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Writing workshop with author Erin Pepler
Explore the foundations of nonfiction writing in an engaging, supportive, interactive workshop with author Erin Pepler. This session covers the core elements of creative nonfiction, including how to draft personal essays, memoirs, op-eds, and pieces of narrative journalism. Writers of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome. This workshop includes an hour of learning and writing practice followed by a Q&A with the instructor.
More writing workshops with Erin
Do you have a story to tell? BPL's Write Here Write Now writing contest runs May 1 to 31.
Erin Pepler's book, Send Me Into The Woods Alone: Essays on Motherhood, was a Best Book of 2022 (49th Shelf), a top ten nonfiction book of the past decade (The Festival of Literary Diversity), and was featured in Quill and Quire, Publishers Weekly, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and other publications. Erin's writing has also appeared in various popular magazines.
Borrow Send Me Into The Woods Alone from our collection
If you need an accessibility accommodation during this program, please register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.
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