Festival of
Words Creating
Creative Non-Fiction
Acclaimed creative
non-fiction writer Rosemary Sullivan will present a Master Class
on writing Creative Non-Fiction from 2:30 p.m.--5:00 p.m. on Thursday
21 July 2005 in Moose Jaw, in conjunction with the Festival of Words
(Location TBA).
The session will feature
Sullivan discussing her own evolution as a creative non-fiction writer
as well as some discussion of the definition of creative
non-fiction. Participants are asked to prepare a brief
description of their current project as well as any questions they may
have about it. Time permitting, there will be a short discussion
of each person's project.
This session is open to
those who have published one book through a literary or trade
publisher, those who have had the equivalent amount of writing
published in periodicals, or those who have had one play professionally
produced. Previously published material may be in genres other
than creative non-fiction. Qualified applicants will be accepted
on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register, please send a
letter of application with your complete contact info and the details
of your publishing history to demonstrate your eligibility for this
course. Cheques made out to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild should
accompany all applications. Registrations
must be received in the Guild office by 4:30 p.m. on 07 July 2005.
Rosemary Sullivan's Bio (from the
Festival of Words website)
A Montrealer by birth, Rosemary Sullivan studied at the Universities of
McGill, Connecticut, and Sussex. She is the author of ten books
including Cuba: Grace Under Pressure
with photographs by Malcolm David Batty (2003); Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and
Romantic Obsession (2001).and the national best seller, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out
(1998).
Her 1995 biography Shadow Maker: The
Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen won the Governor General’s Award for
Non-Fiction, the Canadian Author’s Association Literary Award for
Non-Fiction, the University of British Columbia’s Medal for Canadian
Biography, and the City of Toronto Book Award. It became the
basis for Brenda Longfellow’s award-winning documentary Shadow Maker (1998).
Sullivan’s first biography, By
Heart: Elizabeth Smart/A Life (1991) was nominated for the
Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. Her first poetry collection, The Space a Name Makes (1986) won
the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. In 2001, Black Moss Press
released Memory-Making: The Selected
Essays of Rosemary Sullivan that included essays published in
Canadian and International magazines. Her journalistic pieces have won
her a National Magazine Awards silver medal and a Western
Journalism Awards first prize for travelogue.
She currently teaches at the University of Toronto where she
holds a Canada Research Chair and is director of the MA in Creative
Writing. She is also the Chair of the Cultural Journalism and
Creative Non-Fiction Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Fee: $60. Class maximum: 10.
For further information,
contact SWG Program Officer Amy Nelson-Mile at 791-7743 (amynelson.mile@sasktel.net).