Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
June 6, 2013 by Elee
Join us for a celebration and selected readings from our perfect-bound, 108 page beauty! Wed, June 19, 2013, doors at 8pm Brickhouse Bar, 730 Main St, Vancouver Accessible, free, all welcome The Stanza Project is our 6th book of creative writing by Downtown Eastside writers and is a collaboration with Dutch architect MLP Proosten.… Continue reading The Stanza Project launches!
June 18, 2012 by Elee
A handful of Thursdays Writing Collective authors have spent the spring in intense partnership modes with mentors as part of the first DTES Manuscript Coaching program. They have been editing and revisioning their work and are ready to share the fruits of their labour. We are thrilled to support them and the excellent Rhizome Cafe.… Continue reading DTES Manuscript Coaching Writers Share Their Work
May 29, 2012 by Elee
We have just planned a five-part reading series for V6A and hope you will attend the launch on June 15 at Carnegie! Readers include Irit Shimrat, Cathleen With, Sen-Yi, Brenda Prince and Antonette Rea. Readers, addresses and times for the reading series dates will be announced shortly.
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
May 17, 2011 by Elee
On Monday night May 16, 2011 members of Thursdays Writing Collective crossed town for a reading at Westside Family place at 11th and McDonald hosted by Write Club, a group of literary mothers formed off their experience with the Momoir project. The childcare centre was a warm setting for our joint reading, which was thoughtfully… Continue reading Write Club hosts the Writers Caravan