WRITE ON BOWEN

FESTIVAL OF READERS & WRITERS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022

Join us on beautiful Bowen Island this summer. We are presenting eight workshops over two days, featuring a fabulous variety of topics from crime fiction, screenwriting and memoir writing, to poetry, non-fiction and publishing. We'll be hosting a panel luncheon plus the Festival Gala on Saturday night, with a number of stellar presenters and live performances. The festival is set at the Cove Commons on idyllic Bowen Island, with workshops held at the Library Annex and Copper Spirit Distillery, in Snug Cove.

ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT!

Festival at a Glance

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

9 am - 10 am

Welcome with Bob Baker

Coffee & Muffins

10 am - 12 pm

Workshop 1A: Jude Neale:Writing Down the Bones FULL

Workshop 1B: Sam Wiebe: Plotting the Mystery

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Luncheon Panel: Seeking Truth in Story -- a panel discussion exploring how we write and perceive truth in poetry and prose with writers Brian Thomas-Peter, Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Lisa Shatzky

2 pm - 4 pm

Workshop 2A: Ken Hegan:How to Write a Killer Opening Scene FULL

Workshop 2B: Elee Kraljii Gardiner: Silencing Your Inner Critic

4 pm: Happy Hour at Copper Spirit Distillery

9 am - 10 am

Coffee & Muffins

10 am - 12 pm

Workshop 3A: Lindsay Wong: How to Start a Compelling Memoir (And Not Lose Your Mind)

Workshop 3B: CC Humphreys: Climbing the Mountain: Writing Your Novel as a Series of Easy Ascents

2 pm - 4 pm

Workshop 4A: Windy Dorresteyn: Book Publishing 101

Workshop 4B: Susan Alexander: Words That Capture the World