Photo by Chick Rice

to appear at free WomenSpeak series

A local female writer who bases
major works directly on her life
experiences will appear at
Douglas College in February as
part of the free WomenSpeak
series.

Evelyn Lau is author of the
award-winning book Runaway:
Diary of a Street Kid, as well as
several collections of poetry and
short stories.

“The idea of WomenSpeak is
to balance formal education with
non-formal education by
exploring what different women
have to say. The basis is to
encourage many different
women’s voices, and to be
inclusive,” says organizer Gillies
Malnarich.

Lau’s appearance takes place
on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 7 to
9pm. The event will be held in
the Boardroom at Douglas
College. Admission is free, but
space is limited; you can reserve
a seat by calling 527-5440.

The first WomenSpeak event
took place February 2 with
author Rosalind MacPhee, a
poet, paramedic,
outdoorswoman and breast
cancer activist who described
her experience of breast cancer
in the widely-acclaimed book
Picasso’s Woman.

The WomenSpeak series runs
until June. All women and men
are invited to attend.Watch
INside for upcoming events.

 

Vancouver writer Evelyn Lau
will speak at Douglas College
on Feb. 21 as part of the
WomenSpeak series. Call
5440 to reserve a spot.