Writing can be lonely.
Let’s fix that!
I help writers find and shelter their voices in fun, encouraging, gentle workshops that bring the pleasure back into this thing that we love to do.
WORKSHOPS
I really love writing workshops, especially the generative kind. I take a lot of them, and many of the poems in my book started in some workshop or other.
Because I like them so much, I became certified in facilitating workshops in the AWA Method. Amherst Writers & Artists is an international writing organization founded on the belief that everyone is a writer. AWA supports practiced and emerging writers through a proven workshop method.
UPCOMING
HARVEST OF WORDS
Naramata Centre Zoom
Six Thursdays, Sept. 17 to Oct. 22, 2026, 6 to 8pm PT
$210
This six-week workshop is for folks at all levels who want to write—in any genre or style—in community in an encouraging, gentle, and exploratory way.
POETRY FOR PEOPLE AFRAID OF POETRY
Naramata Centre Zoom
Two sessions, Sat and Sun Nov. 21 and 22, 2026, 2 to 4pm PT
$85
In this fun, generative two-day workshop we will learn about poetry through writing poetry. Carefully-selected prompts will build fluency and skill, while being fun to write to. We will each have a chance to share what we write with the group for (only) positive feedback. Short explanations of some of the elements of poetry will be offered, but most of the time will be spent playing with words. All levels are welcome. All you need is a notebook or word program and a device that can zoom!
WORKSHOP AT ART SOUL STUDIO
In person, Art Soul Studio, 9802 Fifth St., Sidney, BC
Sunday, Sept. 13 2026, 6:30 to 8:30 pm PT
$35
A new art studio is opening up in Sidney, and what better way to check it out than with some fun generative writing? Join me to write from easy, expansive prompts in any genre and at any level, and then for optional sharing for only positive feedback, in this encouraging two-hour workshop.
ONGOING
WRITERS’ DROP-IN WITH KELSEY ANDREWS
Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 2026
Nell Horth Room, Sidney Public Library
Second Saturday of the month, 2 to 4 pm PT
We’ll have three quiet writing periods where we can write with the provided prompts or on our own work, with two breaks in between to get to know each other. Offered in partnership with the Sidney/North Saanich Library.
PAST OFFERINGS
THE WRITER’S NOTEBOOK:
A Practice of Noticing and Craft
In-person at the Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
Six Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, from May 7 to June 11
$150
This workshop, using a combination of in-workshop prompts and exercises and at-home experiments, will encourage a “notebook practice”. Together we will get into the habit of writing as a way to notice the world, figure out what we think, and as a way to companion ourselves through life. Maximum 8 participants.
(Will be offered again in the new year on Zoom)
WRITING IN THE DARK OF THE YEAR IV
Naramata Centre Zoom
Tuesdays, January 13 to February 17, 2026, 7pm to 8:30pm PT
$224
This six-week workshop is for folks at all levels who want to write—in any genre or style—in community in an encouraging, gentle, and exploratory way.
Gathering Words for Summer in-person week
at Naramata Centre
July 21-25, 2025
Naramata Centre
Summer (and a week at Naramata in particular) can go by so fast! Let’s gather some impressions, some thoughts, some of that wonderful summer-at-Naramata energy for later, by writing them down. This five-day, in-person workshop is for anyone who wants to write - in any genre or style -in community in an encouraging, gentle, and exploratory way.
WRITING IN THE DARK OF THE YEAR III
Naramata Centre Zoom
Tuesdays, January 14 to February 11, 2025, 6pm to 8pm PT
$125
This five-week workshop is for folks at all levels who want to write—in any genre or style—in community in an encouraging, gentle, and exploratory way.
HARVEST OF WORDS
Naramata Centre Zoom
Tuesdays, Sept. 3 to Oct. 8, 2024, 6pm to 8pm PT
$150
This five-week workshop is for folks at all levels who want to write—in any genre or style—in community in an encouraging, gentle, and exploratory way.
