Exciting New Developments in 2008

The WordsFlow group resumes on February 1st, 1-3.30pm
at the Neighbourhood Centre, Elizabeth Street, Pottsville Beach.

All welcome. Gold coin donation. Afternoon tea provided.
Don't forget your notebook and pen!

February Workshops:

And we're kicking off first term with a real treat! One of our members has been studying with the backpain relief association, a registered charity, and has started teaching exercises and breathing techniques that help with healing the body and mind. Her teacher is an extraordinarily talented man known to his students only by his nickname of "Elvis". He's an international speaker and presenter, a retired naturopath, a meditation teacher, a singer/songwriter, has a post-graduate degree in professional writing, has been writing for 40 years and published over 100 books – and he is willing to do a workshop with us free of charge on "writing health". (How to get better at writing, deal with writer's block, and so forth.) If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, please drop in! You are welcome to ask friends and family along too. Feb 1st is his only available date in the near future, so we grabbed it!

Then on Feb. 15th we have a young performance poet and magazine editor, Stefanie Petrik





Stefanie will run a workshop on

(1) innovative methods of creating poems
(2) literary magazines – submitting work / creating your own lit. mag.

Don't stay away if you think you're not a poet – it will all have broader ramifications. I know her work and have seen her in performance, and she's dynamic! She's also a real sweetie. AND she is going over to Texas in April for the poetry festivals just as I did in 2006.

Because people were so generous in fund-raising for me, I want to pass on the favour. Again, if you're nearby, please bring any interested friends. Donations will go to Stef for her Texas funds. She will also have books and merchandise (badges and things) for sale.

We request $5 donation if possible for these events (or as near as you can manage) to reimburse the presenters for their costs.

Other projects this year are:

1) a Seniors' Week project to interview long-term residents about their reminiscences, scan any photos people care to lend us, create a display for Seniors' Week and look at producing a book later.

2) the production of a community newsletter.

3) a book for children in hospital. We're hoping to combine with the new art group at the Neighbourhood Centre, so that we can have it illustrated.

4) and of course, as always, lots of writing and lots of fun!

- Rosemary (Facilitator)