![]() Recent events in our world have highlighted the urgent need for more representation and diversity in books, but what more can be done to diversify their stories? In our tangled intersection of underrepresented (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, and LGBTQ+, among many others) authors, problems arise when book publishers expect writers to write “diverse” characters solely for the sake of diversity. Readers: Jasmine Kaur, If I Tell You the Truth (Harper Collins), Leah Ranada, The Cine Star Salon (NeWest Press), and Dan K. Presented by: Word Vancouver and the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop Location: SFU Harbour Centre, Segal Centre Room A Bring your notebook to this informative workshop and let Angela Crocker, author of national bestseller Work From Home Zone, be your guide to make the most of your writing time. And oftentimes that writing set-up is portable! To achieve your writing goals, you’ll also need to exercise soft skills to hold boundaries, work on your workflow, support your social-emotional wellness, and much more. From designing your workspace to purchasing the right technology, you have the opportunity to create a writing environment that works for you. However, a sober second look sharpens the realities of how to integrate your writing life with your home life. Location: SFU Harbour Centre, Classroom 3įacilitator: Angela Crocker, Work from Home Zone: Helping Entrepreneurs and Employees Integrate Work and Life (Self-Counsel Press)Īt first glance, working from home shines as a romantic solution to write the project of your dreams effortlessly. Candid and compassionate, Goosefeather shares the ups and downs of an extraordinary year of global travel and presents an uplifting look at how stories can resonate across even the most enormous distances - thus bringing us all closer together. Crossing 18 borders to perform 37 productions everywhere from Japan to Russia to Belgium to the middle of the ocean on the decks of a cargo ship, Steinberg explores what it means to tell a truly universal story. Goosefeather is a remarkable travelogue and memoir, chronicling Steinberg’s 382-day adventure around the planet, covering 55,965 kilometres by road and rail, land and sea, performing a playful and profound one-woman show that questions the very nature of modern connection. Reader: Naomi Steinberg, Goosefeather: Once Upon a Cartographic Adventure Host: Introduction by Canadian Authors Representative, Bob Mackay Both Chiu and Young have covered China for more than a decade (Young as correspondent for South China Morning Post) and both also covered the Meng Wanghou extradition hearings and the Two Michaels’ arrest and detention. Joining the discussion is Ian Young, new BC Bureau Chief for Canadian Press. How will this impact Canada and Vancouver, through "wolf warrior" diplomacy, intimidation campaigns, cyber security vulnerabilities, and ownership of Canadian tech and natural resource companies? Please join Toronto Star journalist/author Joanna Chiu to address these issues from her new book China Unbound. Readers: Joanna Chiu, China Unbound: A New World Disorder (House of Anansi Press) | Ian Young, BC bureau chief for Canadian Pressīeijing is part of a growing new world disorder on the world stage, along with Putin's Russia. Your approach seems very efficient to me (except that I would only call strlen(words) once and save the result in a register).Location: SFU Harbour Centre, Segal Centre Room C ![]() ![]() Perhaps this belongs on the code review site instead?
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