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  • Poetry month

    Poetry Workshop with author Michèle Vinet

    Elmvale Acres
    Saturday Apr 8, 2023 at 1:00pm

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    Using figures of speech and other simple literary techniques, learn to develop your writing skills.

    Stimulate your imagination with a series of visual prompts to create original and lively works. With a few tools and strategies of the craft, discover the joys of writing poetry.

    This workshop promotes the development of rich, colourful and personal work. No steadfast rules, no competition, just fun for everyone!

    For adults and teens ages 15+. 

    About the presenter: 

    Michèle Vinet, guest of honour at the 2021 Salon du Livre de l’Outaouais, is an award-winning author. She has published three novels in French (Prise de parole) that have gleaned seven nominations and three awards: le prix Trillium, le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française) and le prix littéraire Le Droit. She has also published poetry in English, Tendrils (BookLand Press). Her novel Le malaimant (L’Interligne), published in 2021, was finalist to the Trillium Book Award and is the winner of the City of Ottawa Book Award 2022. JAZ, her next novel will be out in September 2023.

    The author offers creative writing workshops to the public as well as for the Ottawa Public Library, in schools and universities, community centres, in the penitentiary system, in the field of mental health and Amnesty International.

    Her work is the subject of interviews, articles, signings, book fairs, videos, podcasts and various literary presentations.
  • Poetry month

    Poetry Workshop with author Michèle Vinet

    Sunnyside
    Tuesday Apr 18, 2023 at 6:30pm

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    Using figures of speech and other simple literary techniques, learn to develop your writing skills.

    Stimulate your imagination with a series of visual prompts to create original and lively works. With a few tools and strategies of the craft, discover the joys of writing poetry. 

    This workshop promotes the development of rich, colourful and personal work. No steadfast rules, no competition, just fun for everyone.

    For adults and teens aged 15+.

    About the presenter: 

    Michèle Vinet, guest of honour at the 2021 Salon du Livre de l’Outaouais, is an award-winning author. She has published three novels in French (Prise de parole) that have gleaned seven nominations and three awards: le prix Trillium, le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française) and le prix littéraire Le Droit. She has also published poetry in English, Tendrils (BookLand Press). Her novel Le malaimant (L’Interligne), published in 2021, was finalist to the Trillium Book Award and is the winner of the City of Ottawa Book Award 2022. JAZ, her next novel will be out in September 2023.

     The author offers creative writing workshops to the public as well as for the Ottawa Public Library, in schools and universities, community centres, in the penitentiary system, in the field of mental health and Amnesty International.

    Her work is the subject of interviews, articles, signings, book fairs, videos, podcasts and various literary presentations.
  • mois de la poésie

    Atelier de poésie avec l'auteure Michèle Vinet

    St-Laurent
    Saturday Apr 22, 2023 at 1:30pm

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    En utilisant des figures de style et autres simples procédés littéraires, développez vos habiletés en écriture.

    Stimulez votre imagination avec une série de déclencheurs visuels afin de créer des textes originaux et imagés. Avec quelques outils et stratégies du métier, découvrez la joie d’écrire de la poésie.

    Cet atelier est conçu pour promouvoir la rédaction de textes riches, colorés et personnels. Aucunes règles, aucune concurrence, que du plaisir pour tous.

    Pour adultes et ados de 15 ans et plus. 

    À propos de la présentatrice: 

    Michèle Vinet, invitée d’honneur au Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2021, a publié  trois romans (Prise de parole) qui se sont mérités sept mises en nomination ainsi que trois prix littéraires: le prix Trillium, (Ontario) le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française, Québec) et le prix littéraire Le Droit (Ottawa). Son roman Le malaimant, paru en février 2021, (L’Interligne) a été finaliste au Trillium et lauréat du Prix du Livre d’Ottawa 2022. JAZ, son prochain roman, paraîtra en septembre 2023.

