Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. Alberto Manguel, will lead this 90-minute masterclass. All writing levels welcome. More details coming soon. Presented by TIFA in partnership with the Humber School for Writers.
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Join the Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) in a one-hour expressive writing workshop that will broaden your perspective, ignite your imagination and inspire your authentic voice. No writing experience necessary! WCC is a charitable organization that inspires exploratory writing in community to empower every voice, celebrate every story, and change the world. Our unique writing […]
Participants will watch the Persian Master Calligrapher Laleh Rasaee in action, marvel at the beauty of traditional Islamic calligraphy, and discover the fundamentals of the most esteemed art form in the Islamic world. Under the guidance of the Aga Khan Museum’s skilled Educators, participants will also get up close with museum objects and stories that […]
Since the 1930’s, people just like you have been getting creative and making zines to share their messages and ideas. Using techniques like collage, writing and drawing, now it’s your turn to channel your inner activist and create your very own zine for change. Join the creators of Abolition is Love Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware […]
If you like to chow down on ciabatta or snack on sourdough, this one’s for you! Come along as author Cristina Quintero and illustrator Sarah Gonzales share tasty tales from their new book The Only Way to Make Bread and introduce you to all the best baked goods from around the world. From flatbreads to fluffy […]
Where the grown-ups see the crack in the pavement, Alice sees the flowers growing there; and when the bus is running a few minutes late, she knows it’s just extra time to make friends with her fellow passengers. In Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s new book, Dear Street, Alice decides to write love letters to all the things […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. What is tone? How is it related to voice? Or mood? Or register? These aspects of writing feel nebulous compared to more concrete aspects such as setting or tense or perspective, but they are […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. Finding your voice. As readers, many of us have had the experience of being seduced by the voice of an electrifying writer. But what do we mean when we talk about “voice”? And how […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. In Praise of Process: Finding What Works Do you have a problem with your writing? Award-winning author and Humber School for Writers professor Alissa York has the solution: in a word, process. Join us […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. Writing for an Audience: for whom are we writing, and how to write for them This 90-minute creative writing masterclass, led by acclaimed author Saeed Teebi, will instruct on the importance of audience, how […]
Author Andrea Curtis & illustrator Katy Dockrill want to know – what do YOU think makes the perfect neighbourhood? Is it a sky-high swing set or a lovely little library? Perhaps a delightful dog park or a brilliant bakery? Or maybe it’s the neighbours themselves! Come along and join this fun, interactive workshop to create […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. On Seeing: What Observation Means to Poetry In “On Seeing,” we will look at close observation in poetry and how it relates to emotional expression. Participants will look at the contrast between an observational […]
Never have you ever … shared a super secret diary with your three closest friends! Or maybe, like Sunny, Twix, Hoops & MP (names changed to protect the innocent and not so innocent), you have. It’s basically the old-school version of a group chat and without it, these four pals would be totally lost. Join […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. These days, non-fiction, in particular the kind bannered as ‘memoir,’ expects honesty and intimacy above all else. And yet, the instant words go to work and language begins to move, things on the page […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. Home – Leaving, Returning & Finding it Elsewhere Home evokes powerful emotions. Whether longing for it, escaping from it or returning to it, home is an enduring source of creativity. This 90-minute masterclass led […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. “Only when the infinite has edges am I capable of making art.” – Bernard Cooper Memoir differs from autobiography or any ‘whole life’ retelling. In this 90-minute participatory workshop led by acclaimed author Kyo […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. Creating a vivid sense of place is vital in both fiction and non-fiction, as it allows the reader to feel as if they are really living in the world the writer has created. In […]
Do you love dinosaurs? Then this is the crafty, colourful event for you! Join Taiwanese illustrator Bei Lynn to create a brontosaurus sized masterpiece inspired by Bei’s picture books Leilong’s Too Long! and Leilong the Library Bus. There’s going to be so much to get your creative juices flowing from drawing, colouring, collage and tiny […]
Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. World-building for Literary Fiction Genre writers take world-building very seriously, and so should writers of literary fiction. World-building, the world your characters move in, is crucial if your fiction is to be an immersive […]
