Professional Writers Association of Canada

PROFESSIONAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Southwest New Brunswick Chapter

EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PWAC – SWNB chapter offers networking and professional development opportunities throughout the year for both established and aspiring professional writers.

PWAC – SWNB chapter meetings:

Monthly meetings take place the second Tuesday of each month from noon until 2 p.m. To be notified of monthly meetings and their location, as well as other events and news of interest to writers, contact Trudy Kelly Forsythe, info@trudykellyforsythe.ca

Past Event Highlights

AGM 2004 Summer Social 2007 Christmas Party 2010
   
  Christmas 2011  

Professional Development

Workshops for writers:

As well as the monthly meetings, PWAC – SWNB offers workshops which are significantly discounted to PWAC members. One popular event was Communicating for Cash in Sackville N.B. in July 2010. The two-day series of professional development workshops for writers and other content creators in Atlantic Canada and beyond included two valuable workshops – Getting Work With the Federal Government with Marion Soubliere and Successful Marketing With Social Media with Paul Lima – that are now available as on-demand video at www.pwacatlantic.ca. PWAC members receive a discount to access these sessions, which were filmed by Fredericton-based Golden Coast International Inc.

PWAC Professional Development Resources

PWAC members also have access to a variety of free professional development materials on the following topics:

  • Accounting & Money Matters
  • Business & Technical Writing Markets
  • Contracts & Copyright, Editing
  • Freelance Writing Career
  • Libel, Marketing
  • Personal Development
  • Profile Writing
  • Time Management and Travel Writing

For more information on joining PWAC and gaining access to this valuable resource of materials, visit www.pwac.ca/joiningpwac/joinpwac.

 

 

 © 2011 SWNB Chapter of PWAC
last updated 05 December 2012