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2012 Ontario Writers’ Conference
Schedule for the Day

As with previous Ontario Writers’ Conferences in 2008, 2010 and 2011, for our upcoming conference, we strive to give writers a full, fun-packed day of workshops, mentoring, readings and mingling, topped with delectable food. We’re offering an insightful Saturday at the fabulous Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility, where logistics will be overwhelmed by the beauty of the location. Speakers will inform. Workshops will instruct using interactive, hands-on communication.

Friday May 4, 2012
7pm	Festival of Authors - Doors Open
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.	For more information on the Festival of Authors, please click here to visit the Festival Information page.

Saturday May 5, 2012

8:15 a.m.

Arrival & Registration

9:30 to 11:00

4 Concurrent Workshops Workshop/Presentation Descriptions
1 - Best Evidence: Digging Up the Facts	Susanna Kearsley
2 - Talk to Me: Dialogue & Voice	Annette McLeod
3 - Revision: A Sculptor’s Approach	Andrew Borkowski
4 - ADVANCED The Art of Pacing: Keep Your Readers Reading!	Gwynn Scheltema

11:00 - 11:30

Networking Break

11:30 to 12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session: Storytelling 360°: Storytelling in a Digital Age
Cynthia Good and Mark Lefebvre

12:30 to 2:00

Lunch with Douglas Gibson

2:00 to 3:30

4 Concurrent Workshops Workshop/Presentation Descriptions
1 - Pitchwich	Hilary McMahon
2 - Writing for your Life	Isobel Warren
3 - Familiarity Breeds Success (series writing)	Ian Hamilton
4 - ADVANCED How Absurdity, Magical Realism and Steampunk Can Change Your (writing) Life!	Adrienne Kress