Ian Williams is the author of seven books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His debut novel, Reproduction, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2019. His short story collection, Not Anyone’s Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction in Canada. He is also the winner of the Raymound Souster Award, […]

In the workshop, Participants can expect to explore different playwriting techniques used in various forms including Western Naturalistic Theatre, South Asian Folk Theatre, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Theatre, Absurdist Theatre, and Shakespearean drama. In addition to learning dialogues, plots, and characterization, some of the topics covered during the workshop are: Writing Visually, Structures of Time […]