VWC Newsletter – March 2025

Here's your March 2025 Vocamus Writers Community Newsletter.

Take special note of the following –

• The ETCH Teen Writing Contest is now open! Get the teens in your life to submit! Details are here – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2025/03/close-etch-contest.

• Join our Spring Writing Retreat at beautiful Crieff Hills Retreat Centre, just 20 minutes outside of Guelph, from 4:00 PM (or whenever you can make it) on Friday May 30, to 1:00 PM on Sunday June 1 – https://vocamus.net/community/blog/join-us-spring-writing-retreat-2025.

• Local authors Adam Lindsay Honsinger and Kasia Jaronczyk are launching their new novels on Saturday March 1, 7:00 PM, at the ANAF (32 Gordon St, Guelph) – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2025/03/adam-lindsay-honsinger-and-kasia-jaronczyk-book-launch.

• Guelph Writes: two panel discussions celebrating Guelph’s literary movers, shakers and story-makers are on Wednesday March 19 and Wednesday March 26, 7:00 PM at the main location of the Guelph Public Library – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2025/03/guelph-writes-two-panel-discussions.

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

Events

• The Women's Writing Circle meets every Monday, 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.

• Local authors Adam Lindsay Honsinger and Kasia Jaronczyk are launching their new novels on Saturday March 1, 7:00 PM, at the ANAF (32 Gordon St, Guelph).

• Local author Arlene Davies-Fuhr, author of Zola: The Zany, Zippy, Zealous Pig. will be reading on Thursday March 6 and Friday March 7, from 11:00 AM to noon at the Children's Reading Room.

• 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.

• The VWC Second Saturday writers' hang-out is on March 8, 7:00 PM at a NEW LOCATION – Royal Electric Bar and Eatery at 52 Macdonell Street.

• The Guelph Guild of Storytellers hosts Stories from the Hill at the Guelph Civic Museum on Thursday March 13 at 7:00 PM. 

• Guelph Writes: two panel discussions celebrating Guelph’s literary movers, shakers and story-makers are on Wednesday March 19 and Wednesday March 26, 7:00 PM at the main location of the Guelph Public Library.

• Guelph poet Melinda Burns launches her new collection of poetry, Homecoming, on Saturday March 22, 7:00 PM, at the Red Brick Café, with guest readers Michael Kleiza and Greta DeLonghi and live music by Lettercraft.

• David Rankine mixes amusing anecdotes and cutting edge research from his book, Two Bays Pack: The Coyotes of Inverhuron, on Sunday March 23, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, at Harcourt Church (87 Dean Ave, Guelph).

• The Last Thursdays Zoom runs on the last Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM. It's for memoir and other creative non-fiction writers at all stages. Email martina.freitag@gmail.com for the link.

• Join the VWC Poetry Group online on Saturday March 29, 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 March 30 at 1:00 PM. All are welcome.

• Entries to the 2025 Teen ETCH Writing Contest are due by midnight on March 31!

News

• Guelph author Lisa Baird has released a new collection of poetry, When Whales Went Back to the Water. You can learn more and find links to purchase a copy here – https://vocamus.net/community/publications/poetry/when-whales-went-back-water.

• The ETCH Teen Writing Contest is now open! Get the teens in your life to submit! Details are here – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2025/03/close-etch-contest.

• Are you a techie type? Enough to help us manually transfer a bunch of data to our new Shopify site? If so, feel free to be in touch at vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com.

• Join our Spring Writing Retreat at beautiful Crieff Hills Retreat Centre, just 20 minutes outside of Guelph, from 4:00 PM (or whenever you can make it) on Friday May 30, to 1:00 PM on Sunday June 1 – https://vocamus.net/community/blog/join-us-spring-writing-retreat-2025.

• Remember that our members have organizational benefits at 10C, including half price on space rentals. They also have insurance for VWC supported events. Details here – https://vocamus.net/community/blog/our-members-now-have-10c-benefits.

• 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.