Creative Writing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2009
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2009
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. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2009
Please check the “readings” page for the details!
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2009
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2009
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2009
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,” […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2009
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2009
The Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University, which sponsors the Thursdays class, received a grant for its second Writers’ Jamboree, scheduled for November 13 and 14, 2009 at the Carnegie Centre. The Jamboree is a two day program of workshops for Downtown Eastside writers with panels of high-level editors and writers offering their thoughts on […]
