Dear Young Writers, Andrew Torry here. You may have seen me at Wordsworth in the last two years when I worked as a Creative Moose. (The Creative Muses and Mooses are amazing people.) I love Wordsworth. I love watching you guys create awesome music, stories, poetry, and sometimes a rockin’ play reading. This year I’ll […]
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Visual Poet Derek Beaulieu-from Poet Laureate short list to WordsWorth (week 2)
Derek Beaulieu Author of nine books of poetry, fiction and visual poetry (link:http://derekbeaulieu.wordpress.com/). In addition to being short=listed for the position of Calgary’s first poet laureate, in 2011 he was named by Broken Pencil Magazine as one of Canada’s “Top 50 indie artists of the last 15 years” and in 2007 was the Alberta Magazine […]
Like to laugh? Act? Ninjas? Meet Instructor Renee St. Cyr (week one)
Hellllloooooo! I am Renée! I’ll be at WordsWorth for the first week teaching screenwriting. This class is great because – not only do we write – we ACT! Everything I write falls into the category of comedy with dramatic elements. The key to comedy is timing, which means I have become really good at listening […]
Your Voice: Out Loud – Spoken Word Workshop by Mary Pinkoski (week 2)
Mary Pinkoski is a spoken word poet from Edmonton. She was captain of 2011 Edmonton Poetry Slam Team which won the National Championship at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. Mary was also voted Most Valuable Poet of the 2011 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She was a finalist in the 2011 Edmonton Poetry Laureate competition, […]
This Saturday at the Central Library (Calgary), Write NOW! Meet two WordsWorth Instructors
Writing, free lunch, prizes and the chance to meet two WordsWorth instructors Marcello Di Cintio and Kim Firmston–this Saturday and it’s free. Check it out. Why not?
Brendan McLeod will teach you to sing the blues (or rock out) both weeks
Hello WordsWorthians, My name is Brendan. This will be my fourth (I am getting sooooo old) time teaching at camp. I’m psyched. It just keeps getting better year after year. Also, because I am getting old, I have no memory, so it is good that I keep going back so I get to jog it. […]
Creative Team Member Emily Campbell*
When she was younger, Emily once aspired to be a snake-charmer when (read: if) she grew up. But the days of platonic reptilian romance are gone, and have been replaced by something much better. Not only has she been lucky enough to attend 3 summers and 2 winters worth of writing camps, she now finds herself […]
Back by Popular Demand-David Wilson for Both Weeks!
Hello Wordsworthians; The following is a bit about the class I will be facilitating. We will be doing a thing I like to call “Body, Breath & Voice for Writers”. In this class we will explore a series of artistic and fun disciplines, and then observe the directions these activities take our writing. Movement, breathing, meditation, flash-writing, […]
Fiction Class (week two) will be taught by Alexis Kienlen
While Alexis Kienlen decides on the title of her course Elements of fiction or Building blocks of fiction. You can anticipate a-six day long session on plot, character, setting and point of view. She’ll take you right down to the nitty gritty of things that are used to write a fiction piece. Wait! who is this […]
