Fred Wah on CBC radio
January 23, 2012 by Elee
Poet laureate and friend of Thursdays Fred Wah was Michael Enright’s guest on the CBC radio’s Sunday edition on Jan 22, 2012. Here’s the link to the show. Fred speaks about the vibrant community of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and mentions us. He’s in hour two of the program.
The Stanza Project – an intro to our pilot project for spring 2012
January 20, 2012 by Elee
The Stanza Project stanza: n., an arrangement or grouping of lines within a poem. Origin: Italian. room, station, stopping place. This spring we launch The Stanza Project, an international collaboration between Belgian architecture firm MLP Proosten and Vancouver’s Thursdays Writing Collective. As residents of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) members of TWC recognize and confront systematic… Continue reading The Stanza Project – an intro to our pilot project for spring 2012
Hello world!
January 4, 2012 by Elee
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Congrats to Fred Wah, Canada’s New Poet Laureate!
December 20, 2011 by Elee
We are thrilled at the appointment of Fred Wah, a recent visitor to Thursdays Writing Collective. The position calls for him to write poetry for parliamentary occasions, to sponsor poetry readings and to advise the parliamentary library. Fred, an award-winning poet, was chosen in part because of his social engagement – something we in the… Continue reading Congrats to Fred Wah, Canada’s New Poet Laureate!
Last class, first class
December 8, 2011 by Elee
Thursday, December 8, 2011 is our last class until February 9, 2012. We’ll be talking about “ifs,” “ands” and “buts” along the vein of Robert Kroetsch’s poem “The Sad Phoenician.” Generally, we stay away from seasonal themes, but this one seems like a nice continuity to consider over our winter break. Many Thursdays writers have… Continue reading Last class, first class
Rockstar Guest Author Fred Wah Visits Dec 1!
November 28, 2011 by Elee
We are excited to have Fred Wah joining on us on Thursday, Dec 1, 2-4pm to read his work and write with Thursdays Writing Collective. Fred is the author of 17 books, many of them award-winning titles, and has been engaged in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside literary community most recently with October’s V125 Poetry Conference and… Continue reading Rockstar Guest Author Fred Wah Visits Dec 1!
Writers Caravan Anthology Chapbook Launch
November 3, 2011 by Elee
We are launching our fifth chapbook on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8:15pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre! The launch is part of the Memory Festival a week of arts programming related to the notion of memory and is supported by Geist magazine and SFU. Ten of us will be reading, representing the four different… Continue reading Writers Caravan Anthology Chapbook Launch
No Class October 20, 2011 for V125 Poetry Conference
October 13, 2011 by Elee
We won’t have our usual class on Thursday October 20 because many of us will be at the V125 Poetry Conference. V125 is a three-day conference all about poetry with more than 100 poets from the US and Canada in attendance participating on panels, discussions and readings. The organizers of this conference, which celebrates Vancouver’s… Continue reading No Class October 20, 2011 for V125 Poetry Conference
Learn about editing with Thursdays Editing Collective
September 28, 2011 by Elee
Our editing sessions are beginning after each class on Thursdays. Joan Flood and Kevin Spenst are happy to meet with writers beginning at 4pm in one on one 20 minute sessions to go over texts produced in class. Joan and Kevin are part of Thursdays Editing Collective and also lead workshops that allow writers… Continue reading Learn about editing with Thursdays Editing Collective
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September 27, 2011 by Elee
The wind at Word on the Street nearly blew us away, but Thursdays Writing Collective members Henry Doyle, Anne Hopkinson, Sarah Oulette, Elisabeth Buchanan, James McLean and Joan Morelli valiantly staffed the table. They sold chapbooks, signed up new members and spread the word on what we do. We were thrilled to see the… Continue reading Untitled
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