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I Writers Connect at Capilano College Safety is all about good packaging. The Choc comes with six arbags, afte head restraints, anti-lock brakes. Electronic B r a k e Distribution and a Occupant Pastori Detection System, as vvel as Honda's npact-reducng advanced OrnpattoTty Engineering^ ACE. body structure. It as they say one safe little package, hdeed. the I n s u r a n c e institutefarF S g t A v a v Safe, gave the Cr/ic its ?006 Top Safety Pick-Grid Award Toteammere about the super safe Civic, v r s r t honda.c Writers don't have lifestyles. They sit in little rooms and write (B T his may have been true for Mr. Mailer but these days more and more writers are getting out there and connecting with others who share the same passion. One perfect venue for these connections is right here on the North Shore. The English Literature Department at Capilano College is respected in writers' circles because of the well-known Capilano Review. This anthology of the works by mostly West Coast writers has been published three times a year since 1973. Students of the program also publish their own anthology, The Liar, each autumn and spring. These publications, along with the annual Writer-in-Residence program, are contributing to Cap College's growing reputation as an important site for contemporary writing in North America. The Creative Writing Concentration Program, a fairly recent initiative at the college, is designed for first and second-year students interested in studying current Canadian Literature and creative writing in a peer-based context. It includes courses in contemporary literature, creative writing, and academic writing. Pacific 816 Automall Drive, North Vancouver 604-984-0331 GHBEH In an effort to put students in touch with a variety of professional authors, writer-instructor Roger Farr founded the "Open Text Reading Scries" in 2006. This series brings writers to the campus for public readings during the lunch hour. Readers are asked to read from a spectrum of their work, old and new. If they are able, they then attend the Creative Writing classes that follow immediately and participate in a longer conversation about the art and craft of writing. The series not only gives the students a chance to communicate face-to-face with the writers they are studying but also provides the authors with an opportunity to converse with their audience in a way that is not often possible in public readings. They can learn first hand how their writing is being understood and interpreted by the students. Some of the W riters provide new material for the students to study. "In my creative writing classes I teach mostly contemporary writing," I i n says. "I tend to emphasize local, 'experimental' work. I provide samples of writers' work for students to consider before the readings. Thus the Open Text Reading Series is our main course text." Jeff Derksen, who will be reading on November 19th, founded the KoOtenay School of Writing here in Vancouver. His first book, Downtime received the Dorothy Livesay BC Poetry Award. More recent works include Until, Dwell, and Transnational Muscle Cars. (cont'd next page) H E A D S & H O T S P E O P L E S T O R I E S www.arts-alive.ca November|December