COVID-19 Safety Plan: While the heritage house is temporarily closed to visitors, writers-in-residence continue to live and work at the house and offer writing workshops and other programs online. Experience the house from home or take a virtual tour. Outdoor guided tours will resume in February 2021.
While in residency, our writers share their thoughts on our blog, give out valuable writing advice, and engage with the community via different programs of writing-focused activities. Read all about it here and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, so you don’t ever miss a new blog post or event!
Historic Joy Kogawa House Recent News
January and February workshops with José Teodoro
Kogawa House at Home: Our Writing Workshops Online Happy New Year, writers! We hope that 2021 is the year you ramp up your writing practice and celebrate the writer within you! Plan to take advantage of our monthly writing workshops – now offered live and completely...
Historic Joy Kogawa House Previous Blog Posts
On Being a Curator… from Michelle Jacques
Michelle Jacques, our December Writer-in-Residence, reflects on what it means to be a curator.
Christmas 2020 Letter from Joy Kogawa
Christmas! The mother of all birthday parties. But this year the whole silent night holy night world is locked down. Throughout childhood Christmases were magic. After WWII, our family ended up in Coaldale, Alberta. The kindergarten building from Bayfarm in Slocan...
In Transition: From Documentary to Fiction Filmmaking
Liz Marshall reflects on her residency at the Kogawa House. “After two decades of nonfiction work, I am at play in the realm where everything is possible…”
Historic Joy Kogawa House to host QueerAsian workshops
Historic Joy Kogawa House will be hosting QueerAsian, a series of writing and creation workshops for LGBTQI+ Asians, focused on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic. Led by queer Asian/Filipinx author C.E. Gatchalian, these workshops offer a safe space for people of...