{"id":3438,"date":"2017-10-19T06:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T13:27:17","slug":"siwc-an-exceptional-writers-conference-in-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2017\/writing\/siwc-an-exceptional-writers-conference-in-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"SIWC – An Exceptional Writers Conference in B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m back from a wonderful holiday in the Maritimes. I\u2019ll post more about that later, but today, I\u2019m off to work at the Surrey International Writers Conference<\/a><\/strong>, held Oct. 19-22, at the Sheraton Hotel in Surrey, British Columbia. A great event with bestselling authors, agents, and editors from the USA and Canada sharing their expertise through workshops, panels, and discussions. This is my fifth time at this conference, which attracts well over 500 attendees. So much wonderful information on the craft of writing and how to market what you\u2019ve written.<\/p>\n

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This year, I\u2019ll be part of a multi-author Book Signing,\u00a0showcasing all the wonderful presenters and their books. While there is a charge for the conference, the book fair is free and open to the public on Saturday, October 21, 5-7 pm at the Sheraton Guilford Hotel, 15269-104 Ave., Surrey, B.C. This fair\u00a0attracts readers from all over Greater Vancouver and beyond. Hope to see you there<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m back from a wonderful holiday in the Maritimes. I\u2019ll post more about that later, but today, I\u2019m off to work at the Surrey International Writers Conference, held Oct. 19-22,… <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[744,4],"tags":[248,78,974,396,973,276,5],"class_list":["post-3438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-writing","tag-books","tag-diana-stevan","tag-surrey","tag-surrey-international-writers-conference","tag-vancouver","tag-writers","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Book-signing-ad.png?fit=1594%2C593&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LuVB-Ts","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1128,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2012\/writing\/the-joy-of-writing-conferences\/","url_meta":{"origin":3438,"position":0},"title":"The Joy of Writing Conferences","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"21 \u0416\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I just finished the three day Surrey International Writers Conference. 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