TD Culture Lab: Breakthrough to Writers' Success

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Professional Development Day for New, Emerging, and Established Writers to Hone their Craft and Learn to Navigate the Writing Industry.

Clarke Memorial Hall

TD Culture Lab 2023

Sponsored by TD Bank Group and presented by Mississauga Arts Council, TD Culture Lab is a professional development series of webinars and workshops designed specifically for the creative sector in Mississauga.

A﻿ day of workshops and networking for new, emerging, and established writers of all genres. Learn about the writing industry from professionals in the field, network with fellow writers, and explore the next steps to achieving your writing career goals.Workshop sessions include: Self-editing Your Work (Joyce Wayne), Pitching Your Book (Michelle Hillyard), Beating Writers Block (Dawn Grimmer), Funding and Career Opportunities (Sheridan&#x27;s Creative Writing &amp; Publishing Program), and a Publisher&#x27;s Panel (led by Peta-Gay Nash) comprised of leading publishers discussing current literary trends, and peer-networking.Meet writers from Mississauga and surrounding areas and learn to take your craft to the next level. Learn about the writing industry from professionals and check out resources available from industry booths and learn from peers during the networking lunch.

T﻿D Culture Lab: Breakthroguh to Writers' Success is sponsored by TD Bank Group and produced by the Mississauga Arts Council with Courtney Park Writers Group and Mississauga Writers Group. Special thanks to Sheridan's Creative Writing &amp; Publishing program.

Agenda

Sign in, grab a cup of coffee, and take time to meet other writers. We know that small talk can be awkward, so we have experienced writers stationed around the room with "ask me about" signs just waiting to meet you and chat about the industry with you!

Registration: Coffee and Networking

Put your pen to paper and get writing! Dawn Grimmer will lead you through writing prompts and share real life experience on how to stay focused and motivated so you can break through writer’s block. She will also discuss using AI effectively.

Get Writing: Beyond the Ordinary (Dawn Grimmer)

You know there are readers out there who would love to read your writing. But how do you convince them that they need to? This workshop will discuss finding the heart of your story, and share tips on how to pitch it to readers or to an agent.

Perfecting Your Pitch with Michelle Hillyard

MARTY Award winning author Peta-Gaye Nash leads a panel discussion with leading local literary publishers. Learn about how AI is affecting writers and the publishing industry. Discover if publishers are giving more diverse and marginalized writers an opportunity to become published…plus many other timely topics and trends!

Publisher's Panel

Lunch provided for all registrants. Take time to meet other authors, talk to the presenters and panelists, and reflect on the morning's sessions.

Networking Lunch

Revising and editing your writing is the surest route to finding an agent or a publisher. Today, publishing houses and magazines expect your fiction, non-fiction or poetry submissions to be ready to publish. Experienced writer and publisher Joyce Wayne will illustrate how multiple revisions of your written work greatly enhance the opportunity to be published. Bring: 3 typed pages of your writing to edit during this workshop. About Joyce Wayne: Joyce Wayne is a published novelist and essayist. Last Night of the World is her most recent novel. The Toronto Star called it “a spy story well timed for the news’ current preoccupation with both the Kremlin and the nuclear arms race.” Her essay “All the Kremlin’s Men” is included in Best Canadian Essays 2021. Joyce was the editorial director of non-fiction at McClelland & Stewart Publishers, the editor of Quill & Quire and the head of the journalism department at Sheridan College.

Self-Editing Your Work with Joyce Wayne

Presented by Sheridan College’s Creative Writing & Publishing Program, attendees will learn about grants they can apply to for funding projects, residencies and retreats for writing, and other opportunities and programs that can help writers further their craft and grow their career.

Grants, Residencies, and Opportunities for Writers

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