Fall Into Writing Retreat
Join us for 5 days and 4 nights of writing bliss and support at the beautiful Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre, located in the idyllic natural landscape of the UBC Research Forest near Maple Ridge.
To reserve your spot, hit the register button below, answer a few brief questions, and select either a partial or full payment. a 50% deposit is due at the time of booking. If you select partial payment, the registration system will bill you for 50% of your total and we will send you an invoice for the remainder in the coming days. Please see our Terms and Conditions Page for payment details.
Special Guest Announcement
Christina Myers is a freelance writer and editor, a former journalist, and the author of Halfway Home: Thoughts from Midlife (House of Anansi, 2024) and The List of Last Chances (Caitlin Press, 2021). She has been the editor of two non-fiction anthologies, the second of which is forthcoming this October, and has been a contributor in more than a dozen other anthologies, along with a number of magazines, newspapers and journals. She was longlisted for the Leacock Medal, shortlisted for the Fred Kerner book prize, and won the 2023 Canadian Book Club Award in the fiction category. She teaches fiction and non-fiction through SFU’s creative writing continuing studies department, leads workshops and seminars for a variety of organizations, and does freelance book editing for individual writers and publishers. She is a member of Da’naxda’xw First Nation in BC, grew up all over Canada, and lives on the West Coast with her boisterous family: one spouse, two teenagers, and at present count, four cats. Her next book is working its way through the publishing trenches at the moment, and she’s now working on a variety of new projects. She is represented by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists; find her online at www.cmyers.ca and at https://linktr.ee/christinamyers.
Rough Schedule:
Exact meal times may vary based on the venue
Arrival Day:
2:00 pm Gate Code Active (Forest Gate)
2:00 pm Arrival (Gate)
3:00 pm Tour from (Yew Studio)
3:30 pm Unstructured Settling In and Writing Time (Yew and Arbutus Studios)
5:00 pm Dinner (Bentley Dining Hall)
6:00 pm Break
7:00 pm Welcome Reception with Board Games and Writing Activities (Yew Studio)
Tuesday-Thursday
8:30 am Breakfast (Bentley Dinning Hall)
9:30 am Writing Sprints with Prompts (Yew Studio)
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Workshop or Activity (Yew Studio)
12:30 pm Lunch (Bentley Dinning Hall)
2:00 pm One-On-One Sessions
3:30 pm Free Writing Time
5:30 pm Dinner (Bentley Dinning Hall)
6:30 pm Break
7:00 pm Tuesday: Fireside Chat , Wednesday: Free Writing Time , Thursday: Open Mic (Yew Studio)
Departure Day
9:00 am Breakfast (Bentley Dinning Hall)
10:00 am Packing Time
10:45 am Depart Rooms
11:00 am Free Writing Time (Yew Studio)
1:00 pm Lunch (Bentley Dinning Hall)
2:00 pm Depart
