Congrats to Fred Wah, Canada’s New Poet Laureate!

We are thrilled at the appointment of Fred Wah, a  recent visitor to Thursdays Writing Collective.

The position calls for him to write poetry for parliamentary occasions, to sponsor poetry readings and to advise the parliamentary library. Fred, an award-winning poet, was chosen in part because of his social engagement – something we in the DTES of Vancouver can attest to. We’re happy for Canada’s literary community and excited to see what he will do with the appointment – and also hoping he will have a chance to drop in and write with us, as he mentioned in his last visit!