Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
February 3, 2009 by Elee
In the Excerpt section you can get a glimpse of the writers’ work. Please feel free to react to, or comment on, the pieces you read in this supportive forum. If you are moved to write a response piece or share some writing of your own, please do so. The first excerpt was James McLean’s poem… Continue reading Check out the new Excerpt page
January 19, 2009 by Elee
The chapbook “thursdays: poems and prose from the Downtown Eastside” is a paper reflection of a group of writers that has been meeting every Thursday afternoon at the Carnegie Community Centre on the downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The word “chapbook” is said to come from the Old English “ceop” for “cheap,” meaning that chapbooks are… Continue reading Welcome to thursdays: Poems and Prose from the Downtown Eastside