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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.

Learn to Blog January 5th

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Current course: Learn to Blog

Upcoming Courses: Blog Promotion (Pimp My Blog) January 12th
Blogging for Nonprofits and Community Groups, January 23.

What: a hands-on learn to blog workshop

When: 10-2 Saturday, January 5th, 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, or $100 for Learn to Blog PLUS Blog Promotion (Pimp My Blog).
Please pre-register via email 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 basic skills you need to run it.

Upcoming Courses: Corporate and Nonprofit Blogging, Pimp My Blog (blog
promotion), Blogging for Business, Audio Podcasting, 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.com, is ranked in the top 20,000 blogs in the
world.

Contact us for more details:
bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com or 778-235-0592

Sorry I missed the party!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Hey all, just a quick note to say sorry I missed the Christmas party. It’s the first Shebeen Club meeting I’ve ever missed, but I was just too sick to go. Believe me, you’re glad I stayed home. At least Jeannie solved the mystery of why the Irish Heather is moving across the street: apparently an earthquake fault line runs right through the building! Yes, it certainly would be easier to enjoy a nice pint of something calming if you weren’t straddling the San Andreas Fault!

See you in January! I promise to be better by then.

Lorraine

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!

powered by ODEO

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

Barbara Hodgson’s The Memory Festival

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Barbara Hodgson’s Vancouver box

Passed along by Shebeen Club member Monique Trottier

Memory Festival Launch Party

Remembrance Day: Sunday, November 11, 2007

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

 

Listel

1300 Robson Street, Vancouver

 

 

Free admission

 

The Memory Festival is a free-floating series of public events focussed on public and private memory, and the questions that surround acts of memory and forgetting.

 

Vancouver book designer and writer Barbara Hodgson is appearing with slides from her new book Trading in Memories, http://www.tradinginmemories.com

 

Trading in Memories is Barbara Hodgson’s collage of souvenirs and travel stories from around the world about lost and found art picked up off the street, treasures discovered at flea markets and documents uncovered from between the pages of other finds.

 

 

Other special guests presenting readings, slide shows, exhibits

and salubrious conversation include:

 

Stephen Osborne, writer

Faith Moosang, artist

John Paskievich, photographer

Dan Francis, historian

Mary Schendlinger, writer

Goran Basaric, photographer

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, artist

Sandra Shields, writer

Jamie Long, playwright,

Craig Hall, actor

David Campion, photographer

Katherine McManus, university administrator

Anne Grant, photographer

 

Festival homepage:

http://www.geist.com/memoryfestival

 

Learn to Blog Saturday, November 10th

Monday, November 5th, 2007

What: Blogging for Beginners learn to blog workshop

When: 10:00-2:00 Saturday, November 10th, 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

· solving basic technical problems, where to find help

· what is a blog for?

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

Contact lorraine.murphy 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 post, 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.

Bio: Lorraine Murphy is a Vancouver blogger, writer, and editor. She has been blogging for many years, both professionally and personally, and her flagship blog, raincoaster, is ranked in the top 20,000 blogs in the world. 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.

Blogging course: Blog Promotion 101 this Saturday

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

What: Blog Promotion 101

When: 9:30am-12:30 pm, Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Where: Tradeworks Training Society, Chinatown

Why: Now that you’ve got a blog, why toil in obscurity? Whether your goal is global media domination, raising your professional profile, or just getting your voice heard, this course will teach you techniques of effective and appropriate blog promotion. Each course is strictly limited to no more than 10 students, and covers blog basics like:
· what a blog can and can’t do for you, famewise
· professional vs personal profiles and promotion
· community netiquette and joining the blogosphere at large
· what to say when you have nothing to say/what to say when you have far too much to say.

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

How(much)? $50 tuition prepaid only.
To register: email lorraine.murphy@gmail.com and reserve your space via the secure Paypal link at the top right-hand corner of http://runningthroughrain.wordpress.com. Reservation guaranteed only upon acceptance of payment.

