by Todd Wong | Mar 8, 2011 | Announcements, Press/Media |
Yarn bombing of Kogawa Tree on BCLiving.ca: About 50 crafters gathered at 1450 West 64th Avenue in Marpole to complete the three-month long yarnbombing project to cover the cherry tree behind Joy Kogawa’s childhood home. Joined by authors, photographers,...
by Residencies | Mar 3, 2011 | Announcements |
Love pours down on Joy Kogawa’s cherry tree Sometimes all you have to do is ask. Earlier this winter volunteers at Historic Joy Kogawa House asked knitters from across Vancouver to help them cheer up the dying cherry tree that stands just outside the back gate at 1450...
by Residencies | Sep 28, 2010 | Announcements |
Educational Tour of Historic Joy Kogawa House School groups are invited to tour the childhood home of Naomi’s Road author Joy Kogawa, located in the Marpole neighbourhood of South Vancouver. This 1912 bungalow was the site of many happy memories for Joy and her family...
by Residencies | Sep 20, 2010 | Announcements, Life at the House |
Call for Expressions of Interest Historic Joy Kogawa House will host a resident author between September 15, 2011, and March 15, 2012, as part of our annual writer-in-residence program. Writers are encouraged to identify innovative ways their residency will foster a...
by Residencies | Mar 12, 2009 | Announcements, WIR - John Asfour |
Historic Joy Kogawa House chooses first writer-in-residence Historic Joy Kogawa House is pleased to announce our first writer-in-residence, Montreal poet John Asfour. Upon arriving in Vancouver, Asfour said: “I am pleased to be chosen as the first writer-in-residence...
by Residencies | Jan 22, 2009 | Announcements, Life at the House |
Historic Joy Kogawa House will host a resident author between April 1 and June 30, 2010, as part of its writer-in-residence program. The aims of the residency are to foster greater appreciation for Canadian writing within the Metro Vancouver community, offer members...