fwd; Ottawa International Writers Festival 15th Annual Fall Season!!

Dear Festival Friends - Hope you've been having a great summer!

We've been hard at work on the Fall Season and have some great authors and events lined up to celebrate our 15th anniversary! Time flies when you are having fun!

We kick things off on September 13th with Michael Ondaatje (hosted by Joseph Boyden!) with the following authors leading up to the Fall Festival (October 20 to 25): Irshad Manji, Tzeporah Berman, William Marsden, Chris Turner, Chef Michael Smith, Wayne Johnston, Kevin O'Leary, Randy Bachman and Adrienne Clarkson. Details and tickets are all available online: http://www.writersfestival.org/events

September 1st marks the start of our new Membership Season. Make a minimum monthly donation of just $20 (which ensures at least 80 more area children are able to participate in our free children's literacy initiatives) and you get preferred seating and free access to an entire year of events including the 2011 Fall Festival and the 2012 Spring Edition. You also get special invitations to exclusive events and receptions (including a post-event celebration on September 13th).

For tickets or more info please give us a call at 613.562.1243 or visit us online at http://www.writersfestival.org

We hope to see you soon!

All the best,

Sean

Sean Wilson

Artistic Director

Ottawa International Writers Festival

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fwd: Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs CCWWP Conference 2012‏

PLEASE CIRCULATE TO ALL APPROPRIATE LISTS

(I am co-chair of this conference along with Antanas Sileikas; CCWWP is an important new organization for those involved in Creative Writing. Please consider joining and attending. Priscila Uppal, York University)

Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs CCWWP Conference 2012:

Creative Writing in the 21st Century: Research and Practice

Humber Lakeshore Campus, Toronto

Thursday, May 10th to Sunday, May 13th , 2012

Keynote Speakers: Joseph Boyden, Nicole Brossard, David Fenza, Erin Mouré, Yvette Nolan, and Tim O'Brien

This conference offers participants the opportunity to present creative or critical papers and to engage in intellectual exchanges with other teachers and writers; to discuss, debate and explore topics and findings in creative writing research; to discuss the teaching and learning of creative writing in universities, colleges and communities, and to contribute knowledge to a field of investigative inquiry that includes research, pedagogy, and artistic practice.

The Conference Committee invites proposals for papers and panels of theoretical, creative, and critical papers on the conference topic. The committee invites dynamic and innovative approaches to presentations and welcomes presentations that employ critical and creative strategies and forms. Multi-media and collaborative presentations are also encouraged. Papers should be approx 20 minutes in length. Panel proposals of three presenters may address a common theme.

The committee welcomes proposals from Canadian and international participants, as well as proposals from authors, editors, administrators, and teachers with a range of global perspectives on
creative writing.

Presenters may propose presentations in the following categories:

Theoretical and critical papers

Please submit an abstract of 300 words for a 20-minute presentation. Individual presenters should include a brief biographical note of 150 words, as well as full contact information.

Creative readings

 Proposals should include a sample of work (10 poems; literary non-fiction and fiction 10-12 pages; plays 10-12 pages, or hybrid forms 10-12 pages). Creative panels with three readers may also be proposed. Submit a 300-word abstract, 150-word bio and full contact information.

Panel presentations with three papers

Chairs should convene a panel and submit the proposal to the Conference Committee.  Chairs should provide complete information on each presenter?s paper, an overall focus for the panel, 300-word abstracts, biographical notes for each presenter, and contact information.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

·      Investigations on the nature of creative writing practice and practice-led research

·      Analyses of creative writing practices in history and across cultures

·      Creative writing debates and discussions on literary genres and pedagogy

·      Research on creative writing pedagogy and practices

·      Research on creative writing programs

·      Translation of literary works; cross-cultural, cross-linguistic and multi-lingual literary works

·      Hybrid and experimental forms of creative writing

·      Creative writing in digital media, social networks, blogs, twitter, e-learning

·      Literary publishing and the creative writer in a multi-media universe

·      Creative writing as a discipline in higher-education institutions

·      Creative writing in communities and public spaces (hospitals, prisons, immigrant and community groups, etc)

·      Reading and writing creative practice

·      The role of reading in artistic and creative writing pedagogy

·      The state of creative writing programs in international settings (U.S., U.K, Europe, Asia, Australia, and others)

Abstracts and proposals should be sent electronically in Word-formatted attachments to the CFP at:

callforpapers@ccwwp.ca

Deadline: September 30, 2011