Events & Workshops

Do you enjoy writing and want to develop your storytelling skills?

 

Global Gathering Place and Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild are hosting Weaving Words, a free, small-group, in-person storytelling program for newcomers who meet on August 5, 7, 12, and 14 from 6:00-9:00 pm.

 

The theme of the program is: If the City Could Speak. Every city has its stories. Some are loud, and some are very quiet. There are stories from the past, stories from today, and stories for tomorrow.

 

You’ll work together with the program facilitator and other participants to develop stories about life in the city, including your own story. It could be fictional or based on real events.  It could be about a life-changing event, an important place, a favourite memory or even a feeling. It could be written in prose, a poem, or even as a scripted dialogue. Your story – your choice.

 

The goal is to combine the group’s diverse stories and voices to create one big narrative to share in a celebration event at the end of the program.

 

What will you learn?

• How to develop simple, engaging stories and characters
• Share your work in a supportive community and on the Global Gathering Place and Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild websites.

 

Who can join?

You don’t need any writing experience. You’re eligible if:

 

• You like storytelling and want to connect with others
• Your English is CLB 4 or higher

 

Register:

Contact Kris Pabisiak at kris.pabisiak@globalgatheringplace.com or call 306-665-0268.

 

 

Facilitator:

 

Workshops are led by Peter Hedley – a Saskatoon-based writer and educator with a Master’s in Creative Writing and extensive storytelling and teaching experience. As an immigrant-settler in Saskatoon and Canada himself, Peter’s passionate about supporting people from diverse backgrounds to find their voices and share their stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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