Talking Fresh 10 - “Projecting the Novel: Books and Film”
March 2-3 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery (3475 Albert Street, Regina)
Free admission, no registration required

Talking Fresh is a two-day writers’ workshop that targets Regina and a wider Saskatchewan community including aspiring writers and anyone interested in writers and books.

This year Talking Fresh celebrates its 10th anniversary with the theme of “Projecting the Novel: Books and Film.” Alison Pick, Gail Bowen, Karen Walton and Nino Ricci, will present a public reading, panel discussion, and individual workshop sessions on writing fiction and screenplays through various stages of pre-production to film to television.

The presenters will focus on building relationships between the writers, film, and the wider community.

Friday, March 2
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Panel: Books & Film
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Red Carpet Reception (Prizes for best Red Carpet attire) - please RSVP to info@skwriter.com
7:30 p.m. Readings

Saturday, March 3
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Alison Pick: "Uncertain Gifts: One Writer's Take on Being Optioned for Film"
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Gail Bowen: "The Cheques Always Cleared: A Novelist's Adventures in the Amazing World of TV production"
Lunch on your own
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Nino Ricci: "How I Sold My Soul to Sophia Loren: The Sequel"
3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Karen Walton: "Adaptables: the difference between Translation to Screens versus Adaptation"

• Gail Bowen is a local mystery writer and nearly a household name in Regina. Her popular Joanne Killborn mystery books have been made into a series of television movies.
• Alison Pick has had huge literary success with her last two novels, both of which are in preproduction.
• Nino Ricci’s novel The Lives of Saints was adapted into a miniseries.
• Irreverent, genre-bending dramatist Karen Walton is a Canadian film and television writer. (Karen Walton to Adapt Canadian 'Ava Lee' Crime Novels for Big Screen)
  
  Produced by SWG, SMPIA, with assistance from SaskCulture, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Sask Lotteries, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan Film Pool Cooperative (Reception), City of Regina and the Canada Council for the Arts