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Completing Your Book: Ten to The End - Session 5 (2026)
Apr 4
Completing Your Book: Ten to The End - Session 5 (2026)

Join Key to the Castle Workshop instructor Pat Dunn and guest instructor Alexandra Soiseth. The faculty for this program have decades of experience shepherding fiction and memoir writers from story idea to full manuscripts and beyond.

Give Care, Take Care: Writing About Caregiving on Zoom
Jun 11
Give Care, Take Care: Writing About Caregiving on Zoom

Give Care, Take Care: Writing about Caregiving. A three week series with Jocelyn Jane Cox

Give Yourself Permission: A Restorative Winter Retreat for Writers — December 2026
Dec 2
Give Yourself Permission: A Restorative Winter Retreat for Writers — December 2026

Join Kathy, Pat, andAngela in this historic, dare we say, Castle, situated on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City for a Winter Retreat for Writers.

Wednesday, December 2 - Monday, December 7, 2026 at The Fairmont Château Le Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada

Key to the Castle Workshop

Welcome to our generative and restorative workshops where writing, art, and yoga co-mingle.

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Testimonials

  • "What a pleasure it was to be in your company this past weekend. It is not easiest thing to do - join a group of strangers while hoping to find the mental space to explore one’s craft. Kathy, Angela, and Pat made this remarkably easy for me. Their warm welcome, convivial approach to our evenings, and the endless efforts to make sure our bodies and souls were well nourished with both food, breath, and words - was a much needed reprieve for me. Thank you."

    Jamie J.

  • "Equal parts amazing hosts and amazing co-attendees made the retreat so special. Thank you to Pat and Kathy and Angela for all the hard work it takes to make something look seamless. Thanks to all my new writer-friends for being instantly easy and fun to hang out with."

    Melanie A.

  • "Thankful to Pat, Kathy and Angela for your endless work and meticulous planning to make this weekend's outing inspiring, upbeat, fun and a great spark..I so enjoyed meeting everyone...it's rare to find a group who don't all know each other to coalesce so quickly, support one another so totally, and inspire each other to keep going."

    Rainy H.

  • "What a wonderful weekend it was…the sense of community that Kathy, Pat and Angela created for us blew me away. Thank you so much you three for creating such a safe space...enough for us all to come together, or to be alone…I spent a lot of time taking in the spirit and energy of your generosity…and to the women who you three created such a treat for…I have been in many groups and communities... you three set the standard...I am grateful to each and every one of you on this weekend journey, for giving me the opportunity to look at and into myself, and see my reflection in each and every one of you."

    Carol K.