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Summer Spectacular: Ecopoetry (by The Word On The Street)
Ages 10 - 14+. Calling young poets everywhere—Earth needs you! Join poet Greg Santos to explore our complex connections to our unique planet. This pale blue dot is the only home we earthlings have. With climate change affecting nature and the world around us, how can we as artists depict humans’ complex relationship with the planet? Try out VSEAL’s 1-hour online writing workshop on Ecopoetry, a type of poetry that focuses on our place as living, breathing, and constantly evolving beings…
Find out more »CAA/SFC Webinar: Folk Narrative for Writers – An Introduction
Myths, legends, fairy tales, and fables are distinct folk narrative types with specific characteristics, but the terms are often conflated in common usage, and the genres themselves are sometimes muddied in contemporary storytelling. Many writers and readers also believe they are inflexible categories of established tales, when in reality they are dynamic tools we can use to weave familiar narrative patterns into new tales. With this in mind, you are invited to join presenter Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran for an introduction…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – BC: Open Mic
Request your 5 - 7 minute slot and try out your words on a live audience. Your hosts will be storyteller Naomi Steinberg and writer-photographer Ron Kearse. List opens August 16 at 8 am. No registrations will be taken before this date. First come first served. Send an email to VANtreasurer@canadianauthors.org stating your name, your genre and the name/topic of the piece you plan to read. TIPS: Be aware that the time allocation includes any introductory material you use, and plan to take up slightly…
Find out more »Canadian Authors CanWrite! 2021
Celebrating 100 years of Community, Creativity, and Culture. Further details to come.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Peterborough: Writing Lyrics with Rick Fines
Engaging lyrics put into words the emotion of a song. Rick Fines will talk about how he writes and break down his approach with segments such as The notebook, Writing Tips, The long view, and Improvising lyrics. “I try to write something that expresses my thoughts and feelings. I do look for the universal, so that the listener may relate. I don't look for "hooks" to make pop success, but I do spend a lot of time thinking about matching…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver: Alan Bradley
Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver branch hosts Alan Bradley, creator of the 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. Since Alan now lives in England, this presentation will be at 11:00 am PST. More details will be released closer to the event date.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: The Craft of Short Fiction Workshop
The Craft of Short Fiction Join multi-award-winning writer Douglas Smith as he provides tips on the craft of writing the short story. Topics covered will include crafting characters, choosing the right point-of-view, pros and cons for various POV options, plotting as character decisions, why setting is character, stories with multiple POV characters, handling scene and POV changes, POV and character voice, non-linear plots, writing scenes out of order, opening lines, implied back story, handling information flow, story structures, recommended resources…and…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver: Emma Donoghue
We host internationally renowned Emma Donoghue, author of Room, The Wonder, and Pull of the Stars. More details will be released closer to the event date.
Find out more »Shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter
Please join the University of Alberta, Dept. of English & Film Studies' shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter Writer-in-Residence Committee on Wednesday, November 17th at 1:00 pm (MST) for a shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter! Every year, the incoming and outgoing Writers-in-residence are invited to come together for a shared reading in the English & Film Studies' department. This year, please join the amazing Ifeoma Chinubwa (the current Writer-in residence now located in Edmonton, Alberta) and…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Monday Morning Prose Writing Circle
This event is for members only and not open to the public. More more information, contact us at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org.
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