by Staff | Feb 5, 2021 | Events |
Children, adults, and everyone in between will find an invitation to get creative with Historic Joy Kogawa House in collaboration with Collage Collage as part of this Family Day virtual tour and craft workshop.
by Staff | Oct 2, 2020 | WIR - Anita Miettunen |
(Guest Post by Anita Miettunen) One day, many, many years later when Naomi and Stephen were old, they visited the lovely city by the water’s edge. They found the street where they used to live, and they drove up and down, searching for their first home. “Maybe it’s...
by Residencies | Nov 9, 2017 | Events |
You’re Invited! Children and parents are invited to attend a free event at Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue, on Monday, November 13, at 4:30pm. Come to the cherry tree in the laneway behind the house, where author Joy Kogawa will read from her...
by Kogawa House | Jan 4, 2016 | Announcements |
Welcome to the new website for Historic Joy Kogawa House! After about a month of redevelopment, we’re proud to unveil this new website, with the promise of more features to come. We’re launching a revitalized website to coincide with our open call for applications to our 2016 residencies program. Preliminary applications are due Monday, February 1.
by Todd Wong | Sep 22, 2008 | Announcements |
Sixty-six years ago, in 1942, Japanese-Canadians were “evacuated” from Canada’s Pacific coast and sent to internment camps for the duration of WW2. in 1981, Joy Kogawa wrote her first novel Obasan, the first novel to address the issue of the...
by Todd Wong | Apr 14, 2008 | Events |
(Post by Todd Wong) It was a good event for the launch of Naomi’s Tree. So good that all the books that had been delivered in advance to Kidsbooks sold out. We were holding two extra copies, so I passed them on to two people who didn’t have any. They were both very...
