Calgary Arts Development’s classified listing is a free service for Calgary’s arts community. All content for the classifieds is user-submitted. Calgary Arts Development makes no endorsement to any agency, organization, corporation or individual who submits listings. We trust our readers to use their own judgement when responding to ads. Calgary Arts Development believes that artists should be paid for their work. For job postings and open calls, please share salary ranges or payment. Please note that ads for jobs outside of Calgary and area may not be posted. Archived October 6, 2020 Writing Who You Don’t Know The deadline for this opportunity has passed. How do we write from outside our experience? Specifically: How do we create characters whose skin colour, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or gender are not our own? How do we ensure the characters ring true? In this workshop, we will cover dangerous tropes and how to avoid them, the importance of research, subject matter experts, why getting it right is important, practical advice for character building, and ask the crucial questions: Why do you want to tell this story and are you equipped for the job? Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020, 10:00 – 11:00am Cost: $25 for WGA Members, $35 for non-members, students $10 To register, visit writersguild.ca. About Sharon Bala Sharon Bala’s bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction, was shortlisted for several awards and has been translated into four languages. In 2017 she won the Writers’ Trust/ McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for her short story Butter Tea at Starbucks and had a second story on the long-list. Sharon is a member of The Port Authority, a St. John’s writing group. For more information, visit sharonbala.com.
