Workshop / Class
programs@writers.ns.ca
9024238116
This session is a chance for you to join with others in your community and get a close-up look at the world of fiction writing. All activities and discussions of the session are also relevant to those who are dabbling in other forms of writing--poetry, memoir, non-fiction, etc. Susan and Sylvia will share their varied experiences as writers, offer brief activities in which you’ll explore your own themes, and answer all your questions about the writing process and the many paths to publishing.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Sylvia Gunnery first took herself seriously as a writer when she attended the Banff Centre in 1976 under the instruction of W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, and others. She has written 22 books for teens and children, including Emily For Real (Pajama Press) and Game Face (Lorimer) which was nominated for the 2015 Hackmatack Award. Drive, a YA novel, will be published in 2017. A recipient of a Prime Minister's Teaching Award, Sylvia shares her expertise as a writer and as a teacher of writing in The Writing Circle (Pembroke). She has served several terms on the board of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia and on the National Council of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Sylvia lives at Crescent Beach on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
Susan Haley is the author of 8 novels, including A Nest Of Singing Birds and Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, both of which were made into movies for TV by the CBC. Her latest novel is Petitot, published by Gaspereau Press in 2013. She has been a contributor over the years to numerous periodicals, The Gaspereau Review, The Nova Scotia Policy Review, Geist and Fiddlehead. She lives in Black River, N.S.
programs@writers.ns.ca
9024238116
This session is a chance for you to join with others in your community and get a close-up look at the world of fiction writing. All activities and discussions of the session are also relevant to those who are dabbling in other forms of writing--poetry, memoir, non-fiction, etc. Susan and Sylvia will share their varied experiences as writers, offer brief activities in which you’ll explore your own themes, and answer all your questions about the writing process and the many paths to publishing.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Sylvia Gunnery first took herself seriously as a writer when she attended the Banff Centre in 1976 under the instruction of W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, and others. She has written 22 books for teens and children, including Emily For Real (Pajama Press) and Game Face (Lorimer) which was nominated for the 2015 Hackmatack Award. Drive, a YA novel, will be published in 2017. A recipient of a Prime Minister's Teaching Award, Sylvia shares her expertise as a writer and as a teacher of writing in The Writing Circle (Pembroke). She has served several terms on the board of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia and on the National Council of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Sylvia lives at Crescent Beach on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
Susan Haley is the author of 8 novels, including A Nest Of Singing Birds and Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, both of which were made into movies for TV by the CBC. Her latest novel is Petitot, published by Gaspereau Press in 2013. She has been a contributor over the years to numerous periodicals, The Gaspereau Review, The Nova Scotia Policy Review, Geist and Fiddlehead. She lives in Black River, N.S.
Pricing & Tickets
Paradise Community Hall
