Scenes from the 2014 edition of Wordstock Sudbury.
This June, I’ll be at Wordstock Sudbury, the second-ever edition of Sudbury, Ontario’s annual summer writers’ festival. I’ll be travelling to the Nickel City (does anyone actually use that nickname?) on Saturday, June 20, to lead a young adult writing workshop, as well as speak on a panel about comics and graphic novels.
If you’re in Sudbury, please come out. They have a great series of events, including presentations by Terry Fallis (The Best Laid Plans, No Relation), Sandra Shamas (My Boyfriend’s Back), Joseph Kertes (The Afterlife of Stars), and many more. You can check the full schedule at wordstocksudbury.ca. More detail about the two events I’m part of follows:
Young Adult Series Writing – Saturday, June 20 – 10:30 a.m.– join Evan Munday, author of the two-time Silver Birch-nominated series for young readers The Dead Kid Detective Agency, as he talks writers through the considerations and unique challenges when crafting an ongoing book series for young readers. Thrill to continuity, extended character arcs, and series fatigue as Munday walks readers through his process and (hopefully) provides advice to help you write your next beloved children’s series (ideally in one of those cool boxed sets).
Not Just Pretty Pictures: The Graphic Novel – Saturday, June 20 – 4 p.m.– Once ignored as childish and crude, comic books and graphic novels have grown to become a revered art form unto itself. With massively popular works like Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, the graphic novel is not to be ignored any longer. Artist and Illustrator Evan Munday and Rob Sacchetto sink into the ink of this one of a kind art form.
