CALL TO ACTION
Getting published
HOW TWUC SUPPORTS OUR MEMBERS
- Powerful advocacy in support of writers’ rights
- Connection with a community of professional writers across the country
- Increased income opportunities through public and school readings programs
- Free professional development resources and how-to guides
- Be paid to mentor, or be mentored by, another writer through the Union's Mentorship Microgrants
- Access to dedicated staff for contract advice and grievance assistance
Upcoming Webinars
The Writers' Union of Canada presents webinars on a range of craft and business topics for writers. All TWUC webinars are closed captioned. Learn more about accessibility at the Union. The following webinars are open to the public; members of the Union can find special member-exclusive webinars and recordings in the TWUC Member Portal.
2:00 pm ET
11:00 am PT
Energy is Currency: 8 Ways to Cultivate a More Sustainable Writing Career
Join Chelene Knight for an hour of deep insight into how you can take charge of your creative life.
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Melanie Dugan
In this vividly-rendered novel, Melanie Dugan reimagines the life of groundbreaking American artist Alice Neel. Neel worked in obscurity for decades, wrestling with poverty and misogyny, struggling to live life on her own terms, and to paint the way she wanted. Her life spanned World War I, the 1918…