Proof

This fall we had the pleasure of writing with US author Nick Flynn. We had been reading his poetry over the years and then this fall, when he lived in Vancouver for a few months, we got to know him.  We passed around a couple copies of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, his memoir… Continue reading Proof

2013 Recap

2013 Recap

We’re now on winter hiatus until February 6, 2014 so here’s a chance to take stock of what we did in our 13th session. We spent about half our class time this fall writing on invented or short word prompts: “letterhead”, for example, and “I mailed it in my sleep,” and “open letter.”  Over the… Continue reading 2013 Recap

Fall 2013 Plans

What are we up to for our 13th session? We begin writing Sep 19, Thursday at 2pm at Carnegie Community Centre. That marks the officialy beginning of “Piece Work”, our project for the 2013/14 year. We will be creating individual chapbooks and printing them for individual sale and a collaborative “boxed set.”   During the… Continue reading Fall 2013 Plans