Emily Pohl Weary’s annual workshop for young writers kicks off again this Tuesday: Free workshops for young writers led by kick-ass local authors, comics artists, filmmakers, hip hop poets, and street artists. NEW PROGRAM STARTING DEC 2, 2008! What will we do?* Write about real life* Produce song lyrics and poems* Create our own comics*…
Screw the Oscars Anyway
Sure it was great to see so many Canadians nominated but really, the Oscars are tired and predictable and tend to reward personal popularity and box office success more than anything. Overall it has all the excitement and drama of Feist being nominated for “Best New Artist” (a joke in itself) and then losing to…
Penn Kemp: Poetry show and workshops
Penn Kemp is offering readings and writing workshops to go along with her radio show “Gathering Voices”, a poetry program on CHRW. The show airs Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and if you miss it archived shows can be found on the website. You can also listen to CHRW online (if you don’t happen to live…