Toronto, Oct. 17, 2013: Eighteen-year-old Toronto author Benjamin Gabbay will be one of several writers/artists presenting workshops at the upcoming Toronto Public Library's Young Voices Writers Conference:

Saturday, October 26, 2013
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library
Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON

Gabbay's workshop on story plotting will run from 10:45 a.m. to 12 noon, and aims to teach participants how to brainstorm the perfect story and fend off writer's block by stringing together a watertight plot line. The conference, offered to teens ages 12-19, is free, but registration is required.

For more information about the conference and to register, please call 416-395-5784, or visit http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/yvconference.

For posters and other promotional materials, please contact Ken Sparling at 416-397-5970 or e-mail ksparling@torontopubliclibrary.ca. A printable flyer can be downloaded from http://www.winghearttrilogy.com/YVConferenceFlyer.pdf.

Benjamin Gabbay is a young writer in Toronto, Canada. Drawing inspiration from mythology, the supernatural, and intriguing scenes of the everyday world, he loves to fashion meticulous, intricate storylines that infuse a stunning new realism into classic fantasy. His YA fantasy novel Wingheart: Luminous Rock, the first in a planned trilogy, tells the story of two brothers caught in a pursuit by an immortal madman from the world of Arkane, a parallel dimension to Earth, where myth and magic interweave with reality.

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