Fiction Factory Short Story Competition
We are launching our second Short Story Competition. This is an international competition and submissions are welcome from writers worldwide. Entries must be in English. All genres welcome, except Children’s and YA. The closing date for entries is Jan 7, 2018. Maximum length is 3000 words. Winning stories will be published on the net and, […]
Thank you from the 2017 Whistler Writers Festival
When the day closes today so will the 16th annual Whistler Writers Festival. The effort to put on such an event is enormous. But I’ve come to learn that anything is possible with vision, dedication, hard work and the support of so many people of like minds. A bit of insanity doesn’t hurt either. Every year, […]
God is in the Details: A Writing Workshop with Rebecca Wood Barrett
Whistler’s own Rebecca Wood Barrett will be teaching a free creative writing workshop Friday, September 29th from 6-8pm at Maury Young Arts Centre during BC Culture Days. All writers, whether beginner or experienced, are welcome to participate. Please bring a pen and paper, or laptop as there will be writing exercises. Email rwoodbarrett@gmail.com to register. […]
Book Donations Needed for Annual Book Sale
This is the perfect time to make room on your bookshelves by clearing out all your previously read and loved books. Please pop your books in the collection boxes at the TD Bank in Marketplace or at Nesters Market. Alternatively, you can drop off larger donations at the home of Jane Reid: 8582 Buckhorn Drive, […]
Poet Gary Geddes Gives Talk at Quest Sep. 13
Poet Gary Geddes is giving a talk about his book Medicine Unbundled at Quest University Canada tomorrow, Wednesday September 13th at 7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room.
Shaw TV Features the Fest
Shaw TV Sea to Sky and Stella Harvey, Festival Director, give us a look inside the treasure box of the festival’s offerings – guest author readings, craft workshops, and publisher pitch sessions!
Shelley O’Callaghan Book Signing & Presentation
Join author Shelley O’Callaghan for a short presentation on her personal journey to uncover the history of her family’s “summer cabin” at Chilliwack Lake. Together with her grandchildren, she gained a new perspective on her sense of belonging to a land that was home to many others, long before her time. Author Signing: Tuesday, Sep. […]
Whistler Independent Book Awards Announced
Whistler Independent Book Awards Finalists for the 2017 WIBAs in Fiction and Non-fiction The fiction finalists are: Annie Daylon for Of Sea and Seed: The Kerrigan Chronicles, Book 1 R.L. Prendergast for The Confessions of Socrates Farida Somjee for The Beggar’s Dance The non-fiction finalists are: Monique Layton for Notes from Elsewhere: Travel and Other Matters Patricia Sandberg for […]
In the News: AGM, Comedy Quickies & Writer in Residence
Get your writer’s brain whirling! We’ve got lots of activities storming towards us: a FREE workshop; the phenomenal Writer in Residence program (this one fills up fast!); and the Comedy Quickies Writing Contest.Come meet other local writers at The Whistler Writing Society’s Annual General Meeting, August 22nd from 6-7 pm, at the Whistler Public Library. […]
Three Locals Win Sea to Sky Discovery Writing Contest
Award Winners Invited to Read at Storytelling Event The Whistler Writing Society is delighted to award three local writers first place in the categories of Open, Indigenous and Youth of the Sea to Sky Discovery Writing Contest. Victoria Crompton is the winner of the Open category for her poem “April Snow on Whistler Mountain”, while […]