Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
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
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
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