… Or, How to Talk so Writers Will Listen, How to Listen so Writers Will Talk with Chandra Mayor !!!
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I got to sit down and chat with Chandra Mayor recently… ok it was a cyber chat, but, well, I was sitting down! Did you know she’s on Wikipedia? I didn’t know that. I think that’s going to be my new definition for success ->
Wiki = MADE IT! Lookie!
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Kate: Hey Chandra!!! You are quite the girl about town nowadays, …
… with the incomparable Chandra Mayor
Saturday, December 11 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm @ the University of Winnipeg
($15 for Writers’ Collective members, $30 for non-members)
To register contact Michael Van Rooy, Writers’ Collective Program Coordinator at or by phone at (204) 786-9468.
Poem as Spark: Fanning the Flames with Winnipeg’s own Chandra Mayor:
“Inspiration” is a terrible word, not least because it’s so abstract and pseudo-mystical as to be virtually meaningless. What is this thing that urges us to write poems? …
CREATIVE WRITING FIELD RESEARCH
The University of Winnipeg is offering a new course, taught by two award-winning writers: ENGL-3102(1)-001 Creative Writing Field Research (one credit hour)
- Fall section: “Luring the Knock: Inviting Poems to Linger” with Chandra Mayor (Writers’ Collective Member)
Saturday Oct 16 & Saturday Oct 23 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Margaret Atwood says that inspiration knocks softly, and that if you don’t answer, she goes away. Ignore the knocking often enough, and she stops coming back. How can we better …
Aqua Books has quite the workshop series going on this fall including, Forging the Muse – A workshop with poet Chandra Mayor. Starting Wednesday, September 15th and continuing September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24, December 1. Each workshop runs from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 1H3, Phone: 204-943-7555.
This is a workshop for poets (beginning or intermediate) and costs$250 plus GST. Contact or 943-7555 to register.
Important to …