You’d think they could have seen this one coming, what with him being infamously secretive and all. On the other hand, how do they know it’s fake? Is this PostModernism in its highest form?
“An interview purporting to be with Banksy in last Saturday’s Guide (One last thing … , 18 July, page 98, the Guide) was, it transpires, conducted with someone impersonating the graffiti artist. We apologise to Banksy for this error and for any offence and inconvenience caused.”
From a bright-eyed Friday, September 4th through to a groggy, shaken Tuesday the 8th morning, we’ll be closeting ourselves away in a secluded resort doing nothing but writing. The goal: to create a novel from start to finish in three straight days.
Every year the 3 Day Novel Contest comes around, and every year, something gets in the way. The purpose of this retreat is to ensure that over those three caffeine and stress-packed days, you have nothing else to do but write. And maybe slam some energy drinks.
You can also join this event on Facebook and you can join the Shebeen Club itself there as well.
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Friday, 04 September 2009 at 17:00
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 at 11:00
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a resort within an easy ferry ride/drive of Vancouver
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Beautiful BC
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| Phone: | 778-235-0592 but email instead, PLEASE |
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lorraine.murphy at gmail.com
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Reflections on Bowen Island, by Kris Krug
Meals, shelter, companionship and isolation as you choose: all are included in the price. We’re still in negotiations, but at this point it looks like the four days (checkout 11am Tuesday) will run us about $800, including your 3 Day Novel Contest registration fee of $50.
There is an absolute maximum of 20 attendees, so express your interest sooner rather than later.
Obviously, we’ve yet to lock all the deets down, so consider this a preliminary announcement and we’ll consider your ATTENDING/MAYBE/NOPE RSVP to be equally tentative until everything is ready for launch. We’ll contact everyone then with the official registration link, where you’ll be able to make your reservation via debit, paypal, or credit card. For now, just drop a comment or email to let us know you’re interested and we’ll keep you informed.
Oh, and by the way, we’re not officially affiliated with the 3 Day Novel Contest, although they have given us their blessing; we’re just big fans who’ve been thinking about doing this for years.
Bowen Bay by KK
BookCamp Vancouver
BookCamp Vancouver, a collaborative Unconference inspired by BookCamp Toronto, will take place October 16th at SFU Harbour Centre. Registration is open now, and a full day ticket is absolutely free. Given the interest in this, I suggest you sign up sooner rather than later; there’s also a spot on your registration form to pitch a session if you’d like to lead one.
From the BookCamp Vancouver wiki:
BookCamp Vancouver is a user-generated unconference that brings print publishers, educators, community builders and the tech community together – for free! BookCamp Vancouver is an opportunity to explore the present and future of books and book-like technologies. It’s open to anyone interested in the publishing industry and the potential dynamics of the reader/creator/publisher relationship.
Join us for a day of sharing new ideas, radical notions and engaging conversation! We’ll consider the future of the Book as an object; examine its ongoing role as a delivery mechanism for stories, information and entertainment; and examine how publishers can leverage themselves for success in the digital age.
Participants and self-selected guests will choose the agenda for the day, forming breakup groups to discuss and potentially create future book technologies, workflows, and grand schemes. Lend your passion and expertise to Bookcamp Vancouver by volunteering to facilitate a session.
Our plan is for this to be a day of talking and doing – of rolling up the proverbial shirt sleeves and tinkering with the publishing mechanism. We’re inviting authors, typographers, designers, printers, technologists, booksellers, literary agents, publishers and geeks of every stripe to come along and consider if and how technology can transform and perhaps improve on The Book.
J-Source, yo!
The Canadian Journalism Project is looking for a new EiC. It’s a part-time assignment, honorarium is paid at the end of each year, currently standing at $7500. Job to start December 1st of this year, application deadline August 14th.
From the release:
After three years as Editor-in-Chief of J-Source.ca, Ivor Shapiro plans to step down in December, and the search for his replacement has begun. An editor’s statement and job description outline the EIC’s responsibilities and compensation. Deadline for applications is August 14; start date is December 1. Applications should be submitted to selectioncommittee AT j-source.ca.
