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Max 10 Registration required. In this fun, interactive, hands-on workshop, you will write a short play in response to the climate crisis, by identifying issues that are essential to write about now, as well as exploring and expanding your sense of the possible. Playwriting has much to offer writers in other genres, such as developing […]
We’re thrilled to welcome Bob McDonald—acclaimed author, CBC broadcaster, and longtime host of Quirks & Quarks—to the Raven’s Cry Theatre for a very special fundraising event. With over 800,000 weekly listeners across Canada, Bob is one of the country’s most trusted voices in science communication. He’s just released his memoir "Just Say Yes" and has […]
The Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society is pleased to host local award-winning mystery writer Charlotte Morganti's book launch of The Karma Murders. The Karma Murders A driver falling asleep at the wheel. A truck slipping out of gear. A sailboat boom striking a sailor’s skull. Someone is delivering fatal justice in Cheakamus, B.C. He […]
Want to enter a Writing Contest and Win but don't know how to do so? Join Jan DeGrass, journalist and author, to learn the basics and be on your way to entering your first literary contest. The fee is by donation to cover Jan’s time and the venue rental (suggested donation is $15).
Come learn about Coast Salish art, culture and storytelling on Saturday Dec. 20th, 2pm - 4pm. Andrea Fritz will read from her newest book Woolly Dog Warms His Family and talk about its relation to her serigraph Sqwiqwi, on display now in her Eve Smart exhibition Lyackson Place Names. This event is free and open […]
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 well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
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 well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
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 well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
Join us for an hour of stories celebrating the Roberts Creek Elementary writer-in-residency program with bestselling children's author Tanya Lloyd Kyi. The event will showcase writing by students in grades 5, 6 and 7 and will be hosted by Kyi. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. No registration required. The event is sponsored […]
Join us for our one-day writers' retreat to give yourself time away from distractions to focus on your work-in-progress, and/or engage in activities, like a group poem, in a peaceful, scene setting at Davis Bay by the sea. Come and go as you wish. Your polished pieces may be submitted to Not An Island literary […]
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 well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
Writing Workshop with Fran Bourassa Calling all poets, writers, and would-be writers of all ages and experience levels! Bypass your inner “editor” to find your authentic voice. 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, and everyone can […]
The dedicated authors from the Mini One-Day Writer's Retreat will be reading from their manuscripts at the SCWES May Meeting, Sunday, May 31st, 2-4:30 pm, featuring Joan Fletcher's launch of her scifi novel, "The Data Raiders."
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 well as from online resources. For teens and adults This event happens on the first Tuesday of the month, 10:30-11:30am in the Community Room
