September 9-11:
Writing from nature with award-winning poet, naturalist, and environmentalist Harry Thurston.
“The workshop was a great time; Harry Thurston is a Nova Scotian writer who coincidentally grew up in Harrison Lewis's boyhood home. Check out Harry Thurston at http://harrythurston.ca/: he's an encyclopedia of Maritime natural history and literary heritage. It's hard to believe that there is anywhere where writers feel such a love and deep historical connection to a place as in Nova Scotia and Harry embodies that connection.” ( South Shore Nova Scotia by David Boehm)
“I’ve gone twice before to work on poems and Harry Thurston is a brilliant facilitator. One (two) of the best poetry workshops I’ve ever attended. Treat yourself to a creative week-end in a beautiful setting.” (Open Heart Forgery, Mary Ellen Sullivan)
This Friday-evening-to-Sunday-afternoon workshop is designed to sharpen observational skills, the foundation not only of nature writing but of all good writing. Focus will be on writing about the natural world. Practical exercises will include the writing of a prose poem – a hybrid and highly flexible form – taking as subject a natural object from the environment surrounding the Harrison Lewis Centre on one of the most protected and beautiful stretches of Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
Participants are asked to submit a short prose piece or small selection of poems three weeks prior to the workshop date. Workshop gets underway at 7 pm, Friday, September 9 (harrythurston.ca/).
Enrollment limited to 12 participants.
Limited enrollment, excellent instruction, great meals, amazing wilderness coastal setting within a short two-hour drive from Halifax –
what more can one ask?
Email [email protected]
FBook: Harrison Lewis Coastal Discovery Centre