Writing Memoir: Your Life Experience is Your Springboard, a 3 day mini-retreat with Jacob Scheier

Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 5:00pm

Creativity Art Retreat
8961 County Road 9
Dunedin, ON
L0M 1G0

Writing Memoir: Your Life Experience is Your Springboard: a 3 day mini-retreat in Dunedin, Ontario with Governor General's Award winning poet and nonfiction writer, Jacob Scheier.

When: Sunday, June 15 to Wednesday, June 18

Where: Dunedin, Ontario, just 7 km west of Creemore, on the banks of the Noisy River, snuggled amongst purple hills in a quiet little hamlet.

In this creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay/personal narrative) and poetry workshop, Jacob reveals a range of literary devices and techniques to make your own experiences speak to others.

Telling our own stories and hearing the stories of others is a powerful reminder of our collective humanity…

About Jacob: Jacob Scheier is a poet, essayist and journalist from Toronto. He is the author of two collections of poetry, the Governor General’s Award-winning More to Keep us Warm (ECW Press, 2007) and Letter from Brooklyn (ECW Press, 2013), and is the co-winner, with John Tarleton, of a New York Community Media Alliance Award for best 2009 feature article in an independent publication, “The Anti-Bloomberg: Can I get an Amen?” He is a regular contributor to NOW Magazine and is currently the writer-in-residence at Algoma University’s St. Thomas campus. Jacob’s most recent publication is the ebook, My Neer-Ending Acid Trip published this past fall with The Toronto Star.

Workshop Schedule: Our week starts Sunday, June 15 with a 5:00pm reception, gourmet dinner and an introductory talk by Jacob.

The workshop runs Monday through Tuesday, 9:00am to 4:00pm, and Wednesday 9:00am to 2:00pm with delicious snacks and lunches provided. An hour of yoga follows each workshop day. We have a limited number of yoga mats to share, so please bring your own mat if you have one.

The workshop ends Wednesday, June 18 after a late lunch and wrap up.
Cost: $297 + HST

Please bring:
Notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, laptops
Any reference materials you would like to have on hand
Yoga mat
Wine or beer or sparkling water, if you think you might enjoy a glass at the end of the day

To register go to:
http://www.creativityartretreat.com/registration/

For more info go to: http://www.creativityartretreat.com/