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Gwynn Scheltema
Join us for the final Monthly Network Meeting (MNM) of the season, which includes our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a talk from guest speaker Gwynn Scheltema.
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WCDR Board of Directors – Descriptions
The Board of Directors is the backbone of the Writers’ Community of Durham Region (WCDR), made up of dedicated volunteers who guide, support, and grow our vibrant writing community. Each board member plays a unique role in helping us deliver events, programs, and services that benefit writers at every stage of their journey
In a Tension of Leaves and Binding
In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica Editions), examines our relationship to the natural world through the lens of a single garden. From both a human perspective and the imagined voices of plants and animals, these experimental poems work to disrupt our assumptions about poetry, meaning, and language.
Mirror Horse
From her first clever little bay pony, Stroller, to brilliant ribbon-winning Fletcher, Tamara Williamson recalls the many significant horses in her life, grappling with what it means to be horse-obsessed and what drives this desire to connect with horses
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The Lost Ones
The Lost Ones, is an atmospheric speculative dark fantasy that explores truth and identity within a town of secrets. Set in the Victorian town of Ravenfell, three teens race to unravel their town’s surreal and mysterious history before Halloween, to avoid a sinister fate.
The Dream Whistle: Izzy’s Egyptian Adventure
Izzy is having the adventure of a lifetime!
With her older sister Haley, their Uncle Stan, and new friends – travel agent Dori and young Englishman Zack – Isabel Kintamani Anderfield, a 12 year old Canadian girl, is discovering the many wonders of Egypt.