PLANET EARTH POETRY WORKSHOPS

upcoming workshops

Postcards from the World: A Workshop with Ariel Gordon
Saturday, January 20 2024 10am-4pm

Past workshops

2023

Songs for a Changing World: Writing our Hope and Grief about Place—Full details here.
PEP Summer Retreat with Dr. Jenna Butler
Saturday, July 29 10-5 and Sunday, July 30, 9-3

Writing Poetry, Song and Theatre—Full details here.
A poetry workshop with Brendan McLeod
Saturday, March 11, 10:30am to 1pm

2022

Monuments: Building Poems Out of Curiosities—Full details here.
A poetry workshop with Manahil Bandukwala
Saturday November 26, 1:00 to 3:30 pm

PLANET EARTH POETRY’S 8TH ANNUAL RETREAT—Full details here.
Tell Me a Secret: Confessional Poetry for the Contemporary Moment with Susan Olding.
Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26, 10:30–3:30

April 30, 10:30–12:30: Chantal Gibson: Exploring Graphic Poetry: When the Form Becomes the Content

February 12, 10:30am-1:30pm: Cornelia Hoogland: How I Broke Up With Narrative & Found My Avra Kehdabra

2021

August 21–22 and October 30–31: Jan Zwicky: Poetry Physio. Two-day in-person retreats, in such demand that the wait list filled a whole repeat list.
BOTH RETREATS ARE FULL

October 26 to 29: Laura Apol: Poetry as Witness. A three-day residential writing intensive at Honeymoon Bay Lodge & Retreat Centre. FULLY BOOKED, with one space reserved for the recipient of the Indigenous attendee bursary.

March and April:  Sheri-D Wilson: Creation to Oration.  Two sessions of performing your poem. By Zoom.

2020

June: Yvonne Blomer: Undressing your master poet: Four consecutive Thursday evenings by Zoom.
July: Sara Cassidy: Poetry in children’s writing: Well-spaced in a private garden
September: Shut up and write! Informal, free writing afternoon in Gorge Park.
October: Rhonda Ganz: Always looking for a better word. Editing poetry workshop. By Zoom.
November: Alice Major: Who’s Talking? How to structure your poetry manuscript. By Zoom.