Events & Workshops

Publishing 101

Part of the Publishing Symposium series.

Join Jillian Bell, Executive Director of SaskBooks, for a crash course in the basics of publishing. This session focuses on topics such as: why you might (or might not) want your work published, how to find a publisher, the difference between vanity presses, self publishing, hybrid presses, and more traditional publishing; it will touch on contracts and royalties, workflows; marketing and promoting your books with your publisher; and more.

This event is offered in partnership between SaskBooks and the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild.

Please be mindful of your time zone, as all times listed are Saskatchewan time. Find your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

Accessibility measures in this event:

• Live auto-captions through Zoom during the live event
• (TBD) A read-along copy of the presenter's talk available during the live event only
• Presenter self-descriptions
• This event will be recorded, captioned, and made available for 30 days (until July 20, 2025) on the SWG YouTube channel following the event: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRAIIcrpQW0NcY6ZM0GGSzw
• Transcript of the event available upon request

To register for this online event, please visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KU5Uz81DSHygDoALkCidGQ

Presenter

Jillian Bell is a writer and freelance editor who has been working with the provincial creative industry association for book publishers, SaskBooks, for more than 25 years. Her writing has been published in anthologies, newspapers, magazines, and in syndicated online formats. She has edited gaming books and adventures, as well as manuscripts in many genres (fiction (general fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, romance), non-fiction, poetry, and children’s picture books). She is also an active musician, an avid gamer, a fibre artist, a painter of teensy things, a learning gardener, an actor, and a voracious reader. Although she does not have a prehensile tail, she still likes to climb things sometimes.

Host

Vickie Derksen is an educator, entrepreneur and writer who lives on a small farm near Caron, SK.  She is a member of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and has attended three Writers’ Retreats at St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster, SK. She has benefited from the fabulous Virtual Writer in Residence Program. With the completion of her first novel, Vickie used the Manuscript Evaluation Program. Her novel is YA Fantasy Fiction, but she has also written poetry, creative non-fiction, and children’s fiction.

Having now done five rewrites of her novel, she is ready to pitch her project to a publisher! She is excited to moderate “Publishing 101 with Jillian Bell”.

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