Off Topic Writers’ Conference

The 2024 Off Topic Writers’ Conference was held online and in person on August 3 at the Lakehead University campus in Orillia, Canada. The conference featured craft talks and workshops for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poet, fiction writer, and creative nonfiction writer Lindsey Harrington and fiction and nonfiction writers Finnian Burnett and Drew Hayden Taylor. Fiction writer K.R. Byggdin delivered the keynote address. The cost of the conference was $75 for in-person attendance and $40 for virtual attendance. Registration was first come, first served. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Accessibility accommodations include public transportation near the venue; elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible event spaces; accessible parking; ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and transcriptions of talks (with advance request); closed captioning for virtual programming; and signage in Braille. E-mail the Office of Human Rights and Equity at humanrights@lakeheadu.ca for additional accessibility details.