Surprisingly, I’ve never written about Writer’s Society myself before. Articles have been written about us, but never with me holding the metaphorical pen. Strange. Nevertheless, here we are. Going into our second year; alive and enthusiastic as ever.To those of you who have never heard of us, hello!
This club was started last year by myself, and Sarah McDonald who scrambled to find a way to do all of the things we dreamed up in a little coffee shop downtown. We embarked on this journey, and -in my opinion- pulled it off. We published a book.
An anthology actually, filled with various submissions from members. We ran an All Night Writing event. Coffee filled sentences and paragraphs written while consuming poutine at the Whistle Stop. We ran workshops and weekly meetings, building on our writing while meeting with authors and editors. We started from a club of two and grew to have over fifty active members on Facebook. We made it.
Coming into the new year, I have even more ambitious dreams. I’m excited to make them happen, but I’m going to need a little help. Currently, myself and the new Co-President Kelsey Levins are establishing this years executive team.
In particular, we are looking for an illustrator. Someone to take our media and book cover to the next level. Art is hard, so help us! If you’d be interested please email us. Other than that, we are looking for ideas, partnerships, guest speakers, anything that will make the experience for Trent Writers amazing. We want your feedback. Please give it to us (via email preferably).
Obviously, we also want you as a member! So if you’re a budding writer, or just someone who wants to learn more about us, join us on Facebook. We post most of our updates there.
I am hopeful that this year will be one to remember. I can’t wait to read, hear, and see all of the amazing writers that are hiding here at Trent. We are the club that will help you take your writing to the next level. Let us.