In 2023 the Edmonton Writers' Group began giving a series of seminars on fiction writing at the Capilano Branch of Edmonton  Public Library as part of the Partnership Program, and these seminars were repeated in 2024 & 2025 with a few changes. It is now 2026, and we'll be offering this course once again.

    The 2026 version will be moving to a workshop format, and will be separated into two sessions, with time between the sessions for participants to write their stories.

Participants will be given homework todo on their stories, and the stories will be shared within the group to give each other feedback.

The schedule for the sessions is below.

Session I 

January 31, 2026:        I-1: Genres & Story ideas
February 07, 2026:      I-2: Characters I – Your Protagonist & Antagonist
February 14, 2026:      I-3: Characters II & Plotting and Planning I – Other character
February 21, 2026:      I-4: Plotting & Planning II
February 28, 2026:      I-5: Time to Start Writing!
March 07, 2026:           I-6: Researching material for your stories
March 14, 2026:           I-7: World Building

Intersession - Come Write With Us

March 21, 2026 through May 23, 2026                     

Session II 

May 30, 2026:             II-1: Middles – Keeping your readers reading
June 06, 2026:            II-2: Ends – Ending it all, in a good way
June 13, 2026:            II-3: Editing I – The Second Step Towards Publishing
June 20, 2026:            II-4: Editing II & The Next Steps
June 27, 2026:            II-4: Publishing & Promotions

Preregistration for these sessions is required. Please contact the Edmonton Writers' Group for further information The session are also listed on the Edmonton Public LIbrary's website under the What's On tab for Capilano Branch. Just select the date and you will see the registration page. Please note that registration is by session.