QueerAsian Summer Writing Workshops
Join Joy Kogawa House for a summer series of 6 writing workshops for LGBTQIA+ Asian writers (at any level of experience) aimed at exploring the complexity of issues arising throughout the pandemic including (but not limited to) isolation, grief and resilience, anti-Asian racism, anti-Black racism, Indigenous rights, Palestinian rights in the Middle East crisis, colonization and white supremacy. Pride, body-positivity, and sex-positivity will also figure prominently in the workshops.
Poetry Night / Novel Afternoon
It may be rainy and windy outside this weekend, but we’ve got two events to keep you warm and dry!
Poetry Night, tonight, Friday, Jan 24, 7:30 to 9:30
Novel Afternoon, Sunday, Jan 26, 2:00 to 4:00
The Things We Carry: Storytelling Circles
Our storytelling circles this Saturday afternoon will feature three published authors: Joy Kogawa (from Ontario), Victoria Kuttainen (from Australia), and May Q. Wong (from Victoria).
Podcast: A literary evening with Monia Mazigh & Barâa Arar
By Victoria Fenner (visit rabble.com to listen to Monia Mazigh and Barâa Arar’s podcast.) “Being a person of colour, being a Muslim woman who wears the hijab, or being anyone who identifies publicly with a minority group, that identity becomes politicized...
Learning All the Lessons
An Evening with Monia Mazigh and Barâa Arar
“Being a person of colour, being a Muslim woman who wears the hijab, or being anyone who identifies publicly with a minority group, that identity becomes politicized by others whether you like it or not.”—Barâa Arar