In a few days I’m heading for Calgary to participate in one
of Canada’s premiere writing conferences, the 3rd Annual When Words
Collide (WWC-2013): August 9-11, 2013 at the Carriage House Inn (9030 Macleod
Trail South, Calgary, AB).
Winner of the 2012 Aurora Award and current nominee for the 2013 Aurora, WWC is a festival for readers, writers, artists and publishers of
commercial and literary fiction, including genre, YA, childrens books and
poetry. Readers and writers share information, learn, and build a sense of
community. The conference features experts representing diverse genres
including mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, literary, historical,
western, film scripts, and poetry.
The interesting nature of the conference is reflected in its
diverse and comprehensive Programming: writing, literature, publishing, art
(cover/interior); Kaffe klatches; pitch sessions, autograph sessions, readings,
Blue-pencil café; parties, and a merchant’s corner. The festival also includes
in-programming workshops (I’m doing two of them) and pre-conference workshops.
I will be sitting on several panels, giving a reading from
my latest SF book Inner Diverse (of The Splintered Universe Trilogy),
participating in an autograph session, Blue-pencil café and giving two writing
workshops:
- · The Hero’s Journey
- · Self-Editing
Nina’s Schedule at WWC-2013:
Friday 6 pm: PANEL—“Listening to Books”
Friday 9 pm: PANEL—“The Issue is the Issue”
Saturday 10 am: PANEL—“The Alien as Metaphor”
Saturday 11 am: PANEL—“Transhumanism”
Saturday 12 pm: PANEL—“Making the Everyday Fantastic”
Saturday 1 pm: READING—Reading from “Inner Diverse”
Saturday 2 pm: PANEL—“What Women Write”
Saturday 7 pm: PANEL—“Editor for Hire”
Saturday 8 pm: AUTOGRAPH SESSION
Sunday 10 am: PANEL—“Pantser, Plotter of Quilter”
Sunday 11 am: WORKSHOP—“The Hero’s Journey”
Sunday 1 pm: WORKSHOP—“Self-Editing”
Sunday 3 pm: BLUE-PENCIL CAFÉ
I’m looking forward to visiting with old friends and meeting
new ones. See you all there!
I will also be joining awesome voice artist Dawn Harvey for readings
of Inner Diverse of The Splintered Universe Trilogy on Thursday (August 8) at The
SENTRY BOX at 7 pm on and on Friday August 9th at Chapters (Chinook
Centre) at noon.
See you all there!
Nina Munteanu is an
ecologist and internationally published author of novels, short stories and
essays. She coaches writers and teaches writing at George Brown College and the
University of Toronto. For more about Nina’s coaching & workshops visit www.ninamunteanu.me. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for more about her writing.
3 comments:
Wish I could be there. Have agreat time. I have heard it is a wonderful event.
Thanks, Darlene! I certainly intend to... :)
Best Wishes,
Nina
p.s. this writers festival is possibly the best writer's event I have attended. More in a later post...
If you are a serious writer wishing to hone your craft, find a great writing community and share experiences, this is a very cool place to do it. Mark your calendar for WWC 2014 next August.
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