Come and get your WordsWorth!
Can't get enough WordsWorth?
We know just what you mean!
We've barely bid farewell and already the gears are in motion for NEXT year's camp. Woot!
Itching to get in on the action? Download the PRE-registration form and send it back to us (along with your cheque) by September 1, 2010 and not only will you have secured a spot in WordsWorth, you'll receive a FREE 2011 WordsWorth T-shirt.
Does it get any better than that?
Yes, actually. By being one of the first to register, you'll also be one of the first to get the full deets on WordsWorth 2011.
And since you're being so proactive, why not fill out the mandatory forms and send those along as well. One less thing to do before next summer!
Picture this...
Imagine yourself immersed in beautiful Bragg Creek, AB with a group of like-minded peers. You'll write. You'll draw. You'll create.
All under the guidance of an inspirational roster of talented -- and familiar -- Alberta literary artists.
Join the incomparable Sheri-D Wilson for a Spoken Word Poetry super-stimulator.
Discover the creativity and rewards of combining writing with photos to create your own unique journal with Faye Reineberg-Holt.
Help Jason Long save the world from boring screenplays.
Learn the art of Improv with the amazing Donovan Workum.
Perfect your prose under the guidance of storyteller extraordinaire Jackie Guest.
Join the beautiful Carolyn Pogue in her quest for peace through words.
And so much more...
The 2010 Details
(Click here to download the poster)
WHAT: A camp for youth who like to write, just about everything
WHEN: July 4-9, 2010 (ages 12-14) and July 11-17 (ages 15-19)
*Please note that there is a typo on the poster and registration forms that listed the wrong dates for the older camp. It runs from July 11-17, not July 11-19.
We apologize for any confusion this has created!*
WHERE: Kamp Kiwanis, Bragg Creek, AB
Who else will be there?
Past WordsWorthians will be sure to welcome back many familiar faces in 2010, but the Young Alberta Book Society is pleased to announce some new names to the summer camp roster as well.
Like Tololwa Mollel - storyteller extraordinaire. Tololwa is the award-winning author of more than 15 children's books and several plays. His stories have been published in Canada, the U.S., Australia, Britain, South Africa and Tanzania where he was born.
We're still firming up the instructor line-up, but we can already share that Tololwa will be joined by Carolyn Pogue, Faye Reineberg Holt, Joseph Simons, David A. Poulsen, Brendan McLeod, Mark Kozub, Kim Firmston, Joan Marie Galat, Barbara North, Jason Long, Jacqueline Guest, Margaret Macpherson, Sheri-D Wilson, Steve Jodoin and Trevor Nugent-Smith of One World Drum.
Whew! That's an exhausting and amazing line-up of Alberta literary talent!
How can you be a part?
Sound like the perfect way to spend your summer? Perfect. Sign up now!
Summer WordsWorth 2010 is open for business. You can download the registration form here.
For further details, call the Young Alberta Book Society at (780) 422-8236 or check out the new WordsWorth blog.
Who's coordinating this shindig?
Lisa Murphy-Lamb: Teacher once. Now student for life.
Lisa Murphy-Lamb would love to spend the day under the sun re-reading (again and again) Dangerous Liaisons while birds chirped accompaniment and servants (possibly her well-trained bearded dragon, Hickory) fed her grapes – but only if that day could be capped off with a Mad Hatter-style tea party featuring interesting people who could continue her life-long learning.
Though formally trained as a teacher, Lisa’s sense of adventure won’t allow her to sit still for long. She’s always on the move, whether it’s attending the latest poetry slam, taking off for Thailand for three months without a game plan (yes, she did that!), or coordinating a summer writing camp for YOU.
That’s right – the Young Alberta Book Society is thrilled to welcome aboard Lisa as the 2010 WordsWorth coordinator. And she’s already jumped in with both feet. 2010 might be her first year at Kamp Kiwanis, but Lisa is no stranger to mentoring youth – or letting her creativity flow. As a former teacher – and writing coach – she has the chops (and then some) to push you to your creative limits.
Together with a spectacular (not to mention, familiar) line-up of super talented Alberta literary artists, she’s excited to help you learn to wield your writerly weapon. But most of all, Lisa is looking forward to being smack dab in the centre of a literary arts vortex where for one week, some of Alberta’s best young (and older) talent will live and breathe in creative sync.
Excited to meet Lisa? Book an adventure with the Young Alberta Book Society this summer and be a part of WordsWorth 2010.
Would you like to help kids get their "WordsWorth" ? Participate in 100 x 100!
We’re looking for 100 people to donate $100! Do the math! That’s a whole lotta money (and love) in support of young people who love to write…just about anything.
Three steps:
1. Make a donation to YABS via cheque (payable to “Young Alberta Book Society”) or credit card click here. Receive a tax receipt and a gift of a signed and numbered print by arachnidously famous Spyder Yardley-Jones (only 100 printed!).
2. Share WordsWorth's 100 x 100 with others! Do you have a rich old uncle? A well-heeled cousin? Neighbours with more loot than they know what to do with?
3. Spread the word via the web!
Thanks ever so much for joining us in......
