(updated March 2012)
ONE STORY AT A TIME: REDISCOVERING YOUR PAST THROUGH MEMOIR
Canadian Federation of University Women (Scarborough)
Date: March 19, 2012
Registration: Members only.
MEMORIES INTO STORY: INTRODUCTION TO LIFE WRITING (Online)
University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, Creative Writing Department
(This course is offered in partnership with the New York Times Knowledge Network.)
Location: Online
Dates: April 9 to June 18, 2012
Fee: $599
Registration:
Online: U of T, School of Continuing Studies, Creative Writing Department
Telephone: 416-978-2400
Email: learn@utoronto.ca
Memories into Story may be taken as a credit toward the SCS Certificate in Creative Writing.
I’m also available upon request, and depending on availability, as a writing mentor through University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, Creative Writing Department. Contact course administrator Bill Zaget at the above phone number or email address for details.
SHARING YOUR STORIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEMOIR WRITING
North York Central Library
Location: 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
Dates: Wednesdays, June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2012; 1 to 3 p.m.
Fee: Free BUT registration required. Sponsored by the Toronto Public Library
Registration: Call 416-395-5623. Click here for further information.
TURQUOISE WATERS WRITERS’ RETREAT
Location: Sandy Lake, The Kawarthas, Ontario, Canada
Dates: July 9 to 13, 2012
Registration: This retreat is FULL.
YOUR MEMORIES, YOUR STORIES
Location: 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M2R 1W6
Dates: Fall 2012 (dates TBA)
Fee: $260 + HST
Registration:
Online: http://www.kofflerarts.org/classes/Class-Detail/?RecordID=223
OR contact:
Alexandra Sipos-Kocsis, Education and Student Services
Telephone: 416-638-1881 x 4269
Email: akocsis@kofflerarts.org
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Past retreats:
NAMASTE GARDENS WRITING AND YOGA RETREAT (2012)
Location: Playa Herradura, Costa Rica
Read my thoughts on the Namaste Gardens retreat: “Writing on Tico Time: Memories of a Costa Rica Retreat”
SABINO SPRINGS WRITERS’ RETREAT (2011)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Read this series of posts about the Sabino Springs retreat on participant Mary E. McIntyre’s blog, Washburn Island: Memoir of a Childhood.
OTTER LAKE WRITERS’ RETREAT (Fall 2010)
Illuminating the Path: Finding Theme and Structure for Your Memoir
Location: Otter Lake, Seguin County, Ontario
LOS PARRONALES WRITERS’ RETREAT (Winter 2010)
Location: Santiago, Chile
Read participant Katrine Geneau’s recollections of the Los Parronales retreat.