WIR 2023 Stick ‘Em with the Pointy End
First Credit Union Community RoomWhat happens when you can write using only one- or two-syllable words? Drawing on both Johnny MacRae’s lifelong obsession with Tolkien’s writing and George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English […]
WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review
Rotary MakerSpaceMeet one-on-one with award-winning spoken word artist Johnny MacRae. To find out more about submission criteria and to book your consultation, click the button below or email wir@prpl.ca. Pre-booked consultations will take priority over drop-ins. Drop-in & consultation hours run from September 21 to October 26, 2022 : Thursdays: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Saturdays: […]
WIR 2023 Poetry Circle with Johnny MacRae
First Credit Union Community RoomJoin a Poetry Circle with PRPL’s Writer in Residence Johnny MacRae to talk about poetry performance and spoken word. Drop-in. PRPL’s 2023 Writer in Residence – Johnny MacRae Residency Dates: September 15th, 2023 – October 27th, 2023 Johnny MacRae is a spoken word (or mouthy) poet of Gaelic ancestry who lives on the unceded ancestral […]
WIR 2023 visits Young Writers’ Group
Meeting Room BYouth 10+ are invited to a special session of Young Writers Group with PRPL's Writer in Residence Johnny MacRae. Interact, create and engage in this fun and informal writing group! […]
WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review
Rotary MakerSpaceMeet one-on-one with award-winning spoken word artist Johnny MacRae. To find out more about submission criteria and to book your consultation, click the button below or email wir@prpl.ca. Pre-booked consultations will take priority over drop-ins. Drop-in & consultation hours run from September 21 to October 26, 2022 : Thursdays: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Saturdays: […]
WIR 2023 Sorry for the Inconvenient
First Credit Union Community RoomJoin PRPL's Writer in Residence, Johnny MacRae for a workshop jam-packed with prompts steering folks towards the alternate (and funny!) realities suggested by typos in public signage. Drop-in. PRPL’s […]
WIR 2023 Finding Memoirs in Objects
First Credit Union Community RoomPRPL's Writer in Residence, Johnny MacRae will discuss how personal objects from our lives can become vehicles for our personal stories. He will also examine the impact our understanding of our own memoirs when we when we look at the story from a lens outside of ourselves. Drop-in. PRPL’s 2023 Writer in Residence – Johnny […]
WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review
Rotary MakerSpaceMeet one-on-one with award-winning spoken word artist Johnny MacRae. To find out more about submission criteria and to book your consultation, click the button below or email wir@prpl.ca. Pre-booked consultations will take priority over drop-ins. Drop-in & consultation hours run from September 21 to October 26, 2022 : Thursdays: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Saturdays: […]
Young Writers’ Group
Meeting Room BInteract, create and engage in this fun and informal writing group! Talk writing, genre, learn new techniques, and develop your craft. Ages 10+ welcome. Young Writers Group meets every Friday […]
WIR 2023 Talking Tolkien
First Credit Union Community RoomDive into the depths J.R.R. Tolkien’s of world-building with certified Tolkien nerd Johnny MacRae, who will explore how Tolkien drew upon his own experience to create a fantastic world with moral complexity, sympathetic villains, and flawed heroes. Drop-in. PRPL’s 2023 Writer in Residence – Johnny MacRae Residency Dates: September 15th, 2023 – October 27th, 2023 […]