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Courting the ‘C’ in CNF: Pre-Conference Master Class
The Creative Non-Fiction Collective is hosting their annual conference in Victoria this year. The conference is scheduled for April 24-26, 2015 at the Inn at Laurel Point. Betsy is facilitating a master class on Friday, April 24th, as part of the pre-conference event series.
2015 Muskwa-Kechika Storytelling Retreat
The Muskwa-Kechika Storytelling Retreat is taking place from August 9 to 16th at Muncho Lake, BC.
Featured Writer Jónína Kirton
Have you been following along with the weekly writing prompts? This month, we are featuring writer Jónína Kirton, with her piece based on the You Are Here prompt. If you haven’t been following, you can view the prompts here.
A Book A Month Giveaway For February
Every month until the end of December 2015, we are giving away one book by Betsy Warland.* This month, we are giving away What Holds Us Here.
Published in 1998 from Bushbeck Books, What Holds Us Here is a collection of nine suites of poems on various forms of longing, ranging from Van Gogh’s paintings, to love found and lost, to a muse on the nature of narrative. The winner will receive one inscribed copy of the book.
Betsy’s Work Included in Two Anthologies
Betsy is proud to be included in the anthology, Kwe: Standing With Our Sisters, edited by Joseph Boyden, with an excerpt of Oscar of Between. Released in December, 2014, the book is a call for...
The Queer Sentence Panel at the Victoria Writer’s Festival
This Saturday at 11;15 am, Betsy Warland will feature on the panel, "The Queer Sentence" at the Victoria Writer's Festival. The event is sponsored by Plenitude magazine. What, if anything,...
What’s new on my Web site
If you've visited my Web site in the last few weeks, you may have noticed some changes including: a new video on the Home page reorganized menus a new layout for Oscar's Salon page sharing icons for...
Winner of the New Subscriber Contest
Thank you to all of our new subscribers for signing up to our newsletter and to all of our long-term subscribers for sharing the news about our contest. The winner of the draw was Catherine...
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