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Historic Joy Kogawa House Recent News
Bees are dying: a panel discussion featuring our writer-in-residence Liz Marshall
Bees Are Dying: Let’s Listen to the Experts Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall, October–November writer-in-residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House, and her co-writer Michael Glassbourg are developing a dramatic screenplay that centres around a female protagonist who...
Historic Joy Kogawa House Previous Blog Posts
Dear Old House
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 gone,” Naomi said. But just at...
Are you interested in writing picture books?
September 15 – Meet the Author Zoom Social Join us online on Tuesday, September 15, 7pm - 8pm PDT, for a Zoom social with children’s author Anita Miettunen, who is the September Writer-in-Residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House. Anita will chat about how she...
Historic Joy Kogawa House featured on Ezvid Wiki
Historic Joy Kogawa House has been recently featured in the Ezvid Wiki video “5 Places That Bring History To Life". "While reading about notable figures and events is a great way to learn, nothing can quite compare to the experience of witnessing firsthand where...
One Last Summer Reading
As summer draws to a close, join us for music and prosecco in the garden as we celebrate local writers whose new novels have launched or will launch during pandemic times.