About the Program
This is about your career in publishing.
The SFU Summer Publishing Workshops offer you a chance to learn from and work with more than 100 of Canada's top editors, writers, marketers, designers, publishers, and new media moguls. They will challenge and guide you through one of the most intense and valuable educational experiences you may ever have.
Take your career to the next level.
Participate in real-world industry simulations. Work in state-of-the-art computer labs using up-to-the-minute software and technology. Learn by participating in courses tailored to reflect the evolving industry landscape.
News
Presenter Changes
Rowland Lorimer joins the faculty of the Book Publishing Immersion Workshop.
Anita Daher joins the Symposium on the Book.
SFU's Publishing Immersion Workshop Winner
Marisa Dobson of Minneapolis, Minnesota has won the first Simon Fraser University/Powell's Books all-expenses paid scholarship to SFU's Publishing Immersion Workshop.
Powell's and SFU announced the scholarship contest in March across North America asking applicants to submit an essay explaining why they would like to enter the publishing industry.
"Stories were my keys to other cultures, other eras, other mindsets. It is this translatability of the human experience that I believe gives literature its ultimate power. There is nothing that would make me more fulfilled than contributing to that collective experience, and that is why I want to serve as a conduit for unpublished authors," wrote Ms. Dobson in her successful essay.
This was the first partnership between SFU and Powell's Books and has created a unique bridge between publishers, readers and writers throughout North America. Global integration within the publishing industry has meant the publishing process is more and more often a cross-national experience.
Ms. Dobson will write about her experience at SFU Vancouver on Powells.com and www.sfu.ca/pubworks in late July.
Symposium on the Book
July 12, 2008 | Space is limited!
Crime writing aficionados and literary fiction connoisseurs alike will be stimulated and engaged in this year's Symposium on the Book as 10 of Canada's top experts on all aspects of crime writing and publishing delve deep not only into the techniques and mechanics of writing crime, but into the role and place of 'genre' writing in Canada.
Tickets: $75 (includes six books)
