We provide free, online literary programming for people with mental health and addiction issues led by accomplished professional writers with lived experience.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined June 2015
Are you a writer? Our friends at @InkWellW have an opportunity for individuals with lived experience of mental health and/or additions to partake in 3 months of writing mentorship. Check it out at inkwellworkshops.com/mentors…
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Really neat opportunity for Ontario writers: "This creative writing scholarship is open to emerging Ontario writers working in fiction and creative nonfiction who identify as living with mental health and/or addiction issues." @inkwellw lnkd.in/gsteHyA7
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Teens and educators, these events are for you! #FOLD2024 😆📚 Visit thefoldcanada.org/educators for more info on these events and how to access them.
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The cover reveal for UNDER ALL THE LIGHTS 🎸 is this Wednesday! 🎉 I’m so lucky to work with the amazing artist @otesanya_ (IG) who illustrated the stunning cover of EVERYONE’S THINKING IT, by my friend and NAACP winner @aleemawrites 💖
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The #FOLD2024 schedule is up and registration is finally open! 😆 Join us April 28 - May 5. Events April 28 - May 1 will be VIRTUAL, while events May 2 - 5 will be offered IN-PERSON. Visit thefoldcanada.org/register to purchase a festival pass and specialty event tickets!
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Announcing the new DC Reid Poets’ Grant which will anonymously deliver grants of $5,000 to poets of modest means to help fund their writing. The new program is generously supported by author DC Reid. Find program details at: writerstrust.com/DCReid
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Hi folks! Later this month, I'm going to be sharing space with @ItahSadu and @MayaAmeyaw as I moderate a @torontoWOTS panel on Black joy and movement. I'm just honoured to be speaking earnestly with two awesome people on this topic. 📚 Come on out! toronto.thewordonthestreet.c…
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A finalist for both the Danuta Gleed Literary Award *and* the Trillium Book Award, ALL THE SHINING PEOPLE by @KathyFriedman7 is an unmissable work of short fiction. Jump in! Learn more: bit.ly/3pvXiYJ
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Are you a poet with lived experience?We are accepting submissions to our 21st Annual International #Poetry #Contest until February 28. To learn more or submit your work, visit openmindsquarterly.com/2023-…
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Submissions for the 2023 @RBC #BronwenWallace Award for #EmergingWriters are open. Submit your poetry & short fiction for the chance to win $10,000. Finalists in each genre receive $2,500. Deadline to apply is January 16. Details at writerstrust.com/BronwenWall…
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Develop your voice and identify the literary techniques available for writing about mental health and addiction issues in a welcoming, supportive environment. wordstocksudbury.ca – at Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario
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Everyone who is mad or has/is suffering the disease of addiction . . . think about this! InkWell rocks.
Call for Submissions! InkWell's Reinhilde Cammaert Scholarship, supporting 3-month writing mentorships, is going Ontario-wide. Full details and applications at inkwellworkshops.com/mentors…. Deadline: Sep. 30th
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We wish everyone a great National Indigenous Peoples Day! May we continue to celebrate the brilliance of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples as well as continue to stand tall against discrimination! How will you honour this day and your commitments to reconciliation?
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Glad to be a mentor for BIPOC Writers Connect, a virtual conference hosted by @twuc and @CanadianPoets. If you're an emerging BIPOC writer, apply to have your work mentored. Apply by July 8: ow.ly/wOIk50IRKIt. Please spread the word!
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"I realized somewhere along the way that no one was telling our stories. Nobody was talking about the joy of being born and raised in Fort Smith, N.W.T, and being Tłı̨chǫ Dene and also being a pop-culture disciple." cbc.ca/books/25-books-that-h…
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📖 Thursday, June 1st: join @InkWellW for a Zoom reading hosted by @davidjamesbrock! Register for free now: eventbrite.ca/e/inkwells-sum… The 5 readers will be revealed leading up to the event, so stay tuned! 🤩 #WritingCommunity
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My friend David James Brock will be reading at North Bay’s wonderful Conspiracy of Three Reading Series next Tuesday night at 7:30pm. You can email and ask for a Zoom meeting link if you’re from away. 🌿 @davidjamesbrock
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I'm offering the Writing Illness, Writing Wellness workshop again. This time through the International Women’s Writing Guild's Free Writes on Friday, May 20th. iwwg.wildapricot.org/free-wr…
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