Writer’s Jamboree Set to Start Thursday, Nov 19

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

Vancity Community Grant News

Vancity Community Grant News

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

Author Evelyn Lau shares her writing past at Carnegie Centre

Author Evelyn Lau wrote a beautiful essay in the Vancouver Georgia Strait about her experience returning to the Carnegie Centre to join Simon Fraser Univerity’s Writer’s Studio Jamboree in November 2009. Many of the writers from “thursdays” were at the panel discussion and able to ask Lau her thoughts about writing. Lau commented that she… Continue reading Author Evelyn Lau shares her writing past at Carnegie Centre