Opening Doors Through Stories: Family
Dates: Thursday, Nov 13, 20, 27, and Dec 11, 2025 (No session Dec 4)
Time: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. SK time
Location: In-person at the Regina Open Door Society, 2314 11th Ave, Regina, SK
Cost: Free
Max registration: 10
Opening Doors Through Stories: Family with Marie Powell
Do you have a story to tell? Do you like to write poetry? This workshop will help you get your story published in English. No prior experience is needed. Join professional author Marie Powell for four Thursday evening workshops, using writing prompts and exercises to write short stories, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry. Marie will give one-on-one feedback and edit your work to be published in a special chapbook: Opening Doors Through Stories: Family. This series is a partnership between the Regina Open Door Society and the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and is intended for Newcomers to Canada living in Regina.
Adult Permanent Residents with CLB level 5 or higher are encouraged to register.
Please note there is no childcare available for these sessions.
To read previous issues of the Opening Doors Through Stories chapbook series, see below or visit: Opening Doors Through Stories « Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild
Chapbooks
Volume 2 – 2019/20 — Opening Doors Through Stories: Becoming Volume 3 – 2020/21 — Opening Doors Through Stories: Remembering Volume 4 – 2021/22 — Opening Doors Through Stories: Discovery Volume 5 – 2022/23 — Opening Doors Through Stories: Imagine Volume 6 – 2023/24 — Opening Doors Through Stories: Home
Workshop facilitator and chapbook editor
Marie Powell’s castle-hopping adventures across North Wales resulted in her medieval fantasy series Last of the Gifted: Spirit Sight and Water Sight, set in 13th C Wales. Marie is also the author of 40+ children’s books with such publishers as Scholastic Education and Amicus. Her short stories and poetry appear in such literary magazines as Room, subTerrain, and Sunlight Press. This is her third time as an Opening Doors anthology editor. She has served in SWG’s mentorship program, as a Virtual Writer-in-Residence, and as a Sage Hill Teen Writing Experience instructor for the past two years. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from UBC, among other degrees. Marie lives on Treaty 4 land in Regina, where she experiments in gardening and medieval cooking. Find more at: Marie Powell
Funders: Sask Lotteries (in partnership with Sask Culture), the City of Regina, Canada Council for the Arts, and Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada
Partners: Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Regina Open Door Society
For questions, please contact volunteer@rods.sk.ca or 306-352-3500 ext. 253
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