You have ideas. You have the desire to write. You want to live a more creative life. You know at some level that you have it in you to do this. But it can be challenging to get motivated. Creative writing doesn’t have to feel like a long uphill climb. In this short burst writing workshop, you’ll experience how playful, surprising and energizing it can be to write some of your life stories.

Anne Bokma is Hamilton-based journalist and author. Her memoir, My Year of Living Spiritually: One Woman's Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life, was published by Douglas & McIntyre and won the 2020 Hamilton Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Kerry Schooley Book Award. She is a recipient of the City of Hamilton's Arts Award for Established Writers and was nominated in 2025 for The Landsberg Award, named after trailblazing feminist journalist Michele Landsberg. Anne is also a memoir writing coach and workshop and retreat leader as well as a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. She is the founder and host of the 6-Minute Memoir storytelling event.  

$25 | Not Included in Weekend Pass