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Writing Workshop

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

passed along by Melba Burns:

 

WANT TO WRITE?

 

“Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire.” W.B. Yeats
This writing group will light your fire!

 

Ever thought you could write a book — but have no idea how to start?

Want to get re-motivated on that story that’s been flitting through your brain?
What about all those experiences your friends keep telling you to write about?
You say? “Oh, later… One of these days, I’m too busy right now…I need more time.”
What about NOW?

· You will be re-motivated to write that book or story
· And achieve the goals you set for yourself.
· You will let go of blocks to your creativity.
· You’ll begin to trust that what you want to write you can, &
· You’ll gain more confidence in your writing.
· You’ll learn to write amazing characters too.
· You’ll be in a community of supportive, like-minded people.
· You’ll get to read at a literary cabaret.
· You will have the opportunity to be published on my new website.
· I invite you to join us in a great Writing Workshop.

It will nurture your soul and you’ll be amazed at your own creativity!
Please call Melba Burns, Ph.D.
604-736-6789
(soulwrites AT telus DOT net)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 7-10 p.m. for 12 weeks
St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 1805 Larch Street in Kitsilano.
$450
Or, Wednesday, Sept. 24th, 1-4 p.m. for 8 weeks, in False Creek
$300
(Post-dated cheques are acceptable – whatever works for you.)
Melba has been writing for over 40 years; articles, poetry, educational scripts for Disney, feature films,
a 13-week TV show, short stories & nonfiction books: she just completed Woo Your Writer Within Like
a Lover. She believes that the soul needs expression to be fully alive. For 20 years, she has encouraged
thousands to tap into their ‘natural writer,’ strengthen self-confidence, keep on writing, & get their
work out there.

September 15th meeting: The Federation of BC Writers

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

This month we’ve moved our meeting to Monday so that we can have the brand-new Shebeen all to ourselves. We’ll play host to Sylvia Taylor, President of the Federation of BC Writers, who will give us an overview of the Fed and what it can do for its writers. Some of you will remember Sylvia from a our June meeting, when she spoke on memoir writing and editing.

Welcome to all the first-time Shebeeners! Our meetings are a convivial gathering of literary types of all sorts: editors, writers, publishers, booksellers, and students as well. All are welcome.

Go into the Irish Heather GastroPub, then through the back door to The Shebeen Whisky House,
212 Carrall Street in Gastown. If you get lost, staff can show you the way.

Note that this is across the street from the old location.

Meet and Greet 7-7:30

Listen and Learn 7:30-8

Signups, networking, and complaining about agents 8-9!

Shebeen Club Meeting for August 19th: New Horizons

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Just a reminder to all literary types that this Tuesday will be our first Shebeen Club meeting in Ye New Shebeen, directly across the street from Ye Olde Shebeen. The theme for this meeting is new horizons, and I will be presenting a selection of readings and discussion topics for your delectation. If you have a reading, quotation, or exercise on the topic to contribute, please contact me by email before Tuesday, so I can work you into the schedule.

Join us and check out the Irish Heather and the Shebeen in their brand-new home. As always, $15 includes a fabulous dinner and a refreshing beverage, and the full menu is available to order from additionally.

Meet and Greet: 7-7:30
Listen and Learn: 7:30-8:00
Gossip and Algonquian One-Liners: 8:00-9:00

Justice Rocks: Do You?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Justice Rocks

The Pivot Legal Society-sponsored Justice Rocks festival is coming up, and they’re looking for volunteers. Hey, there’s swag in it for you, not to mention the chance to schmooze with the impecunious, yet famous, staff of the Pivot Legal Society and the future Mayor of Vancouver, semi-notorious rock god and blogger Dave Eby.

Here’s the call for volunteers in full:

In case you haven’t heard: on August 30, 2008 Pivot is hosting Justice Rocks, a free, all-day music festival in East Van’s Strathcona Park! Justice Rocks aims to bring together all things progressive: social and environmental justice movements, independent music, and, of course, Vancouverites!

There are two important ways you can help make Justice Rocks a huge success: purchase a virtual ticket and/or sign up to volunteer.

Virtual Tickets:

Here is how it works - we have partnered with GiveMeaning to offer virtual tickets to Justice Rocks. Virtual Ticket holders will receive a Justice Rocks t-shirt and a tax-receipt, as well as a special invitation to the Justice Rocks AfterParty - join the band members, volunteers, and organizers for the party that starts after the concert!