J-Source.ca is a website project of the CJF in collaboration with leading journalism schools and organizations across Canada. It provides a source of journalism news, research, commentary, advice, discussion and resources. Read more about J-Source at its About page.
From the Job Description:
THE CANADIAN JOURNALISM PROJECT
Editor-in-chief, J-Source.ca (part-time)
Time requirement: average of 10 hours / week
Compensation: teaching release or honorarium of $7,500/year (payable January 2010)
Application close date: August 14, 2009
Start date: December 1, 2009
Term: 2 years (renewable contract after the first year)The Canadian Journalism Project (CJP) seeks to make an impact on the quality of
journalism in Canada. CJP, a project of the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) in
collaboration with leading Canadian universities and the Canadian Association of
Journalists, manages the CJP websites in English (J-Source.ca) and French (ProjetJ.ca),
which provide information and commentary about Canadian journalism and facilitate a
national conversation about the pursuit of journalistic excellence.
The websites serve as a hub for journalists, journalism educators and members of the
public who are interested in journalistic excellence, and reach out to multiple institutions,
communities, and practitioners. Editorial content includes news, opinions, advice,
resources and discussion about journalism, with a focus on Canada. The sites have the
potential to help effect systemic improvement within and across news organizations, and
to assist in the education of tomorrow’s journalists.
Reporting to the CJP management committee, the editor-in-chief of J-Source.ca will lead
the editorial team, provide editorial direction for the English website and ensure the
overall quality of the site.
Specific Responsibilities:
Provide editorial oversight of the entire content of J-Source.ca, in collaboration
with section editors
Anticipate upcoming editorial opportunities and ensure plans are in place; identify
gaps in coverage
Manage the associate editor, a full-time staff person
Conduct weekly (more if required) discussions with the associate editor regarding
new content
Supervise the assigning of content by the associate editor
Provide advice to section editors
Provide oversight of contributing editors
Chair quarterly editorial meetings
Evaluate and ensure effectiveness of editorial team
Work with editors to seek out new contributors
Attend, as required, CJP management committee meetings
Evaluate content on a regular basis
That’s basically it. Geist Magazine’s Fortune Cookie Contest had a few technical glitches, so they’ve extended the deadline to the 30th of June. Here are the deets:
First Prize: $250 | Second Prize: $150 | Third Prize: $100
(more than one prize per category may be awarded)
Honourable Mentions: Swell Geist giftsWelcome to the Geist Fortune Cookie Contest, the writing contest based on faux wisdom and vague predictions.
Send us a piece of writing inspired by a fortune cookie message. The relationship can be as tangential as you like, as long as there is a connection to the initial fortune cookie prophecy or aphorism.
Don’t eat Chinese food? Find a fortune online or make one up.
Riff on the fortune—story, essay, poem, rant, whatever—in 500 words or less.
Winning entries will be published in Geist and at geist.com.
Submit your entry on this Geist page, double spaced, in at least 11-point type with one-inch margins. Judging is blind, so do not write your name on the entry, but please include the text of the fortune that inspired your piece above the title of your entry. When you click “submit” you will be taken to our secure server for payment.
Name your file with your own name as follows: last name – first name – story title. For example:
Doe-Jane-StoryName.doc or Doe-John-StoryName.pdf
File formats: use any of the following: doc, rtf, pdf or odf.
We also accept snail mail entries. Click here for more info.
Entry Fee: $20 CAD for the first entry (includes a one-year subscription or a subscription extension), $5 CAD for each additional entry. If you are already a Geist subscriber, you can donate your complimentary subscription to a Canadian public library or give it as a gift to a friend.
Deadline: June 30, 2009.Maximum length: 500 words, fiction or non-fiction.
Questions? Call 1-888-434-7834 or email geist@geist.com.
The Shebeen Club 