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Blending Genres
Sunday August 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Fairview
Are you interested in blending genres in creative writing? This panel will explore mixing elements from different genres to create unique and engaging narratives.
Moderators
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Dorothy Bentley

Dorothy Bentley is published in articles, interviews, columns, cartoons, blogs, short stories, poetry, novel, picture book, and anthologies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and has taught writing previously in several venues, including Keyano College, Bow Valley College... Read More →
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Robin van Eck

Robin writes fiction - literary, contemporary, horror, weird and offbeat - and creative nonfiction. Most recently her work has appeared in WonderShift - 40th Anniversary Anthology of the Alexandra Writers Centre, Forbidden Fruit from The Seventh Terrace and Very Much Alive, stories... Read More →
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Wendy McGrath

Wendy McGrath is a Métis poet, writer, and visual artist living and working in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 Territory.Winner of the inaugural Prairie Grindstone Prize 2023-2024, McGrath’s writing practice embraces multiple genres—fiction, poetry, spoken word... Read More →
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Sarah L. Pratt

Sarah L. Pratt is an editor, publisher, teacher, bookseller, and queer fictioneer living on Treaty 7 land in the foothills of Alberta. She is an AMPA finalist and the author of Suicide Stitch: Eleven Tales (EMP Publishing), and the dystopian thriller Infractus (Coffin Hop Press... Read More →
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D.G. Valdron

Writing for over 20 years. Numerous short story credits. Mermaid's Tale published through Five Rivers Publishing, The Luck contracted with Five Rivers. Twilight of Echelon through At Bay. Multiple books, fiction and nonfiction.
Sunday August 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Fairview
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