by Todd Wong | May 31, 2006 | Announcements, Save the House |
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 31, 2006 TLC BECOMES PROUD OWNER OF HISTORIC JOY KOGAWA HOUSE VANCOUVER, BC – TLC The Land Conservancy of BC are official owners of the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Marpole. Thanks to 550 donors from around the globe and one...
by Todd Wong | May 19, 2006 | Announcements |
Joy Kogawa named to… Order of BC today! May 18, 2006 13 People to Receive Order of British Columbia VICTORIA – Recipients of the Order of British Columbia for 2006 were announced today by Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo. Her Honour praised the recipients as...
by Todd Wong | May 19, 2006 | Save the House |
I can’t tell you what right now. I am sworn to secrecy. But I can tell you to watch the media, as an office of the Provincial Government is releasing a medial release for May 19th, 2006. It’s good news… but not about the house. Maybe some good news...
by Todd Wong | May 19, 2006 | Events |
Naomi’s Road at Seattle Public Library – seen by Joy Kogawa’s brother, Rev. Timothy Nakayama. The following was sent to me by both Joy Kogawa and her brother, Rev. Timothy Nakayama. He is now a retired minister living in Seattle. The story of Obasan is partly...
by Todd Wong | May 9, 2006 | Save the House |
What the house means to me — these days it’s a sense of miracle that surrounds me. The fact of The Land Conservancy coming along and taking this on, the fact that it just happened to be that Naomi’s Road was made into an opera at this time, that Vancouver Public...
by Todd Wong | May 9, 2006 | Press/Media, Save the House |
Macleans.ca: B.C. home connected to Second World war saved from demolition CAMILLE BAINS April 28, 2006 – 20:35 VANCOUVER (CP) – Canadian writer Joy Kogawa says she’s shocked that her beloved childhood home has been saved from demolition despite such a shortfall in...