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A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans
Friday August 14, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm MDT
Writers are all about writing. Other aspects of the business, like contracts, are often mysterious and intimidating.

The object of this seminar is to give writers a crash course in writing and publishing contracts, exploring the history and evolution of these contracts, the key elements in a publishing contract, what it means, what you don't worry about, what you are giving, what you are getting in return, and what you fight for. It's about teaching you to tell good contracts from bad and what kinds of clauses to look out for. Along the way, we'll explore other sorts of writer-related contracts and how to approach and understand them. Useful for new writers, but everyone will get something out of it. D.G. Valdron, the seminar proponent has been an active writer and a lawyer for over thirty years.
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D.G. Valdron

Publisher, Fossil Cove Press
Renegade Canadian speculative fiction writer, aboriginal rights lawyer, and all round subversive iconoclast. When not railing against authority and injustice, wherever it may be found, Valdron is a pathological writer with over twenty-five books in print, numerous short stories, essays... Read More →
Friday August 14, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7 700 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 5P6, Canada

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