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ELIXIR OF LIFE—Free Verse Poetry: A workshop with Tawhida Tanya Evanson

The Western Front 303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Time: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 | 6-8pm Location: Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front (303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver) Registration: $25 CAD* / Free for Indigenous participants Workshop Description: The human being is both stream and tsunami, yet we have difficulty flowing around obstacles. Engage with a free verse poetry that taps into the conscious and […]

$25

Write on Bowen Festival for Readers & Writers

Bowen Island Public Library 430 Bowen Island Trunk Rd, Bowen Island, BC, Canada

This annual festival brings together readers and writers and all lovers of the spoken and written word. We gather on idyllic Bowen Island to spend two days engaged in stimulating writing workshops, facilitated by professional writers, authors, poets, screenwriters and others. We feature special events including author readings, panel discussions and other activities.

Fiction Writing Workshop with Patti Flather “Dialogue that Leaps Off the Page”

North Vancouver Public Library - Capilano branch 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Bring your characters to life through dialogue. Discover their unique voices. Create compelling conversations that advance your story while revealing character. Whether you're writing fiction, plays or screenplays, this workshop offers useful guidelines, practical examples and writing exercises to help make your characters distinct and memorable and your scenes sizzle. About Patti Flather Award-winning author […]

Free

Fiction Writing Workshop with Patti Flather “Creating an Evocative Fictional World”

North Vancouver Public Library - Capilano branch 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver, BC, Canada

A fully realized setting is a powerful element to bring your readers into the world of your story. Explore practical ways to create your setting, using your imagination, research, observation skills, and fresh original details. Capture the vivid landscape your characters journey through, including and going beyond the physical to socio-political trends, the cultural milieu, […]

Free

Reconciliation Reading Series (#6): “Birdie”

Trinity Memorial United Church, Abbotsford 33737 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Spiritual Path to Awakening (SPA) is proud to offer Julia Rohan’s Reconciliation Reading Series, as an opportunity for learning and dialogue related to reconciliation. SPA takes pride in our commitment to making Indigenous Knowledge and Truth and Reconciliation an integral part of our event culture. This Reconciliation Reading Series is the seventh Active Allyship Event. […]

$40

Surrey International Writers’ Conference

Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel 15269 104th Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada

The Surrey International Writers' Conference is the most comprehensive professional development conference of its kind in Canada. SiWC offers writers in all genres — from beginners to experts — the opportunity to hone their craft. SiWC will be a hybrid in person and online conference again in 2023. SiWC runs October 20-22, 2023 (in person […]

$99 – $799

Children’s Graphic Novel Writing & Illustration Festival

Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces (Massey Theatre) 735 Eighth Avenue, New Westminster, BC, Canada

Do you know any children who aspire to create their own illustrated characters and bring them to life through a comic or graphic novel? Join award-winning and Emmy nominated animation director, and acclaimed author and illustrator Jeff Chiba Stearns as he shows students aged six to twelve fun and innovative ways to tell stories through […]

$99

Write Your Novel or Memoir

North Vancouver Public Library – Parkgate branch 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Do you want to write a novel or a memoir? Please join author, Julianne Harvey, of Ruby Finch Books for a fun writing class. We will talk about the things that hold us back when we want to write, brainstorm ideas and outlines for your upcoming projects, and do some journaling and writing prompts together […]

Free

I Wrote a Book. Now What?

Literacy Central Vancouver Island 19 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

This 3-hour workshop is aimed at authors who are in the early stages of their writing careers, who have written a book and now need some guidance regarding the editing and publishing options available to them. EDITING, FROM THE “BIG PICTURE” TO THE PERSNICKITY Facilitator: Allyson Foster This session will demystify the different types and […]

Free

Write on Bowen Festival for Readers & Writers

Cove Commons on Bowen Island 430 Bowen Island Trunk Rd, Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

The Write on Bowen Festival of Readers & Writers is a three-day event on beautiful Bowen Island that showcases writers and authors and their work. It provides opportunities for participants to attend workshops and other events that will aid them in the development of word-based creative endeavours. It allows everyone, including the general public, to […]