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Workshop: Creative writing Kick Start with Richard Scarsbrook
This event is part of the Northwords Writers Festival 2023.
When and where
Date and time
Sun, Jun 4, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MDT
Location
Union of Northern Workers Building 4910 53 Street #400 Yellowknife, NT X1A 1V2 Canada
Refund Policy
About this event
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mobile eTicket
Eliminate “Writer’s Block”! Discover new ideas for stories you didn’t even know you had! Transform your experiences, ideas, and feelings into great stories! Using fun, real-time writing cues and prompts, you can leave this workshop with the beginnings to up to a dozen new stories.
ABOUT RICHARD SCARSBROOK
Richard Scarsbrook is the author of ten books, including the 2022 ReLit Award finalist The Troupers, The Indifference League, the National Post Bestseller Rockets Versus Gravity, and the OLA White Pine Award winner The Monkeyface Chronicles. His short stories and poems have appeared in international publications such as The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Reed, Descant, Existere, Prairie Fire, and NeWest Review, amongst many others.
His first produced screenplay, Royal Blood, was an official selection at many international film festivals, and won Best Short Film at the TIFF-associated Milton Film Festival. He has served as Writer in Residence for the Toronto District School Board, and the Orangeville, Richmond Hill, and the Toronto Public Libraries. He also teaches creative writing at George Brown College and The Humber School for Writers. You can find out more about Richard’s writing adventures at www.richardscarsbrook.com .