Kogawa House News
December at Kogawa House
Drop by this Saturday, 3:00 to 6:00pm, to pick up great deals on new and used books at discount prices perfect for seasonal giving. New books, including recent titles by Asian Canadian writers (Evelyn Lau, Kevin Chong, Carrianne Leung, Jovanni Sy, Joy Kogawa), at $5. Used books are only $1.
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Keys in the Sun. Scent of the Rain
Post by Joseph Maviglia, Writer and Musician-in-Residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House (October 1 to November 20, 2018) Monday, October 1 Landed now in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver with a touch of rain after a run-around delay changing planes at Pearson...
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Author and songwriter Joseph Maviglia hosts musical evening
Writer-in-residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House Marpole will make like the new Bloomsbury on the evening of Saturday, November 17, when friends and music lovers gather for an entertaining musical program, lively conversation – and light refreshments. Saturday,...
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Performance and Metaphor
This workshop explores the influence of performance on written text. Aspects of audience size, venue, and demographics will be discussed, as well as performance styles for particular song forms; for example, a protest song compared to a pop song or dance music. How...
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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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