VWC Newsletter – September 2022

Here's the September 2022 Vocamus Writers Community Newsletter with whole lot to get you back into the groove after the summer..

Take special note that the Eden Mills Writers' Festival is on Sunday September 11 – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/festival-sunday/. Vocamus Writers Community will have a table there, so come out and say hi.

Also, Vocamus Writers Community is holding its annual Fall Retreat at Eramosa Eden Retreat Centre on Sunday, October 2, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We'd love you to join us! Details here – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2022/10/vwc-fall-retreat-2022.

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

Events

  • Tea ‘n’ Tales finishes up the season with two last events on Friday September 2 & 9 at 10:30 AM. Storytellers take the mic at Riverside Park's Enabling Garden to entertain audiences with tales and music.

  • The Guelph Guild of Storytellers is holding its regular meeting online, at 7:00 PM, on Wednesday September 7. The event includes an open-mic as well as scheduled tellers. Email Brian for the Zoom link – briahols@yahoo.com.

  • The Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents on online workshop by Ian Williams called "Nothing More Than Feelings" on Thursday September 8, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Register here – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/nothing-more-than-feelings/.

  • Join your fellow writers every two weeks for a Social Writing Night on Thursday September 7 & 22 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Centurion Coffee (1027 Gordon Street, Unit 10). Email Trish Heyes at heyespe@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

  • The Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents on online workshop by Marissa Stapley called "The Editing and Revising Toolkit" on Saturday September 10, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Register here – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/the-editing-and-revising-toolkit/.

  • The Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents on online workshop by Heather Marshall called "The Publishing Process 101" on Saturday September 10, 1:00 PM to 2:30. Register here – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/the-publishing-process-101/.

  • The Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents on online workshop by Farah Heron called "Writing Romance" on Saturday September 10, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Register here – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/writing-romance/.

  • Vocamus Writers Community's Second Saturday Writers' Hang-out is on September 10, 7:00 PM at Atmosphere Cafe on Carden Street. It's a casual and unstructured chance to meet with other writers. All are welcome.

  • The Eden Mills Writers' Festival is Sunday September 11, Noon to 6:00 PM, in the Village of Eden Mills. Check it out here – https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/festival-sunday/.

  • Rob Osburn and Lisa Browning are hosting the first Stories On Stage show on Monday, September 12, at Fixed Gear Brewery. Admission is $20. Find more information and tickets at www.storiesonstage.ca.

  • The Vocamus Writers Community Creative Non-Fiction Group will hold its monthly meeting by Zoom on Tuesday September 13, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Email Trish: heyespe@gmail.com or Martina: martina.freitag@gmail.com for the link.

  • The University of Guelph OpenEd program is offering a Writing Poetry course this fall, beginning on September 14. Details here – https://courses.opened.uoguelph.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=18122.

  • The Vocamus Writers Community Genre Fiction Group will meet by zoom on Sunday September 18, 2:00 PM. The group will be discussing advertising your books. Email vocamusgenregroup@gmail.com for the link.

  • The University of Guelph OpenEd program is offering an Introduction to Creative Writing course this fall, beginning on September 20. Details here – https://courses.opened.uoguelph.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=18118.

  • Guelph author Melinda Burns is running an online Fall Writers Group on Wednesdays from September 21 to November 1. The cost is $65. To register, e-mail Melinda Burns at mbeburns@sympatico.ca.

  • Join the Vocamus Writers Community Poetry Group on Saturday September 24, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. It's an informal group for poets at various points in their careers but working seriously on their craft. Email vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com for the zoom link.

  • The Reshaping Ruins final audio-visual exhibition is at Goldie Mill (75 Cardigan St, Guelph) on September 24th at 7:30 PM, including a brief reading by Guelph author Jeremy Luke Hill. Details here – https://www.reshapingruins.com/.

  • Vocamus Writers Community's Last Sunday Writers' Hang-Out will be held through zoom at its regular time, on Sunday September 25 at 1:00 PM. If you'd like to join, email vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com for the link.

  • Join authors Sonia Day and Donna McCaw in the Elora Centre for the Arts in Thursday September 29, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, for an interactive discussion about their experiences writing, publishing and marketing a novel. Register here – https://eloracentreforthearts.ca/event/so-you-want-to-write-a-novel-in-the-gallery-with-authors-sonia-day-and-donna-mccaw/.

News

  • The Book Bash Festival is on and in-person for 2022 at the Guelph Farmers' Market on Sunday, November 6, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We're looking for local businesses who might want to contribute toward the swag bags that we provide to authors and volunteers. If you can help, email us at vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com.

  • Vocamus Writers Community is pleased to welcome Colin Dunbar, Samantha Blair White, Jenny Lichty, and Stephen W. Briggs. You can find their profiles in our Authors section – https://vocamus.net/community/authors.

  • Vocamus Writers Community is holding its annual Fall Retreat at Eramosa Eden Retreat Centre on Sunday, October 2, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We'd love you to join us! Details here – https://vocamus.net/community/events/2022/10/vwc-fall-retreat-2022.

  • Publication Studio Guelph has just released O Lone Traveller by Mélika Hashemi and Shirin Fahimi. Details here – https://publicationstudio.biz/books/o-lone-traveller/.

  • A poem by Guelph author Jeremy Luke Hill has been chosen to be set to music for the Reshaping Ruins project, which you can learn more about here – https://www.reshapingruins.com/.

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

  • 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.