In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm featuring a BIPOC writer for every day of February. And as a special treat for subscribers to my newsletter, every week one lucky reader will win a copy of a book from each of that week's seven featured writers. Winners will be announced right here on the blog every Sunday in February. Not a subscriber yet? Scroll to the bottom of this page, and sign up! I met today's featured writer in 2018 at the Surrey International Writers' Confer

T If you’re interested, you can follow the latest developments on my twitter account @kcdyer or the conference account, @SiWCtweets. For events open to the public, there will be a gala and signing on Thursday night at Chapters in Langley, and on Saturday night at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford, we’re expecting a big crowd for the SiWC Author signing. On Thursday, our Master Class day, I’ll be offering what we call a ‘Beginner Intensive’, a three-hour marathon introduction t

At any rate, it’s been a yearly part of my life since then, and has given me the opportunity to work with a group of amazing writers who have volunteered as judges over the years. Jack Whyte, Diana Gabaldon, Anthony Dalton , James McCann, Bernice Lever, Shelley Hrdlitschka and many others. This year, we are just running the fiction arm of the contest, called the Storyteller’s Award. The winner will get $1000 and an assessment of their work from Jack and Diana, our two stalwar