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I say that humans are the only ones in this world

I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it ...
But there is nothing in this world that needs us for its survival.

We aren't the masters of the earth.
We're the servants.

Joseph Boyden, ~ The Orenda ~

©️Benjamin Everett

I wrote about one of my great loves—travelling.

I wrote about one of my great loves—travelling. I refused to stay home after becoming a mother to two babies, 14 months apart, but Paradise had other plans.

Thank you, @barzakhmag for publishing 'Paradise' in your Winter Issue! @laura_vukson

https://www.barzakhmag.net/winter-2023-nonfiction-content/2023/2/6/laura-vukson

#motherhood #travelwithkids #swwritersworkshop #barzakhmag

A repost by @barzakhmag So excited to share the cover art for our Winter 2023 issue! The artist is Ronald Walker and this piece is titled "Era of the End." We just love the surreal quality of his "Suburban Primitive Musing" Series and especially this hippo! Can't wait to launch the whole issue on the 15th!
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So happy to see Abigail Deveney’s piece ‘Never

So happy to see Abigail Deveney’s piece ‘Never’ shortlisted for Event Magazine 2022 Non-Fiction Contest! Congrats Abigail!

Posted @withregram • @eventmags Announcing the EVENT Magazine 2022 Non-Fiction Contest shortlist! Congratulations to the following writers and their work:
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“It’s Funny Because It’s True,” Becky Blake, Toronto, ON
“Faulty Wiring,” Morgan Charles, Ottawa, ON
“Black Pill,” Carolyn Chung, Toronto, ON
“Seven Forward, Seven Back,” Donna Costa, London, ON
“Never,” Abigail Deveney, Whistler, BC
“The Devil You Know,” Justyna Krol, Vancouver, BC
“Kickback,” Jennifer Landrey, Penticton, BC
“Fat Ladies,” Mark Mazullo, Saint Paul, MN
“Differential,” Shane Neilson, Cambridge, ON
“Reverberations of Institutional Violence: a spectrum,” Adelle Purdham, Peterborough, ON
“The Edge of Change,” Kelly Thompson, Greenwood, NS
“Real Magic,” Eun Yoon, Chicago, IL
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Thank you to everyone who entered. Stay tuned for the winner's announcements in the coming weeks!

We’ve got some exciting news coming up! If you h

We’ve got some exciting news coming up! If you haven’t had a chance, head over to our website and subscribe to Sweetwater Writers Workshop newsletter to learn more.

#writingretreat #sweetwaterwriters #swwritersworkshop #josephboyden #lauravukson #writersofinstagram

Upcoming online writing workshops are now posted o

Upcoming online writing workshops are now posted on our Sweetwater Writers Workshop website (link in bio). Register early to save a spot!

#swwritersworkshop #writingworkshop #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #josephboyden #novelist #writinginspiration #sweetwaterwriters

Wishing y’all a cozy Merry Christmas and don’t

Wishing y’all a cozy Merry Christmas and don’t forget to pick out a fabulous book to read tomorrow. 📚 🎄

#booklovers #writerscommunity #swwritersworkshop #santaiscoming #winterwonderland #stayhome #onstorm

I published a creative nonfiction in @quarantine_r

I published a creative nonfiction in @quarantine_review called ‘Blankets’ about my Dene mom sharing some of her Indian Residential and Day School experience with me for the first time. And how she didn’t let it break her but instead taught my sister and me how to keep our babies happy, safe and warm. - @laura_vukson

Issue 14 is available here:

https://www.thequarantinereview.ca/main/issue14

It features fiction by Debra Martens and Roz Milner.

A novel excerpt by Alex Pugsley

A poetic dialogue by @kimfahner & @janedayreader

Poems by @francesboyle19 & @krwbooks

CNF by @laura_vukson & @glickmansusan

Not to mention The Holiday Hotlist, which will come in handy for last-minute gift ideas! Check it out!

#blankets #nonfiction #lauravukson #residentialschools #indigenousmotherhood #quarantinemagazine

Always a delight when a Sweetwater writer shares t

Always a delight when a Sweetwater writer shares their published work with you.

#salllywylie #canadianaviator #aviation #marshalllingsignals #hawkerhurricane

So true. 🌹✒️ A repost by @jackkerouacquot

So true. 🌹✒️

A repost by @jackkerouacquotes Via @poncebank
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#fernandapivano #ildottorsax #sullastrada #ontheroad #maggiecassidy #tristessa #bigsur #satoriinparis #thedharmabums #jackkerouac #jackkerouacquotes #beatgerenation #travel #ny #thescroll #salparadise #visionsofgerard #lawrenceferlinghetti #poetry #poetsofinstagram

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”  — Toni Morrison

#writinginspiration #swwritersworkshop #tonimorrison #writersquotes #writersofinstagram

A repost by • @twodogsandabook 📚 Hello Book

A repost by • @twodogsandabook 📚 Hello Book Friends! 📚
It took me a while to find a book to match #Pawsandreadathon2022 September prompt: Read a book set in your home state. I had a hard time finding a book that is set in Ontario and that I thought I would like. I finally found one: THREE DAY ROAD by Joseph Boyden. This read-a-thon is hosted by @paws.and.read. Keep an eye for my review coming soon.

