Retreat Schedule

May 24-26, 2024

Retreat participants should plan to arrive at the farmhouse by 4:00 P.M. on Friday, May 24, in time for the opening workshop and welcome dinner.

Our weekend together will feature a combination of relaxed writing workshops, unstructured free writing time, and evening discussions. On Saturday afternoon, you’ll have free time to stroll the charming streets of Victoria, rest, or head out to explore the Island on your own.

*Please note that the schedule below is subject to change.

FRIDAY, May 24

Participants should plan to arrive at the farmhouse between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM to check-in and to get settled. No early arrivals, please. Directions will be shared with all confirmed retreat participants well in advance of the retreat, but the farmhouse is located 15 minutes from the Confederation Bridge, just outside Victoria-by-the-Sea.

4:00 PM Group welcome and first workshop

6:15 PM Group dinner in Victoria-by-the-Sea

8:00 PM Evening discussion

SATURDAY, MAY 25

8:00 AM        Continental breakfast

9:00 AM        Writing workshop

12:15 PM       Lunch

Afternoon       Instructor meetings

Private writing time

Explore the Island on your own

5:30 PM Cocktails

6:15 PM Group dinner (farmhouse)

8:00 PM Discussion and optional reading

sUNday, MAY 26

8:30 AM         Continental breakfast

9:00 AM         Writing workshop + closing circle

11:00 AM       Check-out and depart farmhouse

Writing workshops

I teach from the philosophy that we each possess the innate ability to tell stories that help us to make sense and connect more deeply with the experience of being alive in the world. Whether it's reflectively journaling or working on a concrete fiction, memoir, poetry, or creative nonfiction project, you'll find plenty of warm support and structure at this retreat. We'll integrate creative writing prompts, discuss questions of craft and voice, engage in interactive storytelling and focused solo writing time--all with a sense of curiosity and openness.

No prior writing experience necessary.

Looking to go deeper? For retreat participants, a limited number of pre-booked, discounted one-hour private consulting sessions with Trevor are available for $90+HST. Retreat participants will also be offered discounts on future online or in-person editing or consultation sessions. 

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Trevor's novel The World After Us is set to appear with Doubleday Canada. An award-winning writer, educator, scholar, and editor, he has facilitated workshops and lectured across Canada and around the world. His fiction, essays, journalism and reviews appear regularly in periodicals such as the Toronto Star, Walrus and The Globe and Mail and his work has been recognized with nominations for the Journey Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, a National Magazine Award for Fiction, a Western Magazine Award for Personal Journalism, the CBC Short Story Prize, and the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and both an MA and PhD in Adult Education and Community Development from the University of Toronto.