Hey y’all, tomorrow night Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm, the wonderful Mabe Kyle and friends are launching the anthology, Queer Country Crossroads by @caitlinpress.bsky.social at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social on Commercial Drive! Support your indie bookstores in whatever ways you can 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍🌈

CBC Gem is doing a live broadcast for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with music and discussion 🧡🧡🧡

This Waves is the HUB of meetups aside from the library of course. #Vancouver

This will be our last in person #TWSsprints session, and you still have time to make it out. We sprint until 11:30am (PDT) and it's a nice space to meet other #TWS writers and other writers in the community. All writers are welcome to chat in person with other writers in #Vancouver or follow online.

Hi everyone, we are waiting for you at Waves on Howe. We are set up near the piano on the left as you go through the main entrance, so if you are here, come over and say to join in! #TWSsprints

Getting ready to start our @twssfu.bsky.social TWSSFU sprints session this morning Sun. September 28th at 10:30am PDT on Bluesky in person at Waves on Howe St. #TWSsprints. Open to all #writers everywhere, write for 15mins, break 5mins x 3 sprints. Do some morning pages before you start your day!

The former Emily Carr University of Art + Design building on Granville Island will soon become an arts and innovation hub, and 221A is hoping to lead the transformation with a proposal that highlights Indigenous textile innovation. www.createastir.ca/articles/gra...

🎟️ Tickets are on sale NOW for all events at the 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest! 🎟️ writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva... #VWF2025 takes place from October 20–26, featuring over 130 authors in 87 events to spark empathy, action, and transformation. Join us on Granville Island and beyond.

The next #TWSsprints session is in person this Sunday, September 28th at 10:30am (PDT). Sprint in person with Laura and Candie and meet other TWS students and alumni. This is a great way to get some words down first thing on a Sunday morning and get your writing day off to a fantastic start!

Overheard in the park, "It's supposed to be Dude Chilling Park, not fuck around and be loud park, chill out!" #Vancouver #community

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat this Sunday, September 14th at 10:30am (PDT). We will discuss How Do You Build Your Community? Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

Looking forward to layering clothing again sometime in the next year or so. #stillhot

The next #TWSsprints will be this Sunday, Aug 24 at 10:30am (PDT) online. All writers are welcome to join in on the sessions. It's a great space for TWS online students to write along with their cohort too. Everyone though from the local writing community is welcome to participate with us!

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat on Sunday, September 14th at 10:30am (PDT). We will discuss How Do You Build Your Community? Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

On Monday, Aug 11 at 6-8pm at Cross and Crows Books on Commercial Drive (right near the skytrain). WRITING THE QUEER IN LITERATURE Join authors Lydia Kwa, Carrie Mac and Candie Tanaka as they discuss their own unique writing processes. Free tix + baked goods - www.wordvancouver.ca/upcoming-eve...

Tomorrow, Sunday August 10th at 10:30am (PDT) right here on Bluesky we discuss using Science and Technology in your writing. Join in on the chat with TWS community members including alumni, other students and sometimes a mentor too. Ask questions and share your writing experience. #TWSOchat

Wanting to stay updated with independent BC Publishers? Here is our starter pack of Books BC members active on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/CUYmYPF

(2/2) We loved hearing from local authors, @waydecompton.bsky.social and @candietanaka.bsky.social‬, who both have titles in the collection; as well as local publisher, Brian Lam @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.

Put this date in your calendar to hold yourself accountable by getting/receiving some writing advice or ask questions on a Sunday, August 10th at 10:30am PDT for the next #TWSOchat! The upcoming topic is, Technology and Science. #WritingCommunity #WritingLife

The next #TWSsprints will be in person at Waves Coffee House at Howe and Smithe this Sunday, July 27 at 10:30am (PDT). All writers are welcome to join in on the sessions. It's a great space for TWS online students to meet their cohort in person too. Everyone from the local writing community welcome!

The next #TWSsprints will be in person at Waves Coffee House at Howe and Smithe on Sunday, July 27 at 10:30am (PDT). All writers are welcome to join in on the sessions. It's a great space for TWS online students to meet their cohort in person too. Everyone from the local writing community welcome!

