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Aug 4, 11, 18. We invite caregivers and preschoolers to join local storytellers in a variety of outdoor locations around qathet, reflecting the diversity of stories that enrich our communities […]
An informal space to share and discuss poems you love, poems that you are currently reading, or poems you have written! Poems can be from any publication or book, as […]
xRCCA is excited to invite you to CREEK DAZE 2026! Join us this year as we kick off the festivities at Roberts Creek School, gathering for the lively Higgledy Piggledy […]
Aug 4, 11, 18. We invite caregivers and preschoolers to join local storytellers in a variety of outdoor locations around qathet, reflecting the diversity of stories that enrich our communities […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers […]
Whether you’re a poet or write prose only, you’ll enjoy this highly interactive workshop. We’ll ditch the lines and write beautiful/interesting/shocking/strange sentences, and like Tom Snarsky and Amy Lowell before […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers […]
The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts will take place August 13-16, 2026, featuring established literary stars and exciting new voices, with opportunities for writers and readers […]
Aug 4, 11, 18. We invite caregivers and preschoolers to join local storytellers in a variety of outdoor locations around qathet, reflecting the diversity of stories that enrich our communities […]
Writing Workshop with Fran Bourassa Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” prompts that elicit memories, emotions, and powerful ideas for poetry and stories. This method is quick, powerful, […]
Join the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for their 5th Anniversary Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, August 21-23, and the Book Awards for BC […]
Join us with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for the 2026 Arts and Words Festival, a three day literary festival in which writers collaborate with visual artists! Every […]
Sunshine Coast poet and musician, Catherine McNeil (Cat Mac) will be reading from her award-winning poetry book, "Emily & Elspeth." Joining her is Vancouver author, Daniela Elza, author of scar/city, […]
Michael Gurney interviews Author and Artist teams from the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival, at Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Karen Webb, Artist & Paula Shadel Marion Crook, Author […]
Is it nature or nurture, the promise of fame and fortune, or just a pathological compulsion to see our names in print? Could it be the hope to leave the […]
Karen Webb, Author, Artist, Actor, and Educator interviews Artist and Author teams of the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Elaine Seepish & […]
Author and professor Shelley Wright discusses climate change, the Arctic ecosystem and the role of Inuit as citizens and guardians of the land and sea. For information contact Mark at […]
Marion Crook, Award-winning Author, interviews Artist and Author teams at the 5th Annual Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, including: Andrea Coates, Author & Ann-Marie Brown, […]
Join us with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for the 2026 Arts and Words Festival, a three day literary festival in which writers collaborate with visual artists! Every […]
Join the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society for their 5th Anniversary Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, August 21-23, and the Book Awards for BC […]
Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrail from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you […]
Explore how to write a glosa, a courtly form that steals a quatrain from another poet's work to structure a poem of your own, in the course of which you […]
Join author and artist, Ruth Rodgers, for the launch of her latest historical fiction novel at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery as she presents this latest story about the thousands […]
