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Summer Writing ChallengeWhen: 15 Jul 2024 8:30 AM, PDTWhere: Zoom Register Now. EVENT DETAILS: The Summer Writing Challenge has been designed in partnership between the Federation of...

In the 70s, an Indigenous writer friend Beth E. Brant taught me a core teaching about writing: “Stay behind the medicine,” not in front of, not even beside it: follow it. Gratitude and respect for...

Join us in celebrating the 2024 cohort of the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive as they read from their work! RSVP to info@vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com to access the Zoom link. The event takes...

Join me and Shaena Lambert for a beautiful writing retreat on Cortes Island! This is a fantastic opportunity to work free from interruption and foster community with fellow writers....

The first submission window for the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award is open between April 8-12! If you've written a hybrid text or know someone who has, ask the press to submit.  The award is...

Come down to The People’s Co-op Bookstore for a wonderful night of readings. I’ll be sharing new work, and reading alongside Ted Byrne, Louis Cabri, and Mark Goldstein. Hope to see you there!

I'm thrilled to announce that the judge for this year's Betsy Warland Between Genres Award is Stephen Collis! The award is for a book published in Canada that is a hybrid genre, or straddles two or...

Our fears can stop us from finishing a book—or even starting one. Sign up for this interactive online workshop for help exploring the many ways we avoid conflict in our projects and our writing...