June Workshop in Vancouver, BC

Writing the Between Writer’s Workshop in Vancouver Friday, June 20th (eve) & Saturday June 21, 2014 Betweeness is something we usually seek to avoid – it evokes the devil and the deep blue sea, or a rock and a hard place – yet all writers need to engage with it....

Behind the scenes of Oscar’s Salon

In February I was excited to add a new monthly “voice” in Oscar’s Salon – a Featured Reader. This addition has made the salon complete as readers often tell me they enjoy the salon but are too shy to comment. They now have a presence. It’s also time to make present...

VMI graduate nominated for BC Book Prize

Kathryn Para’s novel, Lucky, has been nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award! Kathy is a graduate of the VMI 2012 and her mentor was Cathleen With. Read the Vancouver Sun’s  review of Kathy’s novel. Read about this year’s short-listed...

Another VMI grad signs a publishing deal!

The collection of poems, Average Height of Flight: A Companion Piece that Beth Kope worked on (with me) in VMI 2011 will be published by Caitlin Press in late 2014 or spring 2015. For more details about the annual Vancouver Manuscript Intensive that I offer, please...

My new writing desk

What do I have in common with writers like Woolf, Hemingway and Roth? A standing writing desk. I’ve wanted one for years. Finally I was able to co-design my desk with fellow writer, wood artist and custom furniture maker Ivan Antoniw. The three different writing...

Upcoming all-genre workshop with Betsy in Montreal

Writing the Between a special Montreal event February 22, 2014 All-genre workshop 10am – 5pm   Cost: $90 for 6 hours Register by: February 15, 2014 Contact: Betsy Warland Participants: writers, journalists, memoirists, visual artists—anyone published or...

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