Joy Kogawa Reading Tonight for Canadian Authors Association
Wednesday – April 12, 2006 Healing Words: a Reading and Talk Joy Kogawa, a member of the Order of Canada, is a prize winning novelist and poet living in Vancouver. Her first novel, Obasan (1981) won the annual novel prize for Canadian Authors Association, and...
Joy and Naomi’s Road opera go to Lethbridge, Alberta
Report by Ann-Marie Metten Ann-Marie Metten is the Vancouver coordinator for the Save Kogawa House committee. She and Joy Kogawa have travelled to Lethbridge Alberta to attend the Alberta premiere of the Naomi’s Road opera, by the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble....
Joy Kogawa story in Lethbridge Herald
Joy Kogawa is in Lethbridge Alberta, for the opening of Naomi’s Road opera. She attended a reception afterwards, and also spoke to the audience. The following is a story published in the Lethbridge Herald: Dark days of internment come to life By Al Beeber Mar...
March 9 Joy Kogawa House Fundraiser in Toronto
Joy Kogawa House Fundraiser in Toronto – report by Anton Wagner. Launch of Joy’s novel Emily Kato, combined with a fundraiser for the Joy Kogawa House, including speakers, such as: Michael Creal, former head of humanities at York University, Bill Turner, Executive Director of The Land Conservancy of B.C., Mary Ellen Csamer, President of the League of Canadian Poets, Dr. Joseph Levy, Vice-President, External, of the York University Faculty Association, and others.
