2026 North Island Writers Conference
The committee is working on an exciting line-up of workshops for our 9th Annual North Island Writers Conference program.
Time & Location
Jan 16, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – Jan 18, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Tyee Hall - North Island College , 2300 Ryan Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 8N6, Canada
Schedule
3 hoursDiana Kolpak – Electric Elocution: Breathing Life into Your Work
Tyee Hall
1 hour 30 minutesKeynote speaker: Susan Juby – The Importance of Writing Fiction During Revolution
Stan Hagen Theatre
Register
Diana Kolpak
Electric Elocution: Breathing Life into Your Work
CA$39.00
Susan Juby
Character Building Bootcamp
CA$62.00
Sonnet L’Abbé
Poetry as Resistance
CA$62.00
FriesenPress
Self-Publishing Partnership: Navigating the Publication Process and Editing
CA$0.00
Judy LeBlanc
Telling Your Truth: Memoir and Personal Essay
CA$39.00
Clair Mulligan
Structure, Style & Story Craft in Short Fiction
CA$62.00
Jessica McDiarmid
Researching Your Way to Richer Writing
CA$39.00
Trevor McMonagle
Editing: The Intricacies, Vagaries and Possibilities
CA$0.00
Keynote
Susan Juby – The Importance of Writing Fiction During Revolution. Artificial Intelligence poses a serious threat to artistic practice and integrity and it is likely to threaten many aspects of our cultural landscape. ***Evening event is free and open to the public.*** (No registration required.)
CA$0.00
1 v 1 with FriesenPress
CA$0.00
Total
CA$0.00