by Staff | Mar 4, 2024 | Events, WIR - Lisa Bird-Wilson, Writer-in-Residence |
Does a memoir need a theme? Who owns the facts of your story? How does storytelling become a site of resistance? Uncover the power of your narrative through creative non-fiction and the medium of memoir with Lisa Bird-Wilson.
by Staff | Jul 9, 2020 | Announcements, WIR - Sally Ito |
Opening the Memory Chest: How to Research and Write Your Family Story. An online webinar with Sally Ito and Linda Kawamoto Reid brought to you by Historic Joy Kogawa House & Nikkei National Museum.
by Residencies | Apr 23, 2020 | WIR - Sally Ito |
Sally Ito writes: “I realize now that contracting the Spanish flu really changed my grandfather’s focus from sports to the literary when he was a teenager. The passage from his memoir reproduced here recounts his days in junior high school before and after he contracted the deadly flu. It may interest readers today who are grappling with the ways in which the current pandemic is affecting their lives and their education, in particular.”
by Kogawa House | May 1, 2019 | WIR - Chris Urquhart |
How do you place yourself in your writing? Do you see yourself an authority? A participant? An outsider?
by Residencies | Mar 19, 2019 | Events, WIR - Chris Urquhart |
Join writer-in-residence Chris Urquhart for one or both writing workshops she will be presenting this spring.
by Residencies | Nov 2, 2011 | Events, WIR - Susan Crean |
When: Saturday, November 19, 10am to 3pm Where: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue, Vancouver Cost: $125 (includes lunch) Please join writer-in-residence Susan Crean for a writing workshop with a total of 5 participants. This workshop is directed at...