    L’auteure donne des ateliers de créations littéraires pour le grand public ainsi que pour la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa, plusieurs écoles et universités, en centres communautaires, en milieu carcéral, dans le domaine de la santé mentale et pour Amnistie Internationale. Son travail fait l’objet d’entrevues, d’articles, de vidéos, de balado, de séances de signatures, de présentations variées et de spectacles littéraires.
  • Knight writing on a parchment

    Camp NaNoWriMo: Write-In

    Main
    Sunday Apr 2, 2023 at 1:00pm / until Apr 30, 2023

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    Come join the Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo for a few hours of writing and chatting during Camp NaNoWriMo!

    Camp NaNoWriMo is your next, great writing adventure! This month-long writing challenge takes place every April and July, and offers you the flexibility to try something new with your writing. The key differences between Camp NaNoWriMo and our November writing challenge are that during Camp, you can set your own word-count goal, and you can officially tackle any kind of writing project, novel or not.
  • A keyboard with letters spelling Pen & Paper Writers' Workshop

    Pen and Paper Writer's Group

    Rideau
    Tuesday Apr 4, 2023 at 6:00pm / until Jun 27, 2023

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    Get feedback on your writing (any genre) and ideas from the group. Hear the work of other writers and offer your feedback. Discuss issues about writing and publishing. Share your triumphs, trials and tribulations with a supportive, informal group.  "Pen and Paper" is just a name.  Bring any medium you want. 
  • A knight in armour is writing on a scroll

    Camp NaNoWriMo: Write-In

    Ruth E. Dickinson
    Thursday Apr 6, 2023 at 6:00pm

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    Come join the Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo for a few hours of writing and chatting during Camp NaNoWriMo!

    Camp NaNoWriMo is your next, great writing adventure! This month-long writing challenge takes place every April and July, and offers you the flexibility to try something new with your writing. The key differences between Camp NaNoWriMo and our November writing challenge are that during Camp, you can set your own word-count goal, and you can officially tackle any kind of writing project, novel or not.

  • Stittsville Creative Writing Group

    Stittsville
    Thursday Apr 6, 2023 at 6:45pm / until May 25, 2023

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    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.
  • A knight in armour is writing on a scroll

    Camp NaNoWriMo: Write-In

    Orléans
    Tuesday Apr 11, 2023 at 6:00pm / until Apr 25, 2023

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    Come join the Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo for a few hours of writing and chatting during Camp NaNoWriMo!

    Camp NaNoWriMo is your next, great writing adventure! This month-long writing challenge takes place every April and July, and offers you the flexibility to try something new with your writing. The key differences between Camp NaNoWriMo and our November writing challenge are that during Camp, you can set your own word-count goal, and you can officially tackle any kind of writing project, novel or not.
  • A knight in armour is writing on a scroll

    Camp NaNoWriMo: Write-In

    St-Laurent
    Saturday Apr 15, 2023 at 10:00am / until Apr 29, 2023

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    Come join the Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo for a few hours of writing and chatting during Camp NaNoWriMo!

    Camp NaNoWriMo is your next, great writing adventure! This month-long writing challenge takes place every April and July, and offers you the flexibility to try something new with your writing. The key differences between Camp NaNoWriMo and our November writing challenge are that during Camp, you can set your own word-count goal, and you can officially tackle any kind of writing project, novel or not.

  • Welcome to Writing Program Historic Fiction & Research

    Stittsville
    Saturday Apr 15, 2023 at 1:30pm

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    Welcome to Writing Series - Historic Fiction & Research with John C Nash & Allan McCarville

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group, in conjunction with the Ottawa Public Library, is pleased to present the Welcome to Writing Series. This is a collection of seminars or workshops with the goal of making you a better writer. Our intent is to foster creativity, literacy, and love of the written word. Members of the SCWG will present on the indicated topic. Registration is required. 

    Have you ever wanted to write historical fiction or perhaps write your family history, but don’t know where to start? Then this seminar is for you. This is a seminar on Research Methodologies for Historical Novels. The seminar will provide suggestions on how to undertake historical fiction, identify various sources of information, and identify some of the more common pitfalls that can get a writer into trouble. In writing the aim is to capture something of the atmosphere and feeling of the epoch of the works, avoiding errors of fact that lie in wait for the unwary author.