Writing the Silly
Saturday, May 23, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm · Carnegie Learning Centre
Writing the Silly is a writing and performance workshop which will focus on taking your poems to a new, sillier place. Workshop attendees will work on puppet poems, animal persona poems and poems that include humour along with the serious. Poets can attend with already written poems or create new work over the course of the workshop. All levels (beginner, intermediate, or professional) of poets are welcome. We will also be bringing in some chocolate and perhaps some silly masks or sock puppets to spice up the room!
Facilitator: Sean McGarragle
SEAN ANDREW MCGARRAGLE
Sean is a poet, activist, academic and storyteller based out of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. He has organized over 500 literary and spoken word events across Canada and the US and has performed across North America and in Europe. He is the founder of the Vancouver International Poetry Festival (now entitled Verses) and the Vancouver Storytelling Slam. He has been lead organizer of the Bolts of Fiction literary series and the Vancouver Poetry Slam, Co-Chair of Spoken Word Canada (SpoCan), tournament director for the Individual World Poetry Slam in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in various cities. He teaches first and second year communications and he is far sillier than he appears.