Cromwell's Bowels

My story “Like Triumph” is the runner-up for the beautifully named Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence at The Puritan.

Introducing The Mudroom: Creative Writing for Health Professionals

Offered via CPD/UofT, The Mudroom is a friendly and supportive writing workshop for health practitioners. Meetings are held monthly via Zoom and provide a space to write, read, try out exercises in prose and verse, share work and give feedback. We’ll find inspiration and/or consolation, and help each other along the health humanities road. All are welcome! Follow the link below for more information and to register:

https://narrativebasedmedicine.ca/writing-workshop/

New Workshop!

Plums in the Icebox

A Monthly Creative Writing Workshop for Health Practitioners

-via Zoom-

Led by Shane Neilson MD and Damian Tarnopolsky PhD

Winter+Spring Session: January-June 2021, $200

Last Wednesday of the month, 6pm-8pm

First 2021 Meeting: Wednesday January 27th


Plums in the Icebox is a creative writing workshop for health practitioners. Each month we meet via Zoom on a Wednesday evening for a couple of hours to write, read, try out some exercises in prose and verse, share our work and give feedback, edit aloud, compare notes, listen to what some interesting guests have to tell us, find inspiration and/or consolation, and help each other along the narrative medicine road. In between meetings we'll do more of the same via chat. The ethos is craft-based. The approach is collaborative. The style is informal. But the stakes are high.

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New Course!

Narrative-Based Medicine: Using Storytelling to Transform Healthcare

January - June, 2021: Digital Certificate Program

Continuing Professional Development, University of Toronto

The narratives that patients and practitioners construct together can affect the nature and meaning of health events. Understanding how to listen, give voice to experience, and integrate insights gained from reflection can improve patient care and practitioner fulfillment. Learn these essential skills in CPD’s Narrative-Based Medicine certificate program. The only certificate of its kind in Canada, this unique program trains participants in narrative-based medicine skills: close reading, reflective writing, listening and communication skills.

In 8 sessions held over 6 months, participants will:

  • Develop reflective and creative writing skills through tailored practical exercises

  • Gain one-on-one editing, guidance, and mentorship from a prize-winning author

  • Cover the theory and practice of narrative-based medicine through expert guest speakers and readings

  • Engage in a small group seminar format which encourages interaction, collaboration and teamwork

Upon completion of the program, participants will be better equipped to work with stories of all kinds to positively impact their fulfillment and patient care.

The Defence wins the Voaden Prize

I’ve just learned that my play The Defence has won the Voaden Prize, a national playwriting competition. Part of the prize is a staged reading at the Kingston WritersFest, coming up on September 27th 2019. Hope to see you there!:

Kingston WritersFest and the Dan School of Drama and Music proudly present a staged reading of Damian Tarnopolsky’s The Defence, the winning play of the 2019 Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition. Join us for an exclusive first look at the winning play at Kingston WritersFest. Previous Voaden Prize winners include Jordan Tannahill for Late Company and Norman Yeung for Theory. This year’s best play, announced at KWF’s July launch, receives a prize of $15,000.

Friday September 27th, 2019 8pm:

Bellevue Room, Holiday Inn

2 Princess St

Kingston, Ontario K7L 1A2 Canada