CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The next UPEI writer-in-residence will be Jay Ruzesky.
A novelist, poet, travel and memoir writer and photographer, Ruzesky is also a professor of creative writing, Canadian literature and film studies at Vancouver Island University.
As a result of pandemic restrictions, his residency at UPEI this February will take place on Zoom.
Ruzesky’s first event as UPEI writer-in-residence is a public Facebook Live reading on Feb. 9, 7 p.m.
He will also lead two half-day creative nonfiction workshops on Feb. 6, and Feb. 13, both 12:30-4 p.m. AST via Zoom. Information about the workshops and the public reading can be found on the Winter’s Tales Facebook page.
The Feb. 6 workshop, True Stories, Well Told, will focus on telling stories about the external world of adventures, experiences, sensual places and on “the way stories transport us and make us consider the world more deeply”.
The Feb. 13 workshop, Why Me? The Self as Subject, will concentrate on how people all have worthwhile stories to tell about their own lives – stories they want and need to tell. These workshops will help participants of all ages delve into the fascinating subjects that are all around them and within their life experience.
The fee for each workshop is $25. For more information, contact Lee Ellen Pottie at [email protected].
For further information about Ruzensky and his books, visit his website.
