My most excellent class of writers is the subject of a Yukon News article below. These writers are an awesome group of imaginateurs. I’m impressed, especially, with how they conducted themselves in an interview–thoughtful, insightful, well-read, interesting and interested in each other. Love to start a book club with them! Article is by [...]
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Rocketfuel Ignites Imaginations, the Yukon News story on my class 1 comment
Fantasy-Filled Young Readers Give the Season Imagination 1 comment
Rocketfuel, the youngest group of science fiction and fantasy writers in the Yukon, showcased their own writing (and art and music) Dec 4th at the Frank Slim’s Building at Shipyard’s Park. It’s a nice venue with a roaring fireplace. Makes it cozy. Snacks were had, parents were entertained. Must have been about twenty people there. [...]
Treats, Beverages, and a bit of Fantasy, Shipyards Park, Fri. Dec 4 Leave a comment
Students who are a part of Rocketfuel, the science fiction and fantasy writing group afterschool program–sponsored by the City of Whitehorse–will have a reading Friday night–TOMORROW–at Shipyards Park. They’ll be reading from some of their current work. There might actually be a story of Santa Claus meeting the Reaper…you never know. THE DETAILS: Shipyards [...]
Positively Beaufort, the new Yukon term for “freakin’ cold”? 1 comment
Meagan Grabowski didn’t know she was coming up with a catch phrase, but a visit to Herschel Island for a couple of weeks, and she was a one-woman neologist. ”It started at Pika Camp,” a remote camp for researchers a few kilometres away from the Kluane Lake Research Station. ”We were coming up with [...]
Yukon Writers Festival: Reading, 7pm, Beringia Centre 4 comments
Everyone, come hear the six Yukon Writers Festival writers read on Wednesday night at 7pm at the Beringia Centre for FREE. Part of Live Words: Yukon Writers Festival and the Young Authors Conference, these six writers will be teaching young adults to write at FH Collins–and this presentation is free and open to the public. [...]
Live Words: Yukon Writers Festival, April 28-May 8 Leave a comment
In conjunction with the Young Authors Conference, Live Words brings five authors up to the Yukon, and this year they are offering a few more appearances in Whitehorse and the communities for readings and workshops. Yay! I applaud Joyce Sward and other organizers for their efforts to bring these writers to the community. Schedule [...]
Rocketfuel: Sci-fi/Fantasy Writing for teens starting at FH Collins Leave a comment
Through the City of Whitehorse, with the cooperation of FH Collins Secondary School, we’re about to start a new afterschool program, RocketFuel Relaunched, for high school students who want to write Science Fiction and Fantasy stories. We’ll be meeting after school in FH Collins beginning September 17th, 3:30-5:00pm. The program is 13 weeks long, or [...]