Big love to the writers participating in today's #TWSOchat on Writing An Ending @writebrain.bsky.social @dhstrange.bsky.social @candietanaka.bsky.social

The next #TWSOchat is tomorrow Sunday, July 13th at 10:30am (PDT) and the subject is: Writing An Ending Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is this Sunday, July 13th at 10:30am (PDT) and the subject is: Writing An Ending. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

Oh no, now he's progressing on to "You are my Sunshine" ... Time for me leave

Where else are you going to hear "Sundown" by Gordon Campbell being played live except for Granville Island?

Well, I'm glad I can walk, bike, transit and car share most places. #oilprices 🚀

This Sunday, June 22nd at 10:30am (PDT) is the next #TWSsprints session on Bluesky. Freewrite for 15 mins in a series of 3 sprint sessions with 5 minute breaks in between each session. It's a great way to generate ideas for short stories or essays or to work on a small section of your manuscript!

Getting spam now from Japanese names, tricky...

Join us tomorrow, June 16th at 6pm for Marvel-ous Movie Mondays: Ant-Man and the Wasp at Central Library. Register at vpl.ca

Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is tomorrow, Sunday, June 8th at 10:30am (PDT) and the subject is: Practical Tasks. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience[ #WritingCommunity #Writers

Our next @twssfu.bsky.social TWSSFU sprints session takes place this Sun. May 25th at 10:30am PDT on Bluesky #TWSsprints. Open to all #writers everywhere, write for 15mins, break 5mins x 3 sprints. Do some morning pages before you start your day! #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #writers

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat on Sunday, June 8th at 10:30am (PDT). We will discuss Practical Tasks Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

Warming up and first pitch. #toronto #baseball #glassceiling

Big love to the writers participating in today's #TWSOchat on Generating Your Own Writing Prompts: @eebeejay.bsky.social @danny-aldham.bsky.social @jessicaleemcmillan.com @candietanaka.bsky.social

Chat with you tomorrow for our next #TWSOchat session on Sunday, May 11th at 10:30am (PDT). The subject is: Generating Your Own Writing Prompts. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

Saw an homage to "Elbows Up" a few weeks ago.

Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is this Sunday, May 11th (Mother's Day) at 10:30am (PDT) & the subject is: Generating Your Own Writing Prompts. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

A new event with Chris Bose, the Indigenous Storyteller Residence at the VPL and there are only 10 spaces left now. Register online at the VPL website! Special Collections Tour and Zine Making with Chris Bose Wednesday, May 14th from 4:15 - 6:30 at Central Library, Special Collections Level 7.

Tonight at VPL Central Branch in the Montalbano Family Theatre at 6pm, join us for our series of screenings highlighting the complexity of Marvel movies. This month we're screening Eternals (2022) w/ Angelina Jolie, Kit Harrington and Harry Styles! Register - vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/67cb4...

Someone decided to walk on the tracks this morning I heard. So no direct trains to King George right now from downtown.

Tomorrow, Sunday, Apr 27 at 10:30am (PDT) is the next #TWSsprints session. We'll be online only for this one and hope you'll join in on the fun. Start your writing practice off with a new and fresh outlook for the year by building in some consistency with other writers. Open to all on Bluesky!

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat on Sunday, May 11th at 10:30am (PDT). We will discuss Generating Your Own Writing Prompts. Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

Big love to the writers participating in today's #TWSOchat on Reading as a Writer: @the-ok-kid.bsky.social @romedemands.bsky.social @perkustooth.bsky.social @emath.bsky.social @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social @candietanaka.bsky.social

Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is this Sunday, April 13th at 10:30am (PDT) and the subject is: Reading Like A Writer. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

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Looking for writing prompts and essays for our #TWSsprints or other writing? Check out "Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing" by editors @so_chez & @laura_farina of @TWSSFU (Writer's Studio Program at SFU). 43 essays via @AnvilPress - bit.ly/3u3nGsg

We'll be at Waves Coffee at 900 Howe St this Sunday, March 23 at 10:30am sprinting our little hearts out. If you're in Vancouver, come down and join us. There's nothing like the virtuous feeling of having written a bunch of words before noon on a Sunday. #TWSsprints

Big love to the writers participating in today's #TWSOchat on The Editing Process @danny-aldham.bsky.social @emath.bsky.social @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social @candietanaka.bsky.social

Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is this Sunday, March 9th at 10:30am (PDT-Spring ahead for Daylight Savings) and the subject is: The Editing Process. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity