Upcoming Events at Kogawa House this November
Discover beauty and transformation in grief poetry, explore identity and home through poetry, music, and photography, and celebrate a memoir launch with us this November.
From the Lost and Found Department with Joy Kogawa
Launch of a career-spanning volume that brings together new and selected works by an iconic voice in Canadian literature
Enchanted Plants, Enchanted Sounds
Inspired by her new chapbook Not So Pretty Haiku, Isabella Mori, together with her jazz musician husband Glenn Mori, will take you on a journey of melancholic poetry, nature images, and melodic improvisation. Participants will have a chance to write their own poetry.
October Events at Kogawa House
When Phantoms Come Calling: Reading by Katherine Lawrence; Hangman: The True Story of Canada’s First Official Executioner: Book launch and discussion with author Julie Burtinshaw; Michael Mirolla and Friends: Visiting and local poets gather for shared reading;...
More September Events at Kogawa House
More events this September: A Gelato a Day travel anthology launch with editor and travel writer Claudia Laroye; Working with Water: Performance by multimedia artist Johannes Zits; Poets Return, our annual poetry reading by local poets; Worth More Growing: Youth Poets Pay Homage to Trees youth anthology launch; and Exit Wounds poetry launch by Tāriq Malik.
New French Language Edition of Obasan / Soirée de lancement de Obasan
Our first French-language event welcomes Francophone Vancouver, Word Vancouver, and Salon du livre du Vancouver this Friday evening.