A creative writing and visual storytelling workshop with Sierra Louie

What does a thought look like? How do you give shape to a feeling, a memory, or something that can't quite be put into words?

Join Paper Covers Rock Writer-in-Residence Sierra Louie for a fun workshop exploring the space between words and images. Drawing on techniques from cartooning and poetry comics, participants will experiment with shapes, textures, and abstract marks to bring a character's inner world to life.

Through a series of creative exercises, you'll explore ways to express thoughts and emotions visually, ultimately creating your own four-panel comic that combines writing and imagery.

No drawing or comics experience necessary! This workshop is about experimentation and expression, not artistic technique. Writers, artists, and curious beginners are all welcome.

What to bring: A character from something you're writing, someone you've imagined, or simply yourself. You can approach the exercises as fiction or as a form of visual journaling.

$20 (or pay-what-you-can), with light snacks and beverages included

About Sierra Louie

Sierra Louie is a Vancouver-based cartoonist, poet, and editor whose work explores the intersection of visual storytelling and creative writing. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and is currently developing her debut gothic horror graphic novel, Turn Blue. Her comics have been shared at the Toronto and Vancouver Comic Arts Festivals and exhibited at Gallery Gachet. She is the Acquisitions and Poetry Editor at Pulp Literature and previously served as Prose Editor at PRISM international.

Sierra joins Paper Covers Rock as our next Writer-in-Residence, spending a week on Salt Spring Island developing her graphic novel and drawing inspiration from the island's landscapes.