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Up Next For Camouflage Complex! 

Jul 27, 2022

Steven Bélanger, Betsy Warland, Tabitha Brasso-Ernst Six years in the making, Camouflage Complex: The Art of Deception had its trial run performance June 11th at the downtown Vancouver Public...

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Introducing Real Vancouver Writing School

Jun 17, 2022

NEW PROJECT, NEW EVENT Introducing Real Vancouver Writing School! Real Vancouver Writing School is a special project of Real Vancouver Writers’ Series, a registered non-profit society. We provide...

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2-HOUR FREE PROSE CONSULT GIVEAWAY!

Jun 14, 2022

I'm excited to announce a prose consult giveaway, open to subscribers to my newsletter. To be eligible, you either need to be a current subscriber or consent to subscribing to the newsletter. One...

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Camouflage Complex: the Art of Deception

Apr 8, 2022

I'm so eager to share a new project that I've been working on that is more timely than ever. Camouflage Complex: The Art of Deception is an one act opera based on my book, Oscar of Between: A Memoir...

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Livestream of Bloodroot Book Launch

Nov 29, 2021

Photo Credit: Charlotte Nip In case you missed it, here is the Livestream performance of the Bloodroot book launch, courtesy of the Massy Art Society Facebook page. https://fb.watch/9ubERItsBX/

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Invitation to Bloodroot Book Launch

Nov 18, 2021

Hello writer friends, I'd like you to know about a livestream performance launch for the second edition of my 2000 memoir Bloodroot:Tracing the Untelling of Motherloss. This new edition includes a...

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