Though somethings will be tweaked and perhaps even swapped on this schedule, the timing and dates will all stay the same.

Make your reservations and get ready for a very fun and exciting weekend of books, wine, and writers.

Friday September 23, 2022

time	Salon A/B
5-5:30	Welcome and Introductions Announcement of Contest Winners
5:30	Keynote: Chief Clarence Louie
6:00	Welcome Activity For Guests/Presenters
7:00	Music & Mingling
7:30	Presenter Readings

After the readings are complete you may stay and mingle.

Saturday September 24, 2022

time	Salon A/B	Merlot Room	Zinfandel Room	Chardonnay Room
9:30	Introductions and Wake Up!
10:00	PANEL – What’s your writing process?	Get to the Finish Line: Strategies for the First Draft – with Christina Meyers	The Wild Self – with Natalie Appleton	All about Agents – with Jonas Saul
11:00	Writer’s Block: Why there’s no such thing, and how to get around it anyway – with Pulp Literature	Who Owns It? Creating LGBTQ and other diverse characters with sensitivity and authenticity – with Finnian Burnett	Poetic Devices: The Secret Ingredient for Every Genre – with Laurie Anne Fuhr	pitches with Jonas Saul
12:00	pitches & blue pencils
1:00	PANEL – Paths to publishing	Eco-Mysteries and Thrillers: Building Great Fiction from Facts – with Dave Butler	Writing through the Seasons – with Laura Thomas	Friesen Press
2:00	PANEL – Ask me anything! – with multiple presenters	The Bones of a Great Story – with Corinna Chong	Writing Good Poetry – What Publishers Want – with Laurie Anne Fuhr	pitches & blue pencils with Douglas & McIntyre
3:00	Market Hall – Support our supporters!	Not So Happily Ever After Storytelling Workshop – with Andrew Buckley	PANEL – Ask a poet anything! – with all our poet presenters	pitches & blue pencils with Douglas & McIntyre
4:00	Market Hall	PANEL – Cross Creative Inspiration	Tap Your Way to Creativity – with Mehrnaz Massoudi	Write On: literary devices and techniques that you can apply to any genre of writing – with Miranda Krogstad
5:00	Market Hall
6:00	Market Hall & Mingling
7:00	Time Family of Wines Wine Tasting
8:00	Live Action Slush

You’re welcome to stay and visit for a while after the slush pile is complete.

Blue Pencils and Pitches will be interspersed throughout the day to allow everyone a break at noon.

For the Wine Tasting, you will be able to purchase wine, but not open it until in your room or home.

A cash bar will be available for those who would like a glass of wine.

WCWF MARKETPLACE

There will be vendors with tables in SALON A/B.

More information will be coming very soon.

Sunday September 25, 2022

Let us know if you’re coming! If there is enough interest and prepaid tickets, then a wine tasting tour to the Oliver District Wine Village will be arranged. So, at this time, this event is pending a show of interest.