FBCW FACES
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A look at writers and events around the province! You can submit your photos to Jackie Carmichael anytime: carmichael.jacqueline@gmail.com 1. Participants gather at Vancouver Island University after an open mic and workshop with Sheri D. Wilson organized by WordStorm and 15 Minutes of Infamy in Nanaimo. 2. FBCW meet and greet at Chameleon's Restaurant in Parksville on Valentines Day. Attendees included: Barbara Botham, Darlene Opacic, George Opacic, Sheilagh Simpson, Janet Miller, Linda K. Thompson, Dorothy Collins, and Jackie Carmichael. 3. Writer Bernice Friesen and her books, including Sex, Death and Naked Men, at North Island College (NIC) in Courtenay. 4. Judy LeBlanc and her book, The Promise of Water. 5. Jane Wilde and Joline Martin with their book, Gumboot Girls. 6. Betty Annan with her books, including The Girl from Old Nichol. 7. Lily Hoy Price with her book, I Am Full Moon. 8. Dave Young and his book, The Uchuck Years. 9. Candice James, poet laureate emerita of New Westminster, and Richmond poet Synn Kune Loh, at Poetic Justice New Westminster. 10. Stephen Novik, organizer of Alberni Valley Words on Fire, at Char's Landing.
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