READING-INTO-WRITING is a workshop by Cornelia Hoogland that will precede her feature poet reading (followed by an open mic) at the Artful : The Gallery, Courtenay B.C. The workshop runs 5:00-6:30 pm on July 8, 2024. The back-to-back workshop and reading are by separate donation to cover separate costs. Please arrive ON TIME, say, 10 minutes beforehand!

Cornelia Hoogland, author of 8 books of poetry, has taught writing during her university career, in her annual, online courses, and in the community (for which she received the national 2023 Colleen Thibaudeau Award for Excellence in Poetry).

In READING-INTO-WRITING, participants (beginners welcome) will hone their skills in reading a poem in a way that allows them to create a template to use in writing their own poems. The template can help avoid the formal or linguistic habits we writers fall into, and offer alternatives, thereby refreshing our writing practice and surprising us.

In preparation for the workshop, find and bring a poem that you admire and want to emulate (This is voluntary!). Cornelia will bring copies of the poem we’ll use to build our template, and time permitting, try out. Bring writing materials and a sense of fun and experimentation. In the reading that follows, Hoogland will expand concepts introduced into the workshop, giving living examples of her READING-INTO-WRITING method. Join us for either or both!