Name: Words Worth Fighting For
Start: 2024-08-16T15:00:00-0600
End: 2024-08-16T15:50:00-0600

Welcome to When Words Collide 2024!

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Friday August 16, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm MDT

Fireside

The writing journey is a hard road. It's rife with uncertainty and often, the only thing we can count on are challenges. Some are expected, some are total curve balls, and some knock you off your horse so hard, nothing's more terrifying than the idea of writing again. But these are the moments that matter most. They give us the chance to discover our own courage, learn accountability, and appreciate just how powerful each of our voices truly are. Join sober author P. J. Vernon for an honest conversation about rediscovering voice through trauma, and why our words are always worth fighting for.

Speakers

P.J. Vernon

Lambda Literary and Queerities awards nominee, P. J. Vernon writes, lives and loves on Moh'kinstsis (Mo-ghin-s-tis), which describes the gathering place where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet and the ancestral homelands of the Siksika (Six-ih-gah) Nation, Piikani Nation (Be-gun-ee... Read More →

Friday August 16, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm MDT
Fireside

Solo Presentation

When Words Collide 2024

P.J. Vernon

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