IN PERSON Poetry Manuscript Development
Wednesdays | 8 weeks | 7-9pm | Begins September 20
Instructor: Vivian Hansen
MEMBER PRICE: $300 (with member coupon AWCSM25)
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $400.00
Wondering what to do with all the poetry you’ve written, and how to shape a manuscript? What are journals and publishers looking for? We will have a look at theme and form, shape and size from chapbook to full length manuscripts. You will have Feedback and workshopping from classmates and instructor. You will have a new vision of your collection, and a direction for publication.
This class take place in person at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary.
Vivian Hansen has four books of poetry: Leylines of My Flesh (Touchwood Editions 2002), Angel Alley (Passwords Enterprises 2004) A Bitter Mood of Clouds, and A Tincture of Sunlight (Frontenac 2013 and 2017). She is currently working on a novella memoir: The Book of Ferns. She has an essay in You Look Good For Your Age (University of Alberta Press 2021), and a poem in The (M)othering Anthology (Inanna Press 2022). Vivian teaches creative writing with the University of Calgary and Alexandra Writers Centre.