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On August 9 to 13 there will be a

writers-inresidence program. This # 4592 Pemberton Ave., North Van

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coffee, takes place in an old
Rangers’ Station, perched on a
small hill above the government
wharf at Pender Harbour.
The program will be followed by
the Festival of the Written Arts
Aug. 13 to 16.
For the residence program,
writers will be able to choose from
three different courses —~ short fic-
tion with Susan Musgrave; short
non-fiction with Sid Tafler or
humor with Susan Baxter and
Linda Lawson.
Susan Musgrave, poet and
novelist, has written eleven books
of poetry, the most recent being
Tarts and Muggers and Cocktails
at the Mausolewn.
She has given poetry readings in
Europe and North America and
has been writer-in-residence at the
universities of Waterloo and New
Brunswick aud at the Vancouver
Public Library. . ;
Sid Tafler began his writing ca-
reer with Canadian Press in Mon-
treal then moved to the Calgary
Herald where he spent five years as
assistant city editor. ;
The New York Times, the Globe
and Mail, Montreal Gazette,
Maclean’s, Canadian Business,
and Monday Magazine are but a
few of the many newspapers and
magazines where his work has been
published in Canada and the U.S.
His teaching experience has been
at Calgary’s Mount Royal College,
and in the Creative Writing
Department at the University of
Victoria where he now teaches tne
journalism course.
Susan Baxter and Linda Lawson

began writing humor for e
themselves as a stand-up comedy Ask Ad. fi £
team and thea, as “Riff and our Ac-Visors for :
Raff’, they moved on to the Pro- .
vince newspaper to write a humor
column,
They've been published in
Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, ‘
Flare, You, Playboard and have Offer applies to all
written sketches for the New Doc- j

tor Bundolo Show and the private party ads

Beachcombers.

They presently teach comedy ; .
writing at Simon Fraser Universi- under starred ( x)
ty’s downtown Vancouver campus. ;
They stress the critical, rewriting Classifications in
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ture the creative process.

To participate in these programs mum 2 line 8 and 3

each writer must submit a 2,000-

word selection for adjudication — consecutive inser-

the selection must be in the genre

of the program the writer wishes to
attend. tions. Buy the first
Those interested should write to

The Registrar, Writers-in-
Residence, resial of. the Written & and get the ord
Arts, Box 2299, Sechelt, B.C. VON {
3A0 for an application form and one free!
further information.
Accommodation is dormitory
style; meals are catered on site ata
cost of $13 per day. Cost of four
days’ tuition, and accommodation

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