Surrey Muse Writers – To the Next Level

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Surrey Muse Writers was begun in July 2016 to determine if there was need for a drop-in critique group for writers. After seven bi-weekly meetings, it is clear that there is need, and Surrey Muse Writers will continue as an ongoing program soon.

We have had seven out of the eleven scheduled meetings. The meeting on Oct 8 was cancelled for people being away over the long weekend, and, the next three meetings are cancelled now to allow our volunteers some time off before organizing to take the group to the next level.

In the last three months, Surrey Muse Writers has ‘surfaced’ a couple of promising young writers, and it has allowed sharing of creative work among peers and learning from the experience and knowledge of Resource Persons. The discussions that ensued were direct, intimate, close-up; criticism was given and taken with grace.

Compliments to Resource Persons Jennifer Manuel, Toni Levi, Manolis, Larry Nicholson, Kevin Spenst and Judy MacInnes for their generous sharing of time, skills and ideas.

Apologies from Heidi Greco, Jónína Kirton, Alan Girling, and Virginia Gillespie for the inconvenience of re-scheduling for Spring.

Special thanks to Malik Mohammad for his inspiring poetic presentations and presence, and to Parabjot Kaur and Hilda for glimpses of their short fiction. Thanks to Helga Parekh and Sonja Grgar for making it happen, to all who participated in its meetings, and to all who supported it.

Be back in Spring at a different venue.

For more information or suggestions, send us a message
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facilitators and resource persons
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August 27 Drop-In @ Surrey Muse Writers

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August 27/16
11am – 1:30pm
Resource Person Larry Nicholson
Facilitator Sonja Grgar
Co-Facilitator Helga Parekh
Waves Coffee, Gateway Skytrain, Surrey
To participate just show up
Donations Welcome
Free bi-monthly drop-in

Surrey Muse Writers (SMW) is a drop-in for writers to present work, exchange ideas and provide feedback to each other in order to facilitate the development of creative writing projects. Guidelines are in place for a respectful, positive, warm and inspiring interaction.

Larry Nicholson is a writer, singer/songwriter, performer and playwright. His work has been published in newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and some of it has appeared on television. Larry has written, directed and acted in stage plays, and he has appeared in an independent film. After graduating with a Fine Arts degree from UBC’s Creative Writing program, he now works as a consultant in a variety of fields, and as a cultural interventionist with a non-profit First Nations organization serving the Lower Mainland.

For more information send us a message
surrey.muse@gmail.com
Visit our web page
surreymusewriters.wordpress.com
Facebook page
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Surrey Muse Writers is a project of Surrey Muse
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Surrey Muse acknowledges with gratitude
the volunteer contributions made by the
facilitators and resource persons
to make this project happen.

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August 13 Drop-In @ Surrey Muse Writers

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August 13/16
11am – 1:30pm
Resource Person Manolis
Facilitator Fauzia Rafique
Co-Facilitator Sonja Grgar
Waves Coffee, Gateway Skytrain, Surrey
To participate just show up
Donations Welcome
Free bi-monthly drop-in

Surrey Muse Writers (SMW) is a drop-in for writers to present work, exchange ideas and provide feedback to each other in order to facilitate the development of creative writing projects. Guidelines are in place for a respectful, positive, warm and inspiring interaction.

Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) is a Greek-Canadian poet, translator, publisher and author who has written over twenty books of poetry where each title explores a different theme, a different emotion. His work has appeared in various languages and countries, and he has received international literary awards and distinctions. He has translated in English great Greek poets such as Yannis Ritsos, Constantine Cavafy, and George Seferis. His translation ‘George Seferis-Collected Poems’ was shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards. Manolis heads Libros Libertad, an unorthodox and independent publishing company he founded in 2006 with the mission to publish unique literary books.

For more information send us a message
surrey.muse@gmail.com
Visit our web page
surreymusewriters.wordpress.com
Facebook page
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Surrey Muse Writers is a project of Surrey Muse
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Surrey Muse acknowledges with gratitude
the volunteer contributions made by the
facilitators and resource persons
to make this project happen.

‘LIKE’ us on FB
facebook.com/pages/Surrey-Muse/
Follow on Twitter
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Contact
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July 30 Drop-In @ Surrey Muse Writers

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July 30/16
11am – 1:30pm
Resource Person Toni Levi
Facilitator Sonja Grgar
Co-Facilitator Helga Parekh
Waves Coffee, Gateway Skytrain, Surrey
To participate just show up
Donations Welcome
Free bi-monthly drop-in

Surrey Muse Writers (SMW) is a drop-in for writers to present work, exchange ideas and provide feedback to each other in order to facilitate the development of creative writing projects. Guidelines are in place for a respectful, positive, warm and inspiring interaction.

Antonia Levi is a novelist and an acclaimed author of non-fiction because of her first book ‘Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation’ published in 1990. A sequel Boys’ Love Manga came out in 2010. She is working on two novels, A Death in the Buffyverse, and A Death in the Bob. Antonia holds a Ph.D. in Modern Japanese History from Stanford University, and she has taught at Portland State University. Antonia has facilitated a drop-in writers’ critique group in New Westminster, and, she has served as a mentor in the Southbank Writer’s Program at SFU Surrey.

For more information send us a message
surrey.muse@gmail.com
Visit our web page
surreymusewriters.wordpress.com
Facebook page
facebook.com/SurreyMuseWriters
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Surrey Muse Writers is a project of Surrey Muse
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Surrey Muse acknowledges with gratitude
the volunteer contributions made by the
facilitators and resource persons
to make this project happen.

‘LIKE’ us on FB
facebook.com/pages/Surrey-Muse/
Follow on Twitter
@SurreyMuse
Contact
surrey.muse@gmail.com

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