This Friday, I’ll be appearing on a panel about writing complex topics. The panel is part of the annual conference for WritersNL (an organization that supports writers in Newfoundland and Labrador). Although the panel is technically for WritersNL members, you’re very welcome to attend as my guest. (Also, WritersNL offers free memberships to local BIPOC writers.) Here are the details, as drawn from the Facebook event:
Writing complex topics
Writing works about complex topics is a difficult craft that requires special considerations. Join these five local authors as they discuss their approaches to engaging with complicated issues.
In their works, they explore subjects such as addiction, the history of queer community building and activism in Newfoundland, the nature of identity, and the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Learn about the choices these writers made to communicate this content to their audiences.
Meet the panelists!
- Rhea Rollmann (A Queer History of Newfoundland – Engen Books)
- Tom Cho (Look Who’s Morphing – Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Ashleigh Matthews (otherwise grossly unremarkable – Breakwater Books)
- Stephen Randell (My Child Is An Addict – Self-published)
Moderated by Kerri Cull (Rock Paper Sex – Breakwater Books)
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Foran Greene Room, St. John’s City Hall
Open to: WritersNL members ONLY. No registration requiredFor more information, please visit https://writersnl.ca/agmschedule2024/.
My thanks to Sobia Shaheen Shaikh for recommending me for this panel!