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WIR 2023 visits Young Writers’ Group

Meeting Room B

Youth 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!  Talk writing, genre, learn new techniques, and develop your craft. Ages 10+  welcome. Young Writers Group meets every Friday from 4-5 pm in Meeting Room […]

Free

WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review

Rotary MakerSpace

Meet 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 Room

Join 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 2023 Writer in Residence – Johnny MacRae Residency Dates:  September 15th, 2023 – October 27th, 2023 Johnny MacRae is a spoken word (or mouthy) poet of […]

Free

WIR 2023 Finding Memoirs in Objects

First Credit Union Community Room

PRPL'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 Johnny MacRae Visits the Community Resource Centre

Community Resource Centre 4752 Joyce Ave, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada

The Community Resource Centre at 4752 Joyce Ave. invites you to join spoken word artist Johnny MacRae for lunch AND a collaborative poetry workshop.

Free
Event Series Preschool Storytime

WIR 2023 Visits Preschool Storytime

Anne Woznow Children's Reading Room

Join Sonia and special guest Johnny MacRae for a poetry and spoken word-themed storytime brimming with wondrous wordplay and overflowing with a love of language. Sonia Zagwyn offers a lively fare of puppetry, finger plays, action rhymes, singalong songs and the best-of-the-best-of book-tales Wednesday and Thursday mornings, 10:30-11:00 am in the Anne Woznow Children's Reading […]

WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review

Rotary MakerSpace

Meet 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: […]

Free
Event Series WIR 2023 SLAM Lab

WIR 2023 SLAM Lab

First Credit Union Community Room

Join in weekly meet-ups with Johnny MacRae to learn different ways to create and perform spoken word. Johnny creates a safe space for creative experimentation as he encourages participants to explore everything from solo composition to collaborative "group pieces," with the option of developing a spoken word piece specifically for the SLAM FINALE.

WIR 2023 Talking Tolkien

First Credit Union Community Room

Dive 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 […]

Free

WIR 2023 Writing Support & Manuscript Review

Rotary MakerSpace

Meet 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: […]

Free