UBC Creative Writing, UBC Opera Ensemble and UBC Theatre & Film present a special evening with director Morris Panych (BFA’77) and set designer Ken McDonald (BEd’72), the creative masterminds behind Vancouver Opera’s upcoming production of The Overcoat.
Join us for an intimate discussion and Q&A, moderated by Professor Emeritus Jerry Wasserman. Following the talk, enjoy drinks and canapés, and the chance to network with fellow alumni.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018
Time: 6:30-8:30pm (program & reception)
Location: Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Rd, Vancouver
Advance registration required. Details here.
In collaboration with the UBC Creative Writing Program, the Belkin Art Gallery presents a reading and book signing featuring four acclaimed authors. Join us in the Rereading Room, a reconstruction of the Vancouver Women’s Bookstore (1973-1996), as we celebrate new books by UBC faculty members Amber Dawn, Kevin Chong, Maureen Medved and Timothy Taylor.
Tuesday April 3, 2018 – 4-6pm. Belkin Gallery, UBC.
Photo by Anne Grant
Maureen Medved’s writing has been published in literary journals and magazines and on the stage and screen internationally. Maureen’s screenplay adaptation of her novel The Tracey Fragments opened the Panorama program of the 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival, winning the Manfred Salzgeber Prize for a film that “broadens the boundaries of cinema today.” Her novel Black Star is coming out in March 2018 and another book of nonfiction is forthcoming in 2019. She writes about film and television and is an Associate Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia.
We spoke to Maureen about her upcoming novel “Black Star” and here is what she had to say.
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