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Free Writing Workshop with Professional Writers & Editors
The 44 North Essay Contest judges Mikaela Brewer & Matthew Dawkins are offering a two-part writing class featuring teaching & live workshop.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
📆 Session 1.Free Attendance on November 28th, 6 pm: an hour of teaching with excerpts from essays we admire.
📆 Session 2. For $6 on December 5th, 6 pm: an hour of live editing & feedback, incorporating what you’ve learned from Session 1.
📁 Materials: A recording of Session 1 + a reading packet with Mikaela's & Matthew’s notes from Session 1
Writing Queer Identity: Caribbean Perspectives on Love and Liberation
Tanya Turton and Linzey Corridon explore how queer writers from the Caribbean and diaspora use story to express love, identity, and freedom.
In this conversation, Tanya Turton and Linzey Corridon explore how queer writers from the Caribbean and diaspora use story to express love, identity, and freedom. Through their work, they challenge convention, affirm authenticity, and celebrate the multiplicity of queer experience across cultures and generations. Moderated by Matthew Dawkins.
How to Set Up a Writing Practice Workshop
This workshop will dispel that myth, inviting you to reconnect with your artistic voice, redeem your art’s value, and show up for yourself.
In today’s attention economy, we’re made to believe there aren’t enough hours in the day for our craft. Or worse, that it’s not worth the effort. This workshop will dispel that myth, inviting you to reconnect with your artistic voice, redeem your art’s value, and show up for yourself on the page consistently.
ANNEthology: Celebrating the 150th birthday of L.M. Montgomery
Welcome to ANNEthology: Celebrating the 150th birthday of L.M. Montgomery! Join authors Matthew Dawkins and Paul Coccia in conversation with Sharon Jennings as they celebrate the ANNEthology - a collection of short stories retelling the Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables.
Don't miss out on this unique in-person reading event at A Different Drummer Books filled with refreshments, games, and more!
FOLD Kids Book Fest
Welcome Matthew Dawkins to the 2024 FOLD Kids Book Fest! Matthew is a Jamaican award-winning author and poet. He's a contributor to young adult anthology, THE ANNETHOLOGY.
Caribbean Books and Literature
Join us for an evening of Caribbean literature with acclaimed authors Matthew Dawkins, Zalika Reid-Benta, and Denise DaCosta, in partnership with Trinity St. Paul. Discover the rich cultural narratives and vibrant stories as these writers share their insights and inspirations. Don't miss this captivating exploration of Caribbean storytelling and heritage.
ANNEthology Virtual Book Launch
Join ten of Canada’s top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada’s favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures.
With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious “scope for the imagination” for all readers. 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery’s birth and the 30th anniversary of Acorn Press, Prince Edward Island’s longest-running traditional publishing house. What better way to celebrate these milestones than publishing a collection of stories inspired by the Island’s (and one of Canada’s) most beloved authors?
Sure to include something for everyone, this is a must-have collection for Anne of Green Gables fans.
Black History Slam | Leap Year Edition
Join us at Museum London for an unforgettable evening celebrating Black history and culture. This special Leap Year Edition of the Black History Slam promises to be a night filled with captivating performances, inspiring stories, and powerful art.
SPEAK ON IT!
The Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence and Equity is a new award, awarded by the Canadian Research Chair Program. This inaugural, pro-Black speakers’ series will be comprised of local & international Black scholars, entrepreneurs, talent, influencers, activists, elders, and community leaders to share their insights on the modern Black experience.
Poetry Live!
Are you a poetry aficionado in London? Join us for Poetry Live!, an afternoon of open mic poetry at Words, hosted by Matthew Dawkins and featuring special guest Charlie Petch! We are very pleased to return to our venue at Museum London!