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Image of Sina Queyras. Text reads: Frye February 18th. Community Peace Centre Moncton. Writing in the Folds: Hybrid Memoirs in Poetry or Prose. Writing workshop with Sina Queyras

Writing in the Folds 📙

February 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

On Saturday, February 18, join us for a hybrid memoir writing workshop with poet Sina Queyras.

Image of Sina Queyras. Text reads: Frye February 18th. Community Peace Centre Moncton. Writing in the Folds: Hybrid Memoirs in Poetry or Prose. Writing workshop with Sina Queyras

Never write alone and yet be only yourself. Write with form, with constraints, but find your own shape; your own relationship to constraints. Good writing usually has two qualities: intense familiarity and surprise. A good sentence often changes direction completely midway through. In the sea of language sometimes all one needs to do is steer into the swell. In this workshop we’ll discover tactics for weathering.

Sina Queyras is the author of the poetry collections My Ariel (2017), MxT (2014), Expressway (2009), Lemon Hound (2006), and most recently, Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf (2022), all from Coach House Books.

Details:
February 18, 2023 | 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Community Peace Centre | Wheelchair Accessible
Regular: $ 25 / WFNB: $ 15

Offered in partnership with the Writers Federation of New Brunswick and MAGMA.

$15 – $25

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506-859-4389

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Community Peace Centre

22 Church Street
Moncton, E1C 0P7 Canada + Google Map
506-383-5951 Ext: 102
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February 2, 2023
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What Happened to Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop 😸

January 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Day one of classes for The Charlotte Streets Arts Centre + Next Folding Theatre Company’s collaborative writing class: This is What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat!

Image of a white cat next to a stack of papers. Text reads: The Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop with Ryan Griffith.

The eight week course led by playwriting veteran Ryan Griffith will take students through the development of brand new works. The workshop will cover all the basics of developing new ideas and more advanced skills for when it comes time to get your ideas on to the page. The class will culminate in a public reading where the new scripts will be showcased for the general public on the CSAC auditorium stage. Whether you are working on your next play, film, short story or novel, this class will help you bring your ideas into reality.

The group meets at 7pm on Tuesday nights for a period of eight weeks. The group will meet in the Community Room of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Classes begin January 10th.

Enrollment is $160. We offer the discounted price of $140 for students/elderly/underpaid folks. This can be paid through credit card via the phone, or cash or debit in person at our office.

For more information or to enroll, email events@charlottestreetarts.ca or call our office at 506-454-6952. Our office hours are 9-1, Mon-Fri.

$140 – $160

Next Folding Theatre Company

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Charlotte Street Arts Centre

732 Charlotte Street
Fredericton, NB E3B 1M5 Canada + Google Map
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December 6, 2022
There is a QR code on this poster. Text reads: The Charlotte Street Arts Centre presents: What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop with Ryan Griffith.

What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop 😺

January 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Day one of classes for Charlotte Street Arts Centre + Next Folding Theatre Company’s collaborative writing class: This is What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat!

There is a QR code on this poster. Text reads: The Charlotte Street Arts Centre presents: What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop with Ryan Griffith.

The eight week course led by playwriting veteran Ryan Griffith will take students through the development of brand new works. The workshop will cover all the basics of developing new ideas and more advanced skills for when it comes time to get your ideas on to the page. The class will culminate in a public reading where the new scripts will be showcased for the general public on the CSAC auditorium stage. Whether you are working on your next play, film, short story or novel, this class will help you bring your ideas into reality.

The group meets at 7pm on Tuesday nights for a period of eight weeks. The group will meet in the Community Room of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Classes begin January 10th.

Enrollment is $160. We offer the discounted price of $140 for students/elderly/underpaid folks. This can be paid through credit card via the phone, or cash or debit in person at our office.

For more information or to enroll, email events@charlottestreetarts.ca or call our office at 506-454-6952. Our office hours are 9-1, Mon-Frii

$160

Next Folding Theatre Company

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Charlotte Street Arts Centre

732 Charlotte Street
Fredericton, NB E3B 1M5 Canada
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December 5, 2022
Donna Morrissey Writing Workshop

Donna Morrissey Writing Workshop ✍️

October 8, 2022 @ 9:30 am – 2:00 pm

Upcoming Donna Morrissey workshop at the Saint John Library, October 8.

