Authors

Join us at Fisher Library for this free author talk

If you’re building a career as a freelance writer or journalist, learn the essential skills and valuable techniques.

This online course will empower you to elevate your sentences from ordinary to sublime.

Join author Melinda Ham as she discusses The Lucky Ones, a deeply moving collection of refugee stories

Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling Ernest Cunningham mysteries.

Join local author Ailsa Piper and bookseller Elizabeth for the best summer reading and festive gift recommendations!

Dr. Karl will be discussing his long-awaited memoir A Periodic Tale.

If you love books, this is a great opportunity to connect with other readers online and find literary inspiration.

Hilary Bell will help you find an entry point through which you can access the idea that’s inside you.

Nick Earls will focus on key aspects of short-fiction, and how to make choices that deliver compelling short stories.

Chris Phillips will show you how make your story shine through developing fundamental screenwriting skills.

In this one-day workshop with author Anna Downes, we'll look at the difference between a story and a situation

Jazz Money will lead poets through a wide range of prompts to create new poetry based in place and memory.

This course from bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will make 2025 the year you finally write that book.

Are you looking for feedback to improve your work? Join this course to give and receive feedback on your writing.

In this online writing course, author Simmone Howell will provide feedback on your writing for young adults.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to craft opinion pieces that stand out in today’s crowded media landscape.

Candice Fox will deliver a one-stop-shop writing workshop aimed at writers wanting to produce commercial crime fiction.

Develop and enrich your research for writing skills.

This workshop introduces strategies to help you understand the bigger picture of your works-in-progress

Explore methods of building tension, and ways of approaching scenes that fit your style.

Join author Maggie Hamilton to deep dive into the mind, body, spirit genre.

Learn ways to inspire curiosity, introspection and awe in readers to incite connection and change

This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers.

In this one-day workshop, author, Dr Rosie Dub will take you on a journey into the psychology of character.

In this 6-week course with author Amy Lovat, you’ll explore the fundamentals of dialogue and character.

This seminar will give you the tools to navigate the publishing waters with confidence and a sense of direction.