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National Writing Day is coming! Wednesday 21 June 2023

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I came across this motivating day during COVID. I don’t think it matters that it is a UK celebration… any day is a wonderful day to celebrate creative writing in my books!!

Get ready to take part in the annual celebration of creative writing.

Grab your pens, pencils or laptops and make your voices heard. Anyone can take part in our annual celebration of writing for pleasure and self-expression — at home, school, work or wherever!

Use our free activities to inspire your creativity and share your writing online using #NationalWritingDay.

firststory.org.uk/writeday  | @writeday

I think I’m going to go ahead and try out the “Roll the Dice” activity!

Here are over 105 creative writing exercises by Imagine Forest to give your brain a workout and help those creative juices flow again… https://www.imagineforest.com/blog/creative-writing-exercises/

Feel free to share any creative outputs — or your favourite word-generating exercises — in our  TOWER POETRY FACEBOOK GROUP!!

Saturday, April 29 is Independent Book Store Day!

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Independent bookstores are struggling more and more with competition like Amazon or big chains like Indigo, so make a point to support your local shop.

Bookstores are places of connection and community, and this is the perfect day to celebrate Independent Bookstores!

Support an Independent Bookstore

There are hundreds of books to read, you just gotta pick one up and get reading. Support a local bookstore by heading over to one, browsing, and buying some books from there. And this isn’t the only day to buy from them, it’s a great idea to consider making purchases locally all the time!

For those who enjoy the atmosphere at a local bookstore, it might be a great idea to help volunteer for events at the bookstore and inspire others to become book-lovers as well!

Here are a bunch in the Hamilton area:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://lmvhamilton.wixsite.com/lovebooks-hamilton

https://www.facebook.com/therivertradingcompany

https://www.facebook.com/100057140275176/timeline/?ref=page_internal (Books & Beats)

 

For more ideas to help you celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, check out: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/independent-bookstore-day/

 

Here is an online place to discover new Canadian authors and publishers: The Book Band. Check it out. The Book Band — it’s a great place to discover poetry, indeed!