With the arrival of spring comes the annual ONTARIO WRITERS’ CONFERENCE! This event takes place in the writing hub of Ontario. For those who do not know, Durham Region is a bustling writing community!
The conference takes place in Ajax, Ontario, at the Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility. This blog post, however, is about an Ontario Writers’ Conference hosted event that is open to everybody! Each year the conference has its FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS and it’s ALWAYS open to the public.
Saturday May 5th Conference attendees attend the Friday Evening Festival of Authors for free. The non-conference attending public pays $20 and MUST book ahead (This is because we need numbers for the event venue).
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS (and pay online via Paypal):
To register for the Festival of Authors, the general public can go to the OWC registration page and CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION button. This will open a new window. Scroll down to STEP #2 and click the CLICK HERE TO PAY button. This will open again a new window.
In the new window, go here:
Click on the BUY NOW button beneath FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS (if not attending conference). This will take you to Paypal, where you could pay for the Festival using either Paypal or one of the many credit card options.
Once you make the Festival payment, the OWC will receive confirmation and then send you an email verifying your attendance.
WHERE:
Al Dente Restaurant
1305 Pickering Parkway
Pickering, ON L1V 3P2
(905) 839-1200
WHEN:
Friday, May 4th from 7 to 10 pm
WHO:
MARINA NEMAT Author of Prisoner of Tehran & After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed. Marina will be talking about her CANADA READS experience.
EVA STACHNIAK Author of Necessary Lies, The Winter Palace & Garden of Venus.
BRAD SMITH Author of All Hat, One-Eyed Jacks, Busted Flush, Big Man Coming Down Road & Red Means Run.
…AND MORE!
Networking opportunities and superb food will be rounded out by this public event including:
- entertaining and inspiring author readings
- opportunities to mingle with Canadian and fellow writers, Indie Presses, Literary magazine reps and traditional publishers
- exciting prizes and more…
All this in a café-style atmosphere with tantalizing refreshments.
THIS EVENT IS A MUST SEE FOR READERS AND WRITERS ALIKE! And being that it is in Pickering, Ontario, it is mere minutes from Toronto! SO worth the drive!
Remember, you MUST register ahead!
SEE YOU THERE!
KEVIN CRAIG 
Great post, Kevin. I will SO be at both this year’s Ontario Writers’ Conference and the pre-conference Festival of Authors. Wouldn’t miss either for the world!
Always so informative, inspirational, and fun!