✏️ Synopsys:
It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. As Niska slowly paddles her canoe on the three-day journey to bring Xavier home, travelling through the stark but stunning landscape of Northern Ontario, their respective stories emerge—stories of Niska’s life among her kin and of Xavier’s horrifying experiences in the killing fields of Ypres and the Somme.

👩🏼‍🏫 𝗤𝗢𝗧𝗗: Could you name a book set in your home state? Have you read it?

@penguincanada | @joseph.boyden

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
Toni Morrison

#books #writing #tonimorrison #writersofinstagram #writinginspiration

Happy reading! A repost by @dan.reads.and.writes 📚📚I’m going on vacation and this is what’s coming with me! Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road and Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi, a stack of vintage Hilroys with my Lamy and a pot of Herbin’s Rouge Grenat. In addition to some canoeing, I’m going to try to get some writing done this weekend - wish me luck! 🛶📚✍🏻 #vacationmode #threedayroad #josephboyden #boysnowbird #helenoyeyemi #read #reading #bookstagram #books #booksandplants #writersofinstagram #writing #cabininthewoods #getaway

Beginner’s Guide to Writing Fiction with interna

Beginner’s Guide to Writing Fiction with international bestselling author and Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden kicks off October 1, 2022.

Dates: October 1, 2 , 8, 9, 2022. (Saturday & Sunday)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
VIA ZOOM
Tuition is $250 plus HST

Bio: Joseph Boyden is an author and writing mentor. His novels include Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce, and The Orenda, which have won awards such as the Giller Prize and France’s Prix Literaire du Monde, and have been published in more than twenty languages.

Are you intrigued by the idea of writing fiction but don’t know where to begin? Do you want to join a friendly, lively writing community?

· This two-week workshop introduces you to the tools you need to get writing.

· Meeting twice each week for 90 minutes, Joseph’s entertaining and straightforward style brings to life the fundamentals of the craft, including how to make your characters come alive, concrete ways to plot out your narrative, the vital importance of choosing the right point-of-view, as well as how to write strong dialogue.

· In each meeting, he presents short and digestible tutorials that explore everything from mining story ideas to developing them into actual scenes to stitching those scenes together into what will become a fully realized piece of fiction.

· Over the two weeks, Joseph leads plenty of group discussions as well, helping you to delve deeper into some of the finer points of the all-important fundamentals.

. Each workshop includes handout summaries of the tutorials and, most importantly, short take-home writing exercises geared to help you explore and develop what you’ve learned.

The ultimate goal is to get you started writing down your stories. You’ll find it isn’t quite the daunting journey you might have imagined.

To register visit swwritersworkshop.ca

#josephboyden #swwritersworkshop #novelist #fictionwriting #writersofinstagram #writers #prose #georgianbay #writingworkshop #creativity #durhamworkshop

“You should write because you love the shape of

“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page.” Annie Proulx

#annieproulx #writingquotes #writingtips #writersofinstagram #swwritersworkshop

“Read, read, read. Read everything — tra

“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” — William Faulkner

#williamfaulkner #writersquotes #writersofinstagram #swwritersworkshop

UPDATE: CLASS IS FULL. Three-Month Novel Workshop:

UPDATE: CLASS IS FULL. Three-Month Novel Workshop: You are wanting to begin a book-length manuscript and need that big initial push, or you’re already in the midst of wrestling with it and would like some objective eyes to help you step back and get a bit of clarity and insight.

If you desire constructive discussion of your work from a bestselling author and a small group of similarly focused (perhaps obsessed might be a better word) peers, as well as a chance to offer your own, this is your workshop.

A seasoned veteran with keen insight into publishing, Joseph Boyden also offers valuable knowledge of that world. We’ll have plenty of opportunities to talk about the publishing process: how to know when you’re ready to share your novel or collection, how to find the right literary agent as well as approach that agent with your manuscript, and lots of other sage advice to better your chances of getting your work out into the world.

The Novel Workshop introduces you to other writers focused on the same goals. Why not create new working friendships that will carry on beyond the workshop?

* Currently, this workshop is online via Zoom.
* Minimal enrolment is four writers with a cap of six writers.
* Six weeks of classes, meeting twice a month for three hours.
* You will receive four one-on-one discussions with Joseph.
* Admission is based on a short writing sample.

