Workshop Archives
Creating a Brand
Thu Apr 14th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join author Andrea Fehsenfeld in this fascinating workshop on creating a brand. She will use "Romance" as the genre of example, but her techniques will apply to all genres. This promises to be something new for NOWW writers and members to consider and to add to their skill set.
Thu Apr 14th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join author Andrea Fehsenfeld in this fascinating workshop on creating a brand. She will use "Romance" as the genre of example, but her techniques will apply to all genres. This promises to be something new for NOWW writers and members to consider and to add to their skill set.
Creating and Sustaining a Writing Ritual You Love
Thu Mar 3rd 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join Rhonda Douglas In this workshop, writers will plan a new or refreshed writing ritual that uses principles of brain science to keep them coming back to their writing desk and enjoying the writing process. Writers will leave the workshop with a newly designed writing ritual that perfectly suits their writing process and life circumstances.
Rhonda Douglas is an award-winning Canadian poet, fiction writer and writing mentor. She’s the author of Welcome to the Circus, How to Love a Lonely Man, and Some Days I Think I Know Things: The Cassandra Poems. Her writing has been published across Canada and has won awards from The Malahat Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, Prairie Fire and Room Magazine, among others. In 2012, Rhonda received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is also an alumna of the Humber School for Writers and the Banff Centre Writing Studio. Originally from Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Rhonda now lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Thu Mar 3rd 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join Rhonda Douglas In this workshop, writers will plan a new or refreshed writing ritual that uses principles of brain science to keep them coming back to their writing desk and enjoying the writing process. Writers will leave the workshop with a newly designed writing ritual that perfectly suits their writing process and life circumstances.
Rhonda Douglas is an award-winning Canadian poet, fiction writer and writing mentor. She’s the author of Welcome to the Circus, How to Love a Lonely Man, and Some Days I Think I Know Things: The Cassandra Poems. Her writing has been published across Canada and has won awards from The Malahat Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, Prairie Fire and Room Magazine, among others. In 2012, Rhonda received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is also an alumna of the Humber School for Writers and the Banff Centre Writing Studio. Originally from Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Rhonda now lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Writing Basics with Graham Strong
Tue Jan 4th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Your dream of becoming a writer starts now! Whether you want to become a poet, a short story writer, a nonfiction writer, a memoirist, or any other type of writer, we all face the same basic stumbling blocks to getting started. This workshop will address those challenges head-on and give you a step-by-step plan on how to start writing today - and start submitting your work.
Tue Jan 4th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Your dream of becoming a writer starts now! Whether you want to become a poet, a short story writer, a nonfiction writer, a memoirist, or any other type of writer, we all face the same basic stumbling blocks to getting started. This workshop will address those challenges head-on and give you a step-by-step plan on how to start writing today - and start submitting your work.
The Reasons to Write Non-Fiction (Memoir) in an Authentic Voice
Thu Nov 25th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
This workshop will offer my experience and advice as an Indigenous female author in Canada and the decisions I had to make when it came to writing all of my (soon to be) four books, three of which are daily motivational guides embedded in Indigenous values, teachings, and experiences. What was my intent (and how important is that)? What were my thoughts on editing and publishing? What risks did I take and why have I continued in this style for more than a decade?
Sandi Boucher is an internationally recognized and much-loved speaker, thought leader, television host, seminar facilitator and best-selling author who has dedicated most of her life to Indigenous inclusion, empowerment, and engagement and in the last decade, to Canadian reconciliation.
Through the use of metaphor and the art of story-telling, Sandi brings a much needed “Indigenous lens” to the Canadian conversation. Sandi Boucher is a proud member of Seine River First Nation in northern Ontario, Canada but Sandi has made Thunder Bay, Ontario her home for more than 25 years, a city nationally recognized for its anti-Indigenous racism. Yet she was named both the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year and the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Woman of the Year in 2016, proving that she knows how to build bridges even in the most challenging of situations.
Thu Nov 25th 7:00pm - 9:00pm
This workshop will offer my experience and advice as an Indigenous female author in Canada and the decisions I had to make when it came to writing all of my (soon to be) four books, three of which are daily motivational guides embedded in Indigenous values, teachings, and experiences. What was my intent (and how important is that)? What were my thoughts on editing and publishing? What risks did I take and why have I continued in this style for more than a decade?
Sandi Boucher is an internationally recognized and much-loved speaker, thought leader, television host, seminar facilitator and best-selling author who has dedicated most of her life to Indigenous inclusion, empowerment, and engagement and in the last decade, to Canadian reconciliation.
Through the use of metaphor and the art of story-telling, Sandi brings a much needed “Indigenous lens” to the Canadian conversation. Sandi Boucher is a proud member of Seine River First Nation in northern Ontario, Canada but Sandi has made Thunder Bay, Ontario her home for more than 25 years, a city nationally recognized for its anti-Indigenous racism. Yet she was named both the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year and the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Woman of the Year in 2016, proving that she knows how to build bridges even in the most challenging of situations.