News & Notes

May 27 – Save the Date!

Celebrating Ten Years!

In the spirit of our tenth anniversary and the feelings we have about our Sooke/T’Sou-ke landscape and home, we chose the name Sooke XO for our tenth anthology.

We are proud of what we have achieved over the past ten years.

Our first anthology, Scribblers, named after the original group, was published in the spring of 2014. The past ten years has seen a growth from 8 members participating in the anthology to the 25 or more we have published in the last few years.

We continue to grow and evolve and look forward to many more years of community/collective writing and publishing energy.

Please  join us the for launch of our latest anthology, Sooke XO, on May 27th at the Sooke Region Museum Pavilion, 1:30pm.
Readings, mingling and treats + books for sale.

Our Mission

To provide support, connection, inspiration and encouragement to writers* at all levels of development in the Sooke region through membership services which include monthly meetings and community outreach in the form of student writing contests, workshops and readings.

*please note this group is for adults

Meetings & Reminders

We will be meeting in the Sooke library every second Thursday of the month. Our next meeting: May 11th at 6:45 - All Welcome for a special event:

Launch and Reading of the chapbook Beyond the Moment - Writing from the edge of the Salish Sea. Readings begin at 7pm.  Click here for more information.

We have a virtual spot for members to continue to connect, learn, share, give feedback and support at sookewriters.ca.  An annual membership gives you access to the forum, Zoom meetings, member gatherings & workshops as well as a spot in our annual anthology.

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Support your writing: Become a SWC member. The Sooke Writers’ Collective is open to new members in the Sooke Region including East Sooke, Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley and beyond.

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Other ways to support us: buy our books, spread the word, join & write.
Funds collected  help grow the collective and bring programs and workshops to the community.

Thank You!!