2023 WRITER IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOP: Seasonal Celebration, Writing the Equinox
Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 10am-3pm MT
INGLEWOOD BIRD SANCTUARY - 2425, 9th Ave SE, Calgary, AB
AWCS Members: $75 (with member coupon AWCSM25)
Non-Members: $100
If you write about the land, you already know that there are profound time markers in the year, and none more so than the shift of the seasons. This workshop will bring you out of the classroom and into the more-than-human world to observe, experience, and write about those shifts.
Working with the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre, we will spend a day exploring and chronicling the changing world of the autumn equinox. Which birds are coming and going at the Sanctuary on their way through to their wintering grounds?
What are the sounds, scents, textures, and sights of the world at this crucial time of the year, and how do we as humans engage with and hold space for those shifts—or do we? How can we invoke these dynamic changes in the world around us in respectful, detailed ways in our land-based writing?
Thoughtful pre-planning and accommodation will be made for bodies of all abilities to take part in this workshop.
