9:00 am 9:30 am MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS with Caffeine & Snacks Terrace West, 11 th floor

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1 AGENDA LEAGUE OF CANADIAN POETS and THE WRITERS UNION OF CANADA Joint Conference and ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS Radisson Hotel, 288 Portage Ave, Winnipeg MB May 28 May 31, 2015 Hashtag for the weekend is: #twuclcp2015 THURSDAY, May 28 4:00 pm 7:30 pm REGISTRATION Main floor lobby 5:30 pm 6:15 pm TWUC CONFERENCE ROOKIE RECEPTION Room :30 pm - 8:30 pm ANNE SZUMIGALSKI MEMORIAL LECTURE: Gregory Scofield Ambassador H, 12 th floor 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm CASH BAR RECEPTION Ambassador H, 12 th floor Friday, May 29 8:30 am - 4:00 pm TWUC REGISTRATION 13 th floor Terrace level 8:30 am 3:00 pm VOLUNTEER BOOK TABLE 12 th floor foyer * 9:00 am 9:30 am MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS with Caffeine & Snacks Terrace West, 11 th floor 9:30 am 10:10 am KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Terrace West, 13 th floor Noah Genner from BookNet Michael Tamblyn from Kobo 10:10 am 10:25 am COFFEE BREAK Coffee and snacks Terrace West, 13 th floor 10:25 am 11:40 am PANEL DISCUSSIONS The ABC s of Public Lending Right in Canada Terrace West, 13 th floor Established in 1986, and administered by the Canada Council, under the stewardship of the Public Lending Right Commission, the PLR program remunerated close to 17,000 writers this year alone. Join Beatriz Hausner, current Chair of the Commission, PLR Manager Peter Schneider, and Commission member and CEO of the Edmonton Public Library Linda Cook, to get an in-depth look into PLR in Canada, including how it works, how you can ensure you receive your payment, and much more. Affirming the Artistic Life: Managing Setbacks and Successes in Writing Terrace East, 13 th floor The writing life has its ups and downs, triumphs and adversities, wins and losses. Join writers Angie Abdou and Meira Cook as they discuss how they deal with adversity in their writing careers, and Farzana Doctor to learn techniques you can use to re-focus and overcome those creative hurtles. 11:40 am 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK (lunch not provided)

2 12:30 pm 4:00 pm LCP REGISTRATION 12th floor 1:00 pm 2:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSIONS Time and Money: A Writer s Guide Terrace West, 13 th floor Listen to three writers discuss their techniques to better strategize their time and money. Author and bookseller Chadwick Ginther discusses how he uses social media to help manage and balance his time between writing his fantasy series and short stories while working full time. Crowdfunding? Chocolate-themed dinners and special events? Speaking on cruise ships? Author Doreen Pendgracs has done them all. Join Doreen to learn how she finds and employs alternative sources of funding to fuel her writing career. In the wake of her 2013 Governor General Literary Award for Poetry, author and poet Katherena Vermette shares her top time management tips to maintain a life-work balance that supports and nurtures a flourishing writing career. Reaching In, Reaching Out: Creating Strong Writing Communities in Canada Terrace East, 13 th floor Why do some writing communities seem stronger and more visible then others? And how do they manage to do it? Join Steve Locke from the Winnipeg Poetry Slam, Trish Salah, co-editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, and Paul Seesequasis, organizer of the 2014 National Indigenous Writers Conference, as they discuss how they create, nurture, and grow their writing communities. 2:15 pm 2:30 pm COFFEE BREAK Coffee and snacks Terrace West, 13 th floor Sponsored by the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers 2:30 pm 3:30pm LCP JOSEPH SHERMAN NEW MEMBERS READING AND OPEN MIC Terrace East, 13 th floor 2:30 pm 3:30 pm TWUC POLICY MEETING Terrace West, 13 th floor Nominating Committee discussion led by Douglas Arthur Brown 3:30 pm 4:30 pm TWUC POLICY MEETING Terrace West, 13 th floor Topic to be announced 4:30 pm 5:30 pm TWUC REGIONAL MEETINGS BC/Yukon Terrace West, 13 th floor Ontario Terrace East, 13 th floor Other Regions check the board at AGM Registration 4:30 pm 8:00 pm FREE TIME/DINNER BREAK 5:30 pm 6:30 pm WINNIPEG WALKING TOUR free, pre-registration required (limit 100) **

