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Genre-bending: The Many Ways to Tell True Stories
The 2019 CNFC conference will take place from June 14 to 16 in Vancouver at UBC’s Point Grey Campus.
At CNFC this year, Betsy Warland is a panelist on “Genre-bending: The Many Ways to Tell True Stories,” alongside Helen Humphreys, Chelene Knight, Betsy Warland, and Renee Saklikar. These four master writers discuss ways to blend genres and cross literary boundaries.
To register for the conference, the early bird deadline is April 5, 2019. Last day of registration is May 31, 2019.
See the CNFC website for full registration and programming details.
Workshop: The Use of Inquiry and Imagination in Memoir Writing
For CanWrite! 2019, Betsy Warland will offer a workshop on the role on inquiry and imagination in memoir.
Imagination and inquiry are essential aspects of writing a memoir as engrossing as a good novel. Betsy will introduce you to some of these key strategies and reflect on several published memoirs she has been an editor for, one being Darrel J. McLeod’s Mamaskatch (recipient of the 2018 Governor Generals Award).
Date / Time: Friday, May 17 from 9:30 – 11:45 am
CanWrite! conference is a vibrant gathering that offers writers opportunities to learn, network, pitch, connect, and celebrate.
This year’s conference is being held at the beautiful Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC), with a program designed to meet the needs of writers at all stages of their careers — aspiring, emerging, and professional — and a truly stellar group of presenters and speakers.
Workshop: Federation of BC Writers Workshop with Betsy Warland
Betsy Warland will offer a manuscript consultation workshop at the Federation of BC Writers’ Spring Writes Festival in May 2019.
As writers, we are now almost solely responsible for our manuscript going through an in-depth editing process regardless of whether a publishing house takes it or we self-publish. Typically, we think we’ve finished a MS before it is finished. Typical indicators that signal us where it is unresolved or losing momentum will be identified. The benefits of hiring a manuscript editor will be discussed as well as questions you pose.
Presenter – Betsy Warland
Venue – Ballroom B, Vancouver Island Conference Center, 80 Commercial St, Nanaimo
Date & Time – Saturday May 4th 2:00PM – 3:30PM
Cost – $37 Members $47 Non-Members
Workshop: Memoir as Muse with Betsy Warland
Canadian Authors–Victoria organizes writing events in Victoria, BC. We are affiliated with the Metro Vancouver Branch and are part of the Canadian Authors Association, which encourages and inspires writers of all genres. We offer aspiring, emerging, and professional writers opportunities and resources to hone their writing and business skills, network with others, and thrive in a community of like-minded professionals.
Join acclaimed poet/memoirist/artist Betsy Warland for “Memoir as Muse” to learn how to draw on strategies of fiction, poetry, script/playwriting, and research to enhance the storytelling nature of your writing.
Memoir as Muse with Betsy Warland
Sunday, April 28 from 10 am to 4 pm
Cost: $80 for Canadian Authors members, $95 for non-members
Location: G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Road, Victoria, BC
More details: Workshop Poster (PDF)
The Malahat Review’s “Queer Perspectives” | Launch on March 23
The Malahat Review‘s “Queer Perspectives” issue is in stores and in circulation now!
Please join The Malahat Review for readings and a conversation celebrating the publication of Queer Perspectives, which features contemporary writing by LGBTQ2S?+ writers in Canada chosen by guest editors Ali Blythe, Trevor Corkum, and Betsy Warland.
Who: Adèle Barclay, John Barton, Ali Blythe, Anne Fleming, Arleen Paré, Miranda Pearson, Anaheed Saatchi, Betsy Warland
When: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Saturday 23 March 2019
Where: University of Victoria (HSD* A240)
*info and map to the Human and Social Development Building
Admission: All welcome—free or by donation
Go to our Facebook event page.
Body and Soul: Stories for Skeptics and Seekers | VPL Launch
Have you ever had questions about faith or religious practice?
On March 13 at VPL, join Susan Scott, editor of Body and Soul: Stories for Skeptics and Seekers and an all-female panel of contributors including Dora Dueck, Pam Johnson, Jonina Kirton, Lori McNulty, Betsy Warland as they break the age-old code of silence and explore open conversations about the messiness of faith, practice, religion and ceremony.
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