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Creative writing workshops for 2009 in south-west China/eastern Tibet
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KEITH LYONS
Send an email if you are interested in this unique writing (plus photography) and travel opportunity.
Creative writing (and photography) workshops will be offered in July, August and September 2009 in and around the south-west China old town of Lijiang and the Tibetan town of Zhongdian (now renamed Shangri-la), on the borderlands of Tibet. Outside that time, there are opportunities for writing retreats in Lijiang.
The week-long workshops offer a mix of craft development, work sharing and exploration of the surrounding area.
Lijiang is regarded as one of the most beautiful towns in Asia, with its canals, bridges, old wooden houses and ancient culture, set against the backdrop of the Jade Snow Dragon Mountain. In Lijiang you can learn about the Naxi people and their matriachal-based culture.
Shangri-La has two of Asia's great rivers, high mountain ranges and over a dozen ethnic minorities within 100km. Discover Tibetan culture, lama and monasteries, white water terraces, former slave villages, pilgrimage mountains, French vineyards and yak butter tea.
Workshops 2009
July 2009 - Writing the Landscape - 5 July - 11 July - Lijiang-Zhongdian - Deqin - Mekong
July 2009- Travel writing - 12 July-18 July - Lijiang - Zhongdian - white water terraces - Shangri-la valley - slave village - hot springs - ancient temple
August 2009 - Writing about People and Place - 1 August -8 August - Lijiang - Zhongdian - Tiger Leaping Gorge
August 2009 - Writer's Retreat - 8 August -24 August - your own writer's retreat in Lijiang and Shangri-la
August 2009 - Writing the Landscape -25 August - 31 August - Lijiang - Zhongdian - Deqin - Mekong
September 2009 - Writer's retreat - 1 September- 18 September - enjoy your own space and encouragement to write in Lijiang
October 2009 - Writer's retreat - 1 October onwards - your own room, space to write, and encouragement and mentoring available, get away from it all and work on that project you've been meaning to finish
