VWC Newsletter – June 2025

Here's your June 2025 Vocamus Writers Community Newsletter.

Take special note of the following –

  • Book Bash 2025 is officially a go!  The next edition of our celebration of local writing will be held on Sunday November 9, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, at The Round Table at 32 Essex Street in Guelph. Save the date!

  • Vocamus Writers Community and the Guelph Public Library invite you to join the Teen ETCH anthology book launch on Saturday June 14, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, at the Main Branch of the  GPL.

As always, you can find more information about all our upcoming events on our Calendar – https://vocamus.net/community/calendar.

Events

  • Lisa Baird launches her new collection of poetry, When Whales Went Back to the Water, on the afternoon of Sunday June 1, in the backyard at 33 Memorial Crescent, N1H 6C1.

  • Local author Kira Vermond is running her 23-Minute Writers’ Club online on Fridays at 4:00 PM for 45 minutes. And it's free! Email kira@vermond.ca for the link.

  • Guelph writers Keith Hazzard (Brief Lives) and Karen Smythe (A Town with No Noise) are having a double book launch in Guelph on Saturday, June 7, 7:00 PM,  at the Red Brick Cafe, Hosted by comedian Fran Rotondo.

  • The Women's Writing Circle meets every first Saturday of the month, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at Village Loom in Eden Mills. $15-20 suggested donation or PWYC. Drop-in welcome. Email villageloom@gmail.com.

  • Kate Hilton & Elizabeth Renzetti read from their new book, Widows and Orphans, a Quill & Packet Mystery, on Sunday June 8, 1:00 PM, at the Bookshelf.

  • The Guelph Guild of Storytellers hosts Stories from the Hill at the Guelph Civic Museum on Thursday June 12 at 7:00 PM. 

  • The Guelph Enabling Garden and the Guelph Guild of Storytellers are holding Tea ‘n’ Tales at the Guelph Enabling Garden located within Riverside Park for its 17th season, beginning on June 13 and continuing every Friday until September 12. Each hour-long performance begins at 10:30 AM.

  • Vocamus Writers Community and the Guelph Public Library invite you to join the Teen ETCH anthology book launch on Saturday June 14, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, at the Main Branch of the  GPL.

  • The VWC Second Saturday writers' hang-out is on June 14, 7:00 PM at a NEW LOCATION – Royal Electric Bar and Eatery at 52 Macdonell Street.

  • The Elora Poetry Center presents Contemporary Poetry of the Greek Diaspora, featuring Peter Bottéas,Georgia Perdikoulias, and Irene Gregorio, on Sunday June 15 at 4:00 PM out at 7324 Wellington County Road 21, Elora, ON NOB lSO.

  • Zane Koss leads a Vocamus Writers Community workshop, "Between You and Me: Using Second Person Address in Poetry", on Tuesday June 17, 6:00 PM, at Vocamus Writers Community's space at 255 Woolwich Street.

  • The Vocamus Writers Community Genre Fiction Group will meet in-person on Sunday June 22, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM to share our best Flash Fiction. Please email vocamusgenregroup@gmail.com for the location, or to join our email list.

  • The In Your Own Words Open Mic at the ArtBar (formerly the Ebar, above The Bookshelf), is on Wednesday June 25, at 7:00 PM. Signup at 6:30. Admission is $5 or PWYC.

  • Join the VWC Poetry Group online on Saturday June 28, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. It's an informal group for poets at various points in their careers. Email vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com for the link.

  • Join us for our VWC Last Sunday Writers' Hang-Out, an informal chance to meet and chat with other authors at the the front cafe table in Miijidaa on Sunday June 29, at 1:00 PM. All are welcome.

News

  • Book Bash 2025 is officially a go!  The next edition of our celebration of local writing will be held on Sunday November 9, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, at The Round Table at 32 Essex Street in Guelph. Save the date!

  • Local press Fenylalanine Publishing has released Little Plays for Attention, a collection of the short fiction, poetry and theatrical experiments by David J. Knight, in celebration of the press' 10th Anniversary.

  • Guelph author Chris Sanagan has released the newest volume in his Peregrines graphic novel series, Flights, Fiends, & Fisticuffs. 

  • Also remember to send us details about any launches, releases, events, or other bookish news. We love to help promote local book culture!

Let us know if we’ve missed anything, and we’ll post it through our media and in our calendar. If you’re planning something for next month, let us know that too, and we’ll include it in the next newsletter.

As always, you can support the work of Vocamus Writers Community through our FundRazr site.