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WIR 2023 visits Young Writers’ Group
Friday September 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
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 B. 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 territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations.
Since arriving on the Van Slam stage in 2009, Johnny has won regional and national poetry slam titles. Although best known for his high energy and humorous poems, Johnny is a versatile artist whose work ranges from poetry slam, to site-specific storytelling, to spoken word theatre.
2023 is the second year of PRPL’s Writer in Residence program, for more information go to https://prpl.ca/writer-in-residence-2023/