Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
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
June 6, 2013 by Elee
Join us for a celebration and selected readings from our perfect-bound, 108 page beauty! Wed, June 19, 2013, doors at 8pm Brickhouse Bar, 730 Main St, Vancouver Accessible, free, all welcome The Stanza Project is our 6th book of creative writing by Downtown Eastside writers and is a collaboration with Dutch architect MLP Proosten.… Continue reading The Stanza Project launches!
May 26, 2013 by Elee
We are excited to share our experience with The Stanza project at the 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference taking place in Vancouver, June 6-9, 2013. The topic this year is Woolf and the (common)wealth reader. We will be reading and speaking on Friday from 3-4pm. SFU’s Helen Wussow, who is an organizer of the… Continue reading Virginia Woolf Conference
November 23, 2012 by Elee
We opened our UBC Liu Institute exhibit with a social writing event that was so well-received they invited us back! On November 29 Thursdays Writing Collective and DTES residents will travel to UBC to the Liu Institute for Global Issues. It’s a lunchtime writing session open to DTES writers, students, professors, and the public. Join… Continue reading Fieldtrip! No class at Carnegie Nov 29
September 25, 2012 by Elee
All Thursdays Writing Collective participants are welcomed and encouraged to submit to two activities by Oct 11 and Nov 29. The first event is an art exhibit of our books, photos, videos and writing at the Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC from Nov 7-Dec 7, 2012. They are interested… Continue reading Fall Activities and Publications!
May 23, 2012 by Elee
When John Asfour was in town to launch V6A he joined us in class to read his poem, “Moving.” We wrote off one of the lines that began with the phrase, “take the windows.” Recently I sent our written “sketches” to our partner, architect Mark Proosten. He posted this little message on the Stanza… Continue reading Stanza Project Writing Rebounds from Netherlands