Stories of Bowen submissions have been pouring in, and I can't wait to see what the e-book and video are going to look like! There are stories of slugs and deer, moving on and off the island, family history, humor, and mayhem Bowen-style.
Thanks to the many student volunteers and community contributions, there will be a fantastic collection of stories collected on digital voice recorders and on video to share in video format as well individual video stories. A big thanks to the intrepid and enthusiastic BICS student Sara Herbsen who is our star interviewer. Sara collected 100 interviews!
Everyone has a story and it is your last chance to contribute your story, whether it be about a notable historic Bowen Islander, such as Muriel Neilson and the Bowen artists' colony, or something that happened recently, such as the new farmers' markets, all stories are welcomed.
Bowen Stories is a community learning project sponsored by the Bowen Island Literacy Task Group inviting Bowen residents to share their cultural, generational and environmental experiences of living on Bowen through the use of story telling (video, written or photograph). Islanders will be asked to reflect upon moments, memories, pets, people and places of meaning and importance to construct their Bowen story.
Once completed stories will be collected through the development of a video documentary and online EBook that will be used to increase awareness about island living and raise funds for other community learning projects. We are still collecting written/recorded stories, and photos of Bowen.
In order to reach as many people as possible, we are extending the deadline to July 25.
After that, you'll have missed on the chance to be part of this project! Please: 1) Send in your written story to Stories of Bowen RR1 U64 (no more than three pages or 1,500 words); 2) Go to our website www.storiesofbowen.com enter the Share Your Story section and write your story there, or email Yvonne McSkimming: [email protected] or Sarah Haxby: [email protected].
