneous written and visual responses to […]

  • 7 Stories

    Art Gallery of Georgina 149 High St., Sutton West, Ontario, Canada

    7 Stories is a writing competition inspired by art. Each year, seven artworks are selected from the Gallery’s collection. Writers are invited to spend time with these pieces — to […]

  • A Marketing Cheatsheet to Growing Your Social Media Following

    Taylor’s Funeral Home 524 Davis Drive, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

    Provide WCYR members with a painless introduction to marketing by offering a workshop that helps them identify their author brand, target reader audience, and ideas for expanding their social media presence.

  • Hermits & Flash Fiction/Nonfiction

    Join Carol Teal as she leads generative workshops for the Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) event, “Write Around the World”, in February. Write with a small group on Zoom to […]

  • Muse & Memoir

    Join Carol Teal to write from your memories and life. Humans are meaning making creatures. Look for themes in your life while we make meaning from experience. As we write […]

  • Fireside Chat with a Literary Agent

    Join us for an insider’s look at the publishing world. WCYR Chair Tali Shammas sits down with literary agent Lauren Khan of FinePrint Literary Management for a candid fireside conversation […]

  • Focus on Fiction – Write That Story

    Writing to prompts geared toward enlivening your imagination, we will write fictional characters and scenes. You will practice using stories from your life and from your imagination to create engaging […]

  • Deep Dive into Deep Point of View

    Like actors, authors need to get into character. Learn the tricks that deepen your point-of-view narrator so that readers feel like they are right in the action and not watching […]