Maritime Writers’ Workshops - July 10, 2013
Daytime Workshop - Life Writing: Trauma with Carolyn Gammon
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Life Writing is a deeply personal writing voyage in any case but even more so when the life being written about includes times of extreme life-and-death trauma as with Holocaust survivors. Carolyn Gammon, who has lived in Berlin, Germany since 1992, has spent many years working with survivors and recording their stories. Using first person and eye-witness interviews, archival research, on-site research and many more techniques Carolyn has authored two Holocaust biographical memoirs: Johanna Krause – Twice Persecuted – Surviving in Nazi Germany and Communist East Germany (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007) and The Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013). In this workshop, Carolyn will talk and teach about Life Writing when memories are forged in trauma.
Using a mix of readings, reports on interview / research processes. photos, documents, talkstory, and film, participants will have a chance to learn how to approach their own Life Writing / Biography / Memoir projects.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Milham Room, Harriet Irving Library, UNB Campus
Course fee: $125.00 plus HST for adults
$100.00 plus HST for students
Deadline for registration is July 5, 2013
Participants may register for 5 MWW day-long courses for the price of 4! Register by telephone only to take advantage of this opportunity.
Register by phone at (506) 453-4646 or 1-866-599-4646 or online by clicking the button below.
Evening Workshop Option 1 - Pitching the Publisher with Susanne Alexander and Joe Blades
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Completing a manuscript is a huge accomplishment, but what then? Knowing whom to contact and how to present yourself and your work will go a long way toward having that novel, book of poetry, or work of non-fiction published. With the guidance of Susanne Alexander, publisher at Goose Lane Editions, Canada’s oldest independent publisher and one of Canada’s most successful publishing companies, and Joe Blades writer, artist and publisher and founder of Broken Jaw Press, you will become familiar with the steps involved in the publishing process: what publishers look for and need to know, agents, contracts, edits, timelines, deadlines and life lines for new authors. You’ll also have the opportunity to briefly pitch your idea for a book and receive honest advice about the prospects for publication. Come prepared with a snappy synopsis of your work or your ideas!
Please note: this workshop is for first time pitches only.
Time: 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Location: Milham Room, Harriet Irving Library, UNB Campus
Course fee: $65.00 plus HST for adults
$30.00 plus HST for students
About the Instructors: Susanne Alexander is co-owner and publisher of Goose Lane Editions, one of Canada's freshest and most innovative publishers, known for both the quality of their authors and for the high level of their book design and production. Currently, they have more than 200 titles in print, ranging from literary fiction and poetry, to fine art books, to biography, to guidebooks, and cookbooks.
Joe Blades is an artist, writer, producer–host of Ashes, Paper, & Beans (CHSR), and publisher of Broken Jaw Press. He has edited ten collections and authored seven books, including Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry, and Casemate Poems (Collected).
Joe Blades founded Broken Jaw Press Inc., an independent Canadian literary arts publishing house, in 1984, in Banff, Alberta. It was located in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1984–1990 and now calls Fredericton home. Incorporated in 2003, Broken Jaw Press and its imprints publish poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction, by both new and award-winning authors.
Deadline for registration is July 5, 2013
Participants may register for 5 MWW day-long courses for the price of 4! Register by telephone only to take advantage of this opportunity.
Register by phone at (506) 453-4646 or 1-866-599-4646 or online by clicking the button below.
Evening Workshop Option 2 - TBA
Due to unforeseen circumstances Feng Shui for Writers with Gwen Martin has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. We are searching for a replacement session and will update this page as soon as possible.
