Kogawa House News
From Poetry to Spoken Word to Song
A craft talk on the process of sourcing lyrics in poetry
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Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
by William Wai Liang Tham. Leanne Dunic’s collection of lyric-poetry drew on her heritage and defied conventions. It piqued my interest when I first heard her reading from it last year. Yet I waited until recently to read it, finally opening the book on the Skytrain...
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[Word Vancouver] Opening New Frontiers: The Art of Self-Publishing & Traditional Publishing – Friday, September 28, 2018
Presented by: Historic Joy Kogawa House Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Ave. Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 pm With: William Tham, Vincent Ternida & Cynda Yeasting Eventbrite...
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Podcast – A literary evening with Monia Mazigh and 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 by others...
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Shut Up and Write New Series Starting!
What Is Shut Up and Write? Shut Up And Write meet-ups place the typically solitary activity of writing into a more social space. The idea is simple: a group of people get together and focus on their own writing, with short breaks to socialise – “No critiquing,...
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The othering of immigrants in Canada
by Monia Mazigh - This column was originally published at rabble.ca. This summer, I completed a writer's residence in the Marpole community of Vancouver, B.C., at the Historic Joy Kogawa House. It is a privilege to be in a place that saw some of the childhood years of...
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