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Join us for this interactive workshop to learn how to craft true stories using fictional techniques with Kelly-Anne Riess.

 

Register for this webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kjC9-Hg3SreCfnluFfhc1A

 

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Accessibility measures in this event:

• Live auto-captions through Zoom during the live event
• (TBD) A read-along copy of the presenter's talk is available during the live event only
• Presenter self-descriptions
• This event will be recorded, captioned, and made available for 30 days (until February 17, 2025) on the SWG YouTube channel following the event: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRAIIcrpQW0NcY6ZM0GGSzw
• Transcript of the event available upon request

 

 

Crafting True Stories Using Fictional Techniques with Kelly-Anne Riess

 

This webinar will teach participants how to employ fiction tools, such as character development, dialogue, and narrative structure, to create engaging nonfiction narratives, literary journalism pieces, and memoirs. We will look at how to turn real people into vivid characters and craft immersive scenes. We’ll also discuss pitching and publishing strategies, ensuring participants are equipped to bring their stories to a wider audience.

A Q & A will follow the presentation

 

Presenter

 

Kelly-Anne Riess is an award-winning journalist, poet and documentary filmmaker who divides her time between Regina and Winnipeg. Her articles have been published in the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine and Canadian Geographic. Her book of poetry To End a Conversation was published by Thistledown Press.

Please visit https://kellyanneriess.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host

 

Cassidy McFadzean is the author of three books of poetry: Crying Dress (House of Anansi, 2024), Drolleries (McClelland & Stewart 2019), shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, and Hacker Packer (M&S 2015), which won two Saskatchewan Book Awards and was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, The Walrus, Hazlitt, and in Dead Writers, a collaborative anthology out March 2025 with Invisible Publishing. Cassidy was born in Regina and currently lives in Toronto, where she is the 2024-2025 Writer-in-Residence at Sheridan College.

 

Please visit https://cassidymcfadzean.com/ 

 

 

 

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