Writers’ Guild of Alberta, Annual Conference Host: ORIGINS – A Return to Networking, Publishing, Genre, and Craft. June 2nd – 4th, 2023.

Dorothy will be hosting Emily St. James Mandel in Conversation, Sunday June 4th, online.

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GET LIT Writers Series: Saturday March 25th, 2023. Workshop time TBA.

Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society. A day full of workshops, in person, 9-5pm
AWCS Members: $150 | Non-Members: $200

Agents of Change: Writing Young Capable Characters

This workshop will dive into the importance of creating themes of agency and advocacy in children’s books. We’ll take a brief tour of prominent children’s stories to examine how authors have created characters that have a light yet lasting presence. The second part of the workshop will consist of exercises to help writers develop their skills with the components of agency.

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Social Media & Website Basics to Grow Your Audience

Join the Okotoks Authors Group at the Okotoks Public Library, on Thursday March 16, 7 PM for their regular monthly meeting. Dorothy will be facilitating the education portion of the meeting, about the basics of social media for writers who would rather be doing literally anything else. Free of charge. Open to the public.

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Sunday February 5th, 1 – 2 PM. Wood Buffalo Regional Library.

*POSTPONED* until further notice.

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November 22

Two Authors, Two Books. Dorothy Bentley with her YA tale Escape from the Wildfire, and Dee Hahn, with her middle-grade story, The Grave Thief, will interview each other and read from their novels. This is an online event. Thank you to Shelf Life Books, in Calgary, for hosting the event! November 24, 2022, 7 PM, MT. Please find the join link by clicking on the Shelf Life link above.

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The Buffy, Wood Buffalo Excellence in the Arts Awards. Arts Council Wood Buffalo. Dorothy is one of the featured authors. She has been nominated for an award in the Literary Arts category. The event will take place in person and online, October 22, 2022. UPDATE: Dorothy was shortlisted for this award.

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Book Signing, Escape from the Wildfire. Owl’s Nest Books, Monday October 17th, 7 – 8 PM. Thank you to Owl’s Nest Books for hosting this author event! Books are now in store.

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Escape from the Wildfire, author reading plus Q&A. Yooneek Books, Okotoks, Alberta. Wednesday September 28, 2022, 6:30 PM. Thank you to this wonderful little bookstore for hosting this event!

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M(othering) Anthology, Inanna Education & Publications Inc. One of several poets reading for the Single Onion Poetry Reading Series. Shelf Life Books, Calgary, Alberta. Thursday September 15, 7 PM, 2022.

Summer Northing Coming, Winter North Coming, picture book reading during Storytime. Wood Buffalo Regional Library. Thursday June 23, 1 PM, 2022.

Writers’ Guild of Alberta annual conference. In person at the Calgary Central Library, June 4; Children’s Literature panel discussion, online June 5, 2022.

M(othering) Anthology launch, Calgary Central Library, Performance Theatre, June 2, 2022

Special Book Appearances

YMM Urban Farmers’ Market. Purchase Summer North Coming at the market. The market is open most weekends at their indoor location.

Fort McMurray Heritage Village Gift Shop. Purchase a copy of Summer North Coming at the gift shop whenever it is open.

Shelf Life Books, Calgary. Purchase a signed copy of Summer North Coming from this independent bookseller.

Audrey’s Books, Edmonton, has copies of Summer North Coming. Pick up a copy to read to your children or classroom.

OAC Art Gallery. Okotoks Arts Council hosts a beautiful art gallery where Dorothy’s poetry picture book, Summer North Coming, is for sale in the gift shop.

Yooneek Books in Okotoks carries copies of Dorothy’s book, Escape from the Wildfire.

Owl’s Nest Books in Calgary now has copies of Escape from the Wildfire in stock.