Events & Workshops

We talk a lot about the craft of writing and the business of writing. But what is it that connects the two, and why do we avoid exploring this liminal space? This interactive session unfolds as a creative experiment, answering the question: Can we really design a creative practice that fits into and enhances our lives? By the end of this 2-hour workshop, writers will have a mind map sketch (in their own lexicon) that highlights what their own liminal space can look like, and how this liminal space can become the missing piece in their own craft and business of writing toolkits. 

This session is facilitated by award-winning writer and creative practitioner Chelene Knight.

Important registration notes:

Members pay less for workshops! Are you trying to register and you’re being charged the full workshop fee when you’re a current SWG member? To access the reduced member rate for this workshop, please make sure you are logged into this website with your member profile to access the member rate for the session. (The member login link is on the top right of this page (computer) or at the top centre (mobile/tablet).)

If this workshop is sold out, please email swgevents@skwriter.com to be placed on the waitlist.

Please note all times listed are Saskatchewan time. Find your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

This event will not be livestreamed or recorded.

If this workshop isn’t a fit, we are pleased to offer other paid opportunities and many free workshops, festivals, talks, and industry webinars in partnership with fine organizations throughout our programming year that are listed regularly on our website: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops

We hope to see you there!

Accessibility Measures in this workshop

• Live auto-captions through Zoom
• Presenter self-descriptions
• Limited Zoom technical support provided by SWG staff to assist participants while they’re in the Zoom meeting.

To help you prepare, here are the expectations for participants in this workshop:

• Camera optional but greatly appreciated. (Participants may have cameras on or off.)
• Participant discussion is not required but is appreciated. (Either through the chat box or verbally.)
• There is no participation expectation for participants—participants can engage as much or as little as they’d like.
• Participants are encouraged to engage as best suits their needs and abilities at the time of the session. There will be time for reflective writing throughout the session. The session will move slowly with plenty of space to think, absorb, and apply what is being shared.

Workshop registration refund policy:

Please be certain you will be able to attend before you register. Registered participants must promptly email the SWG staff person responsible for the event (Cat Abenstein, Program Manager, swgevents@skwriter.com) to cancel their registration. Otherwise, no refunds will be issued.

• A full refund is available if you cancel your registration one week prior to the start of the workshop (by 11:59 p.m. on October 6, 2026)
• A 50% refund is available if you cancel your registration less than one week and more than 48 hours before the workshop. (For cancellations between October 7 and October 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. SK time)
• There is no refund for registrations cancelled within 48 hours of the workshop or no-shows. (Beginning at 12:00 a.m. on October 13, 2026)
• If you would like to donate your registration fee to the SWG’s Andrew Suknaski Writers’ Assistance Fund in support of accessibility so others can attend events like this in the future, please let us know in your email.

Workshop Facilitator

Chelene Knight is the author of five books including the award-winning novel, Junie.

Her essays have appeared in multiple Canadian and American literary journals, plus the Globe and Mail, the Walrus, Writer’s Digest, and the Toronto Star. 

Her work is anthologized in Making Room, Love Me True, Sustenance, The Summer Book, and Black Writers Matter, winner of the 2020 Saskatchewan Book Award. 

Knight was the previous managing editor at Room magazine, the previous festival director for the Growing Room Festival in Vancouver and previously worked as a literary agent with the Transatlantic Agency. Chelene Knight has also worked as a professor of poetry at various universities. She is now a fiction mentor at the University of Kings College in their MFA program and founder of Breathing Space Creative Studio.

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