3 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm MARGARET LAURENCE LECTURE ON THE WRITER S LIFE delivered by Guy Gavriel Kay Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue Sponsored by The Writers Trust of Canada 9:00 pm 10:30 pm CASH BAR RECEPTION Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue Sponsored by The Writers Trust of Canada Saturday, May 30 Please note, to keep costs down for registrants there is no pre-meeting coffee today. 8:30 am noon TWUC REGISTRATION 13 th floor Terrace level LCP REGISTRATION 12th floor 8:30 am 4:00 pm VOLUNTEER BOOK TABLE 12 th floor foyer * 9:00 am - 10:30 am TWUC PLENARY BUSINESS SESSION Terrace East, 13 th floor 9:00 am - 10:30 am SPEED NETWORKING Terrace West, 13 th floor Register at the TWUC AGM Registration Desk An opportunity for a 15-min. one-on-one with: Choice of 4 industry professionals Donovan Bergman, Friesens Corporation self- publishing Representative of Canada Council grant applications 9:30am -10:30am 10:30am -10:45am 10:45am -12:00 pm LCP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Ambassador H, 12 th floor COFFEE BREAK Coffee and Tea only TWUC Terrace East, LCP Ambassador H LCP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Ambassador H, 12 th floor 10:45 am - 12:00 pm TWUC PLENARY BUSINESS SESSION Terrace East, 13 th floor 12:00pm 1:45 pm LUNCH BREAK (lunch not provided) 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm TWUC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Committees should designate a meeting spot and then head to lunch together - write on flip chart at registration. 1:15 pm 2:45 pm LCP FEMINIST CAUCUS PANEL, BRIEF BUSINESS MEETING, and OPEN READING ALL WELCOME, Ambassador H, 12 th floor Women Mentoring/Mentoring Women (Sonja Greckol)

4 Kerry Ryan, Chair (Winnipeg) Her second collection Vs. (Anvil Press, 2010) is "a shy woman's confessional of her unlikely foray into boxing." Winnipeg Free Press; also in print: The Sleeping Life (The Muses' Company, 2008). Sally Ito (Winnipeg, MB) is a poet and fiction writer. She was born in Taber, Alberta, and currently lives in Winnipeg. She has published three books of poetry, Frogs in the Rain Barrel, A Season of Mercy, and Alert to Glory, as well as a collection of short stories called Floating Shore. Ito has also studied in Japan, and has done translations of contemporary Japanese poetry. She teaches creative writing in Winnipeg and is a former blog contributor to the multicultural children's literature blog and website, PaperTigers. Di Brandt (Winnipeg) Professor Emerita is one of Canada's most loved and admired poets. Her internationally celebrated and award-winning poetry titles include questions i asked my mother; Agnes in the sky; Jerusalem, beloved; and Now You Care; and she has collaborated with numerous other writers, critics and artists. Liz Howard (Toronto) was born and raised in rural Northern Ontario and is currently a poet and cognition research officer in Toronto. She is co-curator of the feminist reading series AvantGarden and graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Her chapbook Skullambient (Ferno House Press) was shortlisted for the 2012 bp Nichol Chapbook Award. In 2014 she was invited to read at Princeton University as part of The Rhythm Party, a colloquium organized by the poet Lisa Robertson and the Department of English. Her first full-length collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, is forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart in April :30 pm - 3:00 pm TWUC PLENARY BUSINESS SESSION Terrace East, 13 th floor 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm SPEED NETWORKING - Terrace West, 13 th floor Register at the TWUC AGM Registration Desk An opportunity for a 15-min. one-on-one with: Choice of 4 industry professionals Donovan Bergman, Friesens Corporation self- publishing Representative of Canada Council grant applications Andris Taskans, Prairie Fire Literary journal 2:45 pm 4:00 pm POETRY PANEL DISCUSSION ALL WELCOME Writing, Editing and Publishing the Long Poem Ambassador H, 12 th floor Long poems often in the form of series, sequences, or thematically connected poems are a Canadian tradition, notably commemorated with collections such as Michael Ondaatje s and Sharon Thesen s long poem anthologies (1979, 1991, 2001). At least two recently shortlisted poetry books for the GG awards consisted of long poems, and the CBC and various literary publications are known for Long Poem contests. Join Kate Braid, Sharon Thesen and Cornelia Hoogland for a discussion on issues involved in writing, editing and publishing the long poem. What compositional and editorial questions, issues, approaches, difficulties and opportunities have these poets encountered?

5 3:00 pm 4:00 pm TWUC CHILDREN S WRITERS MEETING Terrace West, 13 th floor 4:00 6:30 pm FREE TIME 6:00 pm 6:30 pm COCKTAILS (CASH BAR) 6:30 pm 9:30 pm GALA AWARDS CEREMONY AND DINNER Terrace West, 13 th floor 6:30 pm 7:30 pm Awards Ceremony 7:30 pm Dinner Served Sunday, May 31 9:00 am 10:30 am LCP NEW NATIONAL COUNCIL BREAKFAST 9:15 am - 12:00 pm TWUC PLENARY BUSINESS SESSION and ELECTIONS Ambassador A, 11 th floor Please note there will be no pre-meeting coffee * Book Table: The volunteer-run book table will run on Friday from 8:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Forms will be included in your registration packages and available online. If you would like to volunteer a few hours of your time please book table head volunteer David Koulack at koulack@cc.umanitoba.ca. ** Walking Tour: TWUC and LCP conference registrants who are visitors to Winnipeg may want to explore the historic Exchange District on a guided WALKING TOUR Friday afternoon. The tour is free but space is limited so info@writersunion.ca to reserve your space. First ed, first served.