FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

 

7 PM

• Rhythms and Rhymes: An Evening of Literary Delight: featuring an evening of author and poet readings, storytelling & performances, featuring David Cameron, Jude Neale & Nick Jennings, Marysia McGilvray, Anita Adams and Marcus Hondro at the Hearth Gallery/Library Annex.

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

8:30 AM

• Registration Check-in, Library Annex

 

8:45 AM

• Official Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement, Library Annex
   

9 AM - 9:45 AM

• Writing Sprint Serenade with Andrew Sims, pianist and Bryan Mortensen, Executive Director,
  the Federation of BC Writers, Library Annex
   

10: AM - 12:00 pm

• Workshop: From Idea to Impact: The fiction writer's toolkit, with Ace Baker

• Workshop: The 1,000-Word Memoir Writing Workshop, with Anne Bokma
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

• Luncheon Event:  Unlock Your Potential: Finding Clarity, Confidence, and Joy as a Writer, with Anita Adams, at Tippy's Cookhouse​

 

2 PM - 4 PM

• Workshop: The Making of a Book: The path past first draft with Bryan Mortensen

• Workshop: Writer’s Block: Why there’s no such thing and how to get around it anyway, with JM Landels & Mel Anastasiou

 

4:15 PM - 5 PM

• Mix & Mingle Reception, Library/Annex
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6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

• Saturday Night Gala with keynote speaker:  Acclaimed Author, John Vaillant, Hearth Gallery/Library Annex

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

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8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

• Guided Walking Meditation with Anita Adams
   

​9:30 AM

• Library/Annex Open: Refreshments available

 

10 AM-Noon

• Workshop: Good to Bad: How to use self-deprecating humour, character flaw, and outsized personas to energize character voicing in nonfiction and personal narrative, with JJ Lee

• Workshop: Collaborative Poetic Dialogues, with Ian Cognitō, 

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Noon - 1:30 PM

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

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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• Workshop: Writing Humour in Creative Nonfiction, with Shannon Rayne

• Workshop: Curiosity Exploration and a Good Yarn: Storytelling Outside of Structure, with Cara DiGirolamo

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