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The Writers' Life Series - Crafting Brilliance: Manuscript Review & Editing for Publishing
Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 7pm | RGO Treehouse, 4th flr @ cSpace Marda Loop
MEMBERS: $10 | NON-MEMBERS: $20
Special Promotion for WGA Members: $10
Hosted by: Irena Karshenbaum
Crafting Brilliance: Manuscript Review & Editing for Publishing is a must-attend panel event for writers seeking to elevate their manuscripts to publishable standards. Our talented panel, Susan Forest, Rosemary Nixon, and Gail Anderson-Dargatz will share insights, strategies, and best practices for refining your work. From the initial review process to the final edit, discover the tools and techniques that will help your manuscript shine. Whether you’re a seasoned author or just starting out, this event will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to make your manuscript stand out in the competitive world of publishing.
Our panelists are:
Susan Forest
Rosemary Nixon
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
This program takes place in person at the RGO Treehouse, cSpace Marda Loop, 4th flr, 1721, 29th Ave SW, Calgary
We are a community that thrives on support and encouragement. Based on the philosophy of “no writer left behind”, the J. Michael Fay Subsidy Program is available to anyone who finds themselves in financial need but really wants or needs to participate in one of our programs or classes.
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Susan Forest is the author of dual Aurora Award-winners Bursts of Fire (2019) and Flights of Marigold (2020) as well as over 25 internationally-published short stories (Analog, Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies). She edits an award-winning anthology series for Laksa Media Groups, was Editor Guest of Honour at Keycon in 2022, and co-edited Life Beyond Us (2023). Gathering of Ghosts, the third novel of her Addicted to Heaven series (2023) confronts issues of addictions in an epic fantasy world of intrigue and betrayal.
Rosemary Nixon is a pre-eminent short story writer, novelist, free-lance editor, and creative writing teacher presently working on her fifth book. Her books have been a Nunatak Fiction imprint, winner of the Howard O’Hagan Award, shortlisted for the Georges Bugnet Award, nominated for the Frank O’Conner International Short Story Collection Award, and the North American Forewords IndieFab Award and long-listed for the ReLit Award. Rosemary has her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UBC. She has served as writer-in-residence at universities and libraries across Canada and judged numerous literary competitions. She is an editor at Freehand Books.
GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ’s novels The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees were both short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her thrillers The Almost Wife and The Almost Widow were national bestsellers. Gail also writes hi-lo books for the educational market. She taught for nearly a decade in the CW MFA program at UBC, and now mentors writers online. For more, or to check out her mentoring and editing services, see her website: gailanderson-dargatz.ca
Irena Karshenbaum - Moderator
Born in Kharkov, Soviet Ukraine, Irena Karshenbaum immigrated with her parents to Canada in 1979. She is best known as the founder of The Little Synagogue on the Prairie Project Society that gifted one of the last surviving prairie synagogues — the lost 1916 Montefiore Institute — to Heritage Park. She writes opinion pieces for the Calgary Herald and stories on history, heritage, travel and books that have appeared in numerous publications. She also gives talks on history and heritage preservation and organizes cultural, book and community events.
Irena’s writing has grown to include a children’s book manuscript and a fiction book manuscript, both of which she is looking to place with the right publisher. In helping to bring this event to the writing community, she wants to dispel the myths of publishing for herself and help other emerging writers by sharing this information with them.