Join Thomas Harrison for this new course on Creative Non-Fiction! Creative non-fiction approaches are popular because they include diverse structures and voices. From reverse chronologies, blogs, recipes and literary journalism, lyrical or personal essays, historical non-fiction and memoir, Creative Non-Fiction is one of the most dynamic and innovative writing genres today, and one of the best-selling literary categories! Using recent Creative Non-Fiction examples as a guide, this 6-week course includes timed writing exercises, optional writing prompts, and opportunities to share work-in-progress and collaborate with other writers in a friendly and supportive writing environment. Perfect for the new or intermediate Creative Non-Fiction writer, participants will develop short non-fiction works and experiment with new writing forms to create a small portfolio of writing, or to extend works in progress. 


Please Note: The County Arts Lab has moved upstairs! Classes are now taking place in unit 2E of the Picton Armoury (Main Street level). The most convenient access is through the Main Street entrance, but you can also enter through the back/Mary St. entrance and use the interior stairs to reach the main floor (please note there is no elevator in the Armoury). There is an accessible parking spot on Main Street in front of the Armoury building (Crepe Escape/south side).


Meet Thomas! Thomas Harrison is a writer, teacher and artist who lives in Cherry Valley, PEC. Creator of the popular online blog, Politics, Law and Life (2015 – 2018), he has authored numerous other publications. His Creative Non-Fiction works include opinion-editorials, historical non-fiction articles, profiles and journalistic pieces.  In 2021 Tom earned a certificate in journalism from the University of Toronto.  He contributes to several local County forums, including CountyLive online, and FM93 County Radio.  His latest work is book-length creative non-fiction look at Richard Nixon’s 1957 visit to PEC.  Thom has taught a wide variety of subjects in a range of settings.

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  • We encourage those who are able to pay a little more to choose this price ($20/hr). By doing so, you are helping build a community that prioritizes access to the arts for all, and allowing us to cover more of our operating costs, which include Artist Instructor fees, rent, and more.

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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: County Arts makes every effort to ensure that all community members, including those who (or have family members who) are more medically vulnerable feel that they can safely teach and learn at the County Arts Lab. We also want to ensure that those who are unable to wear masks have access to our programming. 

We recently moved to masking on a class by class basis. Please select the option below that best describes your comfort level with regard to masking. (Please note, if anyone in the class selects the third option, we will ask that everyone who is able to do so wear a mask.) If you have any questions, please reach out to Programs Manager Stacey Sproule at [email protected].

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