On Being a Curator… from Michelle Jacques
Michelle Jacques, our December Writer-in-Residence, reflects on what it means to be a curator.
In Transition: From Documentary to Fiction Filmmaking
Liz Marshall reflects on her residency at the Kogawa House. “After two decades of nonfiction work, I am at play in the realm where everything is possible…”
Historic Joy Kogawa House to host QueerAsian workshops
Historic Joy Kogawa House will be hosting QueerAsian, a series of writing and creation workshops for LGBTQI+ Asians, focused on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic. Led by queer Asian/Filipinx author C.E. Gatchalian, these workshops offer a safe space for people of...
Bees are dying: a panel discussion
Bees Are Dying: Let’s Listen to the Experts Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall, October–November writer-in-residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House, and her co-writer Michael Glassbourg are developing a dramatic screenplay that centres around a female protagonist who...
Dear Old House
(Guest Post by Anita Miettunen) One day, many, many years later when Naomi and Stephen were old, they visited the lovely city by the water’s edge. They found the street where they used to live, and they drove up and down, searching for their first home. “Maybe it’s...