A Poem Flying Away
May 29, 2014 by Elee
Two weeks ago we passed around a postcard poem by Anna Swanson and the idea spawned this poem by John Alan Douglas. Anna’s poem left my hand on wings of its own (where is it?) but I remember her Postcard Poem, printed on manila card stock and useable as a postcard, mentioned birds. Postcard… Continue reading A Poem Flying Away
Writing Our Letters
April 28, 2014 by Elee
New info on our collaborative Lettering project is posted on this site under the tab LETTERING. Under each collaborator’s name we’ll be posting their seed text, our responses and images of our Postal Code Reading with them. Here is one example of the ways we are deconstructing letters and the materials we depend upon.… Continue reading Writing Our Letters
An Open Letter
April 14, 2014 by Elee
We are excited to bring our Lettering project to SFU tomorrow and appreciative of everyone who has made that happen. That includes the people who have let the community at large know about our joint reading with Madeleine Thien. Below is a letter from TWC participant Cindy McBride to the author of a press release… Continue reading An Open Letter
Postal Code Reading Series Relaunches
March 20, 2014 by Elee
This year, as part of our project LETTERING, we are bringing our writing to a wide audience by relaunching the popular Postal Code Reading Series that supported V6A. We hope you will join us to kick off this reading series at the SFU Burnaby campus on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 12:30pm at 8888 University Drive,… Continue reading Postal Code Reading Series Relaunches
Answering
February 14, 2014 by Elee
This spring we continue to write about communication with hopes of publishing our 7th book, “Lettering”, this June. Today we wrote about a 900 year old Viking rune that was says in part, “kiss me.” We also read this letter from cartoonist Al Capp to a fan, who like Capp, had a leg amputated.… Continue reading Answering
2013 Recap
December 19, 2013 by Elee
We’re now on winter hiatus until February 6, 2014 so here’s a chance to take stock of what we did in our 13th session. We spent about half our class time this fall writing on invented or short word prompts: “letterhead”, for example, and “I mailed it in my sleep,” and “open letter.” Over the… Continue reading 2013 Recap
Madelein Thien On Hastings Street
November 19, 2013 by Elee
Madeleine Thien grew up in Vancouver (you can read about her experiences in V6A) and is back in town as Simon Fraser University’s Writer in Residence. She is engaging with the city in a fascinating way already. Her novel Dogs at the Perimeter sparked this dreamlike website and it seems to have inspired this intriguing collaborative online… Continue reading Madelein Thien On Hastings Street
Heart of the City Festival
October 21, 2013 by Elee
We’re very pleased to return to the Heart of the City Festival to read from The Stanza Project, our 6th book. Thursday October 24, 8pm – 9:30pm at the Brickhouse Bar at 730 Main (at Union) in Vancouver, BC If you’re curious and would like a preview, listen to Coop Radio’s Wax Poetic show with hosts… Continue reading Heart of the City Festival
WORD Vancouver Literary Festival
September 10, 2013 by Elee
Thursdays Writing Collective will have a table at WORD Festival at Library Square on Sept 29, 2013, Sunday, 11-4pm staffed by participants where you can ask questions, buy books and see what we are up to. Last year we made connections with several writers who joined us for The Stanza Project and now appear in… Continue reading WORD Vancouver Literary Festival
Fall 2013 Plans
September 1, 2013 by Elee
What are we up to for our 13th session? We begin writing Sep 19, Thursday at 2pm at Carnegie Community Centre. That marks the officialy beginning of “Piece Work”, our project for the 2013/14 year. We will be creating individual chapbooks and printing them for individual sale and a collaborative “boxed set.” During the… Continue reading Fall 2013 Plans
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