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It was the reputation of UBC’s Creative Writing program that convinced me to focus on an MFA. The faculty sounded wonderful, and I loved the idea of the optional-residency program, which would allow me to go ahead with my plans to move to Europe while still enjoying the benefits of a UBC education.

Ellen Keith
MFA in Creative Writing, bestselling author of The Dutch Wife

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Alum interview with Marie Leofeli Barlizo, MFA ’13

 
Marie Leofeli Barlizo is a Filipino-Chinese playwright from Montreal. She is the playwriting mentor at Black Theatre Workshop's Artist Mentorship Program and an instructor at the National Theatre School.

UBC Creative Writing hires first tenure-track faculty member in graphic forms

 
The School of Creative Writing welcomes cartoonist and educator Sarah Leavitt to its faculty as an assistant professor specializing in graphic forms. Leavitt is the School’s first tenure-track faculty member in this genre.

Award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson joins UBC

 
Award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson has joined the School of Creative Writing as a professor. She will teach courses in speculative fiction and will also work to establish a centre for the Black Speculative Imagination.
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