You mean to start that writing project … eventually. Now is the time to put excuses aside and start to learn the art of story telling. This storytelling and writing workshop is ideal for all
levels and all genres to help get the juices flowing. Richard and fellow instructor Ben Nind will help inspire writers to use their creativity along with some of the nitty gritty
aspects of character development and describing a scene. At the end of the weekend you will have a great understanding of the story telling and writing process.
Please note: Due to registration we have combined our storytelling and writing workshops.
Artist Biography – Richard Van Camp
Richard Van Camp is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada. A graduate of the En’owkin International
School of Writing, the University of Victoria’s Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, Richard currently teaches Creative Writing for Aboriginal Students at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
Richard’s poems, short stories and novellas have been published in anthologies and journals since 1992. Three of his short stories from Angel Wing
Splash Pattern, “Mermaids”, “Sky Burial” and “The Night Charles Bukowski Died” have been narrated by Cree actor Ben Cardinal and broadcast
nationally as radio dramas on CBC. Richard wrote for CBC’s North of 60 television show for two months under their Writer Internship Program and
was a script and cultural consultant with them for four seasons.
Richard is the author of two children’s books with the Cree artist, George Littlechild, A Man Called Raven and What’s the Most Beautiful Thing You
Know About Horses?, with Children’s Book Press, a novel, The Lesser Blessed, and a collection of his finest short stories,Angel Wing Splash Pattern
with Kegedonce Press, and a bestselling board book Welcome Song for Baby. He has performed at both the Winnipeg International Authors’ Festival
as well as the Vancouver Writers’ Festival; he’s been a Literary Mentor at the British Columbia Festival of the Arts and performed at the 2nd Annual
Moose Jaw Festival of Words.