Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
June 25, 2013 by Elee
Our dear friend Meg Torwl, a contributor to The Writers Caravan, our 5th chapbook, passed quietly June 21st, right in time for equinox and a lovely full moon. Meg had a peaceful passing. Here she is a few weeks ago at a birthday event listening to a friend. Meg’s friend Dhana Musil, another Writers… Continue reading In Memory of Meg Torwl
February 3, 2012 by Elee
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December 8, 2011 by Elee
Thursday, December 8, 2011 is our last class until February 9, 2012. We’ll be talking about “ifs,” “ands” and “buts” along the vein of Robert Kroetsch’s poem “The Sad Phoenician.” Generally, we stay away from seasonal themes, but this one seems like a nice continuity to consider over our winter break. Many Thursdays writers have… Continue reading Last class, first class
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
July 25, 2011 by Elee
The UBC Faculty of Law newsletter has a write-up of our Writers Caravan experience with the UBC Law students. Thanks to all who participated in uniting the writing communities. Although we had planned the Writers Caravan to be a one-off, plans are brewing to collaborate with UBC law again in the 2011/2012 course year.
June 24, 2011 by Elee
Fifteen readers from the four participating groups read on the beautiful summer solstice night June 21, 2011. The pieces they read are reflections of the generative space we created during our writing encounters at Carnegie throughout the spring. You will have a chance to read some of them, as well as others, in the publication… Continue reading Writers Caravan Celebration Reading
June 10, 2011 by Elee
Our pilot project is celebrating a culmination on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 7pm at Vancouver’s Roundhouse Community Centre. Four writing groups – UBC Law students, 2011 Writer’s Studio members, Write Club Literary Mamas and Thursdays Writing Collective are uniting for the first time. We have written together one-on-one and read on double… Continue reading Writers Caravan Swings into Roundhouse Community Centre
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
April 26, 2011 by Elee
Congratulations to the Writers Caravan participants who read at Take 5 Café on Friday, April 15, 2010. They were astounding. Thanks to Lai Fung, Henry and Irit from Thursdays Writing Collective and to Rua, Dhana, Meg and Yaana from SFU’s Writer’s Studio for sharing their interesting pieces with the audience. They all made an impact… Continue reading The Writer’s Studio hosts The Writers Caravan
April 13, 2011 by Elee
Friday, April 15, 2011 7pm Take 5 Café (on Granville and Hastings) The Writers Caravan is holding its second of three readings, this one a collaboration between SFU’s Writer’s Studio and Thursdays Writing Collective. Join us for a glimpse of the writing resulting from a creative encounter between the two groups. Click below to download… Continue reading Second stop on the Writers Caravan, April 15, 2011