Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
April 14, 2014 by Elee
We are excited to bring our Lettering project to SFU tomorrow and appreciative of everyone who has made that happen. That includes the people who have let the community at large know about our joint reading with Madeleine Thien. Below is a letter from TWC participant Cindy McBride to the author of a press release… Continue reading An Open Letter
May 26, 2013 by Elee
We are excited to share our experience with The Stanza project at the 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference taking place in Vancouver, June 6-9, 2013. The topic this year is Woolf and the (common)wealth reader. We will be reading and speaking on Friday from 3-4pm. SFU’s Helen Wussow, who is an organizer of the… Continue reading Virginia Woolf Conference
April 19, 2012 by Elee
Carnegie Community Centre, Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver Public Library are running a day of workshops and readings for Downtown Eastside Writers. This the fourth DTES Writers Jamboree, a popular day of panels and workshops culminating in an open mic session. It takes place on Friday April 27, 2012. Below is info on… Continue reading Writers Jamboree
February 16, 2012 by Elee
Many of us in Thursdays Writing Collective are ready to move towards organizing our writing into manuscripts that may become chapbooks, books or projects. This spring there is a phenomenal chance to work with a professional writer one on one. Read below for all the details! DTES WRITERS WANTED FOR DTES MANUSCRIPT COACHING Do you… Continue reading DTES Writers: Want help getting a manuscript together?
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
November 18, 2009 by Elee
A two-day schedule of panels and workshops for Downtown Eastside writers begins on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Carnegie Centre. Events include one-on-one editing sessions, two roundtables each day on writing-related issues, readings and an open mike. Come and talk with high-level editors and writers who are keen to answer your questions. The Writer’s… Continue reading Writer’s Jamboree Set to Start Thursday, Nov 19
October 20, 2009 by Elee
SFU and the Thursdays Writing Collective present an editing workshop with writer Joanne Arnott The workshop will be held in three sessions- Nov 3, 10, 17, 2009 Tuesdays 4pm-6pm in the third floor classroom at the Carnegie Community Centre. Please sign up in office, limit: 20 people, residents of the Downtown Eastside given first dibs.… Continue reading Three Week Editing Workshop with Joanne Arnott
May 22, 2009 by Elee
The Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University, which sponsors the Thursdays class, received a grant for its second Writers’ Jamboree, scheduled for November 13 and 14, 2009 at the Carnegie Centre. The Jamboree is a two day program of workshops for Downtown Eastside writers with panels of high-level editors and writers offering their thoughts on… Continue reading Vancity Community Grant News