2025-06: WRITING WORKSHOP - Writing & Developing Authentic Characters (Elizabeth Ruth)

Join us for our new 3-part series - The Heliconian Writing Workshops

Registrants may register for all three parts using the available subscription model or may register for one or more of the individual events, which are detailed below.

 Individual Workshop Cost: $45 for members, $55 for non-members (Includes HST)
*Member registration opens January 1, 2025. Priority to members until Jan 31.
*Non-member registration opens February 1, 2025
 Whole 3-Workshop Series Cost: $120 for members, $150 for non-members (Includes HST)

Writing & Developing Authentic Characters with Writer-in-Residence Elizabeth Ruth

Thursday, June 12, 1:00 - 4:00 PM (Prose writers at all levels welcome)

Please join us for an inspiring and interactive creative writing workshop which will include:

•  Delivery of technical content in a mini-lecture style format
•   Writing exercises/prompts to facilitate putting theory into practice
•   Time for (many) participants to workshop writings and receive useful feedback in a supportive environment
•   A brief break at the midpoint
•  Time for Q & A

Participants will receive sample readings in advance and will come away with a greater sense of confidence in their ability to skillfully develop believable characters on the page. Please bring your notebook and pen or computer/device.

Elizabeth Ruth is the author of the novels Semi-Detached, Matadora, Smoke and Ten Good Seconds of Silence. Her debut poetry collection This Report Is Strictly Confidential appeared in 2024. Elizabeth's work has been recognized by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, the City of Toronto Book Award and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. CBC named her “One of the Ten Canadian Women Writers You Must Read.” She authored a plain language novella for adult literacy learners titled Love You to Death and edited the anthology Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales. Elizabeth teaches creative writing at U of T and mentors through various organizations.

(Photo Credit: Samuel Engelking)