Tag: Manitoba Writers’ Guild event

Harriet Zaidman

September 6, 2026

Book Chat: Harriet Zaidman’s What Friends Are For

Join us on September 9th for our next virtual Book Chat with Harriet Zaidman. To RSVP for this online Zoom event, email . Harriet Zaidman is a children’s and freelance writer and book reviewer. Her historical novels, set in Winnipeg, are distinguished by their historical accuracy. City on Strike recalls how children from poor immigrant families were affected by the events of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Second Chances explores the consequences of the devastating polio epidemics of the 1950s, and was …

DG Valdron

August 4, 2026

Field Guild to Self Publishing

When: Saturday 5th September, 2-4 pm Where: Boardroom of ArtSpace, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg Cost: $20 for members, $40 for non-members The workshop will be an introduction and overview for writers interested in exploring options in self-publishing and small press publishing. Along with an overall grounding in the landscape and offering a blueprint for a self-publishing pathway, we’ll provide plenty of practical tips and tricks. Den Valdron is a speculative fiction writer, pop-culture essayist and …

DG Valdron

April 1, 2026

World Building Workshop

When: Sunday, April 26, 2-4 pm Where: Boardroom of ArtSpace, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg Cost: $50 for members, $65 for non-members Topic to be covered include: Workshop includes references and handouts. About the facilitator, Dennis Valdron: With Den Valdron, a speculative fiction writer, pop-culture essayist and aboriginal rights lawyer, living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a writer, his short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies in North America, Britain, Australia and Russia.  …

April 1, 2026

Book Chat: Leia Getty’s A Fable of Wood & String

Join us on April 8th for our next virtual Book Chat with Leia Getty. Leia is a prolific fantasy writer. To RSVP for this online Zoom event, email . Our next virtual Book Chat will be held April 8th at 7PM on Zoom, featuring L. T. (Leia) Getty, who will read from her latest novel A Fable of Wood and String and answer questions from the audience. About the author:L.T. Getty is a paramedic who …