Sustain and Nourish Video Wrap Up

Our year of thinking and writing about food under the banner “Sustain and Nourish” was ripe with creative innovation. Anne Watson, who spent the year working as TWC’s  program coordinator and is now stepping down from that role, brought her video skills to bear. She made this delightful record of some of the things we… Continue reading Sustain and Nourish Video Wrap Up

The Menu

The Menu

We invite you to celebrate the launch of Thursdays Writing Collective’s eighth anthology of creative writing! We spent a year thinking and writing about food in conjunction with Vancouver Poet Laureate Rachel Rose’s community-broadening mandate. Our project, SUSTAIN AND NOURISH, allowed us to question beliefs about food, notions of food safety and politics, ideas of… Continue reading The Menu

Literary Verses and Courses

Literary Verses and Courses

We had a beautiful afternoon at Heartwood Community Café today, May 26, 2016. Our trip to Heartwood, a space that practices radical hospitality, was only two hours long but it felt like we packed a lot in. The chefs and staff were accommodating, welcoming and so nourishing to our writing practice! Elee introduced board member Amber Dawn, who collaborated… Continue reading Literary Verses and Courses

Special Class May 26, 2015

Thursdays Writing Collective participants are invited to a special class on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 2-4pm held at Heartwood Community Cafe instead of Carnegie Community Centre. This delicious literary event is to celebrate our year of writing about food! May 26, 2016, Thursday   2-4pm Heartwood Community Café, 317 E. Broadway *Instead of our regular… Continue reading Special Class May 26, 2015

Neighbourhood Writing

We’re excited to support our friends at Megaphone magazine as they launch their beautiful annual book Voices of the Street. Three of our writers have pieces in the book – Jan Tse, James Witwicki and Henry Doyle! Join us May 12th for a night of storytelling and readings from Megaphone’s 6th Annual Literary Edition, Voices of the Street, co-presented… Continue reading Neighbourhood Writing

New Voices

New Voices

    Join us to hear members of Thursdays Writing Collective who have self-published books at a reading for emerging writers. Ghia Aweida, Gilles Cyrenne, Henry Doyle and Harry Langen join two members of Wolf Mountain Writing Collective on Feb 20, Saturday at 2pm at the Main Branch of the Vancouver Public Library. We will… Continue reading New Voices

Vancouver Book Award

We’re pleased to have had a chance to react and respond to the shortlist of the City of Vancouver Book Award. Congratulations to all the nominees! Click here to read d.n.simmers on Bren Simmers’ Hastings Sunrise! Click here to read James Witwicki on Aaron Chapman’s Live at the Commodore! And click here to read Eleri Glass… Continue reading Vancouver Book Award

On Writing

Here’s a beautiful, tight video of Henry Doyle sharing his thoughts on why he writes. Henry is about to apply for his second Small Arts Grants. His first helped him produce the chapbook East Van Poems. He had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do and thanks to the grant, he did… Continue reading On Writing

Heart of the City

Heart of the City

Our first chance to share publicly the -ahem– fruits of our writing about food happens Saturday November 7, 2015 at Carnegie Community Centre. Ten participants from Thursdays Writing Collective will read their work as part of Sustain and Nourish. The Heart of the City Festival is an excellent Downtown Eastside extended event that highlights a… Continue reading Heart of the City