Información de la convocatoria
Esta actividad se desarrollará en inglés, por lo que es necesario disponer del nivel del idioma suficiente para poder seguirlo con fluidez.
Fecha y horario
17 de mayo. Horario pendiente de confirmar.
Objetivos
You have a story to tell or a text to write. You don’t think you can write it, but you will – one word at a time.
Contenidos y Metodología
In this workshop, author Licia Canton uses a set of exercises to help you get started. Through a series of writing activities, she will help you transition from an idea to a first draft and eventually, a final version. She will guide you to perfect the text and suggest further steps to follow once a final version has been completed.
Destinatarios
Profesores de la UBU.
Formadora
Licia Canton.
A former teacher of English literature and composition, Licia Canton is an Honorary Fellow (2018-2021) at the University of Hull, U.K., where she visits as translator-in-residence. In 2019, Licia Canton was visiting professor and writer-in-residence at the University of Calabria. She holds a Ph.D. from Université de Montréal and a M.A. from McGill University. She lives in Montreal.
Licia Canton is the author of The Pink House and Other Stories (2018). Her short story collection Almond Wine and Fertility (2008; 2018) was published in Italy as Vino alla mandorla e fertilità (2015). Her writing (fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, poetry) has been anthologized internationally in English, French, Chinese, Italian and dialect. She is also a literary critic and a (self-)translator. The founding editor-in-chief of Accenti Magazine, she has published ten volumes as (co)editor. She has served on the board of directors of the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) and is past-president of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW). She mentors emerging writers through the QWF and the AICW, and she evaluates manuscripts for The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC). She received the Premio Italia nel Mondo in 2018.
