Prim Pemberton taught Creative Writing at York University for several years while at the same time writing drama scripts for television and selling short stories to magazines.

The combination of working in the real world of television production, of chasing dreams through her fiction and teaching the uninitiated, brings a clarity and sympathy to her teaching that is rare.

For the past eleven years she has been running workshops for writers with work in progress out of her house in Cabbagetown. The groups are small, the work being developed is varied and the writers range from people writing their first novel or play to writers whose work has been published or produced.

“Prim’s workshop has been invaluable to me. As a working writer, author, actor, and mother, it’s become increasingly difficult to find the time, energy and passion to focus on the writing that means the most to me, a new novel. Bringing new material to Prim’s workshop each week; reading and discussing the varied and inspiring material brought in by the group of fascinating writers who attend with me; and benefiting from the group’s - and especially Prim’s - gentle, wise, and discerning feedback, has become a highlight of my week. Without the workshop, I am absolutely certain that I would not be writing this novel. I’d recommend it to anyone to whom writing is a passion, a cherished secret, or a job. Prim’s workshop can work wonders.”
Diane Flacks, writer/actor