WRITE ON! One-Off Workshops

WRITE ON! offers creative writing workshops to ‘at-risk’ youth organizations, schools and marginalized groups and is facilitated by professional Toronto writers.

 
These workshops are designed to enhance creative activity and foster self-expression in a safe and encouraging environment. Our instructors not only help participants improve their writing skills but also encourage them to make connections between personal experiences and workshop discussions.
 
All of our WRITE ON! workshops are flexible and can be modified for varying groups. Feel free to discuss possible ways to customize a workshop to best suit the needs of your organization.

 

WORKSHOP FEES:*
 
Half day - 2 hours $200.00**
Full day - 3 hours $300.00**
A workshop can include one group with up to 35 participants.
* Ask about our subsidy program available for non-profit organizations
**13% HST not included

 

If you are interested in finding out more about WRITE ON! or you would like to order a workshop, please contact Whitney French at whitney [at] nowhearthis.ca

 
 
PREVIOUS COLLABORATORS:
 
Beat the Street 
Bereaved Families Ontario: Toronto
Literature for Life
Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy 
New Outlook
Operation Springboard – Youth Justice Residences
Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre
PEN Canada
Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
Scadding Court Community Centre
Students for Barrier Free Access 
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto District School Board
Workman Arts
 

We are currently offering six youth-oriented workshops that are adaptable for classrooms, group homes, libraries and community centres. 

 

WHEN THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM:

Understanding Media Texts

Learn and write in different media forms including tweets, radio broadcasts and newspaper articles.

 

 

 

 

LIFE WRITING:

Personal Myth, Memoir & Autobiography

 

Write your own life story by navigating through childhood, family history, cultural heritage and personality traits.

 

 

 

THE SONG IS A POEM:

Writing With(out) Sound

 

Unlock a song inside of you by fusing poetry with lyricism using music genres as varied as folk and hip-hop.

 

 

 


GRAPHIC NOVELS:

Beyond the Comic Book

 

 

Create your own graphic novel or comic strip concept and explore how to translate words into images and vice-versa.
 
 
 
 
 

 

GETTING INDIE WITH IT:
Building, Designing and Binding your Book

 

Create your own book and learn many hand- made binding techniques and transform your writing into a final product.

 

 

 

GRIEF AND LOSS:
Writing Creatively about Bereavement

 

Write about personal bereavement with guidance from a facilitator in both prose and poetry genres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR WRITERS INCLUDE:
 
Wendy "Motion" Brathwaite 
Elisabeth de Mariaffi 
Desi Di Nardo 
Ibi Kaslik 
Nic Labriola 
Marc Ngui 
Jelani "J Wyze" Nias 
Emma Roberts 
Jacob Scheier