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Ontario & Owner of Gertrude's Writing Room www.vanessashields.com

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The Arts Council Windsor & Region’s Senior Community Arts Program is a free monthly program for adults aged 50+ that encourages creativity, learning, and community connection through workshops and Tea & Chats.

Join us for our next workshop: HOW TO CREATE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS USING REAL-LIFE PEOPLE (Blending memoir & fiction!)

In this hands-on, interactive, prompt-driven writing workshop, discover ways to use real (including yourself!) people's actions, choices, and stories for inspiration. Using our imagination, story structures and plot points as well as setting and descriptive language, we will practice the art of 'making up' and 'revisioning' who and what we already know.

This is a great workshop for those interested in writing a memoir/autobiography but are 'stuck' on how to tell their story in a safe, copyright-worry-free way.

All workshop materials will be provided.
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2026
10:30AM - 12:00PM
ArtSpeak Gallery, 1942 Wyandotte St E.

This workshop is free, but registration is required. To register, email Lupita, Senior Community Coordinator at programs@acwr.net.

The Senior Community Arts Program runs monthly from June–December 2026 and is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

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Join us later this month to celebrate the launch of Windsor poet Dorothy Mahoney’s chapbook of haibun, THE GOOD TOURIST, the latest addition to our limited-edition Scarlet Tanager Poetry Series.

Dorothy will be joined by special guests, including singer-songwriter @crissicochrane, poets @shieldsvanessa, @mariettejones, Ann Sprague, and RuthAnn Wilhelm, and Windsor Poet Laureate @peterkresimir.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. at @cafe_amor_art.

Chapbooks will be available for sale and signing. Only 150 copies will be printed in this limited run.

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We’re very excited to be hosting local author Vanessa Shields for a Book Signing on Saturday, October 17th. Vanessa will be in the bookshop from 4:00-5:30 signing her new book, WE THE MOURNERS, as part of her book tour. Books will be for sale.

About the Book:
WE THE MOURNERS is a long form poem negotiating the spiritual and corporeal paradoxes of life and death. It offers an alternative to our deepest, darkest pain by honouring the power of letting it go, and mourning our suffering together.

Vanessa Shields’s poetry is always raw, honest, and personal. This is a great chance to meet her, pick up a powerful new read, get your book signed. Mark your calendars!

@shieldsvanessa #yqg #amherstburg #amherstburgontario

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With @shieldsvanessa 🧑‍🎨 ✍️

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Mesmerized by @shieldsvanessa writing! I am reminded by how much there is to learn in life! Poetry takes you on a journey! I am slowly moving through her work and deeply enjoying this thought provoking process. Grab her new book 📕 we will be in person next week talking about our creative processes, DM for details!

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We love making movies in our own backyard!
Thank you for inviting me to play @suedeproductions ❤️
#wrapped #indiefilm #adangerouslife #ontothenext

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THIS SATURDAY (August 22nd) @synonymshop in Hamilton, Ontario with my poet pal @shieldsvanessa 😊❤️

Readings, books for sale - come out and say hi, Hamilton-area peeps!

#CanadianPoet #Poetry #ApocalypseGriefManual #Writer #WeTheMourners

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The Creative Collaboration of Self-Publishing - I am thrilled to be partnering with author Vanessa Shields for an intimate conversation about creative integrity and collaborative effort in authentic self-publishing. If you have a story to share and are thinking of self-publishing as a way to get your message out to your readers, please join us! DETAILS: September 13, 2026 from 1-3PM, at the Balanced Life Wellness Center in Essex, ON.
Please register ahead of time by email to shieldsvanessa@gmail.com #authorcommunity #creativity

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Basking in the afterglow of the first Ford City Lit Nite !

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Lit Nite in Ford City! There is a poet inside of everyone!

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If you're in the Mitton Village around 2:30 today stop by @Love Buzz Coffee at the 5-corners to hear poetry readings by Vanessa Shields.
#localsupportinglocal #MittonVillage #lovebuzzcoffee #doggystylecoffee

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