The Art of Writing Your Life
A workshop for women embarking on the life-writing adventure, or just needing a tune-up for an ongoing project.
Join us for an afternoon that will inspire you to express yourself.
Sign up for the workshop only or make a weekend of it by staying over at The Listel Hotel (full Weekend Package details are below workshop description).
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
We’ll talk —
About form: Journal, anecdote, memoir, autobiography, personal essay
About work: Genius, craft, time and space to write
About Integrity: The ethics of writing and publishing true stories
You’ll write —
For voice: Who you are
For inspiration: What you want to say
For craft: How to make strong sentences and shapely stories
We’ll read —
Our stuff out loud (if we feel like it)
Workshop leader: Mary Schendlinger
Senior Editor, Geist magazine
Teacher of writing and publishing at UBC and SFU
The Art of Writing Your Life
Mother’s Day: Saturday May 10, 2008
1:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Listel Hotel, Vancouver
Workshop only: $60 (includes a one-year Geist subscription for yourself or a friend)
Weekend package: $362 (register through the Listel Hotel)
MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT:
Women’s Writing Weekend Package includes:
- admission to the workshop
- a one-year Geist subscription for yourself or a friend
- a one-night stay at The Listel Hotel (Saturday May 10, 2008)
PLUS
- a half bottle of wine in your room
- a notebook and elegant pen
- French press coffee delivered to your room
- breakfast in O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar on Sunday May 11, 2008
- a copy of The Listel Hotel’s Vancouver Stories
To register for the Weekend Package (including workshop), call The Listel Hotel at 1-800-663-5491.
or
To register for the workshop call us at 604-681-9161 or our toll free number 1-888-434-7834.
To register for the Women’s Writing Weekend Package (including workshop): call The Listel Hotel at 1-800-663-5491.
