Events  Previous TWC Events >>   Readings and workshops are essential for the vitality of the TWC. The Lounge will be periodically closed for readings and workshops. TWC users will be entitled to discounts on these events. All readings and workshops are open to the public.

GREAT GRANTS! Tuesday, September 15, 7 pm to 10 pm Toronto Writers’ Centre 627 Bloor Street West Recession Pricing! $30 non-TWC members, $20 TWC members GST is not included and fees are non-refundable To purchase a seat call 647-427-4737 Marnie Woodrow shows you how to improve your chances of getting a literary arts grant with this info-packed night led by an experienced arts grant juror and grant recipient. Learn about the dos and NEVER DOs for preparing a great grant package, from daunting forms to writing a sharp synopsis to the all-important writing sample. Manuscript formatting 101 and rejection psychology will also be covered. Find out what really goes on during the jury process and prepare for more success! Marnie Woodrow is the author of two short story collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss; In The Spice House, and a novel, Spelling Mississippi. In addition to writing fiction, journalism and scripts, she works as a television and radio researcher and as an online editor/writing coach. She is a recipient of the Excellence In Teaching Award from University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. A wide range of her popular workshops have been offered at venues including Algonquin College, Ottawa International Writers Festival, This Ain’t The Rosedale Public Library, Toronto Public Library and at numerous high schools in the GTA. She's also a closet poet who divides her time between Toronto and Prince Edward County.

FULL THROTTLE FICTION WEEK-END Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. [both days] Toronto Writers’ Centre 627 Bloor Street West Recession Pricing! $175 Non-TWC Members or $160 TWC Members GST is not included and fees are non-refundable To purchase a seat call 647-427-4737 Marnie Woodrow shows you how to blast through so-called ‘writer’s block’; generate new stories, poems and scripts OR invigorate stalled existing drafts in this 2-day intensive workshop. Meet your creative goals and gain confidence with fast, fun writing exercises & discussions. Find out why writers block doesn’t exist and how your computer may be keeping you from writing. Bring typed, double-spaced sample of your writing [script, poem or story excerpt] and lots of pens and paper. Class size is limited, please register early. Marnie Woodrow is the author of two short story collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss; In The Spice House, and a novel, Spelling Mississippi. In addition to writing fiction, journalism and scripts, she works as a television and radio researcher and as an online editor/writing coach. She is a recipient of the Excellence In Teaching Award from University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. A wide range of her popular workshops have been offered at venues including Algonquin College, Ottawa International Writers Festival, This Ain’t The Rosedale Public Library, Toronto Public Library and at numerous high schools in the GTA. She's also a closet poet who divides her time between Toronto and Prince Edward County.

INTRODUCTION TO PLAYWRITING Saturday, October 17 10 am to Noon Toronto Writers’ Centre 627 Bloor Street West Recession Pricing! $30 Non-TWC members, $20 TWC members GST is not included and fees are non-refundable To purchase a seat call 647-427-4737 Professional playwright and teacher, Bill Ballantyne leads a course designed both for beginners and for those who are writing a play. Helping you grow familiar with those elements that make a play tick: character, situation, development, suspense and, most important, conflict. Learn what makes a play come alive and what tends to stall it, to drain it of life. Learn a wonderful art. Bill Ballantyne attended the Yale Drama School, where he studied acting with such legends as Stella Adler, Bobby Lewis and Mildred Dunnock. In 1981, Bill’s first full length play, The Al Cornell Story, was produced twice by Theatre Passe Muraille. His second play, Bat Masterson’s Last Regular Job, was produced simultaneously in New York and in Toronto. A third production was arranged by Joseph Papp. Since then, he has written 15 more plays.

ALL TALK: THE ALL-DIALOGUE WORKSHOP Tuesday, October 20 7 pm to 9:30 pm Toronto Writers’ Centre 627 Bloor Street West Recession Pricing! $30 Non-TWC members, $20 TWC members GST is not included and fees are non-refundable To purchase a seat call 647-427-4737 Marnie Woodrow shows how a dialogue-only draft of a story can jumpstart the creative process and ramp up your dialogue-writing skills. Compare dialogue in novels to screenplays and stage plays to decode the essential differences between them. Explore the power of your own speech patterns, increase the habits of eavesdropping and talking to strangers. Marnie Woodrow is the author of two short story collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss; In The Spice House, and a novel, Spelling Mississippi. In addition to writing fiction, journalism and scripts, she works as a television and radio researcher and as an online editor/writing coach. She is a recipient of the Excellence In Teaching Award from University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. A wide range of her popular workshops have been offered at venues including Algonquin College, Ottawa International Writers Festival, This Ain’t The Rosedale Public Library, Toronto Public Library and at numerous high schools in the GTA. She's also a closet poet who divides her time between Toronto and Prince Edward County.

EVENT-FULL FICTION Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Toronto Writers’ Centre 627 Bloor Street West Recession Pricing! $30 Non-TWC Members, $20 TWC Members GST is not included and fees are non-refundable To purchase a seat call 647-427-4737 Beautiful language and striking images are important, but if nothing ever happens in your poem, story or script, why should a reader care? Join Marnie Woodrow as we turn news items into novels, find headlines full of heroes and use real-life experiences as the basis for dramatic works of all kinds. Transfer real life to the page and bring your writing to life on three dynamic levels springing from a core event. Marnie Woodrow is the author of two short story collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss; In The Spice House, and a novel, Spelling Mississippi. In addition to writing fiction, journalism and scripts, she works as a television and radio researcher and as an online editor/writing coach. She is a recipient of the Excellence In Teaching Award from University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. A wide range of her popular workshops have been offered at venues including Algonquin College, Ottawa International Writers Festival, This Ain’t The Rosedale Public Library, Toronto Public Library and at numerous high schools in the GTA. She's also a closet poet who divides her time between Toronto and Prince Edward County.