Certificate in Creative Writing

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2013  Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC: The Writers Studio. Fiction cohort mentored by Timothy Taylor.

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Writers' Conferences & Retreats

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2019  Creative Non-fiction Collective Annual Conference, UBC, Vancouver, BC participant in Master Class 2: The Art of the Interview with Denise Ryan.

2017  Creative Non-fiction Collective Annual Conference, UBC, Vancouver, BC (participant)

2016  Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC Writing to Awaken: Memoir As A Path of Transformation (participant)

2015  Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey, BC (participant)

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Workshops

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2021 Kathy ver Eecke’s (Get a Book Deal 101) interactive membership group called "Pitch to Publish."

2020  Sonja Larsen's "Truthful Tuesdays - Explorations in Creative Non-Fiction"

2018  "Writing to Awaken: Memoir as a Path of Transformation" Presented by Mark Matousek

2017  Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Memoir Workshop Facilitated by Elee Kraljii Gardner, "What Publishers Want Vancouver" Presented by Sam Hiyate, Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival: "The Finishing Touches" with Betsy Warland, and Vancouver Writer's Group "Creating Dynamic Characters" with Jason Chabot

2016  Editors Canada webinar "Developmental Editing for Fiction and Memoir," RCLAS "Mastering the Craft of Writing Short Stories Through Narrative Poetry" with Kagan Goh, and Geist Fall Workshop Series: Writing From Life with Jane Silcott and The Art of the Column with Stephen Henighan.

2015  "The Nuts & Bolts of Memoir" 9 week online self-study course by Mark Matousek, "Writing As a Spiritual Practice" 6 week online interactive course with Mark Matousek, Tax and Business Planning for Writers" Workshop, with Grant T. Smith from Clearline Chartered Accountants, and The Writer's Union of Canada "Publishing 2.0 - Tips & Traps" Professional development workshop

2014  RCLAS & NWPL present "Wading Into The Swamp: Getting Messy With Writing" with Daniela Elza, RCLAS & NWPL present "Lifestory Writing: Finding The Extraordinary in the Ordinary" with Sylvia Taylor, Amber Dawn 4 day/12 hour “Introduction to Non-Fiction” at SFU, and Pamela Bentley 2 hour “Bringing Your Mind To The Page” at Blumin Pop Up Shop’s  Chinatown Experiment              2013  Vancouver Public Library panel discussions on self-publishing and Ayelet Tsabari 4 hour “Writing About Place” at Trout Lake Community Centre.

 

Writing Groups

 

2017  "Ink Tank" bi-weekly workshopping group.

2014 - 2016  TWS Alumni "Studio Nine" bi-weekly workshopping collective. 

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Public Readings and Event Hosting

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2018    Featured Reader at TWS Reading Series in Vancouver: The Plunge , Chapter: "Last Lovers"

2017    Canadian Authors Association, Vancouver: The Plunge, Chapter excerpt: "Getting to Know You", Dominion Reading Series, Vancouver: The Plunge, Opening Chapter, and New Voices Reading Series at VPL and TWS Reading Series, Vancouver: The Plunge, Opening Chapter

​2016 - 2017  Co-host of TWS Reading Series at Cottage Bistro in Vancouver

2016    TWS Reading Series at Cottage Bistro in Vancouver: Short Story: "Better Red Than Blue" 

2015    TWS Reading Series at Cottage Bistro in Vancouver: Short Story: "Fire Walk", and on another occasion, the reading of "Ace"  Listen to reading below. Pamela Bentley's "Chicken Sessions" Literary Salon in Vancouver: Short Story: "Ace."

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2014    Pamela Bentley's "Chicken Sessions" Literary Salon in Vancouver: Short Story: "Icy Hell" (parts 1&2 on separate occasions), Southbank Writer's Program Reading Series in Surrey, BC: Short Story:"Icy Hell" (part 1), Postal Code Reading Series by Thursdays Writing Collective at Lost & Found Cafe in Vancouver: Infallible, chapter 1, and TWS Reading Series at Cottage Bistro in Vancouver on separate occasions: "No Roses in Roseville," "Vouchsafe," and "Nymph Skin." 

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