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Faculty member Maureen Medved is on the road, promoting her fabulous new book “Black Star”. She will be appearing at three literary events this month in Toronto and Montreal. Catch her in Toronto with MFA alumna Tamara Faith Berger on October 29th at the Gladstone Hotel at 7pm.
October 28th at The Junction in Toronto.
October 26th at Drawn & Quarterly in Montreal.
See the linked Facebook events for details and times.
We’re delighted to host a BFA information session on Monday November 5th from 3-4pm at the Dodson Room in the IK Barber Learning Centre (UBC Vancouver Campus). We’ll provide information on our program requirements, portfolio advice and how to apply. Can’t make it to campus? Check out our livestream on YouTube. Send your questions in advance to crwr.undergrad@ubc.ca.
We’re pleased to host a special group play reading to welcome visiting Canadian playwright, theatre artist and UBC Creative Writing alumna Patti Flather. Ms. Flather will read from her plays, including her recent poetic drama Paradise. She will be joined on stage by UBC-affiliated playwrights, including Creative Writing faculty members Bryan Wade and Sara Graefe and MFA playwriting students Liesl Lafferty (Creative Writing and Theatre) and Laura Anne Harris (Creative Writing).
Where: Dodson Room, IK Barber Learning Centre, UBC
When: Wednesday, October 24, 4 pm
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Congratulations to UBC Creative Alumni Anosh Irani, Shauntay Grant and Janice Lynn Mather, all finalists for the 2018 Governor General’s Awards. These $25,000 awards recognize Canada’s best English and French books in 7 categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Young People’s Literature – Text, Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books and Translation. Award winners will be announced on October 30, 2018. Find out more at https://ggbooks.ca.
We're delighted to present a series of 3 non-credit novel writing courses with Annabel Lyon and Nancy Lee, on the edX online learning platform.