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Register now for courses starting between January and August, 2010.

March

• March 4 | eve | Writing and Publishing Program Information Session
• March 6 | day | Adobe Acrobat for Print and Online Publishing
• March 6 | day | Direct Marketing Copywriting
• March 6 | day | Editing Fiction
• March 8 | eve | Copywriting: The Art and Craft of Creative Selling
• March 8 | dist | How to Write a Family Memoir distance education - email
  Registration deadline February 22.
• March 8 | eve | Indexing: An Essential Art and Science
• March 9 | eve | Advanced Study in Writing for Business and the Professions
• March 10 | eve | Editors and Editing: An Introduction
• March 11 | day | Basic Proofreading
• March 13 | day | Fiction Series for the Weekend Student
• March 15 | dist | Editors and Editing: An Introduction distance education - print
  Registration deadline March 1
• March 17 | eve | Dreamweaver: An Introduction
• March 18 | day | Giving Effective Speeches and Presentations
• March 20 | day | Copy Editing: Beyond the Basics
• March 20 | day | Fiction Clinic: Common Weaknesses in Prose and How to Cure Them
• March 23 | eve | Substantive Editing

For a complete list of Spring and Summer courses, review our online Calendar.

Welcome to 2009-2010

Welcome to the most diverse and comprehensive writing and publishing program in Canada with over 100 courses offered each year. We have seen many changes over our 25 years, and this year is no exception. Look for the one year certificate in Technical Communication, now entirely online. Review our new programming and new mentors in The Writer's Studio, our part-time Creative Writing program. Search out courses in new media, content management and other emerging fields. If you are already working in the writing or publishing industries, see our advanced classes for your professional development, or consider a course custom-designed for your work place. Our courses emphasize the practical. Gain the benifit of hands-on training from our experienced, industry-based professionals. There is always something new going on in Writing and Publishing. Whatever the next chapter in your life holds, we can help you be ready for it.

If you would like assistance in choosing the right course, please give us a call at 778-782-5093.

— Writing and Publishing Program

Course Descriptions

Graduation Deadline:
Monday, February 15th

To apply for graduation in 2010, please download and complete the Application for Certificate Graduation [PDF] and return it by February 15, 2010, along with the appropriate certificate checklist. Find more information on graduation here.

WPP and the Olympics

It is business as usual at Writing and Publishing during the Olympics. Staff will be in the office between 7 am and 4 pm Monday to Friday throughout the 2010 Olympics. Both Harbour Centre campus and the Continuing Studies office will be open. Check back here closer to the games for hours updates.

News and Events

1st Book Competition

A Canada-wide literary competition for emerging Canadian writers who have not yet published a book. Details on The Writer's Studio web site.

Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines and
Entering Contests

This free fifty-one page guide contains current information about Canadian magazines and contests with invaluable tips from our Writer's Studio alumni.

Spring & Summer 2010 course catalogue

E-mail wpp@sfu.ca with your name and address to request a print copy by mail, or click here to download a copy of the catalogue in pdf format.
You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the catalogue.