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A live performance workshop for poets, writers, storytellers and public speakers.

Join author, creator and renowned storyteller Ivan Coyote in this two-hour workshop. We’ll cover essential stage tips and skills, such as material selection and preparation, microphone and audio gear basics, and timing, pacing, polishing and crafting your set to level up and make the most of your live performance.

Please bring a three-minute selection of your work to share with your break-out group. This workshop is limited to 25 participants, so register early to secure your spot at yukonwordssociety@gmail.com . Cost is $15, and $10 for students.

This event is a co-production between Yukon Words and Yukon University, with the kind support of writer Miche Genest.

Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, six stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, and been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction, and the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction twice. In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University, and in 2023 they received the first Honorary Doctor of Arts ever bestowed on anyone by Yukon University. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity, family, class, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart, and a quick wit. Ivan’s 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart and their new one-person show Playlist premiered in February of 2024.