The East End Writers’ Group has met monthly in the east end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada since September 2000. The Group presents critique meetings, guest speakers, workshops, e-mail critiques and hard-copy critiques.
Writing Critique Evenings
Meets 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. usually the last Wednesday of the month from September to November and January to June, for constructive criticism of short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, poetry, personal essays, articles, etc. You get up to 10 minutes to read, but you can also just listen and give constructive criticism of others’ writing. Bring copies of your story so everyone can have a copy and bring pen and paper to take notes. We also discuss markets and writing techniques, and do “show and sell” for members who have recently published books. Break midway to snack and network. New members welcome. Free. Just bring a snack.
The East End Writers' Group critique gatherings are:
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - Guest author Jake Hogeterp reads from his first published Novel Cloud Nine.
Break for Christmas Season
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - Guest author Shane Joseph reads from his novel After the Flood
Wednesday, April 28, 2010]
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Break for summer
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - EEWG 10th Anniversary
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Break for Christmas Season
Guest Speakers
Some Wednesday evening meetings feature guest speakers before the break. Recent guest speakers include: Michael Carroll, Publishers with Dundurn Press; Nate Hendley, non-fiction articles and book author (Motivation for Non-Fiction Writers); Paul Sanderson, poet and photographer; Bill Belfontaine, publisher end editor, White Knight Books; Tina Tsallas, literary agent; Rosemary Aubert, mystery novelist and workshop instructor; Cynthia Gould, performance poet; Shane Joseph, novelist and short story author (Fringe Dwellers), and Stacey May Fowles from Descant Magazine.
One-day Saturday Workshops
Held in the spring and early fall. Workshops run between 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. We've had workshops on Writing Novels, Fictional Character Development, Interviewing Techniques, Finding Story Ideas and Querying Publication Editors, Creativity, Marketing, How to Get Published, Crafting the Short Story, Memoir Writing, and How to be Your Own Editor and Create a Better Story. Fee depends on instructor's fee.
The East End Writers’ Group presents…
“Writing Your Life”
~ and other true stories ~
Saturday, April 10, 2010
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
World's Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward St., Toronto
(A block north of Dundas, just west off Yonge St.)
Have you ever considered writing your memoirs or family history? This workshop will introduce you to the tricks and conventions of telling true stories and will show you how to use the techniques of the novel to recount actual events. Whether you want to write for your family or for a wider public, don't miss this workshop. Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for 25 years. He has helped many of his students get published, including our guest speaker, Ross Pennie.
Our guest speaker will be Dr. Ross Pennie, author of The Unforgiving Tides, a doctor’s memoir of Papua New Guinea (Manor House Publishing). He has also signed a contract with ECW Press for three medical mystery novels. The first of these, Tainted, came out last April; the next will be out in 2010. Dr. Pennie will speak on how to turn ordinary life into dramatic material and will answer questions about how he wrote his memoir and got it published.
Fee for members of the East End Writers’ Group:
$35.24 plus gst = $37 paid in advance
or $42.86 plus gst = $45 if you wait to pay at the door
Fee for members of the general public: $39.05 plus gst = $41 paid in advance
or $42.86 plus gst = $45 if you wait to pay at the door
To register, please make out a cheque to Brian Henry and mail it to:
Brian Henry, 110 Reiner Road, Toronto, ON M3H 2L6
To reserve a spot now, e-mail brianhenry@sympatico.ca
We also run an E-mail Critique Group for evaluating longer pieces (not War and Peace, but a full short story, essay, article or book chapter). For information, e-mail samcraw@interlog.com
For more information on the East End Writers' Group contact:
Sharon Crawford
Writer/Editor/Instructor
1-416-750-0860