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• Enrolled: Self-Publishing 101 (7-week course)

  • Start
    11 Jul 2026
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  • End
    29 Aug 2026
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  FBCW Enrolled: Self-Publishing 101

  With Jenn Sommersby, freelance editor and indie/trad published author

  Member price: $210 CAD (That's just $30 a session!)

  Non-member price: $280 CAD

  **This series will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants each week after the session. The recordings will be available for 45 days.

  If you signed up after week one and are missing any recordings, please email hello@bcwriters.ca and let us know which sessions you are missing. 

  NOTE: Because this is a series of ongoing sessions, there will not be reminder emails about the individual sessions. This series uses the same Zoom link each week. We suggest saving the Zoom link in a calendar event, a Word Document, or the Notes app.
  

  EVENT DESCRIPTION:

  A seven-week, everything you wanted to know about indie/self-publishing but didn’t know who to ask course with Jenn Sommersby and guests! Join us on Saturdays from July 11th to August 29th for this informative and hands on series. 

  Dates and time, all via Zoom:

  Saturdays, July 11, 18, and 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon

  Saturdays, August 8, 15, 22, and 29, from 10: 30 a.m. to noon

  (We are skipping the BC Day long weekend.)

  Self-publishing can be empowering, creative, and practical—but it can also be confusing to figure out alone. From editing and design to distribution, marketing, launch planning, and long-term sales, there are a lot of decisions between “I have a manuscript” and “My book is out in the world.”

  FBCW’s Enrolled: Self-Publishing 101 is a seven-week course designed to help writers understand the full self-publishing process from beginning to end. Led by longtime indie publisher and freelance editor Jenn Sommersby, with special guests bringing insight into key parts of the publishing journey, this course will give participants a clear, realistic roadmap for preparing, producing, publishing, and promoting their own book.

  This course is for writers who are considering self-publishing, actively preparing a manuscript, or looking for a better understanding of what it takes to publish independently. Participants will learn how to make informed decisions, avoid common pitfalls, understand publishing platforms and production needs, and build a launch plan that fits their goals, capacity, and budget.

  Over seven weeks, participants will explore the self-publishing landscape, develop a practical publishing plan, learn the basics of book production and distribution, strengthen their author platform, and prepare for marketing, launch, and post-publication opportunities.

  By the end of the course, participants will have a clearer understanding of the self-publishing process and a personalized roadmap for moving their book forward.

  Weekly topics may include:

  Week 1: Understanding Self-Publishing

  Explore the differences between traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing models; what authors are responsible for; common myths and scams; and how to define success for your book.

  Week 2: Publishing Strategy and Project Planning

  Develop a realistic plan for your book, including audience, comparable titles, budget, timeline, production needs, and what support you may need to hire.

  Week 3: Book Design and Production

  Learn what goes into creating a professional book, including cover design, interior formatting, ISBNs, metadata, print and ebook files, and key production decisions.

  Week 4: Publishing Platforms and Distribution

  Compare platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Publish Drive, direct sales via Shopify and WooCommerce, print-on-demand (Lulu, BookVault, Books.by), and other distribution options, including considerations for bookstores and libraries.

  Week 5: Author Platform and Branding

  Clarify your author identity, reader audience, website, newsletter, social media presence, book description, and public-facing materials.

  Week 6: Marketing and Launch Planning

  Build the foundations of a launch plan, including advance review copies, endorsements, reviews, media outreach, events, promotions, and realistic marketing strategies.

  Week 7: After Publication

  Look beyond launch day to royalties, sales tracking, updates and new editions, audiobooks, rights, awards, festivals, speaking opportunities, and planning for future books.

  Participants will leave with:

  • A better understanding of the self-publishing process from start to finish
  • A practical publishing timeline and production checklist
  • A clearer sense of budget, platform options, and distribution paths
  • Tools for thinking about author platform, marketing, and launch
  • A personalized roadmap for next steps

  Bio:

  Jenn Sommersby is a novelist, editor, publishing educator, and Superman nut. A graduate of SFU’s Writer’s Studio (2007), her YA debut, Sleight, was a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Book for Kids & Teens (fall 2018) and an Ontario Library Association Best Bets Honourable Mention Book for Young Adults (2019). Jenn was also awarded a BC Arts Council Grant in 2019 for a YA eco-fiction/dystopian novel about water scarcity. She’s written a baker’s dozen books as Sommersby and Eliza Gordon, including best-selling rom-com titles, and her most recent women’s fiction/dramedy novel, Wish Upon a Rosie, released in February 2026 and was chosen as a finalist in the 20^th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA).

