Writescape’s Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort on Rice Lake with Gwynn Scheltema and Ruth Walker

Friday, March 30, 2012 - 12:00pm

Elmhirst’s Resort
RR#1
Keene, ON
K0L 2G0

At Elmhirst's Resort on beautiful Rice Lake, let the landscape inspire you and let Writescape set your pen on fire:
• one-on-one manuscript feedback sessions with Gwynn or Ruth
• special guest authors Jonathan Bennett, Michelle Berry and Natalee Caple
• creativity sessions & group activities
• all materials & handouts
• all meals & all-day refreshments
• private-room accommodations in a cozy, fully equipped lakefront cottage
• all resort amenities, including indoor pool, hot tub, sauna and exercise room, boardwalk and trails

The retreat and workshops are led by Ruth E. Walker and Gwynn Scheltema, two outstanding workshop facilitators. This dynamic duo has taught a full range of programs from half-day workshops to weeklong retreats to college level credit courses. Gwynn is an award-winning freelance writer and poet, and a founding editor for the Canadian journal LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview. Ruth is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright with fiction, poetry and non-fiction work published in Canada, the US and the UK.

EXTEND YOUR PEN: Stay on to April 3 for two full days devoted to writing. Evenings will include optional group discussions and shared reading. Limited to 10 participants

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Preregistration is required. For full details and online registration, visit Writescape, e-mail info@writescape.ca, or phone 905-728-7823. Ask about our day rate and our discounts for alumni and members of recognized writing associations.