First Writers Caravan Joint reading
April 5, 2011 by Elee
Yesterday, April 4, 2011, we literally caravanned, in two vans, from Carnegie up the hill to UBC where we were warmly welcomed to the University Centre by Professor Margot Young and her social justice law students. The students provided a fabulous snack display and we nestled right in to an hour and a half of… Continue reading First Writers Caravan Joint reading
Simon Fraser University writers take part in the Writers Caravan
March 23, 2011 by Elee
On March 17, members of SFU’s 2011 Writer’s Studio joined the Writers Caravan in their first encounter. We spoke about the role of questioning in writing. We began with a working definition of poetry as being “questions without answers,” this taken from the wonderful, “Poetry Everywhere” from T&W Books, 2005. Off the top we each… Continue reading Simon Fraser University writers take part in the Writers Caravan
UBC Social Justice Law Students Visit TWC
February 24, 2011 by Elee
Today, February 23, 2011, we had a writing session with a group of second and third year law students from Professor Margot Young’s course. Many of them had not written since highschool, though all expressed an interest in getting back to it. Their ability to jump into the prompts with us was wonderful. We did… Continue reading UBC Social Justice Law Students Visit TWC
Year of the Rabbit
February 8, 2011 by Elee
In our first class on February 3, 2011, we explored a poem by Mary Oliver, “The Rabbit,” and wrote about the characteristics of people born under the Chinese zodiac’s Year of the Rabbit. Mary Bennett of BC Arts Council supplied the descriptions and posted three of the pieces generated here. Below are the prompts, which… Continue reading Year of the Rabbit
Spring 2011 Course Begins February 3
January 25, 2011 by Elee
Join us for the eighth Thursdays Writing Collective course beginning February 3, 2011. We meet Thursdays from 2-4pm in the Carnegie Centre until June 9. The first two classes will have to do with Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. We have been invited to post our written work on the Vancouver… Continue reading Spring 2011 Course Begins February 3
Untitled
December 6, 2010 by Elee
Our last class of 2010 is this week, December 9. We start again on February 3, 2011. This has been a fruitful, exciting course with many new members of the Collective. Thank you to the guest authors who visited us, beginning with poet Fiona Lam in October. Fiona took us through revision stages of her… Continue reading Untitled
Thursdays writers get good news
November 5, 2010 by Elee
During the cast and crew screening of the Memory Festival’s “Rewind: Memory on Tape” (click above for details) we received good news for three Thursdays writers: their one-sentence memories of Vancouver have been chosen as winners in Geist’s competition. Joan Morelli, Anne Hopkinson and Beth Buchanan wrote lovely memories that will be printed and… Continue reading Thursdays writers get good news
Thursdays Writing Collective and the Heart of the City Festival
July 20, 2010 by Elee
Elee Kraljii Gardiner and guest author Michael Turner are hosting an evening of social writing with members of Thursdays Writing Collective as part of the Heart of the City Festival on November 4th, 2010. All writers and non-writers, jokers, thinkers and passersby are welcome. Write to the City: Adventures in Social Writing Thursday,… Continue reading Thursdays Writing Collective and the Heart of the City Festival
The StoryBox Chapbook
July 3, 2010 by Elee
The Thursdays Writing Collective has created a fourth anthology titled, “StoryBox.” We are launching it with an evening of readings on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8pm at the Brickhouse at 730 Main St (at Prior) in Vancouver. Admission is free or by donation. In StoryBox participants evoke the objects and concepts they consider imperative… Continue reading The StoryBox Chapbook
June 13th is StoryBox Sunday
June 8, 2010 by Elee
The Vancouver Storytelling Festival takes place June 12-13, 2010 in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St. On Sunday June 13, members of the Thursdays Writing Collective and other participants in the StoryBox Project will perform. The bamboo grove in the public park adjacent to the Garden will be woven with red… Continue reading June 13th is StoryBox Sunday
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