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Summer Creative Writing Contest 25 Jul 2013 | 08:23 pm
Visit authormingle to find out about a summer writing contest. Entering writing contests is a great way to practice the craft of writing, as well as getting used to meeting deadlines. This contest is ...
VPL South Hill Library Talk Today 23 Apr 2013 | 11:36 pm
Thanks to the Writers’ Union of Canada for sponsoring my talk today at the VPL South Hill Library on Fraser Street. I will be talking to a grade 12 law class from John Oliver High School about myself,...
TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON 21 Apr 2013 | 01:13 am
Thursday April 25th 2013 Pandora’s Collective Presents James McCann and Eric Hamber Secondary Writers in the Making Time: 7pm-9:30 pm (sign up for open mic from 7 to 7:30pm) Location: The Cottage Bist...
No News is, Well, It’s No News. Deal With It 28 Feb 2013 | 07:33 am
One of the most difficult things about being a writer, at least for me, is the time between sending out a new manuscript and waiting for a response from an agent or a publisher. It’s always the same l...
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Writing Contest for Teens 17 Jan 2013 | 01:45 am
Book Week Writing Contest for Kids & Teens Grades 4 to 12 Deadline approaching: February 1, 2013! The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s annual *Book Week Writing Contest for Kids & Teens is now open. ...
Say No to Northern Gateway Pipeline – Protest Today 15 Jan 2013 | 01:13 am
The federal government’s Joint Review Panel of the Northern Gateway Pipeline is coming to Vancouver tomorrow, Monday January 14. People from across British Columbia have formed an unbroken wall of opp...
UBC Creative Writing Locution Night – A Perfect Literary Evening 11 Jan 2013 | 11:28 am
This evening I participated in UBC’s MFA first locution of the year at the Cottage Bistro on Main Street. Locution, if you are curious (as I was) is: 1. A particular word, phrase, or expression, espec...
The Suesstivus Holiday Twitter Challenge Today! 19 Dec 2012 | 12:36 am
Check out the Canada Writes Website and have some fun in this Twitter Challenge. You can find all of the information at the above website. I am so swamped with writing and Christmas, so I don’t know i...
Canada Writes! Creative Nonfiction Competion 18 Dec 2012 | 03:20 am
Nonfiction Prize The competition opens December 1, 2012.Deadline to submit: February 1, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. ET This prize is awarded once a year to the best original, unpublished, work of Creative Nonf...
there is no why, only is 17 Dec 2012 | 04:12 am
there is no why, only is.
