Writing Workshops

The Halfmoon Bay Writers Workshop meets weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The intent is to present and discuss individual work with an eye to literary development. 

The workshop is facilitated by A.S. Penne (Old Stones, Horsdal & Schubart, Victoria 2002; Reckoning, Turnstone, Winnipeg 2008) whose background includes an MFA (Creative Writing, UBC) and a B.Ed.  A writing ‘teacher’ since 1980, she has worked with all ages in various capacities:  elementary school teacher, college instructor, high school workshop facilitator, and adult workshop facilitator. 

In this workshop we focus on presentations by two different writers each week, offering critiques by commenting on the particular strengths as well as posing questions about the writing sample. Participants are encouraged to be supportive and positive and to critique in an objective fashion without forcing personal opinions.

We work with fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting and journalism but are open to any form of litereary writing. For  more information as to location and cost, please contact info@aspenne.com.