by Lauren Carter | Nov 29, 2019 | Books, Courses, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
This week, I gave my second-to-last reading of the year at the library in Selkirk with Seyward Goodhand, who read a stunning and smartly provocative story from her new book Even That Wildest Hope (check it out right here: and, look! It’s on sale!). Reading with...
by Lauren Carter | Jan 10, 2019 | Courses, Publications, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I am thrilled to announce the first scholarship recipient for my upcoming online course, Writing Teaches Writing: Mohamad Kebbewar. Born and raised in Aleppo, Mohamad Kebbewar was educated and spent half his life in Canada. Since the start of the Syrian War he has...
by Lauren Carter | Dec 31, 2018 | Courses, Creativity Coaching, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Ah, 2018. As the year comes to a close I’m considering what it’s meant for me. I’ll remember it as the one during which my husband and I found our forever-home, where my mother nearly died the day after we moved in (but didn’t, thank the...
by Lauren Carter | Dec 20, 2018 | Courses, Creativity, Publications, Seasons, Winter, Writing Life
In honour of the vaulted ceiling in our newish-to-us house (we were away for Christmas last year so didn’t have a tree), J. and I put up an 11-foot pine bought at the nearly tree lot. I’ve been spending some lovely evenings knitting beside its twinkling...
by Lauren Carter | Dec 6, 2018 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Gardening, Nature, Process, Seasons, Writers, Writing Life
When J. and I first moved into this house, as autumn crept into winter, we started feeding the birds and thinking about gardens. As soon as the weather cooperated, we carved out a small area of grass, ordered some soil and, as they say in England, got stuck in. We...
by Lauren Carter | Nov 15, 2018 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Manitoba, Nature, Novel, Process, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
In the Whiteshell last weekend, at the gorgeous and oh-so-welcoming Falcon Trails Resort, I wrote with eleven other women during the Wild Writing in the Boreal retreat Donna Besel and I co-taught. I went a bit wild, too – thanks to a singalong, fantastic...
