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Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room
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Thu 1 Oct
- 10:30amCrafting Bridges to the Past
Glide into historical fiction by exploring rich literary, archival, and cultural landscapes that bring the past to life on the page. You'll read excerpts from various works, discuss the major thematic…
- When
- 10:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
Fri 2 Oct
- 8:30amAdvanced Fiction
New to the festival for 2026, this Advanced Fiction Workshop is a limited-enrollment, full-day intensive session for serious emerging writers. Led by award-winning novelist and short story writer…
- When
- 8:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 1:30pmWriting the Self
Writing yourself in a memoir or personal essay is a daunting challenge. Through a mixture of lecture, discussion, and generative writing exercises, participants in this 90-minute workshop will explore…
- When
- 1:30 PM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 3:30pmBuilding Better Stories for Screen
Whether a half-hour comedy, one-hour drama, or a two-hour feature film, all narratives adhere to the rules of dramatic storytelling. What are those rules? And how can you use them to diagnose…
- When
- 3:30 PM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
Sat 3 Oct
- 8:30amPlotting the Novel
Plotting a novel is an art which can be mastered. From a compelling beginning to a satisfying conclusion, the goal is always to keep the reader engaged. The art of screenwriting offers a useful model…
- When
- 8:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
- Tags
- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 10:30amExperiments in Collage and Poetry
A hands-on 90-minute workshop on creating collage-incorporating text. Participants will experiment with found poetry, blackout or erasure poetry, and the creation of collage poems and collages that…
- When
- 10:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
- Tags
- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 1:30pmStories on Stage and Screen
This workshop explores personal storytelling, teaching participants to translate transformative life moments into dramatic, high-stakes scenes for stage and screen. This workshop focuses on building…
- When
- 1:30 PM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
Sun 4 Oct
- 8:30amMedicine, Meaning, and Stories
Designed for healthcare practitioners, this highly interactive and collaborative workshop introduces the theory and practice of Narrative-Based Medicine-the effort to understand the stories at work in…
- When
- 8:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 8:30amThe Writers' Toolbox
A generative and editorial-based workshop aimed at more experienced writers. Using prompts, games, and writer-based workshop techniques, participants will be guided through a series of "rules" and…
- When
- 8:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
- Tags
- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
- 10:30amTaking A History: Illness Narratives
Serious illness, whether our own, that of someone we love or care for, often leaves us searching for ways to understand, clarify, and describe the experience. Writing can be a powerful means of making…
- When
- 10:30 AM
- Where
- Kingston Marriott - Rideau Room, 285 King St E, Kingston
- Tags
- Community, Festival
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- Showpass Kingston · Confirmed
