The WRITTENinCOLOUR symposium was started two years ago to provide a space for experienced writers of Colour and Indigenous authors to pass on knowledge to emerging and aspiring of colour/indigenous writers about the often inaccessible world of publishing and writing. It was made up of six workshops that were half a day in length and was a resounding success, receiving incredibly positive feedback from speakers and participants alike.

It was expanded, in its second year, to a full day of workshops. The workshop themes ranged from giving participants tools to break into the publishing world to techniques behind writing dub poetry to simple character and novel development. It was again, such a success, that this year we are expanding it to two days of workshops with over twenty workshops. Moreover, there will be a reading series that will bring together authors from all over Canada .

So at WRITTENinCOLOUR 2006…

Get Started with the Kick-off Concert November 17th

Join us for a night of Living Story told through live music, dub poetry and spoken word with  artists Naila Keleta Mae, Motion, Mama D. and others.

7:00pm-11:00pm
@ Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord St. (Spadina and Harbord)
Wheelchair Accessible
Admission $5-$12 sliding scale
OR free for registered Written in Colour participants

Saturate your mind with two full days of knowledge sharing November 18th (9:30 – 5:30) and 19 th (10:00-5:00) and…

• Choose from over twenty hands-on workshops facilitated by artists of Colour and Indigenous artists from across Canada (see below for workshop schedule)
• Listen to the Theory behind the practice at the opening plenary panel
• Attend the reading panels and immerse yourself in living stories
• Talk with your favorite author and network with reps from local publishing houses at our meet and greet lunch and publishers fair

Co-Sponsored by: Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Canada Arts Council, Thomas Allan and Son Ltd., Penguin Group of Canada, Spirit Magazine, Between the Lines Press, First Nation's House at UofT, The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT, TSAR Publishing, the Women and Gender Studies Institute at UofT, Sumach Press, Harper Collins Canada, McClelland & Stewart Ltd. OPIRG at UofT, and the Writers Union of Canada.

WIC 2006 SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH

	9:30-11:00	11:00-1:30	3:00-5:30
OPENING PLENARY AND BREAKFAST William Doo Auditorium New College	George Dei Lee Maracle Rozena Maart Ashok Mathur
Workshop A: OPIRG Main Flr. North Borden Building		Journey's in Writing Shyam Selvadurai	Writing Autobiography Rozena Maart
Workshop B: First Nation's House Lounge North Borden Building		Indigenous Storytelling through Performance Monique Mojica & Jill Carter	Writing and Illustrating Children's Book Rina Singh & Farida Zaman
Workshop C and Reading: First Nation's House Seminar Room North Borden Building		Making a Living as an Artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinah	Reading Panel Anosh Irani Gregory Scofield Joanne Arnott
Workshop D: First Nation's House Upper Level North Borden Building		Reading Panel Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Madeleine Thien	How to Approach a Literary Agent Anar Ali
Workshop E: Women's Centre North Borden Building		Beginners Manuscript Review Hiromi Goto *WORKSHOP NOW FULL	Advanced Manuscript Review Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm *Pre-reigstration Required
Workshop F and Reading Women's Centre North Borden Building		Creative Writing Richard Van Camp
MEET AND GREET Lunch and Publisher's Fair William Doo Auditorium	1:30-3:00

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19TH

	10:00-12:30	2:30-5:00
Workshop A First Nation's House Lounge North Borden Building	Spoken Word/Dub Poetry TBA	Cuban Feminist Writing Clelia Rodrigues
Workshop B & Reading First Nation's House Seminar Room North Borden Building 3rd Floor	Journaling: A Guide to Academic Publishing Daniel Justice	Reading Panel Hiromi Goto Richard Van Camp Kerri Sakamoto
Workshop C Women's Centre North Borden Building, Main Floor	Writing From Life for Women of Colour and Aboriginal Women Dianah Smith	Publishing with Small Presses Harmony Rice
Workshop D First Nation's House Upper Level Rm. North Borden Building 3rd Floor	Getting Grants and Writer's Residencies Kerri Sakamoto	Graphic Novels Dominique Hui
Workshop E OPIRG, North Borden Building, Main Floor	Writing Poetry Souvankham Thammavongsa	Two Mouthed Madonnas: Birthing Stories Joanne Arnott
Lunch William Doo Auditorium	12:30-2:30