We will also be awarding fabulous prizes to the top three people who get their friends to purchase virtual tickets, so get your friends to buy their tickets today!

Volunteers:

We’re looking for site volunteers, organizers, promoters, videographers – you name it – to help with the lead up to the event, the concert, and the after-party.

Aside from connecting with other awesome folks who are also volunteering, and helping to launch the first year of a great event, Justice Rocks volunteers will also receive a free Justice Rocks t-shirt, 2 tickets to the after party, and special identification at the event.

To take part in this fantastic festival of social change fill out this form or visit the Justice Rocks website and let us know how you’d like to help!

If you have any questions about virtual tickets, volunteering or if you’d like more information about the event feel free to email pwrinch AT pivotlegal DOT com for more information.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Peter Wrinch
Pivot Legal Society
604-255-9700
www.justicerocks.org

Literary Arts Festival July 26!

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

FYI:

Literary Arts Festival

Screenwriter’s Alert! Vancouver Film School at the Shebeen Club this Tuesday!

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

What: The Shebeen Club Presents: Screenwriter’s Alert!

When: 7:30pm-9:00pm, Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Where: Upstairs at The Shebeen, behind The Irish Heather, 217 Carrall Street in Gastown

Why: Vancouver Film School will be making a very special announcement of keen interest to all aspiring screenwriters and anyone hoping to break into the business of movies, games, or animation.

Who: Contact lorraine.murphy AT gmail.com for more information. Note that, as this announcement is embargoed till delivery, we cannot give out many details.

How(much)? $15 includes presentation, dinner of bangers and mash or vegetarian pasta, one celebratory beverage, and mingling.

Our March meeting will be of intense interest to anyone with celluloid ambitions. Alice Zhou from our world-renowned Vancouver Film School will be making a very special announcement about a worldwide VFS event of major interest to those with a desire to become involved in the industry.

Alice ZhouBio: Alice Zhou Alice Zhou is a recent winner of Cultural DiverseCity Youth Enterpreneur Business Award, a graduate of Simon Fraser University with a degree in Communications. Her career has focused on Corporate Events Management and Seminars, and she is currently the Events Coordinator at Vancouver Film School. Her passion lies in building relationships and creating a massive network, to provide resources and information to help facilitate additional entrepreneurship. Alice is a board member of the International Special Events Society (ISES). She teaches several Events Management courses at Vancouver Community College, and is a regular columnist in the Vancouver View Magazine. She currently is the event coordinator, public relations and sponsorship coordinator for Vancouver Film School.

7-7:30: meet and mingle
7:30-8: listen and learn
8-whenever: David Mamet/Nora Ephron/Joe Eszterhas three-way cage match! Okay, not really, but you’d pay to see that, wouldn’t you?

Blogging for Beginners, Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

raincoaster media logoOUR NEXT CLASS RUNS Saturday, December 8th

Current course: Blogging for Beginners

What: a hands-on learn to blog workshop

When: 10-2 Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Where: Tradeworks Training Society, Downtown Vancouver

Why: Get a blog up and running in one day with personal instruction in small classes. This workshop covers blog basics like:

  • what a blog can and can’t do for you
  • how to post podcasts, video, audio, images, and text in your blog
  • basic copyright law and accepted practices
  • solving basic technical problems, where to find help
  • privacy and the internet

Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.

Contact bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com or 778-235-0592.

How(much)? $65 tuition. Please pre-register to ensure your reservation.

With class size limited to 8, this will be a program of personalized, hands-on learning. During the class you will create your own blog, tweak the design, publish your first few posts, add a YouTube video, and even some music. You will leave with a functional, personalized blog and the skills you need to run it.

Upcoming Courses: Corporate and Nonprofit Blogging, Pimp My Blog (blog promotion), Blogging for Business, and Photoblogging (online and in Montreal, courtesy Neath of Walking Turcot Yards). Please email bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com to be put on the notification list.

Bio: Lorraine Murphy has been blogging for many years, and her flagship blog, raincoaster, is ranked in the top 20,000 blogs in the world. She maintains The Shebeen Club Blog for the literary group of the same name, running through rain for students of her course Blogging to Personal Growth, and Blogger’s Blurt, a resource for beginning Wordpress bloggers. She mommyblogs at TeenyManolo and celebrityblogs at Ayyyy!. Ms Murphy is the author of Terminal City: Vancouver’s Missing Women and a former Small Business Columnist at Business in Vancouver newspaper and Occupational Pursuit magazine. As one of the cornerstone volunteers in the Wordpress.com technical help forums, she has long experience helping beginning bloggers develop fluency and achievement online.

