Monday, Monday. Time to pull a few more presenters out of my trusty hat to share with you, don't you think?

Meet Meg Tilly, Wendy Roberts, Terence Young, and kc dyer.

Meg Tilly is the author of two adult novels, Singing Songs (Penguin/Dutton, A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, 1994) and Gemma (St. Martin's Press.) Her first YA novel, Porcupine was released by Tundra/McClelland & Stewart in Sept 2007, and was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize, The Canadian Libraries Association Best Children's Book 2008 and Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award 2008 It also was an Ontario Library Top Ten Best Bets 2008. First Time, a reluctant reader, was released by Orca in Nov 2008.

Tilly is also known for her work in her former career as a film actress. Some of her better known films include, The Big Chill and Agnes of God, for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar.

At present she is both writing and dipping her toe back in the acting world. This summer, she will be playing Martha in the Blue Bridge production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. At present she is working on yet another rewrite of her untitled adult manuscript. Her new middle grade manuscript, A Taste of Heaven, is out with various editors, looking for a home.

Her three children are grown, so she and her husband are now splitting their time between Vancouver Island and Toronto. Welcome to SiWC 2011, Meg!

Wendy Roberts is an armchair sleuth, fan of all things mysterious but a huge chicken at heart.

Neither can we! Kathy Chung will be announcing the registration opening date very soon.

But if you just can't wait, here's a way to slake your conference thirst. The Canadian Authors Association national conference is being held in beautiful Victoria, BC this year from June 24-27th. A number of old friends of SiWC [Anthony Dalton, Bernice Lever, Lois Peterson and me] will be presenting. Keynote speakers will include well-known authors Patrick Taylor and Richard Wagamese, and there are tons of activities planned -- make sure to check it out!

Details HERE, or contact Jean Kay, Conference Coordinator at 604-943-9247, or email:

jkay@canauthorsvancouver.org

Hope to see you there!

~kc dyer

SiWC 2010 Director

www.kcdyer.com

A quick post here, just to let those in the Vancouver area into a great opportunity. Long-time friend of SiWC [presenter, contest judge] James McCann is offering a workshop for adults who are interested in writing for kids and teens. You can read my blog post about it HERE or go straight to the source at James's blog HERE and find out more. The date is April 18th and class space is limited, so sign up soon!

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

sweetly tweeting @kcdyer

Always fun to see who won...and WAY more fun when a past winner of our contest makes the grade.

HUGE congratulations to Elissa van Struth for placing with her English-language short story DOWN TO THE ROOTS.[Elissa was the winner of our 2008 Storyteller's Award  with her unforgettable story MALL GIRL].

Full list of winners is HERE .

In other CanLit news, you might care to check out my blog post today on the status of s/f writer Peter Watts's conviction. A fascinating and frightening story. Post is HERE.

~kc

Also blogging as leftwriter

Tweeting Sweetly @kcdyer

Check out long-time conference attendee and writer Ev Bishop's blog post HERE. A great idea of how to keep that SiWC feeling alive all year 'round!

[Also, if you are in the Vancouver area, check out the grand finale of the W2 Real Writers series details on my blog HERE. Quite a few SiWC presenters on stage. Love to see you there!]

~kc

blogging at leftwriter

tweeting sweetingly @kcdyer

Lorna Suzuki is a long-time conference attendee, and this year she launched the latest book in her Imago series at our Saturday Evening Book Signing event. Yesterday she posted an interview with me on her blog, and I thought I'd just note it here, as there is a book giveaway involved. You can get a signed copy of any of my published titles, sent off to you just in time for holiday giving -- but you'll have to pick up the details of the contest by reading Lorna's post HERE.

Enjoy!

~kc