Via Zoom. Ifeoma Chinwuba, the current Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta, will lead this session on raising a writer at home and in school, and habits and outlook that encourage the creative spirit. She will talk about resources to draw from to become a self-made writer. Ms. Ifeoma Chinwuba rose from a child refugee in the…
DetailsIn this three-hour workshop Angela Misri will take writers through the steps of creating and pitching stories for middle grades and young adult readers. This includes exercises in world-building, younger points of view, character diversity, educational vs entertainment writing, and story arcs. Participants are welcome to arrive with their own existing ideas and writing. We…
DetailsCreative writer and teacher Trevor Carolan will introduce and read poems from his last poetry collection and other books, offering some personal anecdotes. He will introduce the technique of haibun poetry from Japan that has been catching on with North American poets. Haibun combines poetry with travel journal entries, so there’s a mix of prose and poetry. Haibun…
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