Banff Centre 2009 Writing Studio

The Banff Centre is now accepting applications for:
2009 Writing Studio
April 27 – May 30, 2009

Application deadline: October 31, 2008

Literary Arts director: Steven Ross Smith
Program director: Greg Hollingshead
Faculty:
Fiction and other narrative prose: Edna Alford, Marilyn Bowering, Steven Galloway, Jack Hodgins, Isabel Huggan
Poetry: Dionne Brand, Don McKay, Karen Solie

The Writing Studio is a five-week program offering poets and writers of fiction and other narrative prose the time, space, and support they need to pursue a writing project.

Financial assistance is available.

For more information and to apply:
The Banff Centre, Office of the Registrar
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, Box 1020
Banff, Alberta T1L 1H5, CANADA
1-800-565-9989 or 1-403-762-6180
arts_info@banffcentre.ca
www.banffcentre.ca

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Winter Writers Retreat (NS)

Writers' Winter Retreat: February 21 - 24.

Location: the gracefully restored Morton House Inn on the banks of the Mersey River near Liverpool.

Maximum 12 authors. Some non-resident places available.

Price: $450 includes all except evening meals.

Discounts available for shared rooms. Register by emailing: creativehols@tallships.ca or calling (902) 677 2899. Visit the website for more details: http://www.tallships.ca/creativeholidaysns/retreat08.html