Contact us for more details:

bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com

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Cry of the Phoenix podcast on Shebeen Club Radio!

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Cry of the Phoenix

Here it is: our very first podcast! Recorded live at our November 20th meeting and edited to death since, this is the book launch party we threw for Colleen O’Connor’s new book Cry of the Phoenix, brought out by her brand-new publishing company, Cat’s Eye!

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Recording and editing by Dale McGladdery

Shebeen Club book launch: Cry of the Phoenix

Monday, November 19th, 2007

What: The Shebeen Club: Cry of the Phoenix Book Launch/Cat’s Eye
Publishing House Launch
When: 7-9pm, Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Where: The Shebeen, behind the Irish Heather, 217 Carrall Street in Gastown
Why: to celebrate Shebeener Colleen O’Connor’s Cry of the Phoenix
Who: Contact lorraine.murphy AT gmail.com for more information
How(much)? $15 includes drink and appetizers

Reactions to Cry of the Phoenix:

“Colleen takes us from personal tragedy to triumph – she provides
astute observations of the human condition. A flowing, touching,
compelling read.” John L. Daly

“Emotional, gut-wrenching reading!” Richard Jackson, President, Ace
Arctic Circle Entertainment

Come join us for a party to mark the publication of first-time author
Colleen O’Connor’s memoir Cry of the Phoenix. A longtime Shebeen Club
member, Colleen has done a successful end run around mainstream
publishing, starting her own publishing house, Cat’s Eye. Cat’s Eye
launches tonight along with Colleen’s own moving memoir of struggle
and triumph, Cry of the Phoenix. Cry is soon to be a major motion
picture, and is available in independent bookstores throughout Canada.
Tonight only it will also be available for signing by the author.

We at the Shebeen Club couldn’t be prouder of Colleen, a truly
home-grown success story, and we are honoured and delighted to be able
to kick off the holiday season with a party to celebrate the birth of
an author, a novel, a movie, and a publishing house. Also in
attendance are special guests who played key roles in bringing this
project to fruition, and for the price of a drink and some delicious
appies you can hear how it all came together right here in Vancouver.

Bio: Colleen O’Connor is a Vancouver author, publisher, and business
consultant. She was a Criminal Court Justice of the Peace for the
Province of British Columbia for eighteen years, and is currently
working on her second book. Her blog is at
http://cryofthephoenix.blogspot.com and she can be reached at
cryofthephoenix AT shaw DOT ca or Cat’s Eye Enterprises LTD., 2-2314
West Broadway Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2E5

Blogging for Entrepreneurs November 24th

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Current course: Blogging for Entrepreneurs

 

What: Blogging for Entrepreneurs build a blog workshop

When: 9:30-4:30 Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Where: Tradeworks Training Society, Downtown Vancouver

Why: Get a blog up and running in one day with personal instruction in small classes. This workshop covers blog basics like:

  • what a blog can and can’t do for you
  • podcasting, video, audio, and text posts
  • basic copyright law and accepted practices
  • presenting a professional image
  • doing business over blogs
  • advertising: gold mine or black hole?
  • solving basic technical problems, where to find help
  • how to increase your readership

Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.

Contact bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com or 778-235-0592.

How(much)? $100 tuition. Please pre-register to ensure your reservation.

With class size limited to 8, this will be a program of personalized, hands-on learning. During the class you will create your own blog, tweak the design, publish your first few posts, add a YouTube video, and even some music. You will leave with a functional, personalized blog and all the skills you need to run it.

Upcoming Courses: Corporate and Nonprofit Blogging, Blogging for Entrepreneurs, and Photoblogging (online and in Montreal, courtesy Neath of Walking Turcot Yards). Please email to be put on the notification list.

Bio: Lorraine Murphy has been blogging for many years, and her flagship blog, raincoaster, is ranked in the top 20,000 blogs in the world. She maintains The Shebeen Club Blog for the literary group of the same name, running through rain for students of her course Blogging to Personal Growth, and Blogger’s Blurt, a resource for beginning Wordpress bloggers. She mommyblogs at TeenyManolo and celebrityblogs at Ayyyy!. Ms Murphy is the author of Terminal City: Vancouver’s Missing Women and a former Small Business Columnist at Business in Vancouver newspaper and Occupational Pursuit magazine. As one of the cornerstone volunteers in the Wordpress.com technical help forums, she has long experience helping beginning bloggers develop fluency and achievement online.

Contact us for more details at bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com.