FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

 

7 PM

• Island Voices; West Coast Words: featuring an evening of author and poet readings, storytelling & performances, at the Bowen Island Public Library Annex.

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

 

8:30-9:00 AM

• Registration Check-in, Library Annex

 

9:00 AM

• Official Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement, Library Annex
   

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• Workshop: Getting Unstuck, with Frances Peck, Library Annex

• Workshop: Our Planet, Our Poems, Your Work Now, with Jane Munro, Evergreen Arts & Healing Centre

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12 PM - 1:30 PM

• Luncheon Event: including a delicious lunch and interactive session with the Darling Axe, Fixing the Bones: Diagnosing Story Structure Issues, Library Annex

 

2 PM - 4 PM​

• Workshop: Story Skeleton, with the Darling Axe, Library Annex

• Workshop: Family folklore & fantastic fiction: writing stories rooted in local history, with Kim Bannerman, Evergreen Arts & Healing Centre

 

4:15 PM - 5 PM

• Mix & Mingle Reception, Library Annex
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7 PM - 9 PM

• Saturday Night Gala, Bowen Island Community Centre, 580 Bowen Island Trunk Road

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

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​9 AM

• Library Annex Open: Refreshments available

 

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM​

• Workshop: Resilient Writers: Dealing with Rejection, Negativity, and (Inner) Critics, with Christina Myers, Library Annex

• Workshop: Writing to Discharge the Tough Stuff & Boost Creativity, with Joceyln Bystrom, Evergreen Arts & Healing Centre

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11:30 AM - 1 PM

• Free Time to explore one of Bowen's fine eating establishments

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1 PM - 3 PM

• Workshop: Great Story: Twelve Tips From Aristotle's Poetics, with Claire Mulligan, Library Annex

• Workshop: Impromptu, poetry workshop with Jude Neale, Evergreen Arts & Healing Centre

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