Honeymoon Bay Retreat with Patrick Lane

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Join Patrick Lane, along with over 20 other poets for this FREE exciting eclectic evening full of variety and fine words.

Date: July 16th
Time: 7pm - 9pm

Featuring:
Ann Graham Walker, Chelsea Comeau, Danny Peart,
David Fraser, David Merrifield, Heidi Garnett,
Leanne McIntosh, Liz McNally, Martha Royea,
Mary Ann Moore, Mary Nelson, Pat Smekal,
Richard Osler, Shannon Rayne, Sheila Rosen,
Somae Osler, Vivianne Plenge, Wendy Donawa
Sheila Rosen, Linda Thompson, Tina Biello and Sue Gee.

Each year, Patrick Lane offers four writing retreats on beautiful Vancouver Island. At each of these retreats, sixteen poets come together for four days to improve their craft through writing exercises and discussion. New work is at the heart of these retreats, where Patrick provides structure, guidance, editing advice and personal consultation. These retreats are not traditional workshops, although all work done there is read and discussed during a free exchange of poems. Poets who participate bring with them years of study and practice, and many have gone on to publish in magazines, chapbooks and books, and have as well been the recipients of numerous awards and prizes.

Each retreat results in a beautiful chapbook anthology containing a poem written at the retreat by each participant, with an introduction by Patrick. The chapbooks are created by one of Canada�s finest book designers, Ursula Vaira, the publisher of Leaf Press.

This launch will feature two chapbooks produced at the January and the July retreats at the Honeymoon Bay Resort at Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island.

The event is hosted at The beautiful Globe Hotel in Downtown Nanaimo. The restaurant will be open throughout the retreat serving food and beverages.