Full Season Ahead at Historic Joy Kogawa House
From writing workshops to a French-language event to launch the new Paris edition of Obasan, members and friends of Historic Joy Kogawa House have a full season ahead this fall.
Obasan, an important part of a new Canadian literary canon
How important is Joy Kogawa and her novel Obasan to Canada? Obasan was chosen twice, amongst the panel of 5, for their top ten most important Canadian literary works. Only 5 works were chosen twice or more… and Obasan was one of them! Reading the Globe &...
Joy Kogawa listed in The Toronto Star’s “Essential Book List”
Joy Kogawa listed in The Toronto Star’s “Essential Book List” For Canada Day, the Toronto Star examined what is considered essentially Canadian. They chose judges in all culture categories, who had a few months to compile the top 10 most significant...
Vancouver Sun: Tribute like coming Home, Kogawa says…
Tribute like coming home, Kogawa says Gerry Bellett, Vancouver Sun Published: Thursday, February 16, 2006 Vancouver writer and poet Joy Kogawa told the Canadian Club Wednesday she felt she had “come home” when the City of Vancouver chose her book Obasan as...
Joy Kogawa Cherry Tree Planting at Vancouver City Hall
On September 10, 2005, Vancouver City Council adopted a Motion on Notice to plant a cutting of Joy Kogawa’s cherry tree on the City Hall campus as a way to commemorate the experience of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Speaking at the ceremony were Mayor Campbell, Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library, and James W. Wright, General Director, Vancouver Opera.
Obasan in “100 Most Important Canadian books ever written”
Joy Kogawa’s 1981 novel Obasan is one of “100 most important Canadian books ever written” according to a Literary Review of Canada November 17th press release.