Over the past few years our exciting courses and talented instructors have placed Centauri Arts at the forefront of creative writing schools in Ontario – and now we’re offering programs for adults, too! Here’s everything you need to know about our Creative Writing courses and instructors…
Summer Programs for Youth in Creative Writing
This summer, writers aged 11-17 can choose from several exciting specialist writing camps! Join us in the studio for week-long camps in ‘Short Story Creation’ or ‘Writing for TV & Film… or check out ‘Character Quest’ which explores the creation of characters for all genres. We have an all-encompassing ‘Poetry and Fiction’ camp at the end of the summer, and writers too far away to join us in person can select our Virtual Creative Writing Salon, instead. Check out all writing camps here!
Year-Round Writing Programs for kids and teens – Now Open for Registration!
Our Creative Writing Salons run from September to January, and February to May, and they include all genres and all styles of creative writing. Explore everything from Poetry to Podcasting, Stories to Screenwriting, Fantasy to Fan Fiction, Sci Fi to Songwriting and Plotting to Play writing! Our creative writers contribute to an online magazine at the end of semester 1, and we publish an anthology of student writing at the end of the year. Choose from:
Saturday Creative Writing Salon (ages 12-18)
Wednesday Virtual Writing Salon (ages 11-18)
Junior Writers’ Salon on Tuesday evenings (ages 9-14) – NEW!!
English Enrichment Programs (various times; includes creative writing)
Check out our year round writing classes for kids and teens here!
Creative Writing Salon for Adults
Writers 18+ can join our new Adult Writing Salon on Saturday mornings, starting in the fall, or participate in our international creative writing retreats (Mexico, Costa Rica and England). We also offer solo consultations for adult writers, and editing services. Check out our writing workshops and classes for adults here!
Our Creative Writing Instructors
Julie Hartley heads our instructor team. She has an MA in Literature, an MFA in Creative Writing and her publications include a poetry collection (Mansfield Press) and a young adult novel (Red Deer Press). Julie has been teaching creative writing for more than 2 decades. Other instructors include Briana Brown and Helen Tran, both of whom are published writers with MFAs in Creative Writing. Read more about our writing instructors here!
Forthcoming: Julie’s New Novel!
Julie Hartley is now writing historical fiction for Bookouture UK! Her next novel is available for preorder on Kindle, in print and through Audible.com and will be released on 12 September this year. Follow her writing adventures at https://www.facebook.com/juliehartleywriter/ or on her website: www.juliehartley.ca
