Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
July 23, 2013 by Elee
We launched our 6th book, The Stanza Project on June 29, 2013 at the Brickhouse. Our collaborator, architect Mark Proosten, flew in from his home in The Netherlands to celebrate with the people he has been working with throughout the year. It was a warm reunion and very exciting for us all. Thanks to all… Continue reading The Stanza Project Launch
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!
April 11, 2013 by Elee
In a recent class Matt Malyon introduced us to the german term widerruf, loosely translated as to revoke, contest, appeal. To answer back. All writing is a conversation. Yet when we consider the idea of widerruf as we write we engage with the text in a more immediate and intimate way. Suddenly we are on… Continue reading Widerruf
March 14, 2013 by Elee
Tomorrow, and for the next two classes, (March 21,28) Matt Malyon will be leading part of the session. Matt is completing his MFA at UBC and part of that involves a practicum. We are thrilled to have him join in this way – his “how to write a submission query letter” last fall was a… Continue reading Poet Matt Malyon Guest Teaching