  Jenn’s worked as a freelance editor since 2005 (via her company Plumfield Editing) for numerous internationally best-selling authors. Through her company, SGA Books, she supports indie authors with loads of publishing resources. Her first nonfiction advice/craft/confessional project in a new series, aptly titled Please Don’t Make Me Read This, is scheduled to publish in late 2026. She also works with FBCW as the Community Planning Manager. She is a tiny bit obsessed with writers and books.

  Visit www.jennifersommersby.com and www.sgabooks.com for more.

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• Sunday Webinar: The Curiosity Mindset: Designing Experiments to Strengthen Your Writing Practice

  • When
    30 Aug 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Sunday Webinar: The Curiosity Mindset: Designing Experiments to Strengthen Your Writing Practice

  with Cadence Mandybura

  Member Price: $18

  Non-Member Price is $28

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  Workshop/Event Description

  What's the next step for your writing practice, right now? You might be struggling with practical considerations, like finding the time to write, or working on an aspect of craft, like honing your dialogue. In this session, we'll learn how to use a curiosity mindset to design custom experiments for facing challenges and developing our strengths—judgment free.

  Intended Audience:

  Writers of any skill level

  Bio:

  Cadence Mandybura is a writer and editor who joined the Federation of BC Writers in 2016, shortly after moving to BC from Alberta. She volunteered at the Federation’s 2022 Summit, then took the helm of WordWorks magazine for four issues between 2022–23 and helped launch the Federation’s Roots to Branches anthology series.

  Cadence’s speculative fiction has appeared in Metaphorosis, Pulp Literature, and Tales & Feathers, among others. She is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University and a past associate producer for the fiction anthology podcast The Truth.

  By day, Cadence works for the people of BC as a stakeholder relations coordinator in the BC Public Service. She is grateful to live in Victoria on the land of the lək̓ʷəŋən People, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.

  **Digital doors open at 1:55 pm, event starts at 2:00 pm**

  
  

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• Writer Talk: With Alix Kelinda

  • When
    2 Sep 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Writer Talk: With Alix Kelinda

  Free or by donation

  Event Description

  WRITER TALK is our live interview series designed to pull back the magical curtain on the publishing world. Join us for a casual chitchat—not a workshop or webinar—just a low-key Q&A between host and guest where you can bring your writing and publishing questions.

  Digital doors open at 6:55 pm.

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  About Alix: 

  Alix has been honing her craft for over a decade but reading furiously long before that. She enjoys helping her characters find love and humor amidst self-discovery and growth. When not writing, she works as a biostatistician analyzing healthcare data. She can also be found climbing rocks and drinking coffee, although not usually at the same time.

  Alix’s debut romance novel The Christmas Curse will be published October 20, 2026, by Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House. She has short stories published both online and in print and holds an undergraduate degree in psychology, a master’s degree in medical sciences, and a certificate in creative writing.

  Visit Alix online: alixkelinda.com

  Preorder Alix's book HERE:

  
  

  After the initial Q&A, attendees will have the opportunity to ask their own questions and join the discussion. If you’ve ever wanted to sit in on the kinds of conversations that usually happen behind closed doors, then we shall save you a spot!
   
  If you have a WRITER TALK topic or guest idea, drop us an email at hello@bcwriters.ca!

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• Evening Webinar: A Deep Dive into Deep Third Person POV

  • When
    3 Sep 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Thursday Webinar: A Deep Dive into Deep Third Point of View

  with Michelle Barker & David Brown

  Member Price: $18

  Non-Member Price is $28

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  Workshop/Event Description

  If you've ever been confused by the rules around deep third point of view, this workshop will clear up all the mysteries (well, most of them, anyway). We'll review the various forms of third-person POV and then discuss why you might choose deep third and what to beware of if you do. When should the voice be consistent, and when shouldn't it be? How far can you safely zoom out? How should multiple POVs be handled?

  We'll also review some self-editing tips for POV and leave plenty of time at the end for questions.

