Drink the Wild Air 2018 – Registration Deadline Extended!

Date: March 9-11, 2018  Place: Nestor Lodge, Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta.  Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19.  Cost: $208 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.)     Because we can’t offer WordsWorth all year long, there’s Drink the Wild Air.   Drink the Wild Air is a whirlwind weekend of […]

WordsWorth 2017

  WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But […]

2017 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses

We are proud to announce this year’s instructors for Wordsworth 2017. More names and course descriptions will be added as they are confirmed! [tabs style=”default”][tab title=”Brandon Wint”] Week 2 Brandon Wint is an Edmonton-based poet, educator and spoken word artist. For Brandon, the writing and performance of poetry are tools for investigating and embodying his […]

2015 WordsWorth Course Outlines

  Click on one of the following tabs to view course outlines for each of the three weeks of WordsWorth Tabs [tabs style=”default”] [tab title=”Week One (ages 12 – 14): July 5 – 10″] Week One (ages 12 – 14): July 5 – 10   Songwriting (with Kris Demeanor) The goal over the five sessions […]