With class size limited to 10, this will be a program of personalized, hands-on learning. Learn how to let Google and Technorati and other search engines know you exist, and begin to take part in the blogging community as a whole, including where to turn when you need help. The session includes an introduction to proven and values-driven blog promotion practices and netiquette. You will leave with all the skills you need to take your blog as high as you want to go. See you on Technorati!

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 15,000 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.

Blogging for Beginners: from zero to Technorati in 7 hours

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

What: Blogging for Beginners: from Zero to Technorati in 7 hours

When: 9:30am-4:30 pm, Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 East Pender Street at Columbia, Vancouver

Why: Get your blog up and running in one day:
strictly limited to no more than 8 students, this course covers blog basics like:

· what a blog can and can’t do for you
· doing business on blogs/advertising and Adsense
· podcasting, video, audio, and text posts
· basic copyright law and accepted practices
· blog promotion
· joining the blogosphere at large
· solving basic technical problems, where to find help
· what to say when you have nothing to say/what to say when you have far too much to say.

Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.
Contact lorraine.murphy at gmail.com for more information

How(much)? $100 tuition for the full day
Pre-register to reserve your space: email lorraine.murphy at gmail.com or phone 778-235-0592

Blogging is the most powerful self-publishing tool ever invented; not only is it free and accessible, but it’s easy. Let Vancouver blogger and entrepreneur Lorraine Murphy teach you the skills to start up, maintain and promote your own blog. Whether you’re interested in blogs for self-expression, showcasing your professional expertise, personal journaling, keeping in touch with family, making new friends, sharing poems, or even publishing a book, this intensive one-day course will get you up and running.
With class size limited to 8, this will be a day of personalized, hands-on learning. During the class you will create your own blog, tweak the design, publish your first post, add a YouTube video, and even some music. Then you’ll learn how to let Google and Technorati and other search engines know you exist, and begin to take part in the blogging community as a whole, including where to turn when you need help. We’ll wrap up with a lesson on effective and values-driven blog promotion practices and netiquette. You will leave with a functional, optimized blog and all the skills you need to take it as high in the blogosphere as you want to go. See you on Technorati!

Bio: Lorraine Murphy is a Vancouver blogger, writer, and editor. She has been blogging for many years, both professionally and personally, and her flagship blog, raincoaster, is ranked in the top 16,000 blogs in the world. She also maintains The Shebeen Club Blog for the literary group of the same name, and running through rain, for students of her course Blogging to Personal Growth. 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.

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two poems, plus one by luc

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Dorothy Ducksworth

…Nor will the thought forget,
after wandering many years
nor absence hold its breath,
these sharp words on lofty ears,
Yet this green pastoral heath’ t’were to me
a baby’s breath, and I could start afresh
ne’er worrying about death!

Clowns

On longer shallows,
fall dim shadows,
Bathes the scene
in light serene.
A thrush swallows,
a wolf howls
in linden green, in linden green…
A sharp shriek, the voice peals
fresh peeled voices, thresh!
It will be soon,
It will be soon -
It is coming…
in a forgotten place
It is forgotten lore,
like a child bored
Who happens upon
clowns fucking!
And understands nothing
But the unusual laughter,
enjoys the rapture
And starts to feign.

The King is Inn

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of dead kings:
How some have been deposed, some disposed of,
some slain by war, the haunted ghosts they have oppressed,
Some poisoning their wives, some poisoned by their lives,
All murdered in their sleep — for posterity
’round mortal coil and suffering
Death suffers his crown, Scoffing his state,
and planning his estate with pomp,
Allowing him a gown of gentle breezes
To monarchize the kingdom, in which he reigned
Confusing him with self, with loyal subjects
As if this flesh that walls about our life
Were one great beast; and, humours us,
Comes home at the last, and, with a little grin
Bores through your castle wall — you fucking clown!

luigi
rote by me