Join us at Historic Joy Kogawa House for this series of weekly writing meet-ups!
This event takes place on the traditional unceded traditional territores of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
When: Wednesdays, 6 to 8pm.
Coffee, tea, and wifi provided; BYO writing snacks to share! To be notified about week-to-week status of Shut Up and Write sessions, drop a note to info@kogawahouse.com.
The drill
We gather at Historic Joy Kogawa House with our laptops and/or notebooks and pens. We each have something we need to write, whether that be a blog post, a funding proposal, an essay, part of a novel or a script or a dissertation, etc. We write for 25 mins at a time (the Pomodoro Technique), with social breaks in between.
Originating in San Francisco, Shut Up and Write meet ups place the typically solitary activity of writing into a more social space.
Who we are
Hey there 🙂 We’re writers who continue these drop-ins as a legacy of Tom Cho and Jackie Wykes, two writers from Melbourne, Australia, who were new arrivals to Canada in 2016. They kicked off their new life in Canada with a writers’ residency at Historic Joy Kogawa House and then moved on to Toronto. We continue their vision of sharing their residency with others via weekly writing sessions.
Stairs at Kogawa House
Accessibility
- This event is open to people of all writing backgrounds and abilities. We welcome queers, transfolk, two-spirit people, bisexuals, lesbians, gay folks, people of colour, rad fatties, excellent allies, engineers and science writers, and all combinations thereof!
- Unfortunately, the house is not wheelchair accessible. Here are some house specs for your consideration: 3 steps from sidewalk to garden path, each 107 cm in width and the steepest being 23cm in height, then a further 5 steps leading to the front door, each 121.5 cm in width and 8cm in height; front door and dining room entry: 85cm; bathroom entry: 70 cm; toilet clearance on each side: 17cm. The house was built in 1912 and future renovation plans include making the house more accessible.
- This event occurs in a scent-reduced environment. At a minimum, please avoid wearing perfume, cologne, body spray and scented aftershave. Please also refrain from painting your nails on the day. For tips and product recommendations, see http://thinkbeforeyoustink.com/howtogofragrancefree.html and http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15
- We have a range of chairs with arms and without arms.
If you have any accessibility queries or concerns, please feel free to contact us – we’re happy to discuss via the means that best suit you (e.g., text, email, phone, in person).