Date: 30-minute phone consult August 22, 23 or 24 (poems due August 10)Tickets: $124Cap: 12 students A One-on-One Poetry Workshop with Jan Zwicky This workshop, suitable for all levels of experience, offers a focused, one-on-one response to your work, including both detailed written editorial suggestions, and a half-hour of telephone discussion. Submit up to 90 […]
Off-season events
Courting the Muse with Shaena Lambert
Date: Sunday, August 23, 10am – noonTickets: $40Cap: 12 students An Online Writing Workshop with Shaena Lambert Every writer wants to ‘hit the open zone’ where the writing feels mysterious, rich and authentic; where writing is a deep and pleasurable part of our day; where creation comes smoothly and we are lost with the story. […]
The Geometry of Story with Zsuzsi Gartner
Date: Sunday, July 26, 10am – noonTickets: $40Cap: 12 students A Crash-Course on Structure for Fiction This two-hour Zoom-based workshop demonstrates how to give your fiction a better sense of movement & momentum. We will also look at the use of time in short stories and novels. For what is the structure of a story, its […]
Evelyn Lau Poetry Consult
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2020Tickets: $75Cap: 6 Students VFA2020 presenter Evelyn Lau is offering a focused one-on-one response to your work! Participants will each receive a 25-minute phone consultation with Evelyn, during which time she will give feedback on your poems. Evelyn Lau is the Vancouver author of thirteen books, including eight volumes of poetry. […]
Connecting with Your Writing Voice – A workshop with Sheena Kamal
Date: Saturday, June 13, 10:30am-12:00pmTickets: $40Cap: 12 students This practical workshop, led by bestselling and award-winning thriller author Sheena Kamal, will teach you how to discover your own unique writing voice and provide examples of methods to sustain it throughout a project. It will help you get in touch with your creativity and bring that […]
The Sonnet As Daybook: How to Enhance Your Writing Practice with John Barton
Date: April 18, 2020, 10:30 – 2:30Tickets: $70Location: sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ GVPL James Bay Branch 385 Menzies Street This four-hour workshop presents the sonnet, often viewed as an outdated poetic form, as a tool to explore contemporary concerns, one that, because of its short length and versatility, can be incorporated into a regular writing practice. Participants […]