[BCMA] Press Release for Immediate Release

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

 Thank you!

Carmen Thompson
AIR and Program Coordinator
Caetani Cultural Centre
3401 Pleasant Valley Rd, Vernon BC V1T 4L4


*Editing and Beta Reading * *One Day Workshop with Visiting Australian
Author Emily Craven*

*Tuesday December 23rd 2018 6-9:30pm*

*Caetani Centre Library*

*$60.00 per student*

*To register visit: **www.caetani.org* <http://www.caetani.org>



Struggling to polish your manuscript or get feedback that doesn’t cost you
an arm and a leg? Learn the art of self-editing and training beta readers.
Perfect for writers groups, and emerging authors who are looking to develop
the skills needed to improve their work ready for submission.

*Learning Outcomes:* This workshop will take you through in intricacies of
structural and line editing, giving feedback to other writers and training
beta readers to give feedback to you.

*Emily Craven *is participating in the Caetani Centre’s Self-Directed
Residency Program. She is an author, speaker, innovator and the
publisher/CEO of the Story City GPS app, which allows participants to take
part in a story set in the location they are standing. Emily is the winner
of the Brisbane City Council inaugural $25,000 Innovation Award for her
Story City project, which creates real life choose-your-own-adventure
stories around cities, and winner of the 2016 QLD Literary Award’s Young
Writer and Publisher of the Year. Emily has spoken to teenagers, teachers,
journalists and writers across Australia (keynotes, workshops and
masterclasses) on writing, editing, ebooks, and digital/multi-media
storytelling, and was the Digital Writer in Residence at Brisbane State
High School in 2014-2015.

She writes YA fiction, with her latest series, The Grand Adventures of
Madeline Cain, written as though you are reading the main character’s
Facebook page. She was previously the Digital Producer for if:book
Australia (The Institute for the Future of the Book) and QLD Writers Centre
and has been featured in Money Magazine, Channel 7’s The Great South East
and in various newspaper publications for her writing projects.

The Self-Directed Residency Program at the Caetani Centre is open for
applications. Open to emerging and established visual artists in any
medium. Writers, musicians, curators, cultural researchers, musicians and
performing artists are also welcome and encouraged to apply.


For more information please visit our website *www.caetani.org
<http://www.caetani.org>*

Contact Info: air @caetani.org 250-275-1525


*Blogging for Beginners**One Day Workshop with Visiting Australian Author
Emily Craven*

*Wednesday December 24th 2018 6-9:30pm*

*Caetani Centre Library*

*$60.00 per student*

*To register visit: **www.caetani.org <http://www.caetani.org>*


These days the best way to get your writing noticed and connect with
readers who like your work is in the world of blogging. Not only is it
essential to your career to build your own audience, but it is now
essential to being picked up by a publisher. What makes a good blog post?
How do you know what a reader will find interesting? What’s a platform and
how do you use one? Learn how to build an online presence in a way that
compels an audience to subscribe to your feed.

*Learning outcomes:* From WordPress and Blogger, posting, commenting and
building up an audience, this workshop will take you through the steps of
becoming a master blogger. We will take you through the technicalities of
setting up and using each platform, how to create content, how to give your
blog the best chance of turning up in the search engines and how to
automate your social media so it updates your latest post with no input
from you.

*Emily Craven *is participating in the Caetani Centre’s Self-Directed
Residency Program. She is an author, speaker, innovator and the
publisher/CEO of the Story City GPS app, which allows participants to take
part in a story set in the location they are standing. Emily is the winner
of the Brisbane City Council inaugural $25,000 Innovation Award for her
Story City project, which creates real life choose-your-own-adventure
stories around cities, and winner of the 2016 QLD Literary Award’s Young
Writer and Publisher of the Year. Emily has spoken to teenagers, teachers,
journalists and writers across Australia (keynotes, workshops and
masterclasses) on writing, editing, ebooks, and digital/multi-media
storytelling, and was the Digital Writer in Residence at Brisbane State
High School in 2014-2015.

She writes YA fiction, with her latest series, The Grand Adventures of
Madeline Cain, written as though you are reading the main character’s
Facebook page. She was previously the Digital Producer for if:book
Australia (The Institute for the Future of the Book) and QLD Writers Centre
and has been featured in Money Magazine, Channel 7’s The Great South East
and in various newspaper publications for her writing projects.

The Self-Directed Residency Program at the Caetani Centre is open for
applications. Open to emerging and established visual artists in any
medium. Writers, musicians, curators, cultural researchers, musicians and
performing artists are also welcome and encouraged to apply.

For more information please visit our website *www.caetani.org
<http://www.caetani.org>*

Contact Info: air @caetani.org 250-275-1525
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