Summer Reading Series

Thank you to all who joined Sage Hill for online readings by summer faculty: Tanis MacDonald, Micheline Maylor, Catherine Banks, Tariq Hussain & Jacqueline Baker! And a Kroetsch Keynote delivered by Griffin Poetry Prize finalist, Sandra Ridley! These public events were held online via Zoom.

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Reading #1: Monday, July 6, 2020 5 PM SK Time

Readings by:
Tanis MacDonald, Catherine Banks, Micheline Maylor

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Reading #2: Thursday, July 9, 2020 5 PM SK Time

Kroetsch Keynote by Sandra Ridley
Reading by Jacqueline Baker
Music by Tariq Hussain

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Sandra Ridley is the author of four books of poetry: Fallout, Post-Apothecary, The Counting House, and Silvija — a finalist for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize. A recipient of the bp Nichol Prize and a finalist for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, she has received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing and won the Toronto International Festival of Authors ‘Battle of the Bards’. She has also been recently nominated for Ontario’s KM Hunter Artist Award for Mid-Career Writer. Sandra has taught poetry at Carleton University and has been a writing mentor through Ottawa’s Supportive Housing and Mental Health Services “Footprints to Recovery” program for people living with mental illness. She grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and now lives in Ottawa.

Many thanks to our funders and sponsors: SK Arts, SaskCulture, Canada Council for the Arts, The League of Canadian Poets, and Friesen Press.

Sage Hill Writing’s
Online Teen & Young Writers’ Workshops

Applications for 2020 yoouth programs are now closed.

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Sage Hill Writing
Online Summer Courses
July 4 – 14, 2020

Applications For the Adult Summer Courses are Now Closed.

Summer programs will be offered online due to COVID-19.
Application Fee: $25
Tuition: $595

“Sage Hill has changed my life.”
– Caitlin Arnal, 2019 Emerging Writers’ Course Alum

“Sage Hill is enriching and inspiring. Breakthroughs and learning happened at every turn. Sage Hill kindled new friendships I already treasure.”
– Joni Laberge, 2019 Fiction Course Alum

Course Elements:

Live group sessions discussing the craft of writing.

1-on-1 mentoring with instructor providing individual critiques.

Personal writing time and feedback on work as it develops.

Faculty and participant readings.

You’re an ideal applicant if you:

• are looking for a published author to mentor you in your writing.
• want to move your manuscript towards a publishable state.
• are working on a writing project that needs an influx of time & energy.
• would like to build your community & meet writers across Canada.
• desire to refine your writing skills & have fun in the process!

Sage Hill Writing intentionally keeps class sizes small for optimum instructor / participant ratio.

“Sage Hill is a celebration!”
– Susan Wismer, 2019 Poetry Course Alum

“The creative energy is phenomenal.”
– Sarah Trevor, 2019 Fiction Course Alum

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Are you Sage Hill Alumni? Visit our Alumni Publications page, click on the year that you published and make sure that your book is included.

30 for 30

Celebrate 30 years of Sage Hill with a single donation of $30 or a multiple donation ($30 per month, $300 one time, $3000 corporate).

Whatever you can give will help Sage Hill continue to foster writing that matters.

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