WCDR Breakfast with author Charles Foran

Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 8:30am

Ajax Convention Centre
550 Beck Crescent
Ajax, ON
L1Z 1C9

There’s always something interesting cooking at the Writers' Community of Durham Region’s monthly breakfasts. Enjoy an industry speaker, great networking opportunities, and a fabulous breakfast spread! Everyone welcome.

Today's guest speaker is award-winning author Charles Foran.

His most recent book, Mordecai: The Life and Times (Knopf Canada) has caused quite a stir in the literary world. Charles Foran recently won the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his “big, honking Canadian literary biography” of Mordecai Richler. Foran’s book of essays, Join the Revolution, Comrades, has been the focus of The Writers’ Community of Durham Region’s (WCDR) book club for the last two months.

After the breakfast meeting, for an extra fee of $10 per person, breakfast attendees can take part in a mini-workshop entitled “The Amazing Seven Things Learned from Tabloids!” According to workshop facilitator, author and editor Gwynn Scheltema, “Many writers dismiss the supermarket tabloids as inferior writing not worthy of attention. But tabloids rake in millions in money and circulations.” In this mini-workshop, let Gwynn Scheltema show you what a mainstream journalist or magazine article writer can learn from tabloids.

As an alternative, WCDR members attending the breakfast may choose to pay $10 extra to attend a 15-minute, one-on-one blue-pencil session with a published professional or editor after the meeting. After the breakfast meeting, for an extra fee of $10 per person, breakfast attendees can take part in a mini-workshop entitled “The Amazing Seven Things Learned from Tabloids!” According to workshop facilitator, author and editor Gwynn Scheltema, “Many writers dismiss the supermarket tabloids as inferior writing not worthy of attention. But tabloids rake in millions in money and circulations.” In this mini-workshop, let Gwynn Scheltema show you what a mainstream journalist or magazine article writer can learn from tabloids.

As an alternative, WCDR members attending the breakfast may choose to pay $10 extra to attend a 15-minute, one-on-one blue-pencil session with a published professional or editor after the meeting. These sessions must be booked and paid for in advance by noon on Wednesday, March 9th.

At The WCDR monthly breakfast meetings, experienced and aspiring writers gather, learn and connect. The March meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Registration fees include a hearty breakfast. Fees are $20.00 for members who pre-pay, or $25.00 at the door. The non-member rate is $25.00 and MUST be pre-paid. Tickets for the breakfast are not available at the door.

Ask how you can save by becoming a member! Pre-registration for the March 12th breakfast meeting and mini-workshop is required. Register online at www.wcdr.org, by phone at 905-686-0211 or by email at breakfast@wcdr.org, no later than 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9.

The March meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Registration fees include a hearty breakfast. Fees are $20.00 for members who pre-pay, or $25.00 at the door. The non-member rate is $25.00 and MUST be pre-paid. Tickets for the breakfast are not available at the door.

Ask how you can save by becoming a member! Pre-registration for the March 12th breakfast meeting and mini-workshop is required. Register online at www.wcdr.org, by phone at 905-686-0211 or by email at breakfast@wcdr.org, no later than 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9.