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what is HOT AIR?
HOT AIR is the official blog of 2008 edtion of THIN AIR, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival.
From September 21-28, HOT AIR bloggers will contribute journaling on their WIWF experiences, meditations on aspects of writing and publishing, social columns, and previews of upcoming WIWF events.
From September 21-28, HOT AIR bloggers will contribute journaling on their WIWF experiences, meditations on aspects of writing and publishing, social columns, and previews of upcoming WIWF events.
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what is THIN AIR?
In September each year, Winnipeg welcomes writers from Canada and around the world for a week of readings, lectures, interviews, conversations, book launches, and other events.
That week of literary feasting—which reaches out into the rural areas of the province as well—is THIN AIR, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. With programming for adults and children, in English and French, THIN AIR is an infusion of energy into the thriving literary culture of this city.
That week of literary feasting—which reaches out into the rural areas of the province as well—is THIN AIR, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. With programming for adults and children, in English and French, THIN AIR is an infusion of energy into the thriving literary culture of this city.
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Chaque année au mois de septembre, Winnipeg ouvre son cœur culturel et artistique pour accueillir des écrivains d’ici et d’ailleurs. C’est une semaine de lectures, d’entrevues, de lancements de livres et de bonnes conversations.
Ce buffet de littérature s’appelle THIN AIR, Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Le FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS est la composante francophone du festival THIN AIR.
Ce buffet de littérature s’appelle THIN AIR, Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Le FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS est la composante francophone du festival THIN AIR.
Il y comprend des programmations pour adultes et pour enfants, en anglais et en français. THIN AIR, c’est une infusion d’énergie littéraire!
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Monday's Quote on the Craft of Fiction
"The first draft I write will be complete crap. I give myself the permission to scrap it. I just need to get out the thought, the idea."
Andrew Davidson, speaking at McNally Robinson.
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
Andrew Davidson, speaking at McNally Robinson.
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
Tuesday's Quote on the Craft of Writing
David Bergen on how a writer can find their voice:
"Imitate. Copy. Until you find your voice, and you will find your voice."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
"Imitate. Copy. Until you find your voice, and you will find your voice."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
Thursday's Quote on the Craft of Writing
The artist, assuming the writer is an artist, has to see things differently. What the writer has to do when he looks at a landscape, say there's a tree, a house, a lamp post, he has to rearrange it to bring out the scene more forcefully. The writer is not a cameraman. He can rearrange what is before him and bring out what he wants to convey.
- Austin Clarke, speaking at the University of Winnipeg.
(Compiled by Brad Hartle.)
- Austin Clarke, speaking at the University of Winnipeg.
(Compiled by Brad Hartle.)
Friday's Quote on the Craft of Writing
Roo Borson on how her essays and poems develop:
"It's almost like working with strips of newspaper headlines, but with content I've come up with. I find myself piecing them together, rearranging and moving them around until something comes of it, until something resonates."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
"It's almost like working with strips of newspaper headlines, but with content I've come up with. I find myself piecing them together, rearranging and moving them around until something comes of it, until something resonates."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
Saturday's Quote on the Craft of Fiction
Jane Munro on why reading her poems before people makes them complete:
"Poetry is transitive. It is not complete until it is received."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
"Poetry is transitive. It is not complete until it is received."
(Compiled by Brad Hartle)
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About Me
- Ariel Gordon
- Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg writer. Both her collections of poetry, HUMP and STOWAWAYS, won the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. She recently co-edited GUSH: menstrual manifestos for our times with Rosanna Deerchild and Tanis MacDonald. In 2019, she will publish two tree books: essays with Wolsak & Wynn in spring and poetry with At Bay Press in the fall.
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