Women Writers: Are you joining us on retreat?

Two spots left! Everything you need to know to book your writing retreat today

What happens when you step away from your everyday life—and into a cozy cottage on the French River?

You remember the writer you are.

You reconnect with your voice, your ideas, your spark.

And you return home with a deeper commitment to your creativity (plus actual words on the page).

There are just two spots left for our Rekindle Creativity Women’s Writing Retreat, happening May 23–25, 2025, and Liisa and I are inviting you to join us.

Whether you're working on a memoir, journaling your story, writing poetry, or carving out space to finally start that book idea, this weekend is for you.

Here’s what you can expect:

• A peaceful, riverside location (The Lodge at Pine Cove, French River, Ontario)

• A private bed + bath in a shared cottage

• All meals included — breakfast delivered to your door, lunch and dinner prepared for you

• Dedicated writing time with no one asking what’s for dinner

• Supportive coaching + feedback from two certified book coaches (that’s me and Liisa!)

• Morning mindset activities to get you out of your head and back into your writing

• And a community of big-hearted women who get it.

Last month, Liisa and I chatted with two former “Rekindlers”, Emily and Daphne, about retreats, writing practices, and prioritizing the creativity of women. Have a listen:

Episode 14: Coffee Break with Dinah Laprairie, Emily De Angelis, and Daphne Gordon

As we heard from our podcast guests, it’s not just about writing.

It’s about claiming space for your creative self.
It’s about making an investment in your voice.
It’s about choosing yourself—for a weekend, and maybe for a little longer.

“The retreat is a gesture to my writing self, to say: you are important.” – Daphne Gordon

“It gave me a whole chunk of time to sit with a new idea and just… write. That doesn’t happen at home.” – Emily DeAngelis

If this is tugging at you, it’s not by accident.

Cost: $1,425 CAD (includes meals, private room/bath, group + 1:1 coaching)
Location: The Lodge at Pine Cove, French River, Ontario
Dates: May 23–25, 2025
More info + registration: rekindlecreativity.com

We would love to write and wander with you.

If you have questions or want to know if this retreat is right for you, feel free to hit Reply and send Dinah a message, or directly email us at rekindlecreativity[at]gmail.com

Will we see you there?

Dinah & Liisa
Book Coaches & Your Retreat Hosts

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Rekindle Creativity Women’s Writing Retreats

About our retreats

We are two certified book coaches, Dinah Laprairie and Liisa Kovala, and our mission is to design an experience that will inspire and motivate you in your writing practice. We host our retreats in beautiful northern landscapes and other inspiring locations to give you undisturbed time to concentrate on your project and connect with yourself and other like-minded creative women.

From past attendees…

Here's what our retreat participants said about our past retreats

Your hosts

Liisa Kovala is a Finnish-Canadian writer and book coach. Her debut historical novel, Sisu’s Winter War, was released by Latitude 46 Publishing in 2022 and her first book, Surviving Stutthof: My Father’s Memories Behind the Death Gate (Latitude 46, 2017), was translated and published by Docendo in Finland, and was short-listed for a Northern Lit award. An Author Accelerator-certified fiction and memoir book coach, Liisa earned a Graduate Certificate of Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers, a Certificate of Creative Writing from the University of Toronto, a Master of Education from Nipissing University, and Bachelors of Education and English from the University of Ottawa. She features fellow writers in her Women Writing newsletter and host the Women Writing Podcast

Dinah Laprairie is an editor and certified book coach who helps everyday experts transform their knowledge and experiences to drive social change, inspire their communities, or leave a lasting legacy. Reader-centered writing is a focus of her book coaching, and she has earned Author Accelerator certifications in nonfiction and memoir book coaching. Dinah has filled many behind-the-scenes support roles over her career, at times a copy editor, proofreader, magazine editor and publisher, and at others a college English instructor and workshop facilitator. For 13 years, Dinah was the Editor-Publisher of the literary magazine Open Minds Quarterly. She has a degree in Comparative Literary Studies. She explores the delights of life and what makes a book so very readable in her newsletter The Book Case.

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