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In today’s world of endless information at our fingertips, it has become increasingly crucial (and difficult) to be able to tell apart fact from fiction.
In his bestselling book, The Certainty Illusion, Timothy Caulfield lifts the…
Perspective is a Portal with Kyla Jamieson
In Progress,Join 2024 VPL Writer in Residence Kyla Jamieson for a new workshop on how perspective can widen the sphere of a poem, nourishing depth and understanding.
How does perspective contribute to poetic power, giving us the sense that…
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Designed for anyone who wishes to develop or deepen their writing practice, this workshop with 2024 VPL Writer in Residence Kyla Jamieson will incorporate readings, discussion, writing exercises and reflective journaling to help…
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Join 2024 VPL Writer in Residence Kyla Jamieson for an afternoon of rest, reading and creativity. You are invited to gather in the Poets’ Corner, where we will meet each other and explore the poetic form of the Cento. This workshop will…
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Are you working on a writing project and need a nudge in the right direction? Sign up for a 45-minute, one-to-one manuscript consultation with a graduate of Simon Fraser University's The Writers Studio: Creative Writing Certificate…
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Need an expert opinion on how to take your writing project to the next level? Sign up for an editing session with a member of the British Columbia branch of Editors Canada to get feedback on your writing.
Provide your submission of up to…
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Are you working on a writing project and need a nudge in the right direction? Sign up for a 45-minute, one-to-one manuscript consultation with a graduate of Simon Fraser University's The Writers Studio: Creative Writing Certificate…
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Like rivers, poems love to move. They curve, drift, and change directions; they rush into cascading images and eddy into pools of quiet contemplation.
In this 90-minute workshop, participants will explore a series of…
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Are you interested in writing fiction but unsure where to begin? Perhaps you have a rough idea that has been floating around and are looking to add depth and direction?
In this generative workshop, we will explore how to embrace…
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Are you working on a writing project and need a nudge in the right direction? Sign up for a 45-minute, one-to-one manuscript consultation with a graduate of Simon Fraser University's The Writers Studio: Creative Writing Certificate…
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Reflect on the year that’s passed through the rhythmic form of the pantoum. In this generative writing workshop, we’ll begin with grounding and freewriting exercises, read a few pantoums together and then create collaborative group poems.…
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When writers create fictional worlds, they set certain ground rules for themselves: Does magic exist? How does it work? How strong is the gravity on the alien planet? What's not always so obvious is that writers can also create new rules…
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In this class we’ll explore that thing that goes hand-in-hand with the words in a song—the melody!
Why bother? Well, some songwriters feel that melody is paramount, maybe even more important than the words. Tell that to Leonard Cohen.…
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From an evolutionary perspective, humans are social creatures, deeply invested in the lives of the people around them—and perhaps this is why character and character development have become such essential components of the stories we tell.…
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A person “must have money and a room of her own if she is to write,” Virginia Woolf famously claimed nearly a century ago. Today, the advice has shifted: countless books and blogs promise that elaborate time-management strategies will help…
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In this workshop, we will explore journaling as a tool for furthering your creative practice and generating new ideas. We will engage in self-reflection, creative prompts and visual exploration to investigate voice, detail and the art of…
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Retired UBC professor and grandmother Diana Lary presents her new book China's Grandmothers, exploring the role of Chinese grandmothers from the late Qing to the twenty-first century. As firm but gentle pillars, they have continued to…
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In real-life, we get to know a person by observing them and interacting with them, making judgments and drawing our own conclusions. And fiction, like real life, tends to become more complicated when there’s more than one character.
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How do you structure a story or novel? To outline, or not? What makes a good beginning, and why do some endings work and others don't?
This workshop will discuss story structure from a variety of perspectives. Suitable for all genres…
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When we talk about inspiration we usually think of it as an external influence, something over which we have no control. Ideas “come to us” or we are “struck by the muse.” But what if we reframed our thinking around inspiration so that it…
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