Join fellow authors for coffee and a quiet writing session in the B&K Garden and Landscape Supply new greenhouse surrounded by flowers, plants, art, and books. Bring your current work-in-progress.
Tag: literary
B&K: Ekphrastic Writing Workshop
What’s Ekphrastic Writing? Take this workshop and find out. Actually, it’s writing to visual art, like “The Ode to a Grecian Urn.” Write to art and photography by local artists at Art Crawl Venue #5 guided by writing instructors. Especially beneficial if you plan to participate in the Art & Words Festival 2027.
Writing Repair Cafe
Bring your writing that needs troubleshooting to our editors and writers for “fixing.” FCFS.
Lonesome Monsters- the poetry of Bud Osborn
Steve Schwabl, Graham Ord and from North Vancouver, Paul Blaney, perform the poetry with music of Vancouver activist the late Bud Osborn. Lonesome Monsters was the original group with Bud, Graham on saxes and Paul on Bass.
Bud Osborn was a prominent Canadian poet and activist known for his work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His life and career were deeply intertwined with issues of drug addiction, poverty, and homelessness.
Osborn was a strong advocate for harm reduction strategies, including the establishment of legal supervised injection sites. He believed in addressing drug addiction through compassionate and practical measures rather than punitive approaches.
His poetry often reflected the struggles of those living in poverty and the challenges faced by drug users. He published several collections.
He was a founding member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) and played a significant role in various initiatives aimed at improving the lives of marginalized individuals in his community.
Osborn served on the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, where he continued to push for policies that supported drug users and addressed public health concerns.
Bud Osborn’s legacy as a poet and activist continues to inspire discussions around drug policy and social justice in Canada.
Sechelt Library: Poetry Circle
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
B&K Garden Supply: Author Readings at the Art Crawl
Join us at the Art Crawl for readings by local authors.
B&K Garden Supply: Local Author Readings
Come join us for local author readings at the Art Crawl
B&K Garden Supply: Keeping It Real: Writing Memoirs
Get memoir writing tips from a panel of memoir authors at the Art Crawl with Heather Conn, “No Letter in Your Pocket,” Marion McKinnon Crook, award-winning book “Always Pack a Candle” and the sequel “Always On Call, and Rosa Reid.
Garden As Muse Writer’s Workshop
Engage with your senses while in writing amongst the fall colours of B&K landscapes to thoughtful prompts. All levels, genres, and types of writers welcome. Covered areas will be used in case of rain. Bring your usual writing tools, such as a journal, pen, or laptop. Facilitator: Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith
Duo Book Launches with Michael Kluckner & Robin Lamarche
Join us during the Art Crawl in the new greenhouse at B&K Landscape for book launches with Michael Kluckner, Vancouver, author/illustrator of Winging It: Traveling With No Reservations & Robin Lamarche, Port Mellon, “Our Square of Sky”.
Sunshine Coast Art Crawl
Take a free, self-directed tour and discover the vibrant arts community of the Sunshine Coast!
The Art Crawl returns this year with 186 venues spanning from Gambier Island to Earls Cove and Egmont, showcasing an incredible range of artists, studios, galleries and other unique locations.
Over three days, meet the artists, explore their creative spaces, and experience the unique spirit of the Coast through painting, pottery, glass, woodwork, textiles, photography, jewelry, and much more.
Whether you’re a seasoned collector or simply curious, the Crawl offers something for everyone. Come explore, connect, and discover the creativity that makes the Sunshine Coast so special!
GPAG: Lori Thicke, Dreamer’s Daughter Book Launch
Lori Thicke, cousin of the late Alan Thicke, will be interviewed by Michael Gurney and read from her national bestselling debut memoir, “Dreamer’s Daughter: Surviving My Childhood and Raising My Father.” In a mining town where hope is as tapped-out as the gold, a mother abandons her two children. Dreamer’s Daughter is a memoir of what happens next as Lori, 10, and Brad, 5, end up in the custody of their free-spirited father. Colourful and larger-than-life, Dacker is a dreamer who fails spectacularly at everything — except at being a loving parent.
GPAG: New Stories with Annie Frazier Henry
She’s is an award-winning Indigenous writer, filmmaker and musician. She and her company, Full Regalia, have produced over 30 dramatic, documentary and experimental films, which have screened Internationally. A recipient of the “Trailblazer” award, “her films have has served as a springboards & inspiration for countless other projects”. She works as creative and production consultant, and produced student films. She was the first aboriginal person to sit on the jury at Sundance Film Festival & several of her films have had US premiers there.
She currently has several projects in development. Her short films have had a renaissance of screenings, to include the acclaimed “Ladies of the Inlet.”
She’s had over 15 short stories published. She is honoured to have her ‘Henry Miller’ short story “don’tcha know” published in NEXUS the International Henry Miller Anthology, about her time with him.
GPAG: Self-Publishing Success Stories
Doris Good, M.J. Milne, and Pat Sullivan share their self-publishing tips for creating and marketing self-published books from cover to cover.
GPAG: Showcase of Book Awards for BC Authors Finalists
Come listen to readings from the finalists from the Book Awards for BC Authors contest, including:
– Daniela Elza
– Marion Dodds
– Veronica Woodruff
– Joline Martin
– Calvin White
– Susan McCaslin
GPAG: AI is Here, Are We Ready: A Panel Discussion
AI Awareness for Bloggers, Artists, Authors & Others
with panelists: Doris Good, CPA and Author, Hilary Moses, Artist, Educator, and Animator, Ruth Rodgers, Artist and Author, Stephen Murphy, Artist, Author, and Bookbinder, and Stephen Smith, Blogger, and AI programmer.
GPAG: Penning the Paragraph: Prose Poetry Playshop with Isabella Mori
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 us, compose poetic paragraphs.
2: 3:0-4:00, Saturday, Aug. 22, Gibsons Public Art Gallery
$25
Sign up by emailing sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com
GPAG: Interviews with Artist and Author Teams with Jan DeGrass
Jan DeGrass, Author, interviews Artist and Author teams from the Art & Words Festival, including:
Tracy Hall & Janice Rafael
Karen Taylor & Lianne Kirilenko
Rizz Fischer & Bruce Edwards
Leslie MacFarlane & Karis Gauthier
Richard Feehan & Roger Handling
Pammila Ruth & Lorena Ruth
Kathaleen Quinn & Matt Thomson
Rachel Amina & Denise Olson
Doris Good & Ellen Heale
Atma Frans & Michael Healey