  Key Takeaways

  • Understand the difference between various types of third-person POV
  • Understand how to use deep third POV
    
  • Understand the pitfalls around deep third
    
  • Learn how to self-edit for POV
    

  Intended audience:

  Writers of any skill level

  Bios:

  Michelle Barker is an award-winning author and poet. She is the co-author of Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling and Story Skeleton: The Classics. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in literary reviews worldwide. She has published three YA novels (one fantasy and two historical fiction), a historical picture book, and a chapbook of poetry. Michelle holds a BA in English literature (UBC) and an MFA in creative writing (UBC). Many of the writers she’s worked with have gone on to win publishing contracts and honours for their work. Michelle lives and writes in Vancouver, Canada.
  

  David Griffin Brown is the coauthor of two books for writers: Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling, and Story Skeleton: The Classics. He is also an award-winning short fiction writer with over twenty-five years' experience as an editor. Writing as Septimus Brown, he has published two novels: When the Sky Breaks and We've Come for Your Eggs. David founded Darling Axe Editing in 2018, and as part of his Book Broker interview series, he has compiled querying advice from over 100 literary agents. He holds a BA in anthropology (UVic) and an MFA in creative writing (UBC). David lives in Victoria, Canada, on the traditional territory of the Kosapsum and Songhees Nations.

  Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/septimusbrown.com

  Facebook: facebook.com/DarlingAxe

  Instagram: instagram.com/darlingaxe

  
  

  **Digital doors open at 6:55 pm, event starts at 7:00 pm**

  
  

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• September Writers' Social

  • When
    8 Sep 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us on Tuesday, September 8, from 7:00 - 8:30 PM Pacific for our monthly Writers' Social. 

  
  

  Many of us strive for connection with other writers. This monthly members-only event is designed to help bring us together for casual chats, with breakout rooms for specific topics, genres, and niches. Join us for craft, career, and connection talk, with the chance to meet new people and get the most out of being a part of the FBCW. 
  
  Below are the proposed discussion groups for this month's meeting (subject to change). Email hello@bcwriters.ca to suggest a discussion topic for an upcoming Writers' Social. 

  
  

  Discussion Groups:

  • All about poetry 
  • Editing and revision
  • Children's books / picture books
  • What are you reading? Current reads, favourite books
  • Memoir writers connect
  • Non-fiction writers connect (travel writing, journalism/reporting, research, etc)
  • Connecting writers with chronic illnesses
  • Romance writers
  • Traditional publishing chat (publishers, queries, finding an agent, etc)
  • Self-publishing chat 
  • Writing and visual arts (film, theatre, photo essays) 
  • General writing discussion

  This event is exclusive to FBCW members. If you’re not a member yet, we would love to have you join us. You can find out more about membership on our benefits page. Email hello@bcwriters.ca with any questions about joining. 

  
  

  Digital doors open at 6:55 PM. Event starts at 7:00 PM Pacific.

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• September 2026 Member Orientation

  • When
    10 Sep 2026
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    6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Whether you’re a new FBCW member or a seasoned member who wants a refresher, join us for Member Orientation! We’ll be discussing member benefits, focusing on ways that the FBCW members can: Learn, Write, Connect, and Promote. Find out about the latest events, writing sprints, how to get involved, and where to get the information you seek.
  

  The orientation overview will take about 20 minutes, and then there will be 10 minutes for questions at the end (30 minutes total).

  Digital Doors Open at 5:55 PM, Event Starts at 6:00 PM Pacific Time

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  Have a question that can't wait for orientation? Email hello@bcwriters.ca

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• Evening Webinar: Discovering Character Beliefs with Eileen Cook

  • When
    10 Sep 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Thursday Evening Webinar: Discovering Character Beliefs with Eileen Cook

  Member Price: $18

  Non-Member Price is $28

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  Workshop/Event Description

  Research shows that beliefs shape not only how we see the world but drive the choices we make. In this workshop, participants will explore how a character’s beliefs about themselves, others, and the world can create authentic motivations, internal/external conflict, and a satisfying resolution to the story.
  
  Prompts will be provided to help writers identify the beliefs driving their characters' actions, uncover the experiences that formed those beliefs, and challenge them to create conflict and growth. Writers may also uncover how their own beliefs shape their writing outcomes.

