NEW START DATE Stories of Our Community: Echoes of Our Voices Workshop
Join us for an inspiring three-part workshop series on gathering and crafting stories!
Wednesday evenings: February 19, March 5 & 19, at 7 p.m.
First workshop (originally February 5) postponed to February 19
In this three-part workshop series, you will explore the significance of collective memory and living testimonies in preserving oral history. You will be engaged in transcribing personal stories gathered from community members.
Over the course of three evenings, you will explore techniques to:
- Do interviews and record oral testimonies,
- Transform spoken accounts into literary or documentary texts,
- Contextualize your stories within broader history.
Become a collector of real-life stories!
No prior writing experience required, the workshop is open to all.
Please note: by booking a ticket for February 19, you are automatically registered for the full, three-part workshop. February 19 attendance is required to attend the sessions on March 5 and 19.
Presenter biography
Sophie Létourneau was born in Levis in 1980. Since 2012, she is literature professor at Université Laval. Her latest book, Chasse à l’homme, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction in 2020.