Writing Workshop: Donna Morrissey. Saturday, October 8, 9:30am - 2:00pm. Blueprint for a memoir: everyone has a story to tell. What's yours? In this four-hour workshop, you will learn what qualifies as a memoir, types of short memoirs and which works best for your story, what to tell and how not to hurt others, critical ingredients for successful stories, three stages of telling a story. No writing experience necessary. Registration required. donnamorriessey@ns.sympatico.ca $165 bring packed lunch.

Writing Workshop: Donna Morrissey. Saturday, October 8, 9:30am – 2:00pm. Blueprint for a memoir: everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours?

In this four-hour workshop, you will learn:

  • What qualifies as a memoir?
  • Types of short memoirs and which works best for your story
  • What to tell and how not to hurt others
  • Critical ingredients for successful stories
  • Three stages of telling a story.

No writing experience necessary. Registration required. donnamorriessey@ns.sympatico.ca $165 bring packed lunch.

$165

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick

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Saint John Free Public Library

1 Market Square
Saint John, NB E2L 4Z6 Canada + Google Map
October 5, 2022
Word Feast: Fredericton's Literary Festival

Word Feast 2022 🍽

October 11, 2022 @ 9:00 am – October 17, 2022 @ 11:00 pm

The 2022 edition of Word Feast: Fredericton’s Literary Festival will take place from Tuesday, October 11 to Monday, October 17. The theme of our 6th edition is History and Healing: personal stories, Queer History, healing from grief and trauma and, in November, military history.

Word Feast. Fredericton's Literary Festival

We will bring back our children’s menu and feature great new specials as well as favourite items on both our dine-in and take-out menus. Check back here for updates, add your name to our subscriber’s list, or become a member to get the news first every time and discounts on some of our ticketed events.

See what’s on the menu here.

Word Feast: Fredericton’s Literary Festival

Various Venues Fredericton

Fredericton , New Brunswick + Google Map
October 5, 2022
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The Art of Storytelling Writing Workshop ✍️

August 27, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

The Art of Storytelling at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre.

Saturday, August 27, 2022, 10am to 3pm

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The Art of Storytelling – Writing Workshop
Saturday, August 27, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
St. Andrews by-the-Sea, NB
Cost: $85/person


Spaces are limited; please contact us and register in advance by August 24.
Need a refresher on the art of storytelling? Seize the remaining hours of summer and join award-winning author and professor Dr. Gerard Collins for this condensed version of his storytelling masterclass, which he recently taught at the invitation of the Frye Festival.
In this half-day workshop, we’ll talk about story structure, how to show instead of tell, how to develop characters, enhance narrative tension, infuse your prose with subtext, and write dialogue that gets people talking.
Bring your questions and conundrums—we’re putting it all on the table.
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About your host:
Gerard Collins is the award-winning author of FINTON MOON, MOONLIGHT SKETCHES, and most recently, THE HUSH SISTERS. (www.gerardcollins.ca)
Gerard is a Newfoundland writer, now living in New Brunswick, whose first novel, Finton Moon, was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage and History Award, and has won the Percy Janes First Novel Award. In 2019, he turned the Finton Moon experience into a multi-media art exhibition, “The Book that Wrote Itself”. His short story collection, Moonlight Sketches, won the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. In 2021 his second novel, The Hush Sisters won an international Next Generation Indie Book Award in the suspense category and also was a finalist in the paranormal category.
Gerard has won numerous arts and letters awards for fiction, published in journals and anthologies, garnered positive reviews and arts grants, had his short stories taught in multiple university courses, and his first novel has been placed in high school learning resource centres across Newfoundland and Labrador.
To ask a question or to register for “The Art of Storytelling,” email gerardcollins@gerardcollins.ca

$85

Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre

Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre

139 Water Street
Saint Andrews, NB E5B 1A7 Canada + Google Map
August 24, 2022