ICYMI: my class at SFUContinuingStudies begins next week and there’s still spots you can register for! Register here now: sfu.ca/continuing-stu…

OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT!!

You can still tune in to the recording which will be shared after the event!

I’m thrilled to share an online launch event for my newest edition of Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing, on Nov 29 4pm PST.

RSVP and learn more on how to get your ticket here: eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…

Congratulations to Nicolas Dawson for winning the 2023 Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Betsy Warland Between Genres Award. Such excellent work, bravo! 🎉🎊

TODAY!! In partnership with @qmunity I’ll be at Vancouver Public Library Joe Fortes Branch to read and talk about feminism and queer life in my writing. Hope to see you all there!

Event details: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/651e042…

Join us for our next webinar on Saturday Nov 18 when Betsy Warland will talk about techniques writers can use to deepen readers' engagement with their work.

Register here: …tioncollectivesociety.wildapricot.org/event-5460505

I’m so excited to share that the second edition of #BreathingThePage is available now!

Learn more here: cormorantbooks.com/breathing-the-…

Honoured to read at this HeartoftheCityFest workshop at 11am tomorrow, hosted by fellow Vancouver Manuscript Intensive alums Gilles Cyrenne and Angela J. Gray, featuring VMI mentors EleeKG and Betsy Warland ❤️❤️❤️

Sunday, Oct 29, 11am to 12:30pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main St, Vancouver

Join Betsy at the Joe Fortes Branch for a reading and Q&A in partnership with QMUNITY ! Come to hear Betsy read from her work, talk about her experience mentoring writers, and discuss her exploration of feminism and queer life in her writing. Vancouver Public Library

vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/651e042…

I’ve written an essay for A Dream in the Eye. This book presents the paintings and photo-collages of Canadian poet Phyllis Webb, poems by Diana Hayes, and an in-depth intro by poet and Webb scholar Stephen Collis . The book is available NOW at Talonbooks
talonbooks.com/books/a-dream-…

The Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship is for a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise. Find out how to apply here: vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com/mentorship-opt…

Tix to our Blending Genres panel (moderated by me) with Helen Cova,Jason Guriel ,Daniel Innes,Christina Wong right here:writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event… After our extended convo (with readings!) we'll turn to the award. Both Betsy Warland and Chantal Gibson will be there! Vancouver Writers Fest

Here’s your reminder to get tickets for An H of a Night! We will be announcing the finalists for the bpNichol Chapbook Award and hosting readings on Zoom on October 3rd from 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET. Tickets are available through Eventbrite. We hope to see you there!

If you are in #Vancouver and interested in seeing how #Taliban laws 23 years ago c/w with those of today, I invite you to a #bookevent this coming Saturday at the Word Vancouver festival. Betsy Warland Caitlin Press #Afghanistan Women's Forum on Afghanistan #AfghanWomen CBC News

T’was a lovely time! Sareh invited Jonina and me to a celebratory lunch for her first book, Pistachios in my Pocket. Jonina and I worked with her on this compelling manuscript in The Writer’s Studio. Congrats, Sareh! 🥳

#TBT : it was so lovely attending the reading/launch of Natalie Lang’s book Remnants: Reveries of a Mountain Dweller last week.

Her evocative memoir about the various nature walks she takes intimately evoke the natural world and her concerns about the environment.

Massy Arts Society

On Saturday, July 29th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and Caitlin Press for Remnants of Place: Natalie Virginia Lang with Guests: Stephen Collis, Betsy Warland and Daniela Elza. @massybooks Caitlin Press Stephen Collis Betsy Warland bit.ly/3NA6XWx

Still thinking about the wonderful trip and Hollyhock writers retreat I led, along with Shaena Lambert. Take me back!

Until then, here are some snippets of my favourite memories from the retreat.

If you are in Victoria, BC please join Susan, Yvonne and me June 23, 2023 for storytelling and readings from Tilling the Darkness, The Last Show on Earth, and Hand on My Heart Caitlin Press Betsy Warland Russell Books @yvonneblomer

A look at what it takes to write a book like Hand on My Heart maureenmayhew.com/blog/hand-on-m… #memoir #WritingCommunity #writingtips #Physicians Betsy Warland Caitlin Press Writers Radio