2012 Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Fall Conference Speaking in Tongues: Writing Voice and Genre

The SWG is home to hundreds of different writing voices, and this year’s theme explores the concept of voice with sessions that provide a variety of choices in genre, in experience and in style. New this year is the partnership with the Ânskokh Aboriginal Literature Festival. Their festival begins on Thursday, October 25, where you can listen to festival headliner Daniel David Moses and many others for an exhilarating evening at the Hilton Garden Inn. We are extremely excited to have Sylvia Tyson as our guest lecturer for the Caroline Heath Memorial Lecture at 8pm on Friday, October 26. She joins us to talk and perform about writing and the music surrounding her new book, Joyner’s Dream. The Writers Union of Canada joins us for the John V. Hicks Award Cocktail Reception, and this year we’ve added the chance for writers to propose projects and their work at Pitch Sessions with Literary Agents and Consultants and two 90-minute workshops. And, if that’s not enough to attract you, we have our usual fun-filled events, such as the highly captivating Open Mic with the ever entertaining host Gerald Hill, and our ever-popular AGM. For the full list of sessions and presenters, please see www.skwriter.com. Ticket Information: Individual sessions: $5-$45; Full package: $200-members, $300-non-members; For a detailed list of sessions and their respective cost, as well as for different payment methods, please see www.skwriter.com.