Welcome to writer-in-residence Christine Lowther
Poet and non-fiction author Christine Lowther has left her float home near the small coastal community of Tofino to live comfortably at Historic Joy Kogawa House for the winter. While in residence from now till January 30, 2017, Lowther is developing a new work of...
Sober Second Thoughts with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall
Reading and Q&A with author Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (in partnership with Word Vancouver.) While living at Historic Joy Kogawa House since July 2016 Toronto journalist and author Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has articulate the social history of the effects of alcohol...
September Events at Historic Joy Kogawa House
A new novel by Joan Haggerty tells of a disappeared Japanese Canadian during the Second World War The Dancehall Years with Joan Haggerty Young Gwen Killam enjoys idyllic summers on Bowen Island until the sudden disappearance of her swimming teacher, Takumi Yoshito,...
Adrienne Gruber, Elee Kraljii Gardiner & Ali Blythe
Unread Poems featuring Adrienne Gruber, author of Buoyancy Control, as well as Elee Kraljii Gardiner (Serpentine Loop) and Ali Blythe (Twosim) at the Joy Kogawa House. When: Friday, August 19, 7:00pmWhere: at Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue.Admission:...
An Evening at Historic Joy Kogawa House
BBQ and impromptu readings in the back garden at Historic Joy Kogawa House, Wednesday, July 6