Author and former frank theatre director C.E. Chris Gatchalian in two back-to-back literary festivals.
Vancouver/Winnipeg
Liter Asian , Vancouver
Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival
By Ted Alcuitas
Vancouver author Chris C.E. Gatchalian will be participating in two literary festivals in Vancouver and Winnipeg.
The author of Double Melancholy is a panelist at Vancouver’s Liter Asian Festival on September 27 and 28.
Genesis: Writing Life Into Art
Friday Sept 27
Location: Chinatown House (188 E Pender Street, Vancouver BC, V6A 1T3)
6.00-9.00 PM: Panel presentation “The Writing of Asian Canadian” featuring LiterASIAN authors C.E. Gatchalian, Philip Huynh, Sally Ito, Fred Wah, May Q. Wong, Rita Wong – followed by reception catered by Ca Phe Vietnamese Coffee House + cake cutting
Saturday Sept 28
Location: Sun Wah Centre – third floor (268 Keefer Street, Vancouver BC, V6A 1X5)
11.00 AM-12.00 PM: “Feeling the First Vague Stirrings” with C.E. Gatchalian
12.30-1.30 PM: “Writing From Scratch” with Philip Huynh
2.00-3.00 PM: “Events and Epiphanies: Writing Your Personal Myth” with Sally Ito
3.30-4.30 PM: “Writing By Remembering Our Multicultural Pasts” with May Q. Wong
5.00-6.00 PM: Closing event booktalk “Talking beholden: a poem” with Rita Wong
On September 29, he will be in Winnipeg to speak at THIN AIR – Winnipeg International Writers Festival, one of Canada’s premier literary festivals.
Sunday, September 29, 2019 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
4th Floor, Artspace Board Room, Artspace, 100 Arthur Street
Admission: $35
| How do you write about a community you are not a part of or about an experience you haven’t gone through? C.E. Gatchalian will lead a workshop on these questions with an in-depth discussion as well as a creative exercise that will embody the often conflicting dynamics involved with writing about others. |
In the afternoon Gatchalian is doing a reading and panel at Whodunit? Bookstore (163 Lilac Street).
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