I don’t know about the rest of you, but when it rains I don’t want to do anything but stay inside… But I have to go out to dinner tonight. I know lots of fellow Vancouverites are into puddle-jumping and so I ask: “What’s wrong with me?”
Julie Burtinshaw- VPL South Hill Library Talk Today April 23, 2013Thanks to the Writers’ Union of Canada for sponsoring my talk today at the VPL South Hill Library on Fraser Street. I will be talking to a grade 12 law class from John Oliver High School about myself, my writing … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON April 20, 2013Thursday April 25th 2013 Pandora’s Collective Presents James McCann and Eric Hamber Secondary Writers in the Making Time: 7pm-9:30 pm (sign up for open mic from 7 to 7:30pm) Location: The Cottage Bistro 4468 Main Street Vancouver, BC V5V 3R2 … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- No News is, Well, It’s No News. Deal With It February 28, 2013One of the most difficult things about being a writer, at least for me, is the time between sending out a new manuscript and waiting for a response from an agent or a publisher. It’s always the same level of … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Writing Contest for Teens January 16, 2013Book Week Writing Contest for Kids & Teens Grades 4 to 12 Deadline approaching: February 1, 2013! The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s annual *Book Week Writing Contest for Kids & Teens is now open. This national contest is a much … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- Say No to Northern Gateway Pipeline – Protest Today January 14, 2013The federal government’s Joint Review Panel of the Northern Gateway Pipeline is coming to Vancouver tomorrow, Monday January 14. People from across British Columbia have formed an unbroken wall of opposition against this dangerous tarsands pipeline to protect our coast … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- UBC Creative Writing Locution Night – A Perfect Literary Evening January 11, 2013This evening I participated in UBC’s MFA first locution of the year at the Cottage Bistro on Main Street. Locution, if you are curious (as I was) is: 1. A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one that is used … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- The Suesstivus Holiday Twitter Challenge Today! December 18, 2012Check out the Canada Writes Website and have some fun in this Twitter Challenge. You can find all of the information at the above website. I am so swamped with writing and Christmas, so I don’t know if I’ll be … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- Canada Writes! Creative Nonfiction Competion December 17, 2012Nonfiction Prize The competition opens December 1, 2012.Deadline to submit: February 1, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. ET This prize is awarded once a year to the best original, unpublished, work of Creative Nonfiction that is submitted to the competition. All … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- there is no why, only is December 16, 2012there is no why, only is.Julie Burtinshaw
- Gun Violence and Mass Murder: The Terrible Aftermath December 16, 2012The news out of the United States this week about the latest massacre in a small town called Newport, Connecticut brought back a flood of memories for me. Just after the killings in an American high school in 1999, (Columbine) … Continue reading →Julie Burtinshaw
- VPL South Hill Library Talk Today April 23, 2013
