Before all of Joy Kogawa’s successes – before she wrote Obasan, her semi-autobiographical novel chronicling the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War; ...

Joy Kogawa is giddy about the “miracle” of technology allowing people to learn about Canada’s racist past that forced thousands of citizens like her out of their homes and into internment camps during ...

News of a heritage application for acclaimed author Joy Kogawa’s childhood home has stirred deep pain for some Japanese-Canadians for whom the house, and its iconic cherry tree, are symbols of ...

A last-minute donation of $500,000 from an anonymous corporate donor has helped The Land Conservancy of British Columbia buy author Joy Kogawa's formerhouse in Vancouver. On Wednesday, the land ...

My career in journalism has been varied and wide-ranging. I’m an author, a documentary maker, a reporter, and my work has sparked four commissions of inquiry in Canada. My touchstone in journalism has ...

Joy Kogawa is the award-winning novelist behind Canadian classics like Obasan and Itsuka. 'The pen must not harm': Authors Joy Kogawa and Mark Sakamoto on forgiveness and Japanese Canadian internment ...

Cerebral, deeply earnest and heavy-hearted, the 43 chapters of this book depict an unsettled Joy Kogawa meditating on the burdensome matters of her 81 years. Chief among them is the past. From the ...

If the innocence and passion of children were enough to save the childhood home of celebrated author Joy Kogawa, the campaign to preserve her old residence from imminent demolition would be a slam ...

Writer Joy Kogawa will give a free lecture downtown tonight, putting her own internment as a Japanese-Canadian during the Second World War in a global context. "She's someone who has educated, really, ...

May 11, 2017 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Add to Calendar 11-05-2017 19:00 11-05-2017 21:00 America/Toronto “Suitcase of Memories” Joy Kogawa Poetry Performance commemorating the 75th anniversary of the ...

Celebrated Japanese-Canadian writer Joy Kogawa is a survivor of the internment camps that Japanese-Canadians who were perceived as “enemies” of the Canadian state during the World War II, were thrown ...

'Her attempt to come to terms with her late father's dark past is at the heart of this brave, unflinching memoir' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...