NEWS & EVENTS
The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing and Publishing was launched to a very full house at Type Books on Feb 1. Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated the book’s release!
- On Saturday, September 14, Patricia will be at the Mississauga Writers’ Festival. Come to the 11 a.m. feature: Manuscript to Marketplace. Click here for tickets.
- On Thursday, May 16, Patricia co-presented a workshop at West End Phoenix with Victoria Hetherington on writing sex scenes in literary fiction.
- On Thursday, Nov. 23, Patricia presented an in-person workshop on creating memorable characters in fiction and memoir.
- On Sunday, Nov. 26, Patricia gave a FREE online workshop on getting published in Canada.
- On Sunday, October 15, Patricia presented an online masterclass, “The Beginner’s Guide to Getting Published” at LitFest: Canada’s Original Nonfiction Festival. Get your ticket here.
- On Saturday, November 4, Patricia presented a masterclass at Sudbury’s Wordstock.
- Patricia presented to a full room, many of the participants in costume, at Toronto’s Fan Expo on Sunday August 27. Her workshop was entitled “Writing and Publishing Your Own Book.”
- Find Patricia’s five tips on getting published HERE.
- Patricia spoke about her new book and the publishing industry in Canada at Junction Reads on June 11. Watch the conversation here.
- On May 27, Patricia signed books at one of her favourite festivals, Word on the Street.
- On Saturday, May 6, Patrica led a community creative writing workshop at the West End Phoenix https://www.westendphoenix.com
- On March 30, CFMU FM aired an episode of Get Lit, in which Patricia was the featured guest. https://www.jamietennant.ca/index.php/2023/03/30/e322-with-patricia-westerhof/
- On March 26, Soliloques Anthology published an interview with Patricia. Her former student Lucy Farcnik was the interviewer. https://www.soliloquies.org/post/publishing-and-the-nature-of-creativity-with-patricia-westerhof
- On March 11, The Winnipeg Free Press published a glowing review of The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing and Publishing: “Aspiring writers would do well to heed worthy pointers” by Dave Williamson. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2023/03/11/aspiring-writers-would-do-well-to-heed-worthy-pointers
- On March 10, Patricia was featured on Literary Lobby, discussing what writers need to know about getting published in Canada. Listen now:
@TalkShoe: http://ow.ly/O8T450Nchfr
Apple Podcasts: http://ow.ly/HToy50Nchfq
Spotify: http://ow.ly/wXTB50Nchfp - WHEN should writers give their work away for free? Patricia answered this question in a blog post: https://www.dundurn.com/blog_/t43181/p159385-when-should-writers-give-their-work-away-for-free-
- On Feb. 2, Patricia spoke at the Ontario Librarians’ Association Superconference 2023 about what librarians can do for aspiring writers.
- On January 3, Patricia was interviewed by Open Book on how to get published in Canada today: https://open-book.ca/News/How-to-Get-Published-in-Canada-Today-A-Conversation-with-Patricia-Westerhof