  Key Takeaways

  • Why beliefs are important to how we see the world
  • Identify key beliefs our characters hold
  • Look at how character beliefs shape conflict, motivation and drive decision making

  Intended audience:

  Writers of any skill level

  Bio:

  Eileen Cook is a multi-published, award-winning author whose novels have appeared in nine languages. She’s written YA, middle grade, nonfiction, and most recently The Champagne Letters, under the pen name Kate MacIntosh, an adult historical novel that People magazine named a Best Book of December. She’s an instructor/mentor with the Creative Academy and Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. Several of her books have been optioned for TV or film, but she hasn’t yet had a chance to walk the red carpet. However, she has perfected delivering her Oscar speech into her hairbrush.

  Eileen lives in Vancouver where she is always in search of a great bottle of wine, a stack of books, and can be counted on to pet any random dog she meets.
  

  **Digital doors open at 6:55 pm, event starts at 7:00 pm**

  
  

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• Writing Intensive: Scriptwriting - Screen Time Well Spent

  • Start
    14 Sep 2026
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    18 Sep 2026
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us for five days of online learning from September 14 to 18, 2026!

  Writing Intensive: Script to Screen (Screenwriting)

  Start: Monday, September 14, 9:30 a.m.

  End: Friday, September 18, 2026, ~ 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  Join us for five days of inspired instruction from working professionals, Monday, September 14 to Friday, September 18, 2026. An intro tech session will be held on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. to cover the week’s expected events and to address any tech issues in the audience.

  Guided writing sprints will be held Tuesday through Friday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

  The first instructional and/or panel session begins at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. The second session of each day will begin at 2 p.m. The 2 p.m. session on Friday will be a panel Q&A discussion featuring guests from our week.

  ABOUT

  Script to Screen is a week for writers curious about screenwriting—whether you’re starting from scratch or already have a script in a drawer. Unlike our other Intensives, this week leans into conversation: We’re bringing together a mix of panels and sessions with working industry professionals, rather than straight instruction, so you can hear directly from the people who turn words on the page into movie magic.

  Over the week, we’ll cover:

  • the basics of screenwriting: format, structure, and terminology (Screenwriting 101);
  • how the film industry works, and where screenwriting fits inside it;
  • what actually separates a screenplay, a script, and a novel as forms
  • the hierarchy of screenwriting—once a writer’s draft is done, the project belongs to the director, and what that handoff means in practice;
  • the role of the producer, and how producers shape a project from development onward;
  • how screen adaptation works, from source material to shooting scripts;
  • how a script is “broken down” from the points of view of the people who make it into a movie: director, cinematographer, producer, wardrobe, and construction/art department
  • and MORE!

  
  OPTIONAL PREP: SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE

  If you’d like to follow along using dedicated screenwriting software, it’s recommended but not required. Options to consider ahead of the week include Fade In, Scrivener, WriterDuet (free plan available), Celtx (nominal monthly fee), Arc Studio, Final Draft, and Trelby. (Note: Trelby does not run on Mac OS).

  The week of learning, activities, and connection will include FOUR hour-long guided writing sprint sessions each day and TEN 1.5-hour-long sessions and/or panels, including an end-of-week Q&A wrap-up event on Friday afternoon for participants to reflect on what they’ve learned and ask questions that haven’t yet been addressed.

  Presentations will be recorded and available to registrants for 45 days after the intensive. The recordings will all be emailed at once, within a week of the end of the intensive. Sprint sessions will not be recorded.

  EVENT PRESENTERS AND TOPICS:

  SCOOTER CORKLE: Screenwriting 101: Where We Start

  Before FADE IN comes the question: where do we actually start? This introduction to screenwriting covers format, terminology, structure, style, and the practical demands of writing for production, then moves from the mechanics of the page to the humanity underneath it. With examples, we’ll explore how character and conflict shape dramatic structure, giving participants a practical foundation for where to start developing an idea into a screenplay. Students will leave with an understanding of the basic format, terminology, and conventions of a screenplay, plus a little of what makes one worth reading.

  Bio: Scooter Corkle is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer known for the suspense feature Hollow in the Land (theatrical/Netflix), the cosmic horror film The Friendship Game (theatrical/Shudder), and Canadian Heritage Minutes on the Vancouver Asahi and Elsie MacGill. He was a screenwriter on the multi-award-winning feature Kayak to Klemtu, is co-author of The Comprehensive Dictionary of Cinema, and was named one of “25 Screenwriters to Watch” by the Austin Film Festival and MovieMaker Magazine. He has seen multiple projects through Telefilm Canada’s development pipeline, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Variety.

