Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
October 10, 2014 by Elee
Author Mercedes Eng has been writing a wonderful series about the DTES for Jacket 2, a literary magazine. twice she has engaged with writing coming from the Collective. She has taken a close look at the work of two Thursdays Writing Collective authors, Phoenix Winter and Antonette Rea. Here is a link to her first piece!… Continue reading Reviewed in Jacket2
September 29, 2014 by Elee
Thanks to SFU’s Writing and Publishing Program, Thursdays Writing Collective had a table of its own at the smorgasbord that is the Word Festival. Held outdoors at the Vancouver Public Library Main Branch, Word is a fair of readings, publishing and magazine tables that usually suffers from Vancouver’s damp weather. Not this year. We had… Continue reading Word Vancouver 2014
September 26, 2014 by Elee
A few writers expressed an interest in learning more about reading music. Laura Barron sent these links, which may be helpful: http://www.teoria.com/tutorials/reading/index.php – written lessons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnR9AoSPTA – series of video lessons
September 20, 2014 by Elee
That’s the internet definition of the Turkish title of Erold Almelek’s sound poem “Garip, Sasirtici” published as a page poem in The Stanza Project (Otter Press, 2013). Erold wrote the poem first in English under the title “Amazing” and translated it into his native Turkish afterwards. At our launch Erold performed the English version of the… Continue reading “strange, queer, extraordinary, peculiar”
September 9, 2014 by Elee
We’re thrilled to announce our Indiegogo campaign was funded 116.67% and we are on our way to creating our 7th book, Voice to Voice! We managed to surpass our $6000 goal and reach $7000 (which means we receive $6720 after Indiegogo subtracts charges.) We had 98 contributions and our campaign had 2206 visitors from around the… Continue reading On September 18 We Begin Voice to Voice!
August 26, 2014 by Elee
This fall we had the pleasure of writing with US author Nick Flynn. We had been reading his poetry over the years and then this fall, when he lived in Vancouver for a few months, we got to know him. We passed around a couple copies of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, his memoir… Continue reading Proof
August 23, 2014 by Elee
We are thrilled that we reached our $6000 goal one week ahead of time! This means our book, Voice to Voice, will be published. Thank you to all the contributors and donors who made this happen. Our Indiegogo campaign doesn’t close until Wed Aug 27 at midnight so we now have a challenge goal: can… Continue reading We Have Until Wed Aug 27 at Midnight PST!
August 17, 2014 by Elee
Thursdays Writing Collective participant Jane Miller wrote this press release to help our Indiegogo crowdfunding effort for our next book. We’re very appreciative of her skills and commitment to the group. August 2014, for immediate release STRONG VOICES FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE Residents Raise Money to Publish Their Own Book VANCOUVER, CANADA-It might… Continue reading In Her Own Words
July 31, 2014 by Elee
Thursdays Writing Collective is a group of more than 150 writers who get together once a week – on Thursdays – at Vancouver’s Carnegie Centre to write. We’re passionate about connecting with audiences within and beyond the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. We’ve published six anthologies of creative writing in all genres that are for sale in… Continue reading Indiegogo fund for our 7th book!
July 25, 2014 by Elee
The summer lull is a strange time – we break the habit of writing together and turn towards other new rhythms. For those of us who don’t use computers or phones, it can be hard to stay in touch unless we happen to bump into each other. Sometimes summer can restore our energy for writing;… Continue reading Summer