Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
July 29, 2016 by Elee
It’s high summer and Vancouver’s gardens are bursting. Ghia Aweida wrote this in one of our last sessions. Happy summer, everyone! My Miraculous Stem In my community garden, where my neighbours planted seedlings into crops, I, being given a stem, browned, wooded and lifeless to plant and tend to each day. My neighbours, eyeing… Continue reading My Miraculous Stem
February 6, 2016 by Elee
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
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
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