  TONI GALLAGHER: What Is a Log Line and Why Are They So Frickin’ Important?

  A log line is a one-to-two sentence distillation of your screenplay, which provides industry professionals with the essentials of your story. And creating them is harder than you might think!

  In this workshop, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of crafting a compelling log line. We’ll break down log lines of recognizable movies and determine how to improve them. Then you’ll have the opportunity to work on your own—receiving feedback, if you care to share.

  By the end, you’ll have an understanding of a log line’s key elements, its importance in the industry and, ideally, an excellent log line of your own!

  - An understanding of what a log line is, plus its importance in the industry

  - Being able to discern a good log line from a bad one, based on examples

  - The ability to craft a log line for your current and future projects

  - Ideally, a great, finished log line

  Bio: Toni Gallagher moved to Hollywood immediately after university, and has been there ever since. Her early jobs included running errands for director James L. Brooks as The Simpsons was being born and reading scripts for Steven Spielberg—which she’ll tell you more about soon. Toni spent 30 years as a producer, earning her the title “the godmother of reality TV,” but her proudest achievements are her two middle grade novels, published by Random House. She has spent the last four summers in the Comox Valley, the unceded traditional territory of the K’omoks First Nation, and is a proud member of the FBCW.

  TARA AVERY: Journeys of Heroes and Heroines: Archetypes and Storytelling

  What if the Hero’s Journey isn’t the only journey worth taking? This session will put two influential archetype-driven storytelling models side by side: Christopher Vogler’s Hero’s Journey and Kim Hudson’s The Virgin’s Promise. We’ll look at how each approaches conflict, transformation, and belonging, and where their paths intersect and diverge.

  Designed with screenwriters and screen-curious writers in mind, but applicable to all writers of fiction and creative non-fiction, this session will offer practical ways for using archetypal journeys to build richer characters and stronger arcs—without turning story structure into mere formula.

  Bio: Tara Avery has worked as a writer, editor, and writing coach for over twenty years. She holds a BFA in Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. In 2025, she was a finalist for the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. Tara is also the President of the Board of the Federation of BC Writers. She believes in the power of words to inspire, unite, and entertain. Mostly, she’s thrilled that she’s achieved her childhood dream of working with them for a living.

  CLAIRE MULLIGAN: Story Adaption for the Screen

  Adapting a short story or poem into a short screenplay is one of the best and most accessible ways to learn the craft of screenwriting (and help the prose writer understand story structure). In this one-hour workshop we will look at how to obtain rights, how to use and find public domain stories, the methods and considerations of adapting source material, and the types of adaptations. We will also try adapting an opening and brainstorm ideas for an adaptation of a story or poem from the public domain.

  Bio: Claire Mulligan is an award-winning author of novels and short fiction with MFA in Screenwriting from UVic. For her first short film, she adapted her own short story The Still Life of Annika Meyers into a screenplay. Annika showed at international festivals including Seattle and Sedona, earning acting awards and audience choice awards. Her second short screenplay, Obscura (funded by the DGC and the Canada Council) won BC’s prestigious Leo Awards for Best Short and Best Screenplay, as well as Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s Best Canadian Short, and best screenplay & editing at the Short Circuit film festival amongst other accolades. She is working on an adapted feature-length script. She edits and story consults for screenwriters and prose writers and teaches online and for Uvic Continuing Education. See mulliganmethod.ca

  CK LOVE: Dialogue Goodie Bag for Screenwriting

  We know that dialogue can be the most important aspect of a screenplay—It is what attracts actors more than anything else. But dialogue is complex and can be the hardest thing to master.

  In this session, we will examine the different elements of dialogue like character, genre, tone, emotional stakes, opposing agendas, time/place, etc., and apply some techniques so that participants are equipped to troubleshoot, and elevate their dialogue to strengthen their stories and make them sing.

  • How to approach a scene where the dialogue does not detract from the thrust of the scene's purpose.

  • How to focus the dialogue to get what you need from the scene.

  • How to avoid pitfalls of dialogue: exposition, aimless, boring.

  • Learn how to think about subtext.

  • How to have fun with it.

