Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
14 Sep 2012 at 10:27
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Canada, Essays, Interviews, Publishing, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
I’m reposting this from Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs. It seems like a good opportunity for community-building, and I may send them something about my essay workshop this fall. Perhaps you have something to share too: After a successful conference in Toronto this past spring, CCWWP (Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs) needs your [...]
17 Aug 2012 at 16:41
Julija Šukys
Canada, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Events, Personal Essays, Phillip Lopate, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
Eight Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (October 4 to November 22, 2012) 1200 Atwater Ave., Suite 3, Westmount Workshop leader: Julija Šukys Workshop fee: $155 for QWF members; $175 for non-members For more information, or to register: 514-933-0878 or julia@qwf.org *** “Every man has within himself the entire human condition.” – Montaigne (And every woman [...]
21 Dec 2011 at 03:06
Julija Šukys
Canada, Conferences and Symposia, Events, Marketing, Publicity, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is offering the Professional Development Workshop HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary,Vancouver, and Victoria, in February and March of 2012. The workshops take place from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. For those who can’t attend in one of the participating cities, a 3-hour webinar will be offered, distilling the [...]
15 May 2011 at 13:20
Julija Šukys
Adoption, Autobiography, China, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Editing, Friendship, Infertility, Memoir, Mothering, Personal Essays, Publishing, Susan Olding, Uncategorized, Virginia Woolf, Writers' Workshops, Writing
Susan Olding, Pathologies: A Life in Essays. Calgary: Freehand Books, 2008. * This is Part II of a two-piece interview with author, Susan Olding. Click here to access Part I. Julija Šukys: You describe leaving Maia for the first time– it’s not an easy thing to do, but necessary and desirable for your work. There, [...]
07 Feb 2011 at 11:33
Julija Šukys
Academia, Conferences and Symposia, Creative Nonfiction, Friendship, Grad School, Humanities, Jobs, Journeys, Personal Essays, Writers' Workshops, Writing
The AWP stands for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. It’s a professional association, much like the MLA (Modern Language Association) or the APA (American Philological Association). These organizations offer a number of services to their members: they publish journals, coordinate job listings, and organize annual conferences. Though it was my first time at [...]
24 Jan 2011 at 16:58
Julija Šukys
Academia, Editing, Grad School, Humanities, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
I’m a very solitary writer, and don’t generally give my work to anyone to read until I’ve sat with something for a very long time. In part, this is just the craft (we all write alone), but in part, it speaks to a fear (that I suspect we all have) of not living up, of [...]
