Visiting poet wows the Thursdays Collective
November 6, 2009 by Elee
Vancouver poet Fiona Tinwei Lam visited the Thursdays Collective today, November 5, 2009. Fiona began with offering a prompt: a line from her poem, “I Don’t Understand Love,” from Intimate Distances (Nightwood Editions, 2002). The line is, “I see them on the bus in the seat in front of me,” and the classroom riffed on… Continue reading Visiting poet wows the Thursdays Collective
Guest Speaker Fiona Tinwei Lam to visit Thursdays Writing Collective
October 27, 2009 by Elee
Join us on Thursday, November 5, 2009 2-4pm, in the third floor classroom of the Carnegie Centre at Hastings and Main Streets in Vancouver, to hear guest speaker and poet Fiona Tinwei Lam. Fiona will read from her new book of poetry Enter the Chrysanthemum, lead writing prompts and discuss the writing life. Everyone is… Continue reading Guest Speaker Fiona Tinwei Lam to visit Thursdays Writing Collective
Three Week Editing Workshop with Joanne Arnott
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
Stay tuned for news of the second Writers’ Jamboree, a two-day series of workshops at the Carnegie Centre in Vancouver, November 19 and 20, 2009
October 10, 2009 by Elee
Thurdays contrbutors reading on Oct 9, 2009
September 30, 2009 by Elee
Please check the “readings” page for the details!
Editing Help at Word on The Street Festival
September 14, 2009 by Elee
Three SFU Writer’s Studio alumni, Clarissa P Green, Sandra Pettman and Elee Kraljii Gardiner (replacing John Mavin) will offer free, on-site Blue Pencil Consultations on 2-3 pages of your work-in-progress and answer your writing questions. Bookings are available from 11am to 2pm at the SFU Writing and Publishing Program table at the Word On The… Continue reading Editing Help at Word on The Street Festival
New Class Starting September 17, 2009
August 25, 2009 by Elee
The next Thursdays class begins September 17, 2009. Join us on the third floor of the Carnegie Centre at Hastings and Main St. in Vancouver at 2pm every Thursday afternoon until November 26. We will write and discuss our plans for the fall class, which include a virtual launch of “Thursdays 3.0” on this website… Continue reading New Class Starting September 17, 2009
Thursdays 2 Launch
June 29, 2009 by Elee
The launch of the new chapbook, “Thursdays 2: Writings from the Carnegie Centre,” was a packed event. More than 70 people crowded into the Brickhouse to hear contributors read their pieces. The writers held the place captive with the touching and sometimes hilarious presentation of their work. Co-editor John Asfour, in from Montreal especially… Continue reading Thursdays 2 Launch
Editing Workshop with John Asfour and Elee Kraljii Gardiner
June 14, 2009 by Elee
On Friday, June 26, 2009, 2-4pm at Rhizome Cafe, 317 Broadway (at Kingsway), RSVP to thursdayseditor@telus.net How do you protect the voice while sharpening the piece? Join the editors of “Thursdays: Writings from the Carnegie Centre” to discuss the process of sharpening your work. During the first hour, we will discuss the “before,” and “after,”… Continue reading Editing Workshop with John Asfour and Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Come to the Launch of “Thursdays 2: Writings from the Carnegie Centre”
June 8, 2009 by Elee
We are launching the new chapbook on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 8pm at the Brickhouse Bar at 730 Main Street (near union in Chinatown). Please join us to hear the contributors read their work. This edition is special: it includes the work of more than 20 writers who have attended the Thursdays class and was… Continue reading Come to the Launch of “Thursdays 2: Writings from the Carnegie Centre”
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