Writing Without Borders
Thursday, July 19 - Sunday, July 22, 2012
9am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Susan Musgrave
Early Bird Fee: $415 + 49.80 HST (Until June 1st)
Regular Fee: $460 + $55.20 HST
Deposit: 115 + $13.80 HST
To Register call 1-800-442-2787
Or click here for a registration form
Course Description:
Writers need to diversify these days. Creative writing must keep leaping genre lines, in its search for new sources of energy and inspiration. Certain skills are generally useful whether your interest lies in poetry, journal writing, plays, novels with plot, character and dialogue, or imaginative personal essays. As we explore what it means to work as a poet, a novelist, a writer of short stories or creative non-fiction, you may well discover talents you never knew you had.
The exercises and writing practice we do in this workshop, and the constructive feedback you will receive, will make you a better, more creative writer, no matter what kind of writing you do.
BIO:
Susan Musgrave was born March 12, 1951. Raised on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, she has spent extended periods of time living in Ireland, England, the Queen Charlotte Islands, Panama and Colombia. Married Stephen Reid in 1986. Has two daughters, Charlotte Musgrave (1982) and Sophie Musgrave Reid (1989). Lives near Sidney, British Columbia where she works as a poet, novelist, columnist, reviewer, editor and non-fiction writer.
Susan Musgrave draws on her experiences in public schools, psychiatric institutions, and maximum security penitentiaries across the country. She has published 20 books: she is a poet, novelist, children’s writer, essayist, columnist, and reviewer for the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Citizen. Her home is on Vancouver Island with Stephen Reid, and their two daughters.
She travels widely, both abroad and in Canada, to give speeches, writing workshops and poetry readings. She has held Writer-in-Residence positions at the University of Waterloo (1983-85), the University of Western Ontario (1992) and in 1995 was awarded the Presidential Writer in Residence Fellowship at the University of Toronto (Spring Term.) Since 1991 she has worked online with over a thousand high school students across Canada through the Writers in Electronic Residence Programme. In 1997-98 she was Chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada.
Books include (for children) Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Orca, Fall 1998); Forcing the Narcissus (poetry; McClelland & Stewart, 1994); Musgrave Landing: Musings on the Writing Life (personal essays; Stoddart; 1994); Things That Keep and Do Not Change(poetry; McClelland & Stewart, 1999) and The Selected Poems of Susan Musgrave(Beach Holme, 2000). Anthology publications include The Norton Introduction to Literature, Regular, 6th Edition, 1994; Fever: Sensual Stories by Women Writers, edited by Michelle Slung (Harcourt Brace, 1994); Without a Guide: Contemporary Women’s Travel Adventure, edited by Katherine Govier (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1994); Best American Erotica, 1995 edited by Susie Bright (Simon & Schuster); Best American Poetry, 1995, edited by David Lehman (Scribner/ Simon & Schuster).
Some comments on her role as instructor and mentor:
Rhonda UBC MFA Programme: “Susan Musgrave, you are sooo worth the tuition!!” (2007)
David (Summer 2008) I learned as much emotionally as I did in other ways: thanks for being who you are.
Sue (Fall 2008) Thank you so much, Susan, for taking this/me on and helping me to not only overcome my fear of poetry, but to actually like trying to write it. I feel lucky to have had you as my teacher -- I don’t mean this to sound cheesy, but you’ve made me feel like it’s okay to not know and then inspired and supported to explore and learn.
Claudia (Spring 2009) Thanks for leading me into dangerous places!
Genny (Spring 2009) “I gave up my ticket to see Bob Dylan so I could come to your class. And I had one of the best seats in the house, too.”
Events Included:
~Wednesday, July 18th, 7pm: Welcome Reception - IMA Gallery (2323 Pooley Street) -Meet your instructor and pick up your student information packages. Also opening for the Toni Onley Artists’ Project Exhibition
~Thursday, July 19th, 7:00pm: Reading with Susan Musgrave - IMA Gallery - Free for students
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 12% HST 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.
Island Mountain Arts
Box 65, Wells, BC V0K 2R0
1-800-442-2787 or 250-994-3466
Fax: 250-994-3433
info@imarts.com
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