The Goal

Our goal at Vocamus Writers Community is to support the literary community in Wellington County, Ontario. So we provide all kinds of programming, including monthly writers' groups and hang-outs, annual retreats and workshops, the Book Bash Festival for local books, and personal coaching through the publishing process. And we do all of that for free!

The Challenge

The challenge is that we do all of that for free, and we do need to cover our operational expenses like insurance and the website and so forth. So we're asking our lovely community to contribute as you can.  Help us help you!

The Swag

In return, we'll send you some great ebooks by local authors to thank you for your support.

• The Creator's Almanac: Volume 1 by Colin Dunbar – A near-future sci-fi / fantasy about a teen who decides to resist earth's oppressors.
• Diaries of Aristogeiton by Kinnery Chaperel – A chapbook of poetry that revives a tale of queer love and courage from ancient Greece.
• Draw Me the Sky by James Nowak – A chapbook of erasure poems drawn from a work of theology written in Wendat by a Jesuit missionary.
• Empress & Soldier by Marian L. Thorpe – A historical fantasy novel set in an analogue of northern Europe after the decline of the Roman Empire.
• Giving Up the Ghost by Adam Lindsay Honsinger – A literary fiction novel about a family working through the grief of losing a son and brother in Afghanistan.
• Guelph Stories by Ed Butts – A collection of articles about historical Guelph and some notable people associated with the city.
• Insecta by Jacob Wilde – A chapbook of poems that blur the line between humans and insects in ways that are both unexpected and moving.
• Kivioq's Journey by Judith Nasby – A literary pilgrimage through the largest sculpture park at a public gallery in Canada by the founder and curator of the collection.
• Last Hummingbird West of Chile by Nicholas Ruddock – A novel about colonialism and environment, brutality and privilege.
• Who by Fire by Greg Rhyno – A mystery novel starring reluctant private investigator Dame Polara, who finds herself hunting a serial arsonist.