in + outIN TOWN EMILY CARR INSTITUTE OF ART + DESIGN 1399 Johnston, 604-844-3810 www.eciad.ca/cs/ Writing for Design July 11– August 15 ($170) with Brian Sutherland SFU SUMMER PUBLISHING WORKSHOPS SFU Vancouver, 515 W. Hastings, 604-291-5241 www.sfu.ca/pubworks/ Freelance Writing for Magazines July 12-13 ($425) with Denise Ryan Advanced Magazine Writing July 14-15 ($425) with Deborah Campbell and JB MacKinnon Symposium on the Novel—Elsewhere Literature: Canadian Fiction Goes International July 22 ($75, includes five books) featuring Anar Ali, Jim Bartley, Lewis DeSoto, JB MacKinnon, and Eden Robinson Getting Published: A Candid Discussion with an Agent and Publisher July 31 ($205) with Rob Sanders and Jan Whitford UBC–HOLLYHOCK SPEAKER SERIES UBC Robson Square. 800 Robson, 604-822-3333 On Memoir Writing July 17 ($21.40) with Sharon Butala UBC WRITING CENTRE various locations at UBC, 604-822-9564 www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/ Writing for the Screen Intensive Workshop July 10-14 ($425) with Marlene Rodgers Food and Travel Writing Intensive Workshop July 10-14 ($425) with Don Genova Novel Writing Intensive Workshop July 10-14 ($425) with Laisha Rosnau Writing for Children and Young Adults July 10-14 ($425) with Susan Juby Short Fiction Intensive Workshop July 17-21 ($425) with Laisha Rosnau Freelance Article Writing Workshop July 17-21 ($425) with Jennifer van Evra Writing Your Life's Story: Intensive Autobiography Workshops July 17-21 (Level 1), July 31–August 4 (Level 1), August 8-11 (Level 2) ($500) with Marlene Schiwy Body Soul Writing August 14-18 ($725) with Marlene Schiwy and Ursula Carsen OUT OF TOWN CENTRE FOR EXTRAORDINARY OUTCOMES Cherryville, B.C., 306-565-3290 www.judithsilverthorne.ca/bcworkshop.htmll Find Your Writing Path Through Nature July 16-21 ($625) with Judith Silverthorne HOLLYHOCK Cortes Island, B.C., 1-800-933-6339 or 250-935-6576 www.hollyhock.bc.ca/ Poetry & Prose July 2-7 ($475, meals and accommodation extra) with Ellen Bass Writing of Memoirs July 12-16 ($475, meals and accommodation extra) with Sharon Butala Writing Life Stories August 4-9 ($445, meals and accommodation extra) with Julie Portman ISLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS Wells, B.C., 1-800-442-2787 www.imarts.com/ How to Get Work Published July 21 ($105 plus GST) with Luanne Armstrong Writing July 22-25 ($409 plus GST) with Luanne Armstrong Writing and Creative Arts for Kids (ages 6-12) July 22-25 ($199 plus materials fee $10) with Kim Tetarenko and Dahne Harding Poetry Intensive July 26-27 ($190) with Laisha Rosnau SHUSWAP WRITERS FESTIVAL Prestige Harbourfront Resort, Salmon Arm, B.C., 250-832-4831 www.shuswapwritersfest.ca/ Shuswap Lake International Writers' Mini Festival June 24 (1 session $25, 2 session $44, 3 sessions $60) featuring Kuldip Gill, Michael Hetherington, and Harold Rhenisch. SONGANDWORD Shaw Island, WA, USA, 360-468-3964 www.songandword.com/ Creating a History: World-Building in Fiction June 23-25 ($295) with Alma Alexander Research, Research, Research: THEN Plot, Write, Publish & Market August 18-20 ($295) with Pam Withers People Making: Creating Characters Who Are More Than Corpses August 25-27 ($295) with Patricia H. Rushford SUNSHINE COAST FESTIVAL OF THE WRITTEN ARTS Sechelt, B.C., 1-800-565-9631 or 604-885-9631 www.writersfestival.ca/festivalevents.htm 24th Annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts August 3-6 (festival pass $275, individual events $15) featuring Maude Barlow, Brian Brett, George Fetherling, and Donna Morrissey. VICTORIA SCHOOL OF WRITING Victoria, B.C., 250-595-3000 www.victoriaschoolofwriting.org/ 11th Annual Victoria School of Writing July 16-21 ($585 tuition +$375 accommodation) with Maria Coffey, Gary Geddes, Charlotte Gill, John Lent, Susan Musgrave, Billeh Nickerson, and Kevin Patterson |