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Wednesday, OCTOBER 12 to NOVEMBER 2 (four Wednesdays) Nature’s four seasons offer powerful metaphors for the human journey or spiritual quest. This fun and creative workshop will prompt you to explore the joys and challenges of your inner world, using symbols and words that “speak” to you. Celebrate your life. Discover the techniques of top…
September 24 and October 1 (two Saturdays) Sensitive and Aware: 10 Steps to Sucessful Travel Writing Are you a traveller who seeks offbeat or deep encounters and wants to write compelling prose? Forget tourist fluff and hotel reviews. This workshop will help you create thoughtful content that honours and respects the events and practices of…
I will be one of several presenters as part of the Creative in the Creek Salon. The focus of the event is on food, as a tribute to Robin Wheeler. All of the night’s proceeds will go to Robin’s support fund. David Roche is hosting and “Farmer Dave” Ryan and Aaron Joe will be among…
MW Book Publishing of Garden Bay, BC will be releasing my first children’s book, Gracie’s Got a Secret, in the fall of 2011. In Gracie’s Got a Secret, an impatient and feisty little goldfish named Gracie escapes her fishbowl and leaves her family, determined to share a secret with the outside world. Along the way,…
JUNE 15 TO AUG. 3 Photography and Writing for the Digital Age A comprehensive eight-week course designed for emerging writers and digital photographers. It’s co-facilitated by writer Heather Conn and photographer Josh Hite. Learn to take compelling photos and create short non-fiction narratives to promote your passionate cause or personal journey. Ideal for writers who…
TUESDAY, MARCH 2 and WED., MARCH 3 A Journey Through Life & the Self: Writing Your Way to a Short Film Powell River Digital Film School, Powell River, BC This two-day workshop for grade 12 students is designed to motivate them to greater creativity, using writing and group exercises, film screenings, informal presentations, and a…
I will be signing copies of Vancouver’s Glory Years at Woods Christmas Store, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, BC from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Prose on the Road: The Art of Travel Writing 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus Do you spin tales of your global adventures but never write them down? This fun workshop helps you move your passion for travel from the road to the page. Through in-class exercises and lively discussion, you learn techniques…
SEPTEMBER 23 – NOVEMBER 11 Photography and Writing for the Digital Age A comprehensive eight-week course designed for emerging writers and digital photographers. It’s co-facilitated by writer Heather Conn and photographer Adam Myhill. Learn to take compelling photos and create short non-fiction narratives to promote your passionate cause or personal journey. Ideal for writers who…
Group reading Think globally. Read locally! Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, BC Nine writers based in Roberts Creek, including me, will share an evening of readings in many genres. The event is a PEN fundraiser to assist an imprisoned writer. Time: Saturday, 7 to 11 p.m. Click here to read my blog account of the event…
For my Sunshine Coast media coverage, see the front-page photo and write-up of my Author Reading in weekly newspaper The Local, Sechelt, BC Click here to view the photo and article
As part of the Words and Image exhibition at Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) in Gibsons, BC, I will read from my memoir-in-progress and other short writing excerpts and give a brief presentation of slides from India. Time: Saturday, 2 p.m. Place: GPAG, 287 Gower Point Road, Gibsons, BC Contact gpag@dccnet.com or phone 604-886-0531
MARCH 11 – APRIL 19 Exhibition Words and Image, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC “Writers who’ve inspired me: a SoulCollage homage” My entry in a juried art exhibition, titled: “Writers who’ve inspired me: a SoulCollage® homage,” features six of my SoulCollage images and accompanying dialogue that I wrote to each writer (Mark Twain; Anne…
I will be on hand to sign copies of Vancouver’s Glory Years at Woods Showcase, 2 p.m., Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, BC
Jamie Dean, host of Toronto’s radio station Indie Love, will be interviewing me live at 5:30 p.m. PST. We’ll be discussing the 2010 Winter Olympics & Paralympics in Vancouver, the event’s impact on Vancouver and the Downtown Eastside, and my blog coverage.
Prose on the Road: The Art of Travel Writing 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus Do you spin tales of your global adventures but never write them down? This fun workshop helps you move your passion for travel from the road to the page. Through in-class exercises and lively discussion, you learn techniques…
Introduction to MEMOIR WRITING: Share Your Story Do you feel compelled to write about your life, but don’t know where to begin? Does the idea seem both overwhelming and exciting? Maybe you’ve already got pages of material, but they seem to have no direction. This fun workshop will inspire you to start or restart your…
I will be signing copies of Vancouver’s Glory Years in front of Woods Christmas store from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, BC
I’ll be teaching this workshop: Prose on the Road: The Art of Travel Writing 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus Please register online at www.capilanou.ca/ce/registration-information.html#sunshine-coast
I’ll be teaching the following course: Prose on the Road: The Art of Travel Writing 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus Please register online at www.capilanou.ca/ce/registration-information.html#sunshine-coast.
I’ll be hosting a Memoir Writing Workshop at Gabriels on Gambier Retreat, Gambier Island, BC, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, please call me at 1-800-601-5611.
I’ll be offering this new workshop in the spring: Prose on the Road: The Art of Travel Writing 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus For more information, please see the Capilano U online catalogue or the Teaching portion of my website. Thanks you.
I’m offering the course Writing Erotica: The Language of Desire 1 to 5 p.m., Capilano University, Sechelt campus. For more information, please see the Teaching section of this website. Thank you.
March 16 – April 27, 2009 (six Saturdays; no class April 13) I’ll be offering Creative Nonfiction Writing from 7 to 9 p.m. at Capilano University, Sechelt Campus. For more details, please see my Teaching section of this website.
The American Immigration Law Foundation, which acted as my sponsor while I worked in the U.S. in 2008, profiled me in its newsletter: http://www.ailf.org/exchange/tom.shtml Heather Conn Explores the Art of Being an American through Cinema The Exchange Visitor Program is pleased to announce Heather Conn as May’s Exchange Visitor of the Month. Each month,…
FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 25 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC Maya on the Playa: Burning Man — “Local photographer Heather Conn displays images from the last two Burning Man Festivals on the Playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. She documents this eight-day annual Festival which is held as an experiment in community,…
I gave a luncheon talk on A Spiritual Workplace: Reality or Utopia in downtown Vancouver for the Workplace Centre for Spiritual and Ethical Development. I am now a member of the Centre’s board. http://www.workplacecentre.org/page133.htm
Following publication of my book Vancouver’s Glory Years (co-written with Henry Ewert), the West Ender ran a front-page interview in its Urban Legends section (Dec. 18-23, 2003): “A historian and author recreates Vancouver’s boom, and early fascination with transit.” Book reviews of Vancouver’s Glory Years appeared in the following publications (see Books for excerpts): Coast…