News and Events

This Saturday at 11;15 am, Betsy Warland will feature on the panel, "The Queer Sentence" at the Victoria Writer's Festival. The event is sponsored by Plenitude magazine. What, if anything,...

If you've visited my Web site in the last few weeks, you may have noticed some changes including: a new video on the Home page reorganized menus a new layout for Oscar's Salon page sharing icons for...

Thank you to all of our new subscribers for signing up to our newsletter and to all of our long-term subscribers for sharing the news about our contest. The winner of the draw was Catherine...

A memoirist is a lifelong student in the ways of memory. He or she is intrigued by their memories, the memories they share with others, and the collective memory that shapes us all. In this...

Listening to Your Manuscript Workshop September 19th – 21st, 2014 Nanoose Bay (near Nanaimo), BC This is Betsy’s first Master Class for writers who are well into working on a manuscript. She will be...

You are invited to join us at our June 15th Vancouver Manuscript Intensive 2014 Reading beginning at 3PM at the Havana Café Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive between Charles and William Street....

Working with Contradictions in Your Writing June 27 & 28, 2014 All-genre workshop, Nanoose Bay, BC Writers inevitably encounter contradictions no matter which genre we are working in. Whether...

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,...