The Life of a Book
July 10, 2009
9am - 3:30pm
July 10, 2009
9am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Richard Somerset Mackie
Early Bird Fee: $103 + GST (EXTENDED TO MONDAY JUNE 15TH)
Regular Fee: $115 + GST
This one-day workshop includes a survey of the main stages of writing of a book. On the uphill journey these include inspiration, conception, research, selection, structure, themes, writing, and finding a publisher. The downhill journey includes editing, design, layout, printing, marketing, distribution, and reviewing.
Beginners to advanced writers are welcome to attend this workshop. Please bring something to share relating to one stage in the life of a story, article, or book, whether in history, historical fiction, fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, or memoir. This could be a sample of your writing, a question for the class to explore, or a request for help with a stage in the life of a book. In an atmosphere of support and interest, and with the time available, your material will be discussed by the instructor and the fellow students.
Richard Somerset Mackie is an award-winning historian and biographer. His books include The Wilderness Profound, Island Timber, and Mountain Timber. He has taught creative non-fiction at Simon Fraser University and Canadian history at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University.
Island Mountain Arts School Policies
- Registration: A (non refundable) deposit is payable upon registration. Final payment is due no later than seven days before a course begins. Please add 5% GST to adult courses.
- The registration deadline is two weeks before class start. Registrations will be taken after that date, space permitting.
- Refund: There are no refunds on course deposits. If full payment has been made, and a student withdraws from a course, 75% of the workshop fee will be refunded. Note - there are no refunds the final week before classes begin.
- Cancellation Policy: If Island Mountain Arts cancels a course due to insufficient registration, the entire fee will be refunded. Cancellation decisions are made two weeks before course start.
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