Ontario Writers' Conference Press Release

The Ontario Writers’ Conference is a one-day event on May 1, 2010. Cost for a non-member is $210. Conference attendees who stay overnight at the Ajax Garden Hilton will spend an exclusive evening at Port Perry’s Ocala Winery. The press release is below. ~ Clyo

DURHAM REGION, ON, MARCH 12, 2010:

Writers sure know how to kick off a conference. Delegates to the May 1st Ontario Writers’ Conference (OWC) staying at the Garden Hilton will start celebrating the night before at an private party cooked up by conference organizers and the Region of Durham. OWC delegates step on a bus that whisks them away to an exciting and exclusive evening at Port Perry’s Ocala Winery.

Best of all, it’s free!

Imagine: a starlit evening sipping Durham ’s finest fruit wines made from fruit grown a stone’s throw away. Nibbling on bite-sized morsels of home-grown local ingredients: herb sausage flavoured with Ocala black currant wine, roasted emu on baguette, pulled pork mini wraps, buffalo tacos in tortilla scoop, northern spy apple in homemade caramel sauce in a phyllo cup.

Host Irwin Smith escorts delegates on a vine-to-vintage tour of the winery and invites them to sample his delicious chardonnays and merlots. Afterwards, more time to mix and mingle, engaging in stimulating conversation with authors, local politicians and other guests, and visiting displays of local merchants’ wares. The lilting notes of a steel drum, played by Joy Lapps, “the princess of pan,” weave a mellow musical background. Finally, sated and content, the delegates step back on the bus for the trip back to the hotel.

This magical night, courtesy of Durham Region Tourism, awaits OWC delegates booking an overnight stay at the Ajax Garden Hilton.

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On May 1, 2010, writers will flock from Ontario and beyond to Ajax for the Ontario Writers’ Conference (OWC)to rub elbows with world-famous authors like sci-fi giant Robert J. Sawyer and funny guy Richard Scrimger? Delegates enjoy a full of workshops, blue pencil session, networking and panel discussions, continental breakfast, buffet lunch and dinner, and the Festival of Authors, all for $210. Attendance at the Festival of Authors only is $10. Complete details, registration forms and online registration (PayPal and major credit cards) are available at www.thewritersconference.com

. To register by mail, forward form and cheque or money order to: Ontario Writers’ Conference, 85 Chambers Drive , Unit #5, Ajax , ON L1Z 1E2 .

The Ontario Writers' Conference is a premier arts organization that conducts educational, challenging and interactive workshops, panels, roundtables and other writing-related events, led by writers, arts-related facilitators and industry professionals. The Ontario Writers’ Conference endeavours to connect, educate and inspire writers everywhere.

The Ontario Writers’ Conference thanks its many sponsors and partners, including Amplified Communications

, Phanta Media

, the Ontario Arts Council

, InStore Products

, the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region, and Blue Heron Books.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Barbara Hunt
Ontario Writers' Conference
bhunt(at)thewritersconference.com
905-985-4409