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Off-season events

What’s My Line

Date: 30-minute phone consult August 22, 23 or 24 (poems due August 10)
Tickets: $124
Cap: 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.…

Courting the Muse with Shaena Lambert

Shaena Lambert
Credit: Kris Krug

Date: Sunday, August 23, 10am – noon
Tickets: $40
Cap: 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 – noon
Tickets: $40
Cap: 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.…

Evelyn Lau Poetry Consult

Date: Sunday, July 19, 2020
Tickets: $75
Cap: 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

Sheena Kamal

Date: Saturday, June 13, 10:30am-12:00pm
Tickets: $40
Cap: 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 connection to the page.…

The Sonnet As Daybook: How to Enhance Your Writing Practice with John Barton

Date: April 18, 2020, 10:30 – 2:30
Tickets: $70
Location: 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This four-hour workshop presents the sonnet, often viewed as an outdated poetic form, as a tool to explore contemporary concerns, one that, because of its short length and versatility, can be incorporated into a regular writing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.…

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