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On Indigenous Joy: A Reading with Joshua Whitehead, Jordan Abel and Tenille Campbell (online)

 
January 20, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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UBC professor Keith Maillard wins the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

 
Professor Keith Maillard recently won the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence from the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. The award recognizes annually a British Columbian writer who has contributed to the development of literary excellence in the province.

Winner of the HarperCollinsPublishersLtd / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction announced

 
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, the UBC School of Creative Writing and CookeMcDermid Literary Management are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction is Emily Cann for her adult novel BRANCHES.

Announcing the 2024 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist

 
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, the UBC School of Creative Writing and CookeMcDermid Literary Management are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 HarperCollinsPublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, co-sponsored by CookeMcDermid Literary Management.
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