It's January 2022, and still no end in sight to 2020, so grab a good book and hang in there everyone.
As always, you can find more information about upcoming events on our Calendar – https://vocamus.net/community/calendar.
Events
- Writing Room is on hiatus! Due to the upsurge in covid cases in the area, we've decided to pause our Monday morning writing sessions at Guelph Little Theatre. Hopefully
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The Guelph Guild of Storytellers holds its regular meeting online, at 7:00 PM, on the first Wednesday of every month. The event includes an open-mic and scheduled tellers from Guelph along with guests. Email Brian for the Zoom link – briahols@yahoo.com.
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Guelph author Melinda Burns offers a six week online workshop – Writing for Resilience – from January 19 to March 1, 2022. The cost is $60 +HST (Add $30 +HST for Plus Mentoring). To register, e-mail Melinda Burns at mbeburns@sympatico.ca.
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The ArtsEverywhere Festival and Publication Studio Guelph present Thinking Together in the Present, an online conversation and Q&A with Simon(e) van Saarloos and Matthew Stadler on Saturday January 29, at 2:00 PM. Register via Zoom – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3VWhLGCeRJ-hD1DanzzRTw
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Join us for a virtual version of our Last Sunday Writers' Hang-Out. The meeting will be held through zoom at its regular time, on Sunday January 30, at 1:00 PM. If you'd like to join, email vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com for the link.
News
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Thanks for all your support! We asked for your help to cover the cost of the new updates to our website, and you folks came through. We're already 75% of the way there. If you'd like to help push us over the top, you can do so here – https://fundrazr.com/61vZU8?ref=ab_f7kb27.
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Vocamus Writers Community welcomed local author James Gordon this month. You can find his bio here – https://vocamus.net/community/blog/vwc-welcomes-james-gordon.<
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Guelph author James Gordon has released a new novel, The Ark Of The Oven Mitt. Find out more here – https://vocamus.net/community/publications/humour/ark-ovenmitt.
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Guelph author Ed Pickersgill has released his second collection of poetry, Splinters & Fragments: Volume 2, through local publisher One Thousand Trees. You can get your copy through the publisher here – https://www.ottbookstore.com/product-page/splinters-fragments-volume-2.
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Submissions for our 2021/2022 Rhapsody Anthology are now open, and we're expanding the anthology to include short prose. Check the submission details here – https://vocamus.net/community/blog/rhapsody-revamp-and-submissions-are-open.
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Is there someone, or something, for which you are particularly grateful? One Thousand Trees is publishing a new anthology on Gratitude, and still has space for 11 writers. Visit www.sharinganthologies.com or email lisa@onethousandtrees.com for more information.
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.