Join us for our Vancouver Manuscript Intensive celebratory public reading of prose and poetry on June 4th from 3-5pm at the Havana Cafe Theatre (on 1212 Commercial Drive).
Doors open at 2:40.
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Dear Writers,
Join VMI mentor Shaena Lambert at the Historic Joy Kogawa House, Monday, May 8th, 7-9 pm. She’ll read from her novel, Radiance, a gripping story about a young woman who survives the bombing of Hiroshima and is sent to the US for plastic surgery.
Dear Novelists,
Here’s a fantastic opportunity for you. Mother Tongue Publishing invites you to submit your manuscript to the 4th Great BC Novel Contest by August 1st, 2017.
The contest is open to all writers in British Columbia.
Want to spend 5 days delving deep into your writing? Want to do that to the sound of waves crashing on the beach? Join Shaena Lambert on Cortes Island, BC, June 2-7, 2017. Read Shaena’s letter below, and register for the workshop here.
Written in lyric prose that is “experimental yet playful,” Leanne Dunic’s To Love the Coming End is a unique book composed of 100 chapters, each a single page in length.
“This structure gives the language potency while providing space for reflection,” says the book’s synopsis.
In Part 1 of this interview, award-winning author and Vancouver Manuscript Intensive director Betsy Warland described the vision behind the unique mentorship program she has created for emerging writers.
In this second and final installment, she talks about opening VMI to international applicants.
When Vancouver Manuscript Intensive founder and director Betsy Warland won the Mayor’s Arts Award for Literature last month, MC Bill Richardson said that “literary Vancouver would not be the same without her.”
The VMI team–eight mentors and many alumni–agree.
Read Local BC is a series of dynamic events organized by the BC Association of Book Publishers to promote local authors, book sellers, libraries and publishers throughout the province. If you live in Vancouver, you won’t want to miss two fantastic events featuring VMI faculty and alumni.
Vancouver Manuscript Intensive founder, director and mentor Betsy Warland was honored earlier this month with a Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for her contributions to literature. The ceremony, held at the Roundhouse Community Centre, was hosted by Bill Richardson.
Dear Writers,
What’s your New Year’s resolution for 2017?
I know, I know–you haven’t even bought your Halloween candy yet, so why am I pestering you about a holiday that’s more than four months away?
Dear Writers,
We have some great news: Evelyn Lau, acclaimed author of twelve books, has joined Vancouver Manuscript Intensive as our new poetry and creative non-fiction mentor. We’re very excited to offer you the opportunity to work with this award-winning author.
Dear Readers and Writers,
Are your working on a memoir? Does your intuition tell you that your life experiences have narrative–and perhaps even poetic–potential?
If you have three Saturdays to spare this fall, consider signing up for Betsy’s upcoming course, Memoir of Inquiry, at SFU Harbour Centre, Continuing Studies.
