Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
THE FUTURE OF POPULAR POETRY IN CANADA
FEB 8, 7.30p.m.-9.00p.m., Bread & Roses Cafe, 27 King William Str., Hamilton.
JAMES DEAHL will lead in a discussion on the future of popular poetry in Canada: a consideration of the prospects for People's Poetry and Confessional Poetry in the 21st century
JAMES DEAHL will lead in a discussion on the future of popular poetry in Canada: a consideration of the prospects for People's Poetry and Confessional Poetry in the 21st century
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
TWO WINGS MAKE A BIRD;TWO SLICES MAKE A SANDWICH
JAN 11, 7.30p.m.-9.00p.m. at the Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Str. GARY BARWIN leads in a discussion/workshop on collaborative writing.
Participants get to try different techniques with each other, drawing on a range of different collaborative works.
Participants get to try different techniques with each other, drawing on a range of different collaborative works.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
STORIES ON AN EVENING IN DECEMBER with ADAM GETTY
Tues Dec 14, 7.30-9.00p.m. 27 King William Street.
Bring with you a story to tell or read to warm us up on a cold dark night in the heart of the city. The company of LitChat regulars and visitors is in itself a gift in the tradition of a LitChat Christmas.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
TEACHING WRITING - Can it be one? How and Why?
TUES NOV 9, 7.30p.m. Bread & Roses Cafe, 27 King William Street
ELLEN S JAFFE talks about her writing workshops with children and adults, and invites people to share their own experiences – of teaching they have done and workshops they have taken. What works and what doesn’t? How has taking a workshop, teaching a writing course, or mentoring/being mentored affected your own writing?
Ellen is a Hamilton writer, who came to Canada from the U.S. in 1979. She writes poetry and fiction (including y/a novels), and drama, and has also written a book on writing, Writing Your Way: creating a personal journal. (Sumach Press, 2001). Ellen has worked with “Learning/Living Through the Arts” and has received Artist in Education grants from the Ontario Arts Council, as well as doing other teaching in Hamilton, Toronto, and elsewhere in Ontario – including the Six Nations Reserve and Moose Factory. She has studied with bill bissett, Patrick Lane, and Jane Hirshfield. She also had a grade two teacher who commented on her drawing: “That is not a tree. Make yours as nice as Linda’s!” (at least, that’s how she remembers it) – and this has influenced her
ELLEN S JAFFE talks about her writing workshops with children and adults, and invites people to share their own experiences – of teaching they have done and workshops they have taken. What works and what doesn’t? How has taking a workshop, teaching a writing course, or mentoring/being mentored affected your own writing?
Ellen is a Hamilton writer, who came to Canada from the U.S. in 1979. She writes poetry and fiction (including y/a novels), and drama, and has also written a book on writing, Writing Your Way: creating a personal journal. (Sumach Press, 2001). Ellen has worked with “Learning/Living Through the Arts” and has received Artist in Education grants from the Ontario Arts Council, as well as doing other teaching in Hamilton, Toronto, and elsewhere in Ontario – including the Six Nations Reserve and Moose Factory. She has studied with bill bissett, Patrick Lane, and Jane Hirshfield. She also had a grade two teacher who commented on her drawing: “That is not a tree. Make yours as nice as Linda’s!” (at least, that’s how she remembers it) – and this has influenced her
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tues Sept 14, 7.30-9.00p.m.
Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street
LitChat the literary salon brings you our local author Trevor Cole with the topic "Practical Jean: How Inspiration Trumped Research". He will share on how ideas can lead up to the writing of a novel. Trevor spent 14 years in the Globe and Mail's magazine division and a three year stint as a senior writer at Report on Business Magazine. He has won many awards. His books include Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life and The Fearsome Particles. His third novel Practical Jean, is a black comedy about a woman whose mother has just died of cancer and vows to spare her friends the same sort of end. It will be released in Sept 2010. For further details go to his website www.trevorcole.com
Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street
LitChat the literary salon brings you our local author Trevor Cole with the topic "Practical Jean: How Inspiration Trumped Research". He will share on how ideas can lead up to the writing of a novel. Trevor spent 14 years in the Globe and Mail's magazine division and a three year stint as a senior writer at Report on Business Magazine. He has won many awards. His books include Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life and The Fearsome Particles. His third novel Practical Jean, is a black comedy about a woman whose mother has just died of cancer and vows to spare her friends the same sort of end. It will be released in Sept 2010. For further details go to his website www.trevorcole.com
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