Happy 2nd Birthday, RCLAS! A few shining memories from our first two years:

• Fred Wah and his recollections of visiting bears, as heard at our membership drive at the Heritage Grill in 2013
• George Bowering’s salacious tales of Fred Cogswell before presenting our inaugural Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry
• And let’s not forget Ken Howe winning the first Fred Cogswell Award!
• George Fetherling’s Whitman insights at our 2014 AGM
• Bernice Lever’s room-bursting workshops
• Richard Olafson playing his harmonica while reading at our 2013 membership drive (and again in 2014!)
• Carol Sokoloff enchanting us with her poetry/jazz set at the 2014 drive
• Margaret Thompson’s revelations at the 2014 drive
• PW Bridgman’s riveting reading in 2013
• Our Wait for Me, Daddy Poetry Walk collaboration with the City of New Westminster
• Dennis Bolen’s stirring address at our 2013 AGM
• Our ongoing involvement with LitFest New West
• Hundreds of enchanting sharing sessions from emerging and established writers
• Reaching the 100 member mark — our members are what makes this all happen!