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!
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Magpie Dreams: Seeking and Finding Family through Memoir with Lisa Bird-Wilson
Does a memoir need a theme? Who owns the facts of your story? How does storytelling become a site of resistance? Uncover the power of your narrative through creative non-fiction and the medium of memoir with Lisa Bird-Wilson.
Historic Joy Kogawa House Previous Blog Posts
Haiku on the Journey to Healing | New WIR and Fall Events
A poet and grief group facilitator with the Lower Mainland Grief Recovery Society, Karen Parrish will edit to publishable size more than 1,500 grief haikus while in residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House from October 1 to November 30, 2023, and will present two public programs during the residency.
QueerAsian 6 and Other Events at Kogawa House
Exciting week ahead: register for QueerAsian 6 & a book publishing workshop this Wednesday!
New Writer, New Events at Kogawa House
Please welcome our new Writer-in-Residence and join us for these literary events in September.
Arrivals and departures: A fun social literary evening
The first known use of the words arrival and departure were in the 14th and 15th centuries respectively, but do they denote beginnings or endings or both?
Join us for a fun literary social with writers Christine Hayvice, Aaron Chan, Jennifer Zilm, Cynthia Sharp, Christina Myers, and Candie Tanaka as they explore this notion and state of place in different ways.
Poetry Masterclass with Tāriq Malik
On July 20, join Tāriq Malik for an energizing workshop on tapping into the alchemy of visual art and the poetic voice (and other unleashed beasts). Sharing his innovative poems from Exit Wounds, Tāriq will guide you through genre-bending exercises that connect visual and poetic forms and challenge you to push the boundaries of what your words can achieve. You will walk away from this masterclass feeling a sense of empowerment, agency, and openness.
Birthday Celebration and Open House
Sunday, June 4, 2 to 4pm Join us to celebrate the 88th birthday of author Joy Kogawa! cake and ice creamhouse toursused book salekid’s craft tableperformances by Solidarity Notes Choir and Kogawa Ukulele Circle
Soul Eyes: What Writers Can Learn from Jazz Music
Good writing lives not just in communicating your idea but making your readers feel that idea in their souls. “Life,” the great novelist Ralph Ellison once remarked, “is jazz-shaped.” If that’s so, then we writers—whose subject is inevitably life—would do well to pay...
Conversations with Friends in Spring
Guest Post by Effie Pow Leading up to my residency at the Historic Joy Kogawa House, I was inspired by the song You’re Not Alone and the creative journey of Allison Russell. These words shine a light for anyone who finds themselves in darkness. Hey, my little evening...