RETREAT # 1:
WORK IN PROGRESS
Four nights accommodation plus bed and breakfast at Copper Beech House, along with the opportunity to spend three full days working on your unfinished novel, or the collection of short stories you have shelved for a rainy day. Get one-on-one time with Susan Musgrave, author of over twenty-five books of poetry, novels, non-fiction and children’s stories. Bring your manuscript in progress and get the kind of personal editorial attention you’ve always dreamed of. All you do is
- Email or phone Susan to arrange for a Thursday-Monday period that works for you, any time between October and April
- send your manuscript ahead of time so Susan can read it and be ready to sit down with you and get to work
- Book your flight
Price: $1900 (includes air fare from Vancouver to Masset return.)
RETREAT #2:
THE DEEPEST PART OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.” – Robert Penn Warren
Four nights accommodation plus bed and breakfast at Copper Beech House, along with the opportunity of spending three days honing your poetry-writing skills with Susan Musgrave, author of seventeen books of poetry, including Obituary of Light: the Sangan River Meditations and When the World is Not Our Home. She currently teaches poetry at the University of British Columbia in their Optional Residency MFA in Creative Writing Programme. All you do is
- Email or phone Susan to arrange for a Thursday-Monday period that works for you, any time between October and April
- send your manuscript ahead of time so Susan can read it and be ready to sit down with you and get to work
- Book your flight
Price: $1900 (includes air fare from Vancouver to Masset return.)
RETREAT #3:
WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY
Six nights accommodation plus bed and breakfast at Copper Beech House, and the chance to spend five days getting a start on writing your personal life story, the memoir you’ve always wanted to write but didn’t know how to begin. Susan Musgrave, author of over twenty-five books including You’re in Canada Now, a Memoir of Sorts, published by Thistledown in 2005, will give you five days of her undivided attention. She brings to the experience over thirty-five years of teaching creative writing workshops in every genre. All you do is:
- Email or phone Susan to arrange a time that works for you, any time between October and April
2) Bring a photograph – one of yourself or of someone you love (more than one person is absolutely acceptable!), one that resonates for you and one you could use as a jumping off point to tell your story
- Book your flight (and don’t forget to bring your photograph!)
Price: $2900 (includes air fare from Vancouver-Masset return)
Call for Dates and Times 1-855-626-5441
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