  Bio: CK Love is a multi-hyphenate artist, a published author and optioned screenwriter. Her focus for her writing has always been a feminist one. Through her writing, she strives to express the complicated reality of being a woman at any age. As a therapist, she works with women who want to deepen their connection to their creative selves and their work. CK’s writing, fiction and non-fiction, can be found in anthologies in print and online.

  KYRA FEQUET: Writing Effective Intimacy Scenes

  Whether an intimacy scene is implied or explicit, two lines or three pages … good intimacy scenes are difficult to write! Moreover, intimacy scenes appear in various genres from romantic comedy, docudramas, action and horror. How much detail should be on the page? What information is actually useful to performers and the creative team? How do you write a scene that communicates character, emotion, power dynamics, and story rather than simply describing physical actions? And what's the line between not enough physical action and too much? 

  There is also an entire process that happens between the written scene and what ultimately appears on screen or stage. Once a project involving intimacy goes into production, there are numerous conversations, considerations, and protocols in place to create a safe and respectful working environment for the cast and crew. The journey from written word to performed scene isn't always straightforward, and I’ve seen writers feel discouraged or confused when a scene they wrote ultimately looks very different from what they envisioned.

  Also featuring

  BARRY LEVY, award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and novelist teaching Adapting Your Screenplay into a Novel

  and 

  TYREL LOUGHEED, filmmaker and author

  Their session info is en route!

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• Sunday Webinar: Haibun - A Delightful Mix of Haiku and Prose with Isabella Mori

  • When
    20 Sep 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Sunday Webinar: Haibun - A Delightful Mix of Haiku and Prose

  Sunday, September 20, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific/Vancouver)

  Member Price: $18

  Non-Member Price is $28

  **This event will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to registrants within a week of the session. The recording will be available for 45 days.

  Workshop/Event Description

  If you like haiku or just succinct writing, you’ll like haibun—a Japanese form that combines short texts with haiku. We will briefly look at its origin as a travelogue, touch on what a modern haiku is, learn the secrets to combining prose and haiku, and have lots of opportunity to practice.

  Intended audience:

  Writers of any skill level

  Bio:

  Isabella Mori lives on the unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people aka Vancouver, BC, Canada. They are the author of three books of and about poetry, including Not So Pretty Haiku, and a book about mental health and addiction, Believe Me. They are the founder of Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize, which celebrates loud, socially engaged poetry.

  Poetry, short stories and essays have been in places such as Cutting Letters Anthology, Presence, Signs of Life, The Group of Seven Reimagined, Through the Portal (a 2025 SCWES prize winner), and Personal Essayist.

  Isabella won second prize in poetry and third prize in nonfiction at the 2024 Write On Contest at at RCLAS contest. In 2021, Isabella was a writer-in-residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House. They are the essay editor for Frogpond, a journal of Japanese forms such as haiku and haibun.

  Follow Isabella on social media:

  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moritherapy.bsky.social

  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/isabella.j.mori

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imori.writes/

  Website: https://moritherapy.org/

  Buy Isabella's latest book here:

  https://www.amazon.ca/Believe-Me-Addiction-Imagined-Analyzed/dp/1988915546
  

  
  

  **Digital doors open at 1:55 pm, event starts at 2:00 pm**

  
  

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• Seasonal Spark Writing Sessions: Autumn

  • When
    21 Sep 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Seasonal Spark Writing Sessions

  Free to all!

  Event Description:

  Join author and editor Christina Myers near the start of each season—summer, fall, winter, and spring—for a creative boost through fun prompts based on each season's themes. Spend 45 minutes writing in a lighthearted session that will help get those creative wheels turning! Great for all genres of writing; prompts will be wide open to interpretation. 

  All events are online via Zoom. These sessions will not be recorded.

  It's almost time to pull out the cozy sweaters and brew up a pumpkin spice latte!

  Join us each season for more Seasonal Spark Writing Sessions.

  Intended Audience:

  Writers of all skill levels welcome.

  Bio:

  Christina Myers is a writer, editor, former journalist, and the author of two books and the editor of two anthologies. She has been longlisted for the Leacock medal, twice shortlisted for the Fred Kerner Book Prize, and is a two-time winner with the Canadian Book Club Awards. She teaches creative writing at SFU's Continuing Studies Department. Find her online at https://linktr.ee/christinamyers.

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