by Todd Wong | Jul 17, 2008 | Announcements, Press/Media |
How important is Joy Kogawa and her novel Obasan to Canada? Obasan was chosen twice, amongst the panel of 5, for their top ten most important Canadian literary works. Only 5 works were chosen twice or more… and Obasan was one of them! Reading the Globe &...
by Todd Wong | Apr 29, 2008 | Announcements, Life at the House |
(Post by Todd Wong) Cherry Tree planted, Sen. Ruth acknowledged as $ 1/2 Million donor, Joy given George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. It was a wonderful busy busy day of celebration at Joy Kogawa House on April 25th. 3pm: Press conference, introduction of...
by Todd Wong | Apr 25, 2008 | Press/Media, Save the House |
Globe & Mail: “Instead of dying, it’s been given a second chance” This is truly a miracle story. I remember in the early 1980’s shelving “Obasan” on book shelves while I worked at the Vancouver Public Library. Just the existence...
by Todd Wong | Apr 14, 2008 | Events |
(Post by Todd Wong) It was a good event for the launch of Naomi’s Tree. So good that all the books that had been delivered in advance to Kidsbooks sold out. We were holding two extra copies, so I passed them on to two people who didn’t have any. They were both very...
by Todd Wong | Nov 7, 2007 | Events |
Street banner image courtesy Norman Takeuchi. Nov 10th, Joy Kogawa House event: War and Remembrance featuring authors Ruth Ozeki and Shaena Lambert A reading in support of TLC’s writers-in-residence program at Historic Joy Kogawa House Where: 1450 West 64th...
by Todd Wong | Oct 21, 2007 | Events |
(Post by Todd Wong) Joy Kogawa, author of Obasan, has written A Place of Compassion for her submission to the Dream Vancouver conference and website, organized by Think City. While Joy will not be attending the conference, I will be as one of the directors of the Joy...
