Terry Fallis
	Workshop: Shameless Self-promotion
	Publishing Panel

Terry Fallis has enjoyed a successful career first in politics, and then in public affairs and public relations consulting. In 2005, he finally wrote the novel that had been rattling around inside his head. After a year of unsuccessfully peddling the manuscript to agents and publishers, he podcast The Best Laid Plans, his debut satirical novel of Canadian politics, chapter-by-chapter, gathering rave reviews from legions of listeners in Canada and around the world. Encouraged by the response, he self-published the novel in September 2007. In 2008, The Best Laid Plans won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the first self-published novel ever honoured with this venerable literary award. Within a week, Fallis signed a publishing deal with McClelland & Stewart. In the fall of 2008, the novel hit bookstore shelves and Terry Fallis hit the speaking circuit entertaining audiences with the same thoughtful wit and humour that won him the Leacock.

Terry Fallis spoke at the Ontario Writers' Conference 2010.