Events & Workshops


Event Type
Workshop

Start: August 4, 2026 - 6:00 pm
To: 8:00 pm (SK Time)
Location
Global Gathering Place, 100 5th Ave North, Saskatoon, SK
Contact
Cat Abenstein - Program Manager
306-791-7746
swgevents@skwriter.com
Start: August 4, 2026 - 6:00 pm
To: 8:00 pm (SK Time)

Weaving Words: A Storytelling Workshop Series for Newcomers

Do you enjoy writing and want to develop your storytelling skills?

 

Global Gathering Place and Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild are hosting Weaving Words, a free, small-group, in-person storytelling program for newcomers who meet on the following dates from 6:00-8:00 pm:

 

  • Tuesday, August 4,
  • Thursday, August 6,
  • Tuesday, August 11,
  • Thursday, August 13,
  • Tuesday, August 25

 

The goal is for August 25 to be a reading celebration of newly created writing from participants in the series.

 

You’ll work together with the program facilitator and other participants to develop your own story. It could be fictional or based on real events.  It could be about a life-changing event, an important place, a favourite memory or even a feeling. It could be written in prose, a poem, or even as a scripted dialogue. Your story – your choice.

 

What will you learn?

  • How to develop simple, engaging stories and characters
  • Share your work in a supportive community and on the Global Gathering Place and Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild websites.

 

Who can join?

You don’t need any writing experience. You’re eligible if:

 

  • You like storytelling and want to connect with others
  • Your English is CLB 4 or higher

 

Register:

Contact Kris Pabisiak at kris.pabisiak@globalgatheringplace.com or call 306-665-0268.

 

 

Facilitator:

 

Workshops are led by Peter Hedley – a Saskatoon-based writer and educator with a Master’s in Creative Writing and extensive storytelling and teaching experience. As an immigrant-settler in Saskatoon and Canada himself, Peter’s passionate about supporting people from diverse backgrounds to find their voices and share their stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Funding provided by:

 

               

 

In proud partnership with: