Mr. Lee is a past winner of the Milton Acorn Award and the author of more than a dozen books of poetry. He explains how the idea for the book came to him, and the steps to writing a book. For children age 7 and older. Parents may accompany their children. Plenty of practical tips and recommendations will be included, with an emphasis on children up to the age of 8.
Admission is free.
Novice writers and the reading public will enjoy this opportunity for questions and open discussion. Refreshments will be served. L ger go ter servi. Sponsored by Ottawa Independent Writers, with experts from the Periodical Writers Association of Canada, the Media Club, the Editors' Association of Canada, the Writers' Union of Canada and the Society for Canadian Content in Speculative Fiction. Presentations will be made by Elizabeth Batten-Crew, Charles de Lint, Tim Gordon, Joyce Sullivan and members of the Ottawa Romance Writers' Association, Captial Crime Writers, Sisters in Crime, Lyngarde, and the Ottawa Valley Writers Guild.