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SUMMARY:From Coulee to Coffee Shop – Connecting in the Community with writing
DESCRIPTION:\n\nWant to explore telling/writing/creating your own life 
 story and how where you live shapes it? No matter what you write or what 
 story you want to tell\,  join writer\, poet\, and teacher of Creative 
 Writing\, Vivian Hansen\, through monthly workshops in 2025-2026. \n\nIn 
 his book\, Prairie Coulee\, Thomas Willock says that “the coulee meant 
 much more than a place: it meant an entire community\; the net sensation of 
 a whole association of experiences\, first-hand or rumoured\, from the 
 distant past\, or the anticipated adventure tomorrow morning would 
 bring.” \n\nFocusing on landscape and its variations can help define your 
 characters\, your plot\, and your sensitivities in all genres.  In this 
 yearlong series of workshop\, we will explore what happens when you write 
 about the coulee and its community. As a storyteller\, what does it mean to 
 include yourself in a community that is natural landscape\, or communal 
 rituals\, like having a coffee with friends?\n\nWe will explore your 
 memories with landscape\; with the prairie coulees in and around Airdrie.  
 What history informs the grass in this place?  Have you (or your character) 
 migrated from elsewhere? Perhaps still trying to discover landscape? These 
 workshops will facilitate your poetry\, creative nonfiction\, and fictions. 
  We’ll discuss what roads a prairie landscape can provide for your 
 writing journey.\n\nYou will read\, write\, discuss and get feedback. This 
 is an ideal workshop for the beginner to the experienced writer\, 
 storyteller\, poet. \n\nIdeally\, you would attend every workshop\, but 
 come as often as you can:\n\nSign up for each date:\n\n\n	Jan. 12 
 1:30-3:30pm\n	Feb 9 6:30-8:30pm\n	March 9 6:30-8:30\n\n\nSuggested 
 pre-reading: Perfection of The Morning by Sharon Butala.\n\nBIO\n\nVivian 
 Hansen has taught various levels of poetry (Introductory\, Prose Poem\, and 
 Manuscript Creation) at Alexandra Writers Centre.  She teaches for the 
 Faculty of Continuing Education with the University of Calgary\, in the 
 Certificate Program in Creative Writing.  Courses taught include Creative 
 Writing Explorations\, Creative Nonfiction\, and a final mentor project.  
 She also mentors privately\, and with the Writers Guild of Alberta.  She 
 has worked as a Story Coach in the Author Development Program with the 
 Alexandra Writers Centre and the Borderlines Writing Circle.  Vivian holds 
 a BA in English from the University of Calgary\, and a Master of Fine Arts 
 from the University of British Columbia.
LOCATION:Program Room 5\, Airdrie Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Abra Morrell":MAILTO:abra@yourapl.ca
CATEGORIES:Creative Arts
CONTACT;CN="Abra Morrell":MAILTO:abra@yourapl.ca
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URL:https://bookings.yourapl.ca/calendar/programs/couleetocoffeeshops
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