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Okanagan Food & Travel Writing Retreat

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Category Educational Travel Programs
Duration May 10 - 13, 2012
Entry Date May
Campus Main Campus (Vancouver)
Program Cost $849
Primary Contact Kathryn Ellis 604.323.5979 / kellis@langara.bc.ca
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Okanagan Food & Travel Writing Retreat

Learn to write with passion about food, wine and travel during this Thanksgiving retreat to the sunny South Okanagan wine country, led by award-winning journalist Remy Scalza (New York Times, National Geographic Traveler). Timed to coincide with the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival, the retreat integrates interactive workshops on writing and storytelling with behind-the-scenes tours of wineries, tastings at restaurants and wine festival events. Soak up the best of B.C.’s wine country while gathering first-hand material for your own stories and receiving coaching and feedback on your work.

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Program Highlights:

  • 3 nights stay at Spirit Ridge, a 5 Star Resort and Spa
  • Chauffeured tour and tasting of three boutique wineries
  • Guided tour and private luncheon at NK’Mip Cellars Winery
  • Daily writing workshops with award winning journalist, Remy Scalza