Workshop #1: Mon. October 3, 12-3 pm
Workshop #2: Tues. October 18, 12-3 pm
Workshop #3: Mon. October 31, 12-3 pm
Workshop #4: Mon. November 14, 12-3 pm
Workshop #5: Mon. November 28, 12-3 pm
Workshop #6: Mon. December 12, 12-3 pm
(EST)

To learn more: swwritersworkshop.ca

#swwritersworkshop #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writingworkshop #josephboyden

Sweetwater Writers Workshop 🖊#writingcommunity

Sweetwater Writers Workshop 🖊#writingcommunity #fictionwriting #prose #writersofinstagram

It’s time to wander your path to the wondrous. S

It’s time to wander your path to the wondrous. Sweetwater Writers Workshop kick off the first week of October.

A few spots left in Beginner’s Guide to Writing Fiction and two spots left in the three-month Novel Workshop.

Info in Bio. ⬆️

#swwritersworkshop #josephboyden #writersofinstagram #writingworkshop #prose #writing #westgreyontario

A lovely repost by • @niloo_books The Orenda.201

A lovely repost by • @niloo_books The Orenda.2013
📚کتاب: #اورندا
🖋️نویسنده: #جوزف_بویدن
🖋️مترجم: #محمد_جوادی
📖#نشر_مروارید
📖592 صفحه
📑ژانر: #تاریخی_نیلوبوک

📙نام کتاب، اورندا، به‌اعتقاد سرخ‌پوستان نیرویی ماورایی است که در همه موجودات جاندار و بی‌جان وجود دارد، چیزی شبیه روح، اما معتقدند مختص حیوان، درخت، دریا و هر چیز بی‌جان دیگر هم هست.

📙این کتاب جلد سوم مجموعه‌ست اما از نظر تاریخی، زمان قبل از دو کتاب اوله و بهتره اول خونده شه.

خلاصه:
📗سرخ‌پوستان آمریکای شمالی و کانادا در قرن 17، با ورود فرانسوی‌ها و انگلیسی‌ها به سرزمینشان، با چالش‌هایی روبه‌رو می‌شوند که اروپاییان سنت، عقاید و فرهنگشان را به تاراج می‌برند...

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📕کتاب سه راوی داره:
🔸پرنده، از قبیله هیورون
🔸دانه برف، دختری از قبیله ایروکوی یا هادشانی
🔸کلاغ، کشیش فرانسوی مبلغ مسیحیت

پرنده، همسر و دو دخترش را از دست داده و دانه برف دختری از قبیله دشمن رو به سرپرستی گرفته و پدر او شده.
کلاغ، بیگانه‌ای در سرزمین وحشی که برای ترویج مسیحیت و صدای اعظم (خدا) بین سرخ‌پوستان تلاش می‌کند.

📕اورندا یه کتاب تاریخی واقعی و حاصل مطالعات دقیق نویسنده‌ست که داستان فراموش‌شده قبایل سرخ‌پوست رو کاملا مستند و بی‌طرفانه به‌صورت داستان بیان کرده.

در اورندا با سنت‌ها، عقاید، سرمایه‌های بومی، زیستی و فرهنگی سرخپوستان آشنا می‌شیم. سرخپوستان در عین دوری از دنیای بیرون و مدرن، افکار و عقاید خاص خودشون رو دارن که بتونن با دنیای وحشی پیرامونشون وفق پیدا کنن و زنده بمونن.

📕با سه زاویه دید متفاوت که از نقاط قوت کتابه، با سرخ‌پوستان همراه می‌شیم، پابه‌پای اونا زندگی می‌کنیم، می‌خندیم، درد می‌کشیم و در سرزمینشون برای بقا می‌جنگیم.

کتاب به‌شدت زیبا و پراطلاعاتی بود که در عین تلخی، پربار و مفید بود.

📘ترجمه آقای جوادی و ارتباط مستقیمشون با نویسنده، فارسی‌سازی اسم سرخ‌پوستان و یادداشت نویسنده برای مخاطبان ایرانی کتاب، همه عالی بود.

بریده کتاب:
📄گاهی به دست نیاوردن چیزی که می‌خواهیم مهم‌ترین درس‌ها را به ما می‌دهد.

🏅امتیاز گودریدز: 4.22/5
🏅امتیاز من به کتاب: 5/5
🏅در یک کلام: روح سرخ‌پوستان
🏅به سلیقه من: به‌شدت زیبا و پرمحتوا

📌به چه کسی پیشنهاد می‌دم: برای دونستن بیشتر درباره تاریخی واقعی سرخپوستان البته با تحمل شکنجه‌‌هایی که توصیف شده. کتاب ارزشمند و پرباریه.

📌چی یاد گرفتم: تاریخ غنی سرخ‌پوستان. انسان‌ها برای بقا، راه‌های مختلفی رو در